# VHS Kmart Levitation Incident

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Anime (@library.anime)](/@library.anime.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: GPT Image 2
- AI keywords: eerie, portrait, vintage, photo
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Create a low-resolution VHS camcorder still from 2004 showing a strange paranormal event in a suburban Kmart parking lot beside a playground. The scene is shot from behind at eye level on an overcast day, with a pale blue-gray sky, leafless trees, parked cars, beige big-box store facade, and a large red “Kmart” sign on the right. In the upper center of the frame, a young girl with long dark hair wearing a plain white knee-length dress floats unnaturally high above the ground, viewed from behind, arms slightly away from her sides and feet dangling. On the ground there are exactly 7 adult onlookers facing her: 1 person in a beanie near the yellow playground slide on the left, 1 large hooded figure in the foreground center, 1 person in a tan jacket near center, 1 dark-clothed person farther back near the cars, 1 person holding a bright pink shopping bag, 1 person in a blue plaid shirt, and 1 hooded person on the far right. Include a playground structure on the left with a cream roof, yellow slide, blue posts, gravel or mulch ground, parking lot light poles, and cars in the background. Add authentic analog video artifacts: horizontal scan lines, interlacing, slight blur, muted colors, blue tint, compression noise, mild chromatic aberration, and a black-bordered camcorder feel. Overlay large white blocky VHS timestamp text in the lower left reading “PM 12:16:42” on the first line and “OCT 24 2004” on the second line. Make the image feel like found footage of a supernatural levitation incident, realistic and unsettling, not cinematic or polished. Customizable elements: levitating subject is {levitating_subject}, store sign is {store_sign}, timestamp is {timestamp}, setting is {setting}, visual format is {visual_format}.
```

## Variables

Replace each `{variable}` before you paste the prompt.

| Variable | Label | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `{levitating_subject}` | levitating subject | a young girl with long dark hair in a white dress |
| `{store_sign}` | store sign | Kmart |
| `{timestamp}` | timestamp | PM 12:16:42 / OCT 24 2004 |
| `{setting}` | setting | suburban Kmart parking lot beside a playground |
| `{visual_format}` | visual format | low-resolution 2004 VHS camcorder still |

## About

A found-footage style VHS still of onlookers watching a girl levitate above a Kmart parking lot, useful for eerie paranormal scene generation.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.anime on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/vhs-kmart-levitation-incident-40sc8a
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