I thought I would send you a sequence of photos so you can see the progression and that there are no distortions before or after.  No distortions were visible to the eye (through the camera viewer) when I took any of the photos.  I was pretty much just standing on the patio and took Hanna's photo and wanted to take another one of her but she ran off so I rotated to my right and took Jeff's photo.  You can see Hanna in the photo of Jeff in the background to the left of the green chair.  So, in the time it took her to go from the patio in the photo preceeding the distorted photo to my taking Jeff's photo with distortions was just a few seconds, however long it took my camera to be ready to take another photo.  These were taken in quick succession.  I did not see or feel any webs or anything while taking photos and there was nothing above my head while I was taking the photos - I was standing on the patio and there are no trees or anything that hang over the patio.

I did not look at any of the photos on the camera until the next day, when I put the chip in my computer at work.  I first thought something was wrong with my camera.  A co-worker saw the photo of Jeff, knew his Dad had just passed, and told me to have other people consider it.  I am not sure what to make of it, if anything, but she is very spiritual, etc. and thought it would be interesting to find out what specialists think. It is a mystery and I appreciate your taking the time to analyze it! 
 

I always have the camera about 8 inches from my face when I take photos.  I have attached five photos taken in sequence from the same spot.  I only turned my head that I recall. I also took about 20 pictures prior to 042 and they are all clear as well.  I have never had any distortion on photos taken with this camera before.   

Thank you for your time and expertise.  I appreciate it!
 
Janet