CRAP! I think my house is haunted
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I've got one for Brett to solve with his Mystery Machine and talking Great Dane.
I grew up in area that was part of Sherman's march during the Civil War. At night, you could see flashes of light that came from a source that seemed to hover off the ground. Many, many people have seen it on many, many occassions. What clever logic do you think explains that?
Genuinely curious...
I know I said I wouldn't, but a thought occurred to me so...
Could be a magnetic effect. *pause for mocking and eye rolling* Sounds like a cop out, doesn't it? Saying that the Earth's magnetism can somehow cause floating lights in the sky?
Aurora borealis. Caused by solar winds and the Earth's natural magnetism. A completely natural and explainable occurence.
For how many generations do you think our ancestors attributed this to spirits or the gods? What else could explain it, right?
Yes, science discovers new things all the time. But what they typically find out is that there are interesting yet rather mundane explanations for things we don't yet understand. Not once has any discovery even hinted at the existence of the supernatural. Always just regular, run of the mill, natural occurences. Displays of lights, strange noises, things floating in the sky... yes they are strange. And fascinating, especially the ones that haven't been fully explained yet.
But every time, every single explanation, is a natural one. Not ghosts. Not ghosts one time, ever.
Check out the Marfa lights. After 120 years, still scientifically unexplainable.
Its definitely explained:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4038
I heard some study ruled out car lights. But whatever.0 -
Your ghost was trying to get your heart rate up. Good ghost!0
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Don't think of it as a haunting, think of it as a possible workout buddy.
lol this.
Love this! Now I want a ghost....always fun to work out with a friend.
((ok...for any ghost reading over my shoulder right now, I am totally kidding--you stay far away))
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I stopped believing in ghosts as a child0
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There is no such thing as haunting, ghosts, or spirits. that's just superstition.0
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I have seen and heard some questionable things around my place. But for some reason I doesn't really scare me.0
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Hey Brett! Did I mention that some of those balls of flashing light appeared in my house and not just outside?
Explain that one for me.0 -
did you happen to be high on acid at the time?Hey Brett! Did I mention that some of those balls of flashing light appeared in my house and not just outside?
Explain that one for me.0 -
did you happen to be high on acid at the time?Hey Brett! Did I mention that some of those balls of flashing light appeared in my house and not just outside?
Explain that one for me.
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did you happen to be high on acid at the time?Hey Brett! Did I mention that some of those balls of flashing light appeared in my house and not just outside?
Explain that one for me.
LOL! No.
Anyone who has actually tripped on acid knows that your environment is completely changed through hallucination and not just one imagined object manifesting in the room.0 -
Christmas?
As in tree not acid0 -
i got nothin then
did you happen to be high on acid at the time?Hey Brett! Did I mention that some of those balls of flashing light appeared in my house and not just outside?
Explain that one for me.
LOL! No.0 -
And yet another one! Check out this link! (hope it works! I am a newbie at these things...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwp4NjBybVc
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Bump because I'm crazy busy today, but I love me some good ghost stories...0
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I've got one for Brett to solve with his Mystery Machine and talking Great Dane.
I grew up in area that was part of Sherman's march during the Civil War. At night, you could see flashes of light that came from a source that seemed to hover off the ground. Many, many people have seen it on many, many occassions. What clever logic do you think explains that?
Genuinely curious...
I know I said I wouldn't, but a thought occurred to me so...
Could be a magnetic effect. *pause for mocking and eye rolling* Sounds like a cop out, doesn't it? Saying that the Earth's magnetism can somehow cause floating lights in the sky?
Aurora borealis. Caused by solar winds and the Earth's natural magnetism. A completely natural and explainable occurence.
For how many generations do you think our ancestors attributed this to spirits or the gods? What else could explain it, right?
Yes, science discovers new things all the time. But what they typically find out is that there are interesting yet rather mundane explanations for things we don't yet understand. Not once has any discovery even hinted at the existence of the supernatural. Always just regular, run of the mill, natural occurences. Displays of lights, strange noises, things floating in the sky... yes they are strange. And fascinating, especially the ones that haven't been fully explained yet.
But every time, every single explanation, is a natural one. Not ghosts. Not ghosts one time, ever.
Check out the Marfa lights. After 120 years, still scientifically unexplainable.
Its definitely explained:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4038
I heard some study ruled out car lights. But whatever.
See? No joy to be taken in debunking.
People hate it when you take their beliefs from them.
Wikipedia....
Most people discount paranormal sources for the lights, attributing them to mistaken sightings of ordinary nighttime lights, such as distant vehicle lights, ranch lights, or astronomical objects. Critics also note that the designated "View Park," a roadside park on the south side of U.S. Route 90 about 9 miles (14 km) east of Marfa, is located at the site of Marfa Army Airfield, where tens of thousands of personnel were stationed between 1942 and 1947, training American and Allied pilots. This massive field was then used for years as a regional airport, with daily airline service. Between Marfa AAF and its satellite fields — each constantly patrolled by sentries — they consider it unlikely that any actual phenomena would have remained unobserved and unmentioned. The dominant explanation is that the lights are a sort of mirage caused by sharp temperature gradients between cold and warm layers of air.[4] Marfa is located at an altitude of 4,688 feet (1,429 m) above sea level, and temperature differentials of 50–60 degrees Fahrenheit (28–33 degrees Celsius) between high and low temperature are quite common.
The four-night effort by UT Dallas students (see SPS study below) focused on automobile lights and reached a conclusion that vehicle lights can be seen from the View Park. The Aerial Hyperspectral and Reflection Study (see below) also focused for one night on reflected vehicle lights on Highway 67. These studies showed that car lights can be seen from the View Park and they do look mysterious to many View Park visitors. It is easily shown that automobile headlights are very visible over great distances, and Marfa lights observations can be dismissed as automobile headlights and atmospheric reflections of known sources of lights.0 -
I believe ghosts exist, but 98% of the claims are false.0
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I've got one for Brett to solve with his Mystery Machine and talking Great Dane.
I grew up in area that was part of Sherman's march during the Civil War. At night, you could see flashes of light that came from a source that seemed to hover off the ground. Many, many people have seen it on many, many occassions. What clever logic do you think explains that?
Genuinely curious...
I know I said I wouldn't, but a thought occurred to me so...
Could be a magnetic effect. *pause for mocking and eye rolling* Sounds like a cop out, doesn't it? Saying that the Earth's magnetism can somehow cause floating lights in the sky?
Aurora borealis. Caused by solar winds and the Earth's natural magnetism. A completely natural and explainable occurence.
For how many generations do you think our ancestors attributed this to spirits or the gods? What else could explain it, right?
Yes, science discovers new things all the time. But what they typically find out is that there are interesting yet rather mundane explanations for things we don't yet understand. Not once has any discovery even hinted at the existence of the supernatural. Always just regular, run of the mill, natural occurences. Displays of lights, strange noises, things floating in the sky... yes they are strange. And fascinating, especially the ones that haven't been fully explained yet.
But every time, every single explanation, is a natural one. Not ghosts. Not ghosts one time, ever.
Check out the Marfa lights. After 120 years, still scientifically unexplainable.
Its definitely explained:
http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4038
I heard some study ruled out car lights. But whatever.
See? No joy to be taken in debunking.
People hate it when you take their beliefs from them.
I've never seen them, have no solid opinion on whether they're real or not. I just know what I've heard and read, and I really don't think your debunking website is anymore valid than the ones I've seen saying they're paranormal.
If I ever see them I might have more of an opinion.0 -
Our eyes and ears can't be trusted...
Ears: http://gizmodo.com/this-audio-illusion-will-make-you-never-trust-your-ears-1593113324
Eyes:
Until solid evidence of the existence of paranormal is presented, it makes more sense to assume natural explanations combined with optical/auditory illusion.
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No matter which camp you fall into--believers, nonbelievers, people who like invisible workout buddies because they never look more ripped than you--if you like a good ghost story you should check out these 2 podcasts.
1. Anything Ghost: Stories written by real people and emailed to the host, Lex, who either reads them out loud or plays audio of the writer reading their own stories.
2. Pseudopod: More like horror fiction so enter at your own risk, but I've heard a lot of great ghost stories and classic tales, as well as amazing new writers.
No affiliation, just a happy listener...who falls into two of the camps listed above but I'm not telling you which.0 -
knitapeace thanks for the tips. I enjoy castleofspirits.com If you haven't give them a gander.0
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No matter which camp you fall into--believers, nonbelievers, people who like invisible workout buddies because they never look more ripped than you--if you like a good ghost story you should check out these 2 podcasts.
1. Anything Ghost: Stories written by real people and emailed to the host, Lex, who either reads them out loud or plays audio of the writer reading their own stories.
2. Pseudopod: More like horror fiction so enter at your own risk, but I've heard a lot of great ghost stories and classic tales, as well as amazing new writers.
No affiliation, just a happy listener...who falls into two of the camps listed above but I'm not telling you which.
What, no Coast to Coast?!0 -
No matter which camp you fall into--believers, nonbelievers, people who like invisible workout buddies because they never look more ripped than you--if you like a good ghost story you should check out these 2 podcasts.
1. Anything Ghost: Stories written by real people and emailed to the host, Lex, who either reads them out loud or plays audio of the writer reading their own stories.
2. Pseudopod: More like horror fiction so enter at your own risk, but I've heard a lot of great ghost stories and classic tales, as well as amazing new writers.
No affiliation, just a happy listener...who falls into two of the camps listed above but I'm not telling you which.
What, no Coast to Coast?!
Coast to Coast was great until Art retired. :grumble:0 -
ok so UPDATE!! Worked out this AM and no strange noises, yay!!! Thanks again for all your help and advice, everyone, you guys rock!
Yay!!! *high five*0 -
No matter which camp you fall into--believers, nonbelievers, people who like invisible workout buddies because they never look more ripped than you--if you like a good ghost story you should check out these 2 podcasts.
1. Anything Ghost: Stories written by real people and emailed to the host, Lex, who either reads them out loud or plays audio of the writer reading their own stories.
2. Pseudopod: More like horror fiction so enter at your own risk, but I've heard a lot of great ghost stories and classic tales, as well as amazing new writers.
No affiliation, just a happy listener...who falls into two of the camps listed above but I'm not telling you which.
What, no Coast to Coast?!
Coast to Coast was great until Art retired. :grumble:
I think I tried that one once, but I didn't care for the "talk" format. I like just the stories. I'll definitely look for the other one that was mentioned upthread, thank you for the recommendations!0 -
Don't think of it as a haunting, think of it as a possible workout buddy.
:laugh:0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQhNGEu2KA
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