Post #279,816
3/27/07 6:42:10 PM
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Could have been infrasound, perhaps.
[link|http://www.ghostexperiment.co.uk/theories-infra.html|The Ghost Experiment].
There are lots of things that can affect us, and our surroundings, that we aren't consciously sensitive to.
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #279,828
3/27/07 8:54:36 PM
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It could have been
a family of midget stage magicians living in the walls, too. *grin*
So.
Let's see.
Mass hallucinations. (no evidence, but always handy when you want to discount something)
Infrasound. (no evidence)
Subconcious communications (that were oddly specific) to people that didn't know anything about the history of the place. (no evidence even possible)
Maybe a small localized yet violent earthquake that only affected the cookie jar, and other pieces of furniture at various times, too? (that was NOT the only incident). *chuckle* (no evidence that thats any more likely than 'ghosts')
When do these amazingly unlikely events, joined together, become less likely than the midgets, eh?
IMO, these 'explanations' are reaching, especially since there is NO evidence supporting any of those explanations.
Truly, I don't mean to offend the sensibilities of those that feel we know almost everything about reality, but I do kind of find these kinds of 'explanations' to be amusing.
Now. Was it the manifestation of dead people? Some kind of weird echo across time? Midget stage magicians? Dunno. Quite likely something altogether different. I'm pretty sure that throwing away data (and data it is, to me, even though it's just anecdotal, to you) because it leads to uncomfortable conclusions isn't scientific, though. Hey! Maybe 'string theory' can explain it! *chuckle*
I was just answering a question, and now you know why I believe in ghosts, even if I don't claim to understand their nature.
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Post #279,834
3/27/07 10:01:37 PM
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I'm not doubting what you saw.
Only providing a possible physical explanation. My bias is to look for things like that when I see or hear about things I can't explain.
My search-fu seems to be broken, so I'm sorry if this is repetitive (or if it's not the same version I told before several years ago. I haven't thought about it recently so [link|http://www.newscientist.com/channel/being-human/mg19325961.400-future-recall-your-mind-can-slip-through-time.html|this version may be different]).
Once in late winter I was in a class in an old building. The steam heat was on full blast and the windows were open. It was a boring lecture, so I was daydreaming. Late afternoon light was streaming through the window. When I looked straight ahead, everything looked normal. But there was a guy sitting in a desk in the sunlight and he looked like he was on fire when seen with my peripheral vision! I looked at him directly and didn't see the effect. It was only when I used my peripheral vision.
The heat rising from the hot radiators explains the shimmering, but what about the red color? It wasn't simply the sunlight - the light wasn't the same color.
I told a friend about it and he said he thought it was an illusion that was an artifact of our peripheral vision having [link|http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/rodcone.html|different color sensitivity] than the center of our visual field.
If I were a superstitious person, I would have thought that I was seeing his future or something. I don't believe that. :-)
Obviously, I wasn't there - I don't know what was going on in your house. I do know that [link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_Laws|Newton's Laws] have worked pretty well for explaining physical phenomena for several hundred years so I'm not willing to give them up without a fight.
:-)
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #279,835
3/27/07 10:22:39 PM
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Oh, I applaud skepticism.
After all - the phenomena we witnessed over the years (and which hasn't happened in over 10 years) was neither predictable nor controllable. Not something that lends itself to testing. I find the various tv shows on hauntings to be really funny, actually. Seems like people are just spooking themselves, more often than not.
Influences on the brain could account for most of the 'sightings' that people have had at the farm over the years, I suppose - it's the physical, and sometimes violent manifestations thats the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. It's hard to argue with it when inanimate objects move - sometimes quickly, and sometimes destructively right in front of multiple witnesses.
Again - I'm not looking for believers - or to convert people to being believers. Just saying why I believe.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Post #279,864
3/28/07 9:48:59 AM
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might have been electronic field fluctuations
from the particle accelerator you built in the barn thanx, bill
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Post #279,867
3/28/07 10:53:29 AM
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That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!
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Post #279,886
3/28/07 2:33:14 PM
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Heheh.
We built the particle accelerator at the school. Between 2 classrooms and the main hallway. Under the gas pipes. 2MeV using a 6' Vandegraff for the charge differential...
*grin*
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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