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Nov 23 2012 01:58pm
with all the people who have died over time don't you think if ghost were real it would be ABUNDANTLY obvious to everyone by now?
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Nov 23 2012 03:37pm
not really a ghost story:

Once I was driving with my father and we got a flat tire in the middle of nowhere (middle of the desert). I was loosening the lug nuts when there was a bright light somewhere behind me, I turned to look and in a brief instant saw a massive, indescribable object that filled most of the sky, looked like it was miles long on each 'side'. My father was also looking up at it. It scared me and I even recoiled a bit from the sight. After a few seconds I asked my dad what he saw and he said, "oh a really bright shooting star". Somehow with the darkness or the quick turning of my head or something, my brain had constructed something totally different than reality. If there had not be a separate witness who got a much better look at it, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary; it would have been easy for me to believe I had seen a UFO.

Your brain can conjurer up all kinds of images, especially when its deprived of data (when its dark).

This post was edited by Azrad on Nov 23 2012 03:38pm
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Nov 23 2012 04:05pm
Ironically, the human brain is one of our most stupid organs.
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Nov 23 2012 04:46pm


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Nov 23 2012 06:05pm
Quote (Subwoofer @ Nov 23 2012 01:58pm)
with all the people who have died over time don't you think if ghost were real it would be ABUNDANTLY obvious to everyone by now?


Don't you know?

Only certain people are gifted enough to see them :c
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Nov 24 2012 01:04am
Going to put two more cents into the jar here.

Maybe, just possibly, we don't know EVERYTHING.

And the paranormal just happens to be one of those things.

We don't know everything, we can't explain everything.

Way back when who would have though we would have METAL FLYING BIRDS! And ELECTRONIC ROBOTS!

I mean... We've got a long way to discovering everything, and maybe this is just one of those things.

^_^
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Nov 24 2012 06:23am
Quote (AdamUK @ Nov 23 2012 10:01pm)
First off, at the moment I am open to spritual beings etc. I like the idea they exsist and it's not a trick my mind is playing.
That kind of contradicts with science and I try and be a rational, aswell as big fan of Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss.

Some people see ghosts and others lie about it, I know.
But I have seen a ghost before about 6 years ago. Clearly a ghost, for a good 3-4 seconds me and a freind stared at it.
I've heard if you think ghosts are real and you're scared or whatever, your mind can make a hallucination of a ghost, however, why did me and my freind see the same thing?

My mums side of the family have just about ALL seen a ghost or somthing out of the ordinary. My dad dosen't believe (even after seeing what my mum, sisters and brother saw which was a pure glowing shape of a man that dissapeared, reappeared and dissapeared again in the mist) in them and his family don't speak to us.
I'm telling you this because I have a freind who makes a living off readings, and whatever else psychics who has written books on all the ghost stuff and he said the ability to see and interact with spirits is passed down through family. He also said it's suppressed by fear and gets better as you get older. I've seen one ghost, my little brother hasn't seen and and my mum has seen a good few things, like 4-5 which backs up the age thing AND the family connection.

The psychic I know said he see's ghosts quite often and if I've seen one before, I should be able to summon it and it show itself to me again.
I've told him I want him to come to where I saw it and try summon it to proove to my what I saw and we're meant to do a quija board but haven't got round to it yet.



TL;DR

I've seen a ghost, why?
Do they exsist or is there a scientific explanation?

MY MIND ABOUT WHAT I SAW:

If it was real, I want to see another ghost to proove it.
If I don't see another ghost, how can I belive it was real?
If it was my mind playing tricks, why did my freind see the same thing?


Ever seen a show called Ghost Hunters?
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Nov 24 2012 06:10pm
schizophrenia
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Nov 24 2012 06:27pm
Wow, I thought this would actually give the explanation, not just bs.

Here are a few links about infrasound, the scientific explanation for ghosts.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077192/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/infrasound-linked-spooky-effects/#.ULFljuR9JAI

http://www.cracked.com/article_18828_the-creepy-scientific-explanation-behind-ghost-sightings.html

- Pretty much its a noise slightly out of our hearing range that freaks us out.
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Nov 24 2012 11:02pm
Here's an interesting question.

What would you have seen if you had never been told about the concepts of spirits or ghosts?
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