do you believe in ghosts

[Thoth0]

Voices of unknown origin appearing on radio frequencies were first noticed by Scandanavia by the military in the thirties. They were put down at the time to secret Nazi transmitters, but the voices spoke in unknown and mixed tongues. And after the war, no record of secret Nazi transmissions ever came to light. The voices didn't stop after war, but their rapidity and their transient nature precluded static. That is, before the tape recorder came into common usage in the fifties. A group of radio hams in Chicago studied the strange transmissions. Male and female voices, speaking in colored melodies and lyrical tones.

But it was not until 1959 that a Russian born Swedish citizen, radio and TV producer and filmmaker, Friedrich Juergenson, noticed intrusions on tape, and commenced his own systematic study. A disturbing fact soon emerged. The voices zeroed in on the Swede, addressing him by name, revealing a knowledge of his thoughts and actions, and claiming to be the the voices of deceased friends and acquaintances. The news spread rapidly, and soon experimenters and scientists all over the world were attempting to duplicate Juergonson's work.

The effect on parapsychologists was dramatic. Accustomed to investigating the blind forces of artifacts through endless and somewhat boring amount of dice guessing experiments, they were confronted with living voices, which answered back. Taken by surprise, the British parapsychologists, without conducting experiments, rejected the objectivity of the voices, explaining them as breakthroughs from police messages, or simply mechanical noises from the tape recorder. But their European counterparts were more cautious, and possibly, with greater technical resources, they soon found out that they were indeed confronted with voices of unknown origin on tape.

[Gumbadillo]

At 5/6/13 10:36 AM, Thoth0 wrote: do you believe in ghosts

No, I don't.
I believe the human mind is very complicated, and sometimes prone to error. I believe the anticipation and expectation of seeing something unnatural - both consciously and subconsciously - can be enough to trigger a "See what you want to see"-effect in which the brain alters your perception to fit already set expectations.

[supergandhi64]

i believe in the holy ghost as a part of the holy trinity

--supergandhi64

[Viper]

No I don't believe in ghosts.

[poxpower]

At 5/6/13 10:36 AM, Thoth0 wrote:

The effect on parapsychologists was dramatic.

Yes, not since those Nessie photos had the world of fake science been rocked so badly! What could this mean? Were ghosts able to operate radios on top of possessing homophobic Republicans and causing them to have sex with gay boys? Could it be possible that your grandmother was trying to reach you from beyond the grave, having nothing better to do than tell you to be happy or that "someone who's a John, or Jason or maybe Jim or Rodney?" has a "problem in his chest or legs or car or maybe his dad's bicycle"?

But their European counterparts were more cautious, and possibly, with greater technical resources, they soon found out that they were indeed confronted with voices of unknown origin on tape.

And the reason why this isn't widely accepted science is of course that they were right and not full of shit and that there is a huge conspiracy to keep this information hidden even though it would be the most important scientific breakthrough of all time and probably forever.

[mechadude32]

ghosts are real and now people are thinking it is because of certain high spots of electron... magnetic... radioactive energy. Another thing i have heard is ghosts are caused by people who's minds create said energy and can manipulate objects with their minds (unwillingly) bullshit, i know!

[NightmareWitch]

At 5/6/13 11:59 AM, mechadude32 wrote: Another thing i have heard is ghosts are caused by people who's minds create said energy and can manipulate objects with their minds (unwillingly) bullshit, i know!

Ghosts are spirits who were cursed or bound themselves to Earth and aren't able to traverse the void to the next realm. The only true telekinetics are sorcerers who have good contact with demons.. so really anyone who says they can move things with their minds are lying cos sorcerers never admit this.

[RacistBassist]

My parents house is haunted yo.

My entire family downstairs doing family shit and all that, and the doorbell for the downstairs rings. Nobody is there. From the downstairs living room we have a clear view of the path leading to our front door. It would only ring if we were all down there. If one of us isn't down there, it doesn't ring. We have turned "off" the downstairs doorbell. It would still ring. Electronics have always turned on and off. My phone once sent a text to my mom asking what's downstairs, with me and my mom in the same room, and my phone in a different room. Doors and lights have switched positions if someone is home alone and they go either upstairs or downstairs, with them coming back to them being different. My mom had a trunk with a music box in it. One day when it was just me and her it started playing out of the fucking blue, we couldn't figure out what the fuck it was, turning on and off every few minutes. When my dad came home, he was able to locate it, in the trunk, and the batteries weren't in it. I was not there for this one, but my mom and my sister swear one time that when they went downstairs before into the laundry room, the garage door was shut but when they walked out it was open. My mom was taking a bath before and the stereo turned on, and went full blast. Was not home for this one, but she was home alone, and she heard the alarm do 2 beeps (Which it does when not armed and a door/window or whatever opens), followed by 2 "Mexicans" whispering, then nothing. No doors or anything were open. Back when we had my old dog, there was a spot in the hallway him and my cat would always stare at and sometimes run past, but pets are stupid so I don't care for this one. All of this subsided in the past few years, but my mom swears some of the shit still happens. I always fuck with her about it because I don't believe in ghosts. I just believe we have horrible fucking luck lol.

[NightmareWitch]

At 5/6/13 09:50 PM, RacistBassist wrote: My parents house is haunted yo.

the ghost is friendly :)

[Sensationalism]

At 5/6/13 09:50 PM, RacistBassist wrote: My parents house is haunted yo.

Your crazy mom hears things.

[WiiFittoToreinaa]

I don't really believe in ghosts. Although one of the parks in my area feels haunted.

[T1ttyK1tty]

When I was a kid I used to be obsessed with ghosts and scared of them at the same time. I heard a lot of stories about ghost, watched some shows about them but most of them are bullshit. I'm not sure if I believe in ghosts anymore, if they exist I believe they consist of some type of energy; they can sometime be "detected" on EMF,EVP and even thermal devices but then again, that's not enough to prove their existence.

[KatMaestro]

You know, I admire the intelligence of Swede (no pun intended). However sometime I have to face palm at some Swede's hollow intelligence.

If this happens to me, I could make Thor says out loud my father's nick name without any problem, out of tape recorder. Woohoo! Voodoo!

[Cyberdevil]

Sure, I believe in ghosts. I believe they are being that live on a different level/dimension than our own, one that consists of an energy most of us can't see. Maybe the mechanical remains of people who've lived, a routine of energy, an afterimage. Haven't seen one yet though...

[RacistBassist]

At 5/7/13 12:33 AM, Sensationalism wrote:

At 5/6/13 09:50 PM, RacistBassist wrote: My parents house is haunted yo.

Your crazy mom hears things.

I miss my curly jew fro :'(

[Thoth0]

At 5/7/13 06:31 PM, RacistBassist wrote:

I miss my curly jew fro :'(

me too

[fmn335]

Do I think ghosts are real? Yes

Can you have sex with one? Presumably Yes

If you get that random sexual desire and the air around you is cold, you know your having sex with a ghost.

Sadly even ghosts dont want my virginity.

Seriously though, I belive ghosts could be real. Ghost adventures is a good show.

[Holon]

No, they're scientifically illogical.

But I like the concept of ghosts. It makes for nice story telling and conversation starters.

[Sensationalism]

At 5/7/13 06:31 PM, RacistBassist wrote:

At 5/7/13 12:33 AM, Sensationalism wrote:

At 5/6/13 09:50 PM, RacistBassist wrote: My parents house is haunted yo.

Your crazy mom hears things.

I miss my curly jew fro :'(

Grow it back!!

[ZeroAsALimit]

No. Belief implies that it is something that I do not know. They exist.

Congratulations, however, on the quickest time off the mark to mention Nazis in a thread.

[Swag-in-a-Bag]

I don't know if I would call them, or it "ghost" since it sort of implies a negative connotation, But I believe in the unseen forces because Iv'e had to many experiences with some kind of entities or forces.

If you really think about it there is a whole unseen existence to human eyes just like you stated: radio frequencies,sound, etc. all in which cant' be physically seen, at least not with human eyes; yet it is always present and we know it exist

[Cyberdevil]

At 5/7/13 08:42 PM, fmn335 wrote: If you get that random sexual desire and the air around you is cold, you know your having sex with a ghost.

Hmm, It seems ghosts are sexually active mostly during winter.

[fmn335]

At 5/8/13 02:57 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 5/7/13 08:42 PM, fmn335 wrote: If you get that random sexual desire and the air around you is cold, you know your having sex with a ghost.

Hmm, It seems ghosts are sexually active mostly during winter.

Somebody has been doing their ghost hunting homework.

[T1ttyK1tty]

At 5/8/13 02:57 AM, Cyberdevil wrote:

At 5/7/13 08:42 PM, fmn335 wrote: If you get that random sexual desire and the air around you is cold, you know your having sex with a ghost.

Hmm, It seems ghosts are sexually active mostly during winter.

And in the fridge, ghosts bitches love refrigerators.

[Senmetsu]

I believe in ghosts as much as I believe in Pico

[ExtraordinaryTerrest]

Neat tale brother.