Here is a link to a news article I just found. Apparently a group of scientists took people to places that were reported to be haunted without telling them about the haunted reputation of the places. These people experienced 'ghostly' things and the scientists assume that it has to be the appearance of the places. Nothing to do with the fact that ghosts might actually exist. I'd love to hear any one elses opinion on this study. As for me, with all the things that I have experienced in the last year and a half, I KNOW that ghosts exist. I hate to break it to that scientist but the reason that mediums can tell what parts of a building are haunted without having been there before is because the 'ghosts' are trying to get their attention. Sorry, maybe I should have put this in Vent-O-Rama. Been a long year.

Hauntings are real but ghosts are not[/URL]

Regardless of evidence, there are going to be some people who stick by the old "there are no such thing as ghosts" theory.
Others, although they have not witnessed anything themselves, will be a little more open minded. Thankfully, my husband falls into this category!
I've read everything from theories about some individual's brains picking up electromagnetic waves and making them hallucinate to people who see ghosts have mental problems, or they are simply mistaken in what they perceive as a paranormal experience.
Frankly, until someone has experienced something like this first hand, it is hard for the reasonable mind to buy into. However, once it is experienced and the individual knows there is no logical "scientific" explanation, it does leave no doubt in your mind. I would love to invite those scientists in that study to one of my former homes.

Here's a similar article about this on the BBC News site: Ghostly Magnetism Explained[/URL]

I certainly don't agree with their study. I think they jumped to conclusions, big time! While I appreciate a scientific take on things such as ghosts, I get the feeling that most scientists out there just cannot stand to have something 'exist' without having a rational scientific explanation; but that's the nature of the scientist. The trouble is, if they can't put it in a test tube and run tests on it, they say it doesn't exist. That just isn't so.

Saying "hauntings exist but ghosts don't" is like saying the flu is real, but viruses are not.

Kell

[ May 27, 2003, 04:41 PM: Message edited by: KellKell ]