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Ghosts! Are they real?

Are ghosts real? This is a question, that I think, us humans have pondered, since the first hominids climbed down from the trees and became aware their own mortality. I'm sure these first humans wondered at what force it was that animated them, their fellow humans and even the animals within their midst. Neanderthal graves have been found in Iraq, Croatia and Israel that are believed to be at least 60,000 years old, and these may not even be the oldest graves in the world. I believe that these primitive peoples would not have bothered burying their clan and family members with items and trinkets that they believed would be needed by them in their next life, unless they had some belief system on the continuation of the spirit or soul, and of some sort of life after death.

An open minded skeptic

Is this the image of a real ghost or is
it a camera trick?

I do like to consider myself an open minded skeptic. I do believe in the possibility that ghosts are real and do exist. Perhaps ghosts and other paranormal phenomena is real, but I am not 100% convinced, but at the same time I am also, not 100% convinced that ghosts and the paranormal is not real. I do have a tendency to lean a little more toward being a believer than the nonbeliever, but I will continue remain cautious in my beliefs.

The reason I lean slightly more toward being a believer is that I personally, have had some strange paranormal type experiences happen to me, in my own home that I cannot explain. I got up one night around 2 in the morning to let my dog out and seen a shadow, that looked like a person, hunched over, scamper across my kitchen floor. I don't remember if the moon was out or not, perhaps it was, and it was in reality only a shadow coming in through the kitchen window. I have also heard footsteps in my attic room and went to investigate and found no one there, my wife has also heard these footsteps, and they have been heard on more than one occasion, and also by other people. I have also heard voices in the middle of the night when no one was around and all the televisions in the home were off, and we don't live near any other houses. Are these events paranormal or evidence of ghost or sprit activity? I really don't know. All I do know for certain is that I can't explain them. Maybe my own home is haunted! Or maybe it's just my own overactive imagination running amok. But if my home is haunted, then I think that's pretty cool.

Paranormal Television

I do find the possibility of life after death and the possible existence of ghosts to be fascinating, and I would like to learn and know more about the paranormal and related topics. I watch TV programs like "Ghost hunters" on the SyFy channel, "Ghost adventures" on the Travel Channel and A&E's "Paranormal State". I really don't know how much of the so called evidence that these ghost hunter programs present are real and how much may have been fabricated for the benefit of the program and ratings, but regardless of that, I still find them interesting. I do believe that most of the people who act as paranormal investigators on these TV programs are sincere and believe in what the're doing. But I am also suspect of the evidence they present because it is relatively easy to manipulate any photo and audio evidence with computer editing software. So before you believe in any of the evidence these ghost hunter programs present, think of the ways it could have been tampered with or manipulated. They also rely a lot of what they call EVP or electronic voice phenomenon. The problem I see with these is that most of them are unintelligible, and the investigators seem to come up with what ever they think may have been said. I think some of these so called EVP's or nothing more than static or natural disturbances of the electromagnetic field in the area where the EVP's are being conducted, and that static may sound like words because the brain tries to make sense out of the chaos of that static. It's the same phenomena that allows us to see figures in the clouds, your brain tries to make sense out of the randomness. But then again I am open minded enough to believe that some of these EVP's may be actual ghost or spirit voices.

Another thing that bothers me about these paranormal TV shows is that some of the paranormal investigative groups, seem to think that their investigative techniques are superior to those of other groups. And what bothers me even more about this attitude, is that they insinuate it and display it in no uncertain terms during the making of the program. I think this does an real injustice to all paranormal groups and gives a bad impression to the general public. I'm not going to mention the group or groups that I think are doing this, because I don't want to receive a bunch of hate email from their fans. If ghost hunting is going to become a real scientific endeavor rather than a pseudo-science, then I think these groups should join together to legitimize the study of the paranormal. I also feel that some of the paranormal investigators on these programs tend to emote their reactions to potential paranormal activity just a little bit too much, but again I'm not going to mention which group.

Some of these paranormal investigative groups are open to the idea of using psychics and mediums in their investigations, while other groups and dead set against it. I think the ones that are against the idea of using psychics, are attempting to make themselves look more scientific in their approach to the paranormal. But the way I see it, as an observer, is that they, the paranormal investigators should use whatever tools they have at their disposal in their attempts to understand and proof the existence of ghosts, and the paranormal. After all, even police departments will sometimes ask for and receive the help of psychics in criminal investigations, including murder cases. And they have, at times been successful, even to the dismay of the police officers involved.

Science and the paranormal

Most main stream scientists are hard core skeptics when it comes to the paranormal and are generally pretty closed minded in their belief systems toward the possible existence of ghosts and related paranormal phenomenon. These scientists tend to dismiss anything that can't be measured or quantified under laboratory conditions using the scientific method. Their attitude seems to be, if they can't see it, measure it or quantify it in their laboratory, then it just doesn't exist. But just because ghosts, spirits or other phenomena of this nature can't or won't be quantified and verified in a laboratory does not mean that it doesn't exist. These same scientists who dismiss as bunk the possible existence of ghosts, can't even satisfactorily explain the nature of consciousness or of reality itself.

I've watched programs on the science channel about the universe, black holes and other space phenomenon. The astrophysicists and scientists who narrate these programs talk of string theory and how there may be 10 or perhaps even 11 spatial dimensions. And some of these scientists even state there may be an infinite number of dimensions. They also talk of dark matter and dark energy, but can't even proof to themselves that this stuff exists. And what I find amazing is that these same scientists who believe in these unproven and bizarre theories, will often dismiss the possible existence of ghosts the supernatural and paranormal. They say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Well I say to them where is the proof that their theories are anymore valid then the theories of the paranormal. They rely on mathematics to proof and validate their theories, but they themselves invented the mathematics they rely on. And even they admit that their theories sometimes contradict each other, and they have yet to come up with their so called theory of everything.

If anyone would like to contact me with any comments, ghost stories of your own or images of what might be ghosts or some other paranormal phenomenon it would be appreciated. I also wish to thank you for taking the time visiting my site. And finally I hope the question as to whether ghosts and life after death will either be proven or disproved within my lifetime. I recently installed a forum on this site and would like to invite my visitors to sign up and discuss the paranormal and ghosts, give your opinions and views and discuss this topic with others. I will be monitoring the forum to interject my own opinions and answer any questions you may have about me or my views.

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