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Ghosts! Are they real?

An open minded skeptic

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

I 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 are real, but I am not 100% convinced, but I am also, not 100% convinced that they do not exist. I do have a tendency to lean more toward being a believer than the nonbeliever, but I'll continue remain cautious in my beliefs. The reason I lean 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, walk 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 also heard these footsteps, and they have been heard on more than one occasion. 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 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 the one of this type of program I find the most sincere and believable is A&E's Paranormal State. I really don't know how much of the so called evidence that these 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 modern computer technology. 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 chaos of that static. It's the same phenomena that allows us to see figures in the clouds, your brain tries to made sense out of 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 these paranormal investigative groups seem to think that their investigative techniques are superior to that of other groups. And what bothers me even more about this attitude is that they insinuate it in no uncertain terms during the making of the show. 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 events 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 use of 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.


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 phenomenon. These scientists tend to dismiss anything that can't be measured or quantified in a laboratory using the scientific method. Their attitude seems to be, if they can't see it, measure it or quantify it under laboratory conditions then it just doesn't exist. But just because ghosts, spirits or other phenomena 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 must be 10 or 11 spatial dimensions. And some of them even state there may be an infinite number of dimensions. 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 they even admit that their theories sometimes contradict each other.

If anyone would like to contact me with any comments, ghost stories of their own or images of what might be ghosts or some other unexplainable phenomenon it would be appreciated. I 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.


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