Posted on 10/05/2004 7:48:14 PM PDT by CurlyBill
darned rodents are pretty smart to move those bones and then cover the spot with duck tape.
I saw that one, too. Spooky.
This murder will be solved.
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"Do you have any idea how hard it is to investigate a ghost?" he said Monday."
How much wouldja be willing to bet that the nice detective started his search with missing little black girls?
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A great variation on the same theme (Resurrection Mary, vanishing female hitchhiker from Chicago):
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Can you give us an update on the Sci Fi channel show, Proof Positive? I cancelled my cable.
Will do. I'll try to post something tonight after it airs.
Now that's creepy. Did they ever find out what had happened to the guy? I'm assuming he was dead.
The first story, about rods, included all kinds of video. They had an expert specializing in video anaysis take a look at it. He determined that rods were nothing more than insects flying at high rates of speed making them look elongated. He said that the film used was to slow to capture them without the blur. He showed an example of how one shortened when it slowed down.
The next story was about a lighthouse that was reportedly haunted. The lighthouse was turned off in 1979 by the caretaker in cooperation with the Coast Guard. The caretaker (who's wife is still there living next door) died in Jan 92. A few months later, people started noticing that the lighthouse would light up from time to time without explanation. The light was filmed fairly often and they showed the film. This one got interesting pretty quick. They called in a man (I believe a Physicist) who specialized in light and optics. He set up some equipment and planned on making a spectral analysis, etc. When the lighthouse lit up, he just abandoned the equipment and took off to the lighthouse... saying that he wanted to get up there. When he got to the lighthouse, he couldn't open the door... it was locked and wasn't supposed to be. A technician climbed into a window using a ladder and went down to open the door from the inside. When he got to the bottom, he flew out of the door saying he saw something like a dark outline of a man and just went numb. The Physicist then went in with the crew. He went to the top and found after testing that the light was nothing more than a reflection. Funny thing is, they found that the lock had been broken and the amount of force used had to be pretty large.
The third was about a man who said that through past life regression hypnosis, he determined that he was a reincarnated artist. He provided 28 facts. After years of searching for the painting that he saw himself painting during hypnosis (a hunchbacked woman) he was able to determine who the artist was. He found that the artist had a diary which confirmed the facts he provided previously on audio tape through hypnosis. They ran a polygraph on him that was inconclusive. They then ran a second poly on him with a different examiner and this one showed no deception. They called it "proof positive" but I'm still very skeptical of this one.
The next show was Ghost Hunters. It was pretty good. A group of guys and a woman have formed a group called TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) that investigates hauntings. Two of the main guys are Plumbers from Roto Rooter. Anyway, they get a call from a distressed woman in Altoona, PA and they decide to go there. They go through a couple of the guys telling their wives that they have to go.... so there is a reality show element to this. Anyway, to shorten this a bit ... they go there and come up with about 4 or 5 examples of EVP which are pretty clear. It was pretty convincing, but I really won't fully trust EVP unless it is done in a controlled environment by professionals. Regardless, it was a good show. Here is their website with EVPs you can listen to: TAPS.
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Wait, was anyone eaten?
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I have a pretty good ghost story of my own.
My mother grew up in an old house in Pennsylvania.
The house had originally been standing in England.
It was deconstructed and brought over for a sea captain's wife who was homesick for england and the sea.
Some 40 years later my mother's family bought it.
One day when I was just 4 years old I was at the house for a party, everyone was outside on the polo grounds for a party and I went inside to use the bathroom.
I didnt realise there was a bathroom on first floor and went upstairs to use one of the bathrooms. When I was walking back down the staircase, I reached the bottom and turned around for some reason.
I looked back up at landing. The landing had a window behind it. Half in front of the window and in front of the wall was a filmy slender form that basically looked like a soap bubble shaped human wearing a lacy dress.
I blinked and it was still there for about 5 more seconds. Finally it disappeared and I ran outside.
I didnt tell anyone at first what happened. Just told my mother I wanted to go home.
When we were driving home I told my mother and she almost hit a tree.
I didnt know why she was freaked but years later I found out that the aforementioned sea capatain's wife had killed herself by jumping over the stairwell after she found out her husband had been killed.
The information was verified in counties records.
One day years later the house suddenly caught on fire in the same spot I saw the ghost (no exact cause was ever found)
My family sold it to another family. The family moved in and moved out 30 days later saying it was haunted.
They never lived in it again and finally tore it down. Which seems fairly drastic since the house had 10 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. The lot stood vacant for 10 years and now finally a new house is being put up.
Ive never seen another ghost. No Thanks.
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