Posted on 09/23/2005 9:49:51 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
(CBS5) The presence of the supernatural and the influence of voodoo long have been synonymous with New Orleans.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, members of the U.S. military are saying that there's something spooky going on and it's not just images of death and destruction that's haunting them.
By all accounts, the Sophie B. Wright Middle School in New Orleans sits empty and evacuated except for military personnel who have taken over the campus as a staging site for missions around the battered city.
But the men in uniform have the feeling that they're not alone. It prompted a chaplain to utter this directive: "In the name of Jesus Chris, I command you Satan to leave the dark areas of this building."
Said Sgt. Robin Hairston of the California National Guard: "I was in my sleeping bag and I opened by eyes and in the doorway was a little girl," . "It wasn't my imagination."
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Bump for later read.
"Not at all surprising" bump.
As for apparitions, the dead are on the payroll there, so it's not surprising that they'd show up every now & then...
Who ya gonna call?
My cultural anthropology professor told me about these phenomena, "If you believe in their efficacy, you will be affected by them."
I still don't understand what he meant, but I took it to mean that there is some psychic energy out there that can affect us if we open our minds to such possibility.
Just a bunch of voters looking for their polling place. Nothing to see here.
I've gotten the email three times now.
Spooky!
Aren't they a little early to vote?
Another thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489545/posts
Ripe for another Stephen King novel/movie.
Quick kill a chicken and drink the blood.
LOL. The mayor wont need busses for the next election becuase many voters will just manefest at the polls then fade away till the next election
"I still don't understand what he meant"
Basically, he means this: if you believe the effects are real, then you will be affected in reality by them. Belief can be a very powerful thing, particularly when that belief is shared by many in a given locale.
Absent any other decent explanation that wouldn't sound like hocus-pocus, just think of it as something of a placebo effect, writ large.
I suggested to Howie Carr that all Ray Nagin soundbites should have I Put A Spell On You as background music.
who is Jesus Chris
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