Guardsmen Sense Ghostly Presence In New Orleans

CBS5 ^ | 9/23/2005 | staff

[DogBarkTree]

Intersting story. Just in time for Halloween.

[Dengar01]

Bump for later read.

[Dallas59]

Fun for 24 hours in October...but before and after that...gooblty gook

[talleyman]

"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...

[Mase]

Who ya gonna call?

[george wythe]

I guess South Florida is not the only place where otherwise-rational people are afraid of ghosts, voodoo dolls and santeria coconuts.

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.

[neodad]

Just a bunch of voters looking for their polling place. Nothing to see here.

[pa mom]

I've gotten the email three times now.

[Ciexyz]

Spooky!

[correctthought]

Aren't they a little early to vote?

[Betis70]

Another thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1489545/posts

[lilylangtree]

Ripe for another Stephen King novel/movie.

[ncountylee]

Quick kill a chicken and drink the blood.

[DogBarkTree]

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

[RegulatorCountry]

"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.

[massgopguy]

I suggested to Howie Carr that all Ray Nagin soundbites should have I Put A Spell On You as background music.

[Mase]

Dr. Peter Venkman:This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?
Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.
Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling.
Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes...
Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria

[SF Republican]

who is Jesus Chris