Ghosts..... Have you ever seen them?

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VolsSportsFan said:
Did you not read the rest of my original post on this? Orbs, doors slamming, and shadows are easily explained.
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You really think that a TV station is going to go to the trouble of faking film footage and risking their reputations by presenting fake local footage? It is not happening. This was real footage.
 
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Tux said:
You really think that a TV station is going to go to the trouble of faking film footage and risking their reputations by presenting fake local footage? It is not happening. This was real footage.
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People will do anything for ratings.
 
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Off The Wall
Tracy Todd writes,
Hey Mike,
Just curious about your thoughts on the paranormal. I am a paranormal investigator and would love to here any theories you may have on the subject

Hi Tracy
My theories on the paranormal boil down to the fact that most people favor fiction over non-fiction.
Based on the available evidence, there is no logical reason for an impartial observer to conclude that ghosts, aliens, ESP, telekinesis, reincarnation, horoscopes, astral projection, miracles, or any other supernatural or psychic phenomena has ever occurred in the history of the species. That doesn’t mean such things do not exist or have not occurred. It just means they haven’t been proven. The James Randi Foundation continues to offer a million dollars to anyone who can demonstrate paranormal activity under controlled conditions. The prize remains unclaimed.
In general, I believe people find what they look for. But I also think that many who search for the "truth" are more interested in looking than finding. I assume you’d agree that investigating paranormal activity is fun, right? For that reason, I would encourage you to keep on investigating, regardless of what you ultimately discover. I'd say the same thing to a scientist. In fact, I just spoke at length with an astro-physicist who has dedicated his life to searching for life on other planets. Maybe he’ll find it. Maybe he won’t. Either way, he’s enjoying the search.
Weird things are fun to contemplate and worth investigating. But believing them is another matter, and when I read that 45% of Americans believe in ghosts, I can't help but share Carl Sagan’s foreboding. We need to become a far more skeptical people. We need to stop confusing the inability to prove that ghosts do not exist as evidence that they might. The burden of proof has shifted to the point that skepticism - one of my favorite qualities - is now dismissed as cynicism, and those who doubt the existence of bigfoot are often labelled as “close-minded.”
Unless we want nothing from your profession but entertainment, we need to demand proof from those who argue the validity of any and all paranormal claims. Real, actual, million-dollar-winning proof.
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The prize is out there. But so far - the proof is not.

Mike
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Tux said:
Not in this case. You are reaching hard.
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I'm very openminded when it comes to stuff like ghosts/spirits and whatnot, but the fact remains if a small tv station wanted to get a spike in ratings something like that wouldn't be too hard to stage.
 
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Tux said:
You really think that a TV station is going to go to the trouble of faking film footage and risking their reputations by presenting fake local footage? It is not happening. This was real footage.
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I didn't one word about faking. I said easily explainable.
 
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I can understand the skepticism from some of the posters, who have never experienced the paranormal. I would be skeptical too, I were in their shoes. However, some of us have experienced things that we can not explain and that we know are not of this realm.

There is no way to prove some of these things, because all of us do not run around with a camera up in our faces to snap photos of everything that we see in life. Does that make them not real? No, not at all. Some will say that the skeptics are fortunate to not have experienced some of the things that many have seen and have to deal with, regarding the paranormal. One day, they may and their minds will have been changed forever. Just like many posters here who have seen, heard and experienced paranormal events.
 
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I don't really have a problem if you truly think you've had a paranormal experience. I can't tell you what you did or did not experience.

But when things are posted as "proof", that's fair game to criticize. And I've yet to see any video, audio, or photograph proof that is convincing.
 
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I've yet to see you or anyone else here, disprove anything. All I have seen from the likes of Ron and others, is criticism because they do not believe.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I don't really have a problem if you truly think you've had a paranormal experience. I can't tell you what you did or did not experience.

But when things are posted as "proof", that's fair game to criticize. And I've yet to see any video, audio, or photograph proof that is convincing.
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Then you haven't looked hard enough.

When folks die, their energy just doesn't disappear. It goes some where. Sometimes I think it's caught in the middle.
 
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Tux said:
I've yet to see you or anyone else here, disprove anything. All I have seen from the likes of Ron and others, is criticism because they do not believe.
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TRUT and one or two others are the only ones to bring a real debate. The rest, just want to poke fun.
 
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Tux said:
I've yet to see you or anyone else here, disprove anything. All I have seen from the likes of Ron and others, is criticism because they do not believe.
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They don't believe because no solid proof has been offered, or the evidence provided is not convincing enough.

And no one has to "disprove" anything; the one making the claim that has the burden of proof.
 
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Obsessed said:
Then you haven't looked hard enough.

When folks die, their energy just doesn't disappear. It goes some where. Sometimes I think it's caught in the middle.
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How have I not "looked hard enough" when I've examined all evidence that's been presented? I'm sorry that pictures of shadows and videos of doors slamming doesn't automatically make me believe in ghosts.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
How have I not "looked hard enough" when I've examined all evidence that's been presented? I'm sorry that pictures of shadows and videos of doors slamming doesn't automatically make me believe in ghosts.
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There is other places beside this thread. Lol


It goes way deeper. Much farther reaching.

The folks in this thread are simply commenting on personal experiences.
 
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