Anybody interested in the paranormal?

[Magma]

Just curious. Have become more interested in the paranormal in the last 3 years or so. Anybody?

 

[Aboleo]

Yeah, I have an interested in it as far as the possible science behind it, but I have no use for all the occult BS.

 

[KarmaSutra]

My man 'DISH is a debunker rather than an investigator. I'm the opposite. I'm a Paranormal Investigator with SPIRITeam here in Central Florida.

www.spiriteam.org/

I've seen some crazy sh!t in our investigations. Some iffy but others downright scary as fvck.

I'm also a devotee of Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Magick.

 

[ketostix]

My man 'DISH is a debunker rather than an investigator.

No dis to 'Dish but a lot more people should be investigators rather than debunkers to things that really can't be fully debunked.

 

[KarmaSutra]

No dis to 'Dish but a lot more people should be investigators rather than debunkers to things that really can't be fully debunked.

:yes:

Agreed. But I deeply value DEEP DISH's skepticism and rationality.

He seems like the serious guy locked away in a secret laboratory coming up with the formula to save humanity and he may just be, but in real life he is truly one of the most caring, erudite fellows you would ever have the luck to meet and befriend.

 

[Nighthawk]

No such things as the paranormal. But people will believe whatever makes them feel better.

 

[KarmaSutra]

No such things as the paranormal. But people will believe whatever makes them feel better.

Don't come in here with your bullsh!t. It's a conversation not a set of commandments.

Get the fvck over your opinion.

 

[Paper Man]

I have seen some crazy sh!t in my life... When I was younger, I was VERY interested in the paranormal, and eventually it dragged me down to places that I didn't need to go to. Now I just acknowledge it and move on.

 

[azanon]

I have no choice but to at least be interested in it since I witnessed a paranormal event when I was 18 years old. I've written about it before, so I don't want to do it again.

 

[WhitePimp]

Something happened recently at my job that really made me rethink the paranormal entering this world. Just a completely unexplainable phenomena that no one can solve.

 

[Magma]

As far as I see it, the word "paranormal" is just a word that describes anything that is other than "normal" or "explainable." When I was in my early/mid twenties, I tended bar at a restaurant that used to function as an old granary (grain silo) for one of the local agricultural colleges back in the twenties. It had a very rich history. At any rate, the bar was in the basement and there were many nights in the winter where I would be the only one in the building. Oftentimes I would hear footsteps in the backroom, a bang in the kitchen, or other unexplainable noises. Other times I would get an overwhelming sensation that I was not alone. I would also experience cold spots.

This kind of got me interested in the unexplainable. I've never seen anything though, and I'm not sure if I want to open Pandora's Box or not by actively seeking an experience.

Karma, maybe I'll PM you or Dish about this since you both seem to be pretty interested in this sort of thing.

 

[KarmaSutra]

What's your best story karma?

We had an investigation at the Clewiston Inn and it was extremely active. We have video of 5 of our SPIRITeam brothers and sisters in the midst of a seance when they whole fvcking table begins circling and bouncing. All the while none of our people ever moved thier hands. The remained perfectly flat the entire episode.

I'll get with the Case Manager and see if she has the video backed up.

Here is a clip of a cleansing ritual at the Old Courthouse in Punta Gorda:

Notice the hardhat.


I had an interesting experience when I was 9 at my Aunts house. A purple entity woke me up and smiled and then vanished from the foot to the head.

Noone will ever convince me it was not as real as I'm typing this right now.

 

[Deep Dish]

For the record, here are my reasons why to wit I am skeptical of the paranormal:

1. For over a century, no one with a claimed paranormal power has simply demonstrated the power under controlled conditions wherein the possibility of cheating has been removed. Not one single person, out of billions and billions of inhabitants, for over a century of scientific challenges by the likes of Harry Houdini, James Randi, and others. Rather, claimants imagine a galaxy of excuses why they shouldn't or can't be tested. Rubbish.

2. The evidence for a paranormal claim are always either scant or non-existent. Parapsychologists searching for proof find "effects" but only after tortured statistical analyses, which strongly suggests nothing is there; replete with frauds and flaws, the field has made no progress. Things such as UFOs and ghosts have natural explanations other than UFOs and ghosts. After all, you never hear about ghosts who grow tired of haunting the dilapidated hotel and move to the brand new gas station down the street. Before you can reach for the extraordinary, you must first rule out the ordinary; extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

3. Forget the mantra about "We don't know what we don't know," paranormal claims often violate what we do know regarding the laws of nature.

4. EVeryone and their pet chihuahua says "Just you wait" and holds advances in quantum physics or string theory will vindicate their paranormal belief. But guess what most serious scientists answer: rubbish.

Karma, I would be interested in tagging along on one of your investigations on some weekend. That is one of the obligations of being a skeptic.

(P.S. Seances are easily faked.)

 

[Nighthawk]

Don't come in here with your bullsh!t. It's a conversation not a set of commandments.

Get the fvck over your opinion.

No need to be rude dear.

 

[KarmaSutra]

No need to be rude dear.

I was almost done with a 14 hour work day and I was on the rag.


My apologies.

 

[KarmaSutra]

Karma, I would be interested in tagging along on one of your investigations on some weekend. That is one of the obligations of being a skeptic.

I'll work it out and shout at ya!

 

[speed dawg]

I'm very interested in it, and almost want to believe it. I've never had an experience, but I know plenty of people who have.

Demons are here on earth. So are angels. Do I necessarily want to come in contact with a demon, just to prove that they are real? No way, I leave it alone. Ouija boards, seances, etc....not for me. I do not want to open that door. However, I think everything here on earth conforms to the laws of physics. The only miracles that defied that were the ones performed by Jesus in the New Testament.

 

[taiyuu_otoko]

I had an interesting experience when I was 9 at my Aunts house. A purple entity woke me up and smiled and then vanished from the foot to the head.

Dude, you sure that wasn't a ghost of Milton Erickson? He used to wear purple...

Seriously, though a relative of mind (like my 2nd cousin once removed or something like that) woke up to find her husband standing at the foot of her bed at the precise moment his plane was shot down over vietnam.

The next morning (without hearing any news or anything) she told everyone he had died, then the air force guys came by a couple days later to officially tell her the news.

 

[Ever onward]

Deep Dish feels the need to prove he is smarter than everyone by trouncing their beliefs. Apparently no one else is allowed to have beliefs of their own unless the great one gives his seal of approval.

**** quantum physics, I've seen a ghost with my own two eyes

 

[Magma]

Perception is reality. I'm not going to beat that dead horse. If you've seen something with your own eyes, then that is as real to you as the glass of water sitting on the table. I simply find the paranormal INTERESTING. Period.

As my interest has grown, I've become both a skeptic and believer at the same time. Don't ask me how that is possible, because I'm not sure. I really want to hook up with some paranormal research groups in my state and tag along. I want to scrutinize their methodologies. Besides, who wouldn't love to spend a night in their local haunted mansion? I think it would be tits man!