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I will defend the humble dowsing rod to my last breath purely on the basis that it costs nothing, has been used for centuries, and produces results that are no less scientifically validated than a...
The notebook and video camera comment is closer to the truth than most people want to admit. The most compelling cases in the literature - Borley Rectory investigations aside, which have their own...
Chalky787 in Ghost Hunting Techniques 4 years ago thumb_up 1
if I'm going to a location... what's the toolkit that would actually give meaningful data?Honest answer: a good quality audio recorder (I use a Tascam DR-40X, about £120), a decent full-spectrum...
Aberdeen Moth in Ghost Hunting Techniques 4 years ago thumb_up 1
My partner was deeply skeptical when we first got together - thought the whole thing was silly, politely said so, then very impolitely said so after I came home at 3am from a location in the...
Sandra E. in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 5
Genuine question from someone newer to investigations: if the standard equipment isn't reliable, what should we be using?
SpectralPortal306 in Ghost Hunting Techniques 4 years ago thumb_up 1
This whole thread is giving me flashbacks to a heated argument I once had at the pub with a bloke who was absolutely convinced he'd photographed the ghost of a Victorian child in his bathroom...
TheLocalJournalist in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 5
So I've been into the paranormal seriously for about four years now and my mum has moved from vague bemusement to open skepticism to what I can only describe as active hostility.
ScruffyHawk772 in General Chat 4 years ago
The spirit box criticism is fair but I'd distinguish between the words people hear output and using white noise or audio sweep as a potential carrier for something anomalous, which is a different...
Former RAF signals, won't say where or when for obvious reasons.Every forum has one of these and I mean that in the nicest possible way.
Former RAF signals, won't say where or when for obvious reasons. The idea that the MoD has zero interest in anomalous aerial phenomena is laughable to anyone who's actually worked in that world.
Ball lightning was dismissed as hallucination for decades.Oh here we go, the ball lightning defence.
Margaret Andersen62 in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 4
To actually answer the original question: I think the UK government is watching the US proceedings very carefully and saying absolutely nothing publicly, which is exactly what you'd expect.
Prepared for a fight.You won't get one from me - this is exactly the sort of conversation we should be having more often. I'd add REM pods to the list.
Robin H. in Ghost Hunting Techniques 4 years ago thumb_up 1
I take the original point but I think there's also something worth saying about what counts as good evidence and who gets to decide.
Forsaken Anomaly17 in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 3
I know which explanation requires fewer assumptions.With respect, the lighthouse explanation for Rendlesham has always been a bit of a stretch.
The worst I've seen recently was a Facebook group where someone posted a photo of their living room and circled a face in the curtains that was very obviously just the fold pattern of the fabric.
Avery T. in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 4
Partly agree, partly don't. The equipment is a starting point for investigation, not an endpoint. Nobody serious claims a K2 meter proves a spirit is present - the claim is that unusual readings...
quiet_lurker in Ghost Hunting Techniques 4 years ago thumb_up 1
As an actual skeptic who lurks here mostly to see if anything interesting ever turns up (it occasionally does), I want to say: yes, this.
I'll be the skeptic here since someone has to. The US hearings were theatre. David Grusch is not a firsthand witness - he's reporting what other people told him, which in evidentiary terms is...
Chen Probe in Government Disclosure & Documents 4 years ago thumb_up 4
The solution is education, not mockeryRespectfully, I think some gentle mockery is exactly what's needed.
Dot in General Chat 4 years ago thumb_up 1