The Ghost that rings bells

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Originally Posted by Thiussat

I agree with anball. I don't really believe in the ghost phenomenon, but they are fun to watch and I don't think all of them are hoaxes or tall tales.

I think a lot can be learned about the human brain through scientific ghost research. From what I have seen many ghost occurances, when investigated with instruments that can detect EM radiation, the EM spikes seem to be much higher than normal around the areas of the "hauntings." It is known that high EM radiation can effect the neurochemistry of the brain, thus inducing hallucinations. Exactly how this works is anyone's guess, but it is a known fact that the brain is a strong conductor of EM radiation and is, in fact, a complex network of electric "circuits." It seems reasonable that high EM radiation can cause these "circuits" to go haywire.

A good reason to put stock in the EM theory is that often times two people can be in the same room and only one will experience a haunting. However, the same two people can be in another location and only the other person will experience the haunting (thus taking the "psychic" aspect out of it). Both people experience "hauntings," but not at the same time. A good example of this is the story that UM did on that old farm house in Texas, where the two men bought the house in order to rent it to hunters. The two men claimed a lot of banging on the walls and footsteps in the halls. Well, they had their sisters come over and spend the night and the sisters claimed to experience the same phenomenon. The sisters claimed that the banging was so loud that they felt that the "roof was going to fall in." The next morning, they asked the two men if they had also heard it and they said no. If the banging was really that loud, then I find it unlikely no one else in the house heard it. This indicates to me that there is some EM disturbance in certain areas of the house that cause hallucinations in some of the occupants but not in others.

I think the ghost expert in this particular UM segment posited this very theory to explain the ghosts. He also mentioned something about the house being built on a limestone foundation and how the chemical makeup of limestone can conduct electricity much easier than in a conventional house.

I know that this post is old, and not sure if you post here anymore, but I found this interesting.

I also think stress has a lot to do with the brain chemicals and currents that cause hallucinations. take for example our dream states. many people suffer from sleep paralysis and sleep walking. a dream state where you are partially awake and partially asleep. many people who suffer from these conditions suffer from insomnia and stress. in many indigenous cultures, they would induce stress by fasting and not drinking water. often they would go into the mountains or somewhere sacred to put their mind in a trance state. the brain has a lot to do with what we see and how we perceive our surroundings. but this information can also be useful to people, as it was for indigenous cultures.

as for the Texas house, I think the brain elements and EM may be part of the story. IIRC Dr. Roll was in that segment as well. I also think that animals and vast temperature changes due to extreme UV rays during the day. a house, depending on what it is made of, can expand and contract during extreme temperature changes. this can cause loud popping or thud like noises that can be unsettling while you are trying to sleep. then there's the story telling element as well, where clearly there was some embellishment by the guy with the cowboy hat.