Poll: Ghosts.

[RanD00M]

No, I don't believe in ghosts. When I was a lot younger I did, but have since grown out of it.

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[Abedeus]

Yes because i've seen things that can only be explained as a ghost or spirit was doing it. I know what is real and what is fake but this was just not right and seemed off...

That i think i had a banshee scream at me. It was wearing white next to a lake and when i approcahed it turned, looked and me then it's face became rotted and bones could easily be seen. Then it screamed and that noise was just so not of this earth. All pitchs i could hear at once with just the pain striking me in the chest.

Hallucinations and aqua dementia.

Also, don't get high.

No. Duh.
Ghosts are supposed to be souls.
There is no such thing as a soul.

What, you mean that idiot bought my soul and it's not even real?

Woah, what an idiot. I mean, I thought I was getting ripped off, and it turned out it's he who was conned.

 

[RanD00M]

there has to be otherwise what have i been busting for the last few years?

Noxious gas clouds?

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Yes because i've seen things that can only be explained as a ghost or spirit was doing it. I know what is real and what is fake but this was just not right and seemed off...

That i think i had a banshee scream at me. It was wearing white next to a lake and when i approcahed it turned, looked and me then it's face became rotted and bones could easily be seen. Then it screamed and that noise was just so not of this earth. All pitchs i could hear at once with just the pain striking me in the chest.

Hallucinations and aqua dementia.

Also, don't get high.

i wasn't high. And i know it wasn't a hallucination because my horse crapped it'self and bolted like a bat outa hell soon as was walking towards it.

 

[Antlers]

Absolutely not, it's physically impossible, not to mention fucking retarded.

wow. you seem friendly.

there are multiple theories for the existence of ghosts. look them up before you go calling scientific theories fucking retarted.

Friendly, he does not seem. Correct, he does.

Of course I don't believe in ghosts. I find it odd that lots of people over the years have told me (always) unconvincing ghost stories but I've never seen anything I even for a second thought was something paranormal. Why not? Oh I don't know. Maybe it's because when I see a woman in the road I just think 'shit, there's a woman in the road, better swerve' not 'oh my god, a ghost'. Or maybe when I hear a whistling sound I think 'hey someone's whistling'. Or if I hear a whistling sound in an empty house I think 'wonder what that is' and NOT 'a whistling ghost! Maybe a dead kettle.'

Skeptics never see ghosts. How bizarre.

anythings possible even the unprovable.

Right, well that's just pointless.

there has to be otherwise what have i been busting for the last few years?

Best reply so far.

 

[s0p0g]

i haven't seen one, nor do i know of any reproducable method to somehow measure that something that could be defined as a ghost is anywhere or did/does do anything; of course, i know people who claim to have seen/heard/whatever one (or even several) and to be able to make them do something (during some kind of séance or something similar), but, for some reason (*cough*) it never worked with me or someone else i trust around.

so, as long as i don't see one or a cup strangely flies through my room or whatever, and i find a perfectly reasonable explanation for things happening, i don't see any reason why i should think that them ghosts do exist.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I can't say no. but I can say that it's really really unlikely. Science can't prove it or disprove it so its kind of a matter of inner opinion. I'm going with probably not, but there are some creepy unexplained things that resemble "spooks".

 

[Antlers]

That i think i had a banshee scream at me. It was wearing white next to a lake and when i approcahed it turned, looked and me then it's face became rotted and bones could easily be seen. Then it screamed and that noise was just so not of this earth. All pitchs i could hear at once with just the pain striking me in the chest.

Oh and this!

Possible explanations:

1. You're exaggerating (possibly unconsciously) what you saw. You saw something odd and over time have built it up to be more and more strange.

2. You're lying.

3. You saw some weird old bloke in white next to a lake.

4. You were high (even though you insist otherwise).

 

[PrototypeC]

I am a believer in ghosts, mainly because it's fun, and I like to believe I'm on to something that others may consider nonexistent. However, ghost hunters (99.999%) are either stupid or let their imaginations run away from them, or crafty and trick believers into giving them money. Ghost hunters and ghost hunting shows as a whole are bullshit, because they still use mediums way more than they should, and don't check the science to a satisfactory degree. For instance, they make a big deal about cold spots, most of which have a scientific explanation, and don't check for rising air currents.


Short answer: yes, but ghost hunters are bulls**t.

Oh yeah, and mainstream christians hate me for it.

 

[chronobreak]

If ghosts were real, you figure there would be millions of them all over the place all the time, that they wouldn't just appear to someone alone in their room at night and such. More people would come forward and it would be much more widely explored.

 

[Antlers]

I am a believer in ghosts, mainly because it's fun, and I like to believe I'm on to something that others may consider nonexistent. However, ghost hunters (99.999%) are either stupid or let their imaginations run away from them, or crafty and trick believers into giving them money. Ghost hunters and ghost hunting shows as a whole are bullshit, because they still use mediums way more than they should, and don't check the science to a satisfactory degree. For instance, they make a big deal about cold spots, most of which have a scientific explanation, and don't check for rising air currents.


Short answer: yes, but ghost hunters are bulls**t.

Oh yeah, and mainstream christians hate me for it.

Wanting to believe in something and believing in something is not the same.

Also what makes ghost hunting shows bollocks and ghosts in general not bollocks?! They use mediums more than they should? What do YOU suggest they do to hunt ghosts? I find it utterly bizarre that you think one aspect of paranormal nonsense is correct but another aspect of it is rubbish.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

they are real but not what most people think they are

*plays x-files music, which if you don't know, I sigh at you*

How so?

 

[PrototypeC]

Also what makes ghost hunting shows bollocks and ghosts in general not bollocks?! They use mediums more than they should? What do you suggest they do to hunt ghosts? I find it utterly bizarre that you think one aspect of paranormal nonsense is correct but another aspect of it is rubbish.

OK, at the end it comes down to respecting someone else's beliefs. If I'm either in a boat with the banshee guy and the ones with cryptic answers that sound more like mental sickness, or in a boat with you, I choose the believers. It's because believers as a whole are accepting, friendly people, and people like you... well, if you haven't anything nice to say, bite your tongue and walk away.

But then that would take some measure of self-control, wouldn't it?

 

[Abedeus]

Yes because i've seen things that can only be explained as a ghost or spirit was doing it. I know what is real and what is fake but this was just not right and seemed off...

That i think i had a banshee scream at me. It was wearing white next to a lake and when i approcahed it turned, looked and me then it's face became rotted and bones could easily be seen. Then it screamed and that noise was just so not of this earth. All pitchs i could hear at once with just the pain striking me in the chest.

Hallucinations and aqua dementia.

Also, don't get high.

i wasn't high. And i know it wasn't a hallucination because my horse crapped it'self and bolted like a bat outa hell soon as was walking towards it.

Fumes. Check for gas leaks before your horse dies from brain damage.

 

[Antlers]

Also what makes ghost hunting shows bollocks and ghosts in general not bollocks?! They use mediums more than they should? What do you suggest they do to hunt ghosts? I find it utterly bizarre that you think one aspect of paranormal nonsense is correct but another aspect of it is rubbish.

OK, at the end it comes down to respecting someone else's beliefs. If I'm either in a boat with the banshee guy and the ones with cryptic answers that sound more like mental sickness, or in a boat with you, I choose the believers. It's because believers as a whole are accepting, friendly people, and people like you... well, if you haven't anything nice to say, bite your tongue and walk away.

But then that would take some measure of self-control, wouldn't it?

Care to actually answer any of the questions no?

 

[PrototypeC]

Care to actually answer any of the questions no?

OK, OK, Antlers. All flaming aside, I do have some answers for you.

One, I did answer your question about whether I actually believe. I had to think about it, but yes, I do. Why do I have to decide one way or the other anyway? Mainly I believe that emotions have lasting effects on the environment. I'm a little leery of quantum mechanics, but they do seem to confirm my belief. If emotions really do have an effect on the surrounding environment, then there's a lot of energy being left behind. I think that may be what people see as ghosts.

Two, I don't really think people should hunt ghosts. I'd like to see universities give serious scientific looks at these sorts of phenomena and see if there really is a link between all the various things believers state to be evidence of the existence of ghosts. Then we might get an answer... but I'm not sure if we have the tech right now to make unbiased scientific conclusions about all purported supernatural activity.

 

[Aedes]

Plausible, but scary. If they are real I'd hate to know what they've seen me do. |:
It's the thought of invisible beings I don't like.

No worries. They can't tell no one.
Next time you have the feeling, just ask'em: "Enjoyed the show?"

Well, there is Ghost Hunters International, and they get some freaky stuff sometimes. The main Ghost Hunters show also has gotten some weird stuff. I myself think they exist. Mainly because I've had someone say "Hi" in my ear when everyone else is asleep and I was alone in a locked room. So, yeah, I belive in ghosts, *Flame suit on*.

Haha, well, I can think on a few number of things of what it could have been:
-> Wind, but in a locked room, it blows up my hypothesis.
-> A cricket chirping, but then again, you could be in the city.
-> Electricity malfunction. It can create weird noises randomly.
-> A ghost!!! But I wasn't there, I can't confirm nor deny you.

Nothing paranormal ever happened to me. Also, my father is a physicist, so I grew up believing that everything has a palpable explanation. Aside religion, you can say I'm just another one of the I-only-believe-seeing people.
Just to add one final comment, if I ever become a ghost and if I could whisper at someone's ear, I would chose something more random like "I'm horny!" or "Peanut Butter Jelly Time!". Way more hillarious way to amuse myself as a ghost.

 

[Danik93]

Ghosts are as Religion... things to explain things we don't understand... believe in it or not i don't give a crap

 

[Gerazzi]

I've seen but one, and I was half asleep. My entire town is also supposedly haunted and I got the eerily familiar sensation whenever I look out my window, see fog covering the landscape, and get Silent Hill flashbacks.
In all seriousness though, I've seen one once and I'm an atheist, so I don't really believe in them. Not until there is properly recorded evidence.

 

[Julianking93]

Even though I'm an atheist, I still think our spirit, soul, energy or whatever goes somewhere after this.

I've never had an experience with ghosts (not to say that I haven't seen shit I can't explain that some people immediatly deem ghost worthy) but thats not to say they don't exist.

But for most, if not all ghost stories, there is a scientific explaination for it.