Does anyone believe supernatural rubbish?

Does anyone believe supernatural rubbish?

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TwigtheWonderkid

43,688 posts

152 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Can I say this for the final time?



I felt the individual puffs of air dissipate on my forearm, exactly as exhaled air feels when someone blows on you, it was also fairly warm, just like human breath when it's travelled a foot or so through the air.
And why couldn't that be caused by a dodgy nerve ending, or similar sensory glitch. I really don't see the big mystery here.

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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There is no mystery here, or invention going on. I was blown on, twice. The second time on request.

What are you not getting here?

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Nanook said:
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Can I say this for the final time?

It wasn't a draught.
You don't know that. You have no real idea what it was. So you've invented something to explain it.

Your imagination is good. Your logic, bad.
I do know that, because I was here, and it happened to me.

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

221 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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There is no mystery here, or invention going on. I was blown on, twice. The second time on request.

What are you not getting here?
I haven't been blown twice for ages.............oh on.....sorry misread.

Rawwr

22,722 posts

236 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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There is no mystery here, or invention going on. I was blown on, twice. The second time on request.

What are you not getting here?
Your sample data is 1. That's not enough. For anything. Ever.

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Rawwr said:
Your sample data is 1. That's not enough. For anything. Ever.
Oh dear. smile

smn159

12,855 posts

219 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Absolutely not a draught. Definitely targeted blow.

I work on the railway, maintenance and renewals.
Any ghost trains?

Front bottom

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Thursday 11th May 2017
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smn159 said:
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Absolutely not a draught. Definitely targeted blow.

I work on the railway, maintenance and renewals.
Any ghost trains?
Good one.

smn159

12,855 posts

219 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Good one.
I was being serious wink

Front bottom

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192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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smn159 said:
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Good one.
I was being serious wink
This cropped up in the other thread, and they aren't my experiences, but there is an old disused railway tunnel in my local town.

There is a B&Q nearby these days, and people working there at night, stocking up, have been having fag breaks out the back and have heard a steam train. There have been a few accounts of this.

Now, I always thought that structures such as houses and tunnels in this case could possibly store noise over time, and occasionally will release that sound, or something like that.

There was a structural engineer on the previous thread (the Paranormal experiences one), who disagreed with this though.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

286 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Eh?
House storing sounds?

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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jmorgan said:
Eh?
House storing sounds?
I mean brickwork/structures in general.

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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I'd have thought that the all knowing gods on here would have heard of this? wink

conkerman

3,316 posts

137 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Is there a theme park local?

What puzzles me is that, these phenomena appear to break the laws of thermodynamics, these have been shown to be inviolate over the last few hundred years, so much so, they are termed laws. Many people have devoted years to find ways of cheating these. No-one has managed it yet.

Prove this stuff exists and you would possibly be the most famous person ever.

It does mystify me that people are all to willing to dupe themselves into thinking that something they cant explain MUST be supernatural in origin, often without actually thinking it through. But I suppose there is money to be made by many in promulgating this stuff.

RizzoTheRat

25,331 posts

194 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Train noise is probably just wind against the trees/tunnel. The human brain is very good at pattern recognition so we'll often see or hear things that aren't there by spotting a pattern in amongst the noise. It's an evolutionary thing, it's better to occasionally think you saw a tiger when there's not one there, that to not see it when there is.

smn159

12,855 posts

219 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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Now, I always thought that structures such as houses and tunnels in this case could possibly store noise over time, and occasionally will release that sound, or something like that.
Why on earth do you think that?

Has your house spoken to you?


Rawwr

22,722 posts

236 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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I always thought that structures such as houses and tunnels in this case could possibly store noise over time, and occasionally will release that sound, or something like that.
I don't even... WHAT!?

Front bottom

5,648 posts

192 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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conkerman said:
Is there a theme park local?

What puzzles me is that, these phenomena appear to break the laws of thermodynamics, these have been shown to be inviolate over the last few hundred years, so much so, they are termed laws. Many people have devoted years to find ways of cheating these. No-one has managed it yet.

Prove this stuff exists and you would possibly be the most famous person ever.

It does mystify me that people are all to willing to dupe themselves into thinking that something they cant explain MUST be supernatural in origin, often without actually thinking it through. But I suppose there is money to be made by many in promulgating this stuff.
Good post, and the nearest theme park is around 40 miles away.

Front bottom

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Thursday 11th May 2017
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Rawwr said:
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I always thought that structures such as houses and tunnels in this case could possibly store noise over time, and occasionally will release that sound, or something like that.
I don't even... WHAT!?
It was an article I read years ago. There was certain evidence to suggest that old brick structures could retain certain sounds and actually release them again in years to come.

That's in its crudest form, but it's all I remember about it.

jmorgan

36,010 posts

286 months

Thursday 11th May 2017
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jmorgan said:
Eh?
House storing sounds?
I mean brickwork/structures in general.
Not buying it.

This reminds me of this fella on Nationwide that could jump on eggs. And walk on water. Cringinly bad.

Right, house as a huge tape recorder. Easy to replicate then, how is this done? Many of use can repeat this and prove it for you.