07-08-2009, 03:53 PM
Clowny,Actually, some theories indicate that physical manisfestations may actually be a "recording" of images, and therefore would include clothing. One thing I learned was that if there was something I saw which I couldn't explain, look for the water. Invariably, there's a drained lake or something. The concept of images being recorded in water, or maybe water-soaked wood. There are some folks out there which seem to be on the brink of discovering something along these lines in a recreatable fashion. Seems like a longshot to suggest conditions might be right to have something like this "just happen", but then again, our entire existance is reliant on quite a series of longshots, so who knows. Unfortunately, the folks that truly study, work, and experiment in this field, and use equipment that can realistically help them, are few and far between. Many of the rest of them have claims to being psychic, and make the great "leaps of faith" that no one can really follow, and end up with nothing in terms of scientific value. Others are hugely experimental, to a point where nothing is properly tested (or investigated) more than once, meaning there's no way to create a basis of comparison. Still others are just out for a good scareing or to prove to others that they aren't scared, and produce nothing except stories. I'd love to get some thing or place that's totally demonstrably "haunted," and then screw around with it until I could predict it's responces, appearance conditions, etc. Instead of working backwards and trying to eliminate possible factors (ie- "hey that door moved" check for gusts, check strings, leaning doorframe, foundation shifts, etc..). Unfortunately, I don't have the money to pursue something like that.BTW- In case you hadn't thought it through, it is IMPOSSIBLE to prove a negative like "a string didn't pull a door shut".. It's possible to provide evidence if a string was used and there's evidence of it, but there's no evidence to find when something "didn't" happen... Much like you can't prove that no one slept with your mother last night... you can suggest it's unlikely, but that's not proof. When I was younger, and starting out in the ghosthunter world, I was under the impression that electricity might attract spirits, due to EMP readings being found in "hotspots". As I got older, the idea evolved to using electricity to help jump-start whatever seemingly paranormal events the location had to offer. Regardless, I thought it'd be neat to have a small device you could turn-on and have it "activate" an area.. you could tuck it in your buddy's wallet or something and let all the weird stuff scare the heck out of them.One man's magic is another man's science. I don't believe in the paranormal, I just beleive that science doesn't know everything there is to know yet. Heck, we didn't even know about plate tectonics until less than 40 years ago, started having home computers 32 years ago, and just found a 10th planet in 2005 (Eris). There's a lot we still don't know.