Ghosts: Do you believe they exist?

[Loki]

I wonder why ghosts never appear to scientists or investigators who want to prove their existence.

[WinterMoon]

I wonder why ghosts never appear to scientists or investigators who want to prove their existence.

Maybe they do and it's the measurement instruments that are faulty.

[Útrám]

I am open to the possibility.

There do exist recorded uncanny happenings which completely defy centuries of scientific knowledge. What took place in that power plant in the German city of Rosenheim could possibly be the best of examples; here we have furniture and other objects spinning, levitating and flying around, all caught on film by government scientists(mostly physicists) all carrying recognised and valid university licences and it left them speechless. Somehow for mainstream science that said event was not enough. This case was no trifle and should have been acknowledged as an increment of credibility to the existence of the super natural.

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[WinterMoon]

I wonder why ghosts never appear to scientists or investigators who want to prove their existence.

Loki has inspired me.

Feel free to add on, maybe we can have a top 10 list within the hour.

Why Ghosts Don't Show up For Research:

1. Faulty or improper measures.
2. The compensation is too low.
3. No signed consent forms.
4. Bias.
5. Subject predisposition effects.
6. Poor recruitment techniques.
7. Poor research methods and design.

[Freomæg]

8. Doubt disperses otherworldly energies
9. Spirits do not wish to be 'measured'

[Goidelic]

Ghosts are illusions of the mind, I like to think they exist just to keep their stories alive. There are many historical stories about Colonial ghosts back from the 18th century. I've talked to some people that think ghosts are trapped here on earth, that never made it elsewhere to an "afterlife."

[Cato]

I dunno.

[Atlas]

I was scared watching the X-files so yes I do believe in them.

[sturmwalkure]

Let me add:

- The night my grandfather died of a heart-attack and as my grandmother's neighbor saw the ambulance at their house, she didn't know why it was there but my grandfather who was already dead told her, "Tell Marie I am okay.", then he disappeared. She didn't know why until my grandmother told her he had passed. This woman had no idea he had passed away but he wanted to tell her to tell my grandfather was okay.

- I remember another instance in my backyard when we still lived in Kentucky after my grandfather died. I was running around and then saw my grandfather there- I paused. I felt an unusual calm and then it passed as soon as he disappeared but I felt his presence though he'd been dead for a few years

- There are still times when I feel his presence, though his body is no longer alive I believe his soul still lives on. These are my beliefs. I'd appreciate it if no-one tries to 'refute' these stories. This is what I hold to be true, I don't expect you too but this is what I honestly believe. I have seen, felt, and heard enough to reaffirm MY BELIEFS. I don't expect you to accept them but I would really appreciate if no-one tried to make them out to be 'mere hallucinations'.

[Luern]

Only if they do not complain about discrimination.