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E.V.P.- Has anybody ever tried this?
zombiegirl
beating the drum of the lifelessin a dry wasteland Veteran
E.V.P. stands for Electronic Voice Phenomenon and usually takes place in a Q&A format with a digital recorder. Basically, you play it back and sometimes you hear voices/get responses. It's pretty standard on most Ghost Hunter type shows and I've been thinking that I find it a little interesting. I've had experiences with ghosts, but I still don't really believe in them. I mean, I know what I saw (several times...), but I don't rule out the possibility that it could just all be in my head.
I sometimes think about giving it a go but what can I say, I'm a little hesitant. Has anybody tried this before?
I sometimes think about giving it a go but what can I say, I'm a little hesitant. Has anybody tried this before?
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http://www.angelsghosts.com/ghost_box
You can actually buy them at radio shack or ebay
From the several paranormal encounters I had I was also curious and I ended up buying my own. I was able to hear a few spirits. I actually have one recording in particular on my computer that still freaks me out to this day. It sounds like a woman making popping sounds with her mouth and speaking in a very strange tongue, for several minutes. She doesn't really sound human as her voice kind of sounds other worldly, and doesn't come out as a language that I recognize, but for sure it's speech that sounds feminine.
When I recorded her my batteries went from full to nothing in a very short amount of time. Luckily I did have backups. That was one of those "holy shit" moments, when I could see that spirits really do absorb energy and use it to manifest and to communicate. I remember her voice leaving me in shock for a little while, it did sound pretty terrifying at the time. It's worth it when you actually do hear something that significant though.
http://www.skepdic.com/evp.html
http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/electronic_voice_phenomena_voices_of_the_dead/
:rolleyes:
The Buddha
I suppose he shook his head and moved on.
we've had 'spates' of specific topics or leanings that have arrived, caused a stir to a greater or lesser extent, and then the water's calmed, the mud's settled and we've all gone back to fishin'.....
hang in there.
Just 'cos' we's rockin' in our dem rockin' chairs, don't meen we'z sleepin'.....
In one of those articles they mention the ability of the mind to find words out of nothing... and I am well aware of this. Half of the time on those ghost shows, their supposed EVPs sound like a bunch of background noise to me. I could care less about something like that, but it would be cool if I got something undeniable.
Also, if I do decide to do it, I will NOT do it in my apartment, lol. I'd rather not know if there's anything here... It's bad enough that the previous tenant died in here.
Here is the deal with that. Even though I truly believe it's the best evp I've ever heard, and it's several minutes long. There are fundamentalist skeptics that have already made up their mind to begin with and to those I feel it's pointless to give them good evidence to scrutinize. Because unless it actually happens to them personally they will continue to believe whatever they want to believe, regardless of if the evidence is solid.
I tried before to upload it to youtube, and for some reason there were technical issues with it. It would not upload. That was maybe two years ago. Putting that together with the spirit draining the batteries of my ghost box, and eventually it making my ghost box obsolete all together, I started to become weary and superstitious. Like maybe I should respect it more. So I never tried to upload it to youtube again. It's a bit personal for me, since it's a long evp recording. So I don't look at it as something to "prove me right". I look at it as more my own valuable piece of evidence.
I do share it with anyone who wants to hear it personally though. I prefer sharing it in closer circles through email, aim, or a more private type of download.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Majority of ghost "evidence" is mostly evidence of Pareidolia.
I do not understand the psychic debunking agenda. It is such an easy mark. Like taking candy from a baby. Crude scepticism of crude things.
...having said that .. I don't believe in ghosts...except too often the ones in my own mind.
In spite of this direct experience, I still remain skeptical of paranormal events. That was 35 years ago and I've never experienced anything "spooky" since then.
You takes yer pick.
BTW I'm playing the devil's advocate here, and have no dog in this fight.
We have an agenda to help people not to get scammed. Do you know how much money people pay to see psychics, ghosts, and the supernatural? MILLIONS. We are helping people to save money or spend it on something else.
Who here is spending money on paying psychics and getting scammed?
@B5C Each to their own... this isn't you're thing, and some of us find it interesting. Some people believe, and some people like yourself, do not. But, I don't think that telling people that their experiences can be explained by 'bad pipes' etc, is really going to errrr..well... come off as anything other than patronising..??
Ok, Seriously though, what about those of us who want to have one of those "spooky" moments with EVP or optical illusions or what have you and can't? What then?
Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain! :ROFLMAO:
In all actuality, I think what you're doing, simply negating possibilities without any sort of experiment, is less scientific than doing an investigation. This is what I am curious about for myself, I don't plan to report my findings to the world or write books and make money, I'm just curious to see if I could find some sort of proof that my scientific mind cannot debunk. This is the scientific method. It doesn't end at assumption.