http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_824122.html?menu=news.quirkies [Broken]The singer told Brigitte magazine his children's electric blankets had repeatedly been pulled from their beds overnight "as if a ghost had done it"
The guy who told me this happened to him said he was completely awake at the time, and that his blanket was ripped off of him from the foot of the bed.Originally posted by Phobos
Yeah, kids never kick off their blankets while they're asleep. It must be a ghost.
Ok, but a second-hand memory of a sleep-related event from many years ago is weak evidence, IMO.Originally posted by zoobyshoe
The guy who told me this happened to him said he was completely awake at the time, and that his blanket was ripped off of him from the foot of the bed.
You have mistaken my story as an attempt to present evidence that the phenomenon exists. I merely was presenting evidence that reports of it exist, outside the Phil Collins report. I was, additionally, clarifying that it is a more complicated situation than people waking with their covers off and jumping to the whacky conclusion a ghost pulled them off. Kids who experience this report being fully aware while the covers are being removed. I find it intriguing when disparate people report the same atrange things. In my mind it usually is an indicator of a similarity in the way peoples' minds work that we weren't aware of before. I reminds me strongly of the sleep paralysis "Hag" phenomenon.Originally posted by Phobos Ok, but a second-hand memory of a sleep-related event from many years ago is weak evidence, IMO.
A very gullable man, he was. This served as the basis of his lifelong belief in ghostsConvincing enough for your friend, I'm sure.
Which, as they stand, tend to point along the line of one of the many versions of sleep disorder. I would be interested in finding more of these stories (bankets being pulled off) to see if there is any way to account for disparate people having an hallucination with the same basic content.Anyway, I think empirical evidence would be tough to come by on this and we're stuck with anecdotes.
Yep. Filtering the cons, scams, whackos, and misunderstandings is often hopeless, but then there are times when the truth jumps up and smacks you in the face. When it comes to things ghostly, I reached this point many years ago.Originally posted by zoobyshoe
Things that cannot be explained readily in terms of known phenomena definitely happen.
Red people.Originally posted by zoobyshoe
You see dead people.
Do other people see them, or only when you're alone?Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Red people.
Originally posted by Nereid
Do other people see them, or only when you're alone?
At the beach?Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Red people.
Stayed tuned. He and John Tesh are hosting a seance with John Edwards.Originally posted by Zero
Is his crappy music not enough of a crime, without this nonsense?
What do you get when you combine a fake medium with pretend musicians?Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Stayed tuned. He and John Tesh are hosting a seance with John Edwards.
Well, they're hoping for Elvis.Originally posted by Zero
What do you get when you combine a fake medium with pretend musicians?
And they deserve to get Frank Sinatra, Jr.Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Well, they're hoping for Elvis.
Or Donny Osmond.Originally posted by Zero
And they deserve to get Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Contrary to popular belief, Donny's not dead yet.Originally posted by Tsunami
Or Donny Osmond.
Dang.Originally posted by Ivan Seeking
Contrary to popular belief, Donny's not dead yet.