Work and personal projects have kept me away. I hope to update more soon. In the meantime, check out this article on the famous “21 grams” experiment.

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/3445/soul_catcher.html

I’ve been aware of this experiment for quite some time now and I don’t understand why ghost hunters don’t refer to it. It would seem to be great evidence for the existence of a human soul. That is, until it’s revealed that the original experiment suffered from serious technical problems with the instruments being used to weight the body of the patient/corpse.

I think it’s interesting that ghost hunting has become so accepted that towns are putting up articles about ghost hunter investigations on their town websites. A few years ago publishing such items would have been unthinkable because it was felt to be weird and possibly reflect badly on a town or business. Oh, I long for the good old days.

Today, it’s recognized that ghost tourism is a money-maker so if you can help to hype a legend or rumor, then your town might benefit. Too bad all of this hype is at the expense of rational thinking.

There is ANOTHER ghost hunters class being offered. This time through a Virginia parks department.

Discover EVP(Electronic Voice Phenomena), paranormal photography, and geomagnetic fields in this introductory class being offered by Staunton Recreation and Parks Department….Because of past interest, the class will be held on two dates…

Cripes, this clap-trap is so popular they have to offer two dates so everyone can attend.

I checked my local town offerings for adult continuing ed classes. It is telling that if you want to submit a course offering you don’t have to have any teaching experience or education. They just want people who are interested in running a course.

This is awesome. Michael Jackson’s ghost has been spotted in Zimbabwe. The article is from the Association of Zimbabwe Journalists. I’ll copy it here to cut down on your clicks:

Michael Jackson’s Ghost terrifies students in Zimbabwe

By Jadyn Cassidy

A reader has informed us of a bizarre story involving a sighting of the ghost of deceased singer, Michael Jackson, that is spreading through the African nation of Zimbabwe.

The sighting of Jackson’s ghost occurred at the St Mary’s Mission School,a  Catholic institution, in Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare.

This news story isn’t my usual thing to post, but I thought it was so odd that I wanted to pass it along. Here is the link to the story that I’m pasting below:

Woman sexually assaulted by ‘ghost’

Fri, Dec 25, 2009
The China Post/Asia News Network

TAIPEI, Taiwan – A man was charged for sexually assaulting his neighbor by taking advantage of her being scared by his bizarre and ghostly appearance.

Thank you Captain Disillusion!

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