staggerwing
One of the Regulars
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- 284
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- Washington DC
There are generally two schools of thought about these kinds of phenomena, those who think every creek in the night is paranormal, and those who would deny the existence of the paranormal if George Washington's ghost materialized in front of them and shook their hand. And I've learned, it's no use trying to change the minds of either.
With respect to reincarnation being explained by old movies, I was an aviation nut and a WWII buff since early childhood. I read everything I could, watched any movie even tangentially related to either of those topics, build countless model airplanes and ships, and today I'm an experienced pilot with several thousand hours in both civilian and military aircraft. Couldn't tell you how to fire up a Corsair if my life depended on it. The kid in the book I referenced in an earlier post could, and from a very early age (i.e., he didn't look up the flight manual on the internet). So, how exactly did he come by this information?
As for the ghost stories around Civil War battlefields, I'll share this. In real life, I direct a TV show that follows a team of paranormal investigators. We often pick up anomalous voices with our recording equipment. Frankly, as an electrical engineer by training I thought I could explain the voices pretty easily as radio frequency breakthrough interference. However, I actually was able to test that theory by isolating some equipment in a Faraday cage. Actually got more anomalous voices on the equipment in the cage. Anyway, my theory doesn't explain why the voices are often directly responding to questions fro the cast.
At a Civil War related location in Virginia, the cast was communicating with what they believed to be the spirit of a Confederate soldier who was "trapped" at that location. One of the cast members tells him "Just go towards the light." A faint voice responds "I see something silver," and a moment later says "Christ, help me!" Kinda made a believer out of me.
With respect to reincarnation being explained by old movies, I was an aviation nut and a WWII buff since early childhood. I read everything I could, watched any movie even tangentially related to either of those topics, build countless model airplanes and ships, and today I'm an experienced pilot with several thousand hours in both civilian and military aircraft. Couldn't tell you how to fire up a Corsair if my life depended on it. The kid in the book I referenced in an earlier post could, and from a very early age (i.e., he didn't look up the flight manual on the internet). So, how exactly did he come by this information?
As for the ghost stories around Civil War battlefields, I'll share this. In real life, I direct a TV show that follows a team of paranormal investigators. We often pick up anomalous voices with our recording equipment. Frankly, as an electrical engineer by training I thought I could explain the voices pretty easily as radio frequency breakthrough interference. However, I actually was able to test that theory by isolating some equipment in a Faraday cage. Actually got more anomalous voices on the equipment in the cage. Anyway, my theory doesn't explain why the voices are often directly responding to questions fro the cast.
At a Civil War related location in Virginia, the cast was communicating with what they believed to be the spirit of a Confederate soldier who was "trapped" at that location. One of the cast members tells him "Just go towards the light." A faint voice responds "I see something silver," and a moment later says "Christ, help me!" Kinda made a believer out of me.