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Debunking The Paranormal Debunking 5 Common the surrounding; yet, the body is unable to area. Send someone outside to talk, stomp or Paranormal Activities move. Many describe the feeling of pressure on walk around the house and listen for sounds from outside. Consider the neighbors TV or Physical Causes, Medical the chest as though someone or something is radio, children playing in another apartment or raccoons raiding the trash. holding them down or choking them, giving it Conditions and the name old hag syndrome. It may be Misconceptions Cause accompanied by visual or auditory Debunking what appears to be a paranormal experience requires a bit of investigative work, hallucinations leading the person to believe that Amateur Ghost Hunters an entity is in the room. Although the but provides you with a more accurate view of experience may be frightening, scientists claim what is going on in your home. Without Confusion that the experience in perfectly normal and has attempts to debunk the activity, you have no Nannette Richford a medical explanation. way to tell if what you experience is paranormal or not. If after exploring all reasonable For the person experiencing sleep paralysis, accepting the medical explanation explanations for the activity you still come up If you are interested in exploring the paranormal may be difficult. Although I know there is a blank, then you might be dealing with the one of you most important jobs is learning to physical reason for sleep paralysis, I still have paranormal. [] distinguish between paranormal events and difficult time reconciling the fact that my events that have logical physical or scientific experiences with sleep paralysis were nothing explanations. Debunking is nothing more than more than a physical sensation produced by investigating the activity to determine if there normal body functions. are more plausible causes for the event than paranormal activity. Although every situation is 4. SHADOWS different, there are several areas that Shadows cause much confusion when it consistently cause confusion among amateur comes to paranormal events because they are ghost hunters. unpredictable and can flash across a room quickly as a result of movement at long 1. ORBS distances. A car driving past the house may cast Orbs are probably the most common and a predictable shadow, but if it turns into a most controversial. True orbs are perfectly driveway, stops beside the road or even changes round and emit their own light. These may be from high beam to low beam that shadow may referred to as spirit or ghost lights and are suddenly appear very different. thought to be the energy of some spiritual being. People walking outside may cast a long Unfortunately, there are a number of other shadow in one area and then suddenly cast a things that can cause what appears to be an orb. short dense shadow when they enter a different The most common is a speck of dust or flying area. Pets may cast unusual shadows when they insects that catch and reflect light as they make walk the back of the couch, leap from a counter their way in front of the camera. Droplets of or climb to the window. The UFO Singularity moisture in humid or foggy air, rain drops, snow Some homes have lighting that causes by Micah Hanks and mist all create the appearance of orbs on several shadows to cast at once in different film. areas. When I moved to my new home, I was Throughout the history These are often mistaken as a sign of surprised to find shadows in the most unusual of serious studies that paranormal activity. Orbs that emit light and places. When walking in the hallway and look carefully at the cast a shadow may be a sign of a spiritual approaching a window at night, a dark shadow UFO phenomenon, our presence. Orbs on film must be examined suddenly darted from behind me and shot away best analysis of the carefully to determine their origin. in the opposite direction. Although this was a bit mystery seems to have more to only led alarming at first, recreating my actions soon questions. Do UFOs 2. MATRIXING revealed that two lights from opposite ends of represent visitors from Matrixing is the ability of the human the house created this weird experience. other worlds? If not mind to create recognizable images from When you experience unexplained extraterrestrial, what images seen by the eye. This most often takes shadows, explore all possibilities before else could such the form of a human face. When viewing an labeling them paranormal. Walk around the technology represent in object, particularly one made up of many parts, perimeter of your yard while someone else our midst, and are there other possibilities that are such as leaves on a tree or distorted reflections observes the area, walk along the sidewalk, truly worth considering? The UFO Singularity finally reveals what in windows or mirrors, the mind creates an under streetlights and any other sources of light. UFO phenomena can tell us about greater-than- image that fits with our expectations. Get down to the level or your pets to see if human intelligence, and offers provocative Many people mistakenly think they have walking past a counter or under the table causes theories of where such intelligence might captured the image of a ghost, when the real unusual shadows. originate. You’ll explore the most challenging cause of the supposed image is matrixing. The metaphysical questions and the latest scientific telltale sign of matrixing is an image made up of 5. PHANTOM SOUNDS thoughts about them, including: parts of other objects, like leaves. It is simply a The sound of wailing or groaning in the trick of the eye and is not a paranormal entity. middle of the night may send chills down your * What is the singularity, and how does spine, but that does not mean it is paranormal. it relate to UFOs? 3. SLEEP PARALYSIS More often than not, there are other * Could some UFOs be from our plane? Experiences with sleep paralysis, often explanations for phantoms noises in the night. Could they actually be time travelers from our future? referred to as old hag syndrome, have been Heating ducts, water pipes and air conditioners * What current scientific trends are documented for thousands of years. This can make some eerie sounds when they kick on leading us to the kinds of advanced technology sometimes frightening experiencing occurs or off. Rodents, squirrels or bats in the attic may we’ve observed in various UFO reports? when the body is between the stages of sleep sound like someone walking or moving things and wakefulness. As we sleep, the body is around. Loose doors and windows may clatter Available At temporarily paralyzed to prevent us from acting and bang in the wind and may even open or out our dreams and suffering physical injuries. close in draft. A close inspection of the area www.gralienreport.com Some people awake before the body returns to often reveals a physical cause. its normal state and experience paralysis for a Look for air ducts or cracks in the short period. The mind is active and aware of foundation that can conduct voices from another