dehalcyone
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I sincerely hope you catch not only a ghost, but a big foot stealing Ruffles. Put those suspense bleeders out of their misery and give Discovery something better.
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I think my apartment may be haunted.
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I sincerely hope you catch not only a ghost, but a big foot stealing Ruffles. Put those suspense bleeders out of their misery and give Discovery something better.
youbastards
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This thread has Ghosts AND an Amazon commercial? Sounds like corporate synergy is already at work to promote next year's Ghostbusters reboot....
Jason's Ultimatum
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This thread has become bigger than the Tunguska blast of 1909.
Pestilence11
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Ustream.
Hero_of_the_Day
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The sponges migrated by a foot and a half.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Yes, because clearly no one has died since the dawn of the computer age...
OP and whoever else might feel their house/apartment is haunted, for future reference, when asking whether your house is haunted or not, you might do well to specify that you're only looking for answers from people who believe in or are open to the possibility of ghosts. As someone who is open to their existence, I found the first page or so of "Your house is not haunted because ghosts aren't real" responses cringeworthy.
HalfwayOrb
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Yes, it is haunted.
Ghosts aren't real and frankly it's dangerous as hell to entertain it in this thread. There is a real possibility some dude is breaking in or living in his walls, he should absolutely not be wasting time on this ghost bullshit.
Orbis Tabula
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Holy shit. Is the OP really about to livestream his house for us? Awesome.
Soodanim
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I only skimmed the first page, but they are the most reasonable posts.
There's no good reason to believe in the supernatural, so people cut through the bullshit straight away and get to the truth of the matter - someone has been in his place and done some stuff. If OP's not messing with us, then this could be quite serious.
kittenbreath
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"When seeking advice or guidance, only ask people who you are sure will tell you what you want to hear"
There's no way to disprove the supernatural as there are countless examples of situations that cannot be rationally explained other than it was supernatural.
With that said though, it should only be further considered when and only when all other explanations have turned up negative. The situation in this case sounds like a real person is behind it.
Got the camera just now. Setting it up.
burn sage in proximity to the new camera to ward off any evil spirits that may try to possess it.
EraldoCoil
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That would be some shit if there really was a ghost captured on camera.....lol
Pestilence11
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Sage? You amateur, he clearly needs to form a salt circle around it.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Argumentum ad ignorantiam.
Troubled Bat
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Check if you have a ghost in your house, OP.
Mistake
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No no no, he should be trying to provoke it. I mean, why did he even get the camera? Op, buy a lot of ketchup and make the ghost jealous. 6-7 bottles should do it
Veritigo_X
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Got the camera just now. Setting it up.
Can't wait for you to become the first person to record definitive proof of ghosts. This is an exciting day.
see, he fucked up when he ordered from ebayforghosts.com, the camera is pre-posessed.
Too strong of a deterrence imo
If the ghost approaches the camera, make sure to take a screenshot to seal it within an image file. However, it has to be a lossless format such as PNG, or TIFF, or the spirit may escape. If you want to be extra cautious, quarantine the file using your favorite AV software (VoodooShield works especially well!).
Inkvoterad
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OP, when do you think the stream and stuff will be up? About to go to sleep and just wondering what i should set the clock at. Id gladly miss a few hours of sleep for this.
Ghosts don't exist and entertaining that tought and giving advice on the basis of ghosts existing is fucking idiotic.
AgentP
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This. Welcome to the 21st century, ghost and spirit talk don't belong in our rational world.
Could OP sue and get rich if he records his landlord or other renters?
And people who believe in ghosts... Why? The same paranormal events that make you believe in them may as well have been caused by God or parallel universes. Why choose ghosts out of all the non-scientific theories? Probably not gonna get an answer from anyone, says enough.
And people who believe in ghosts... Why? The same paranormal events that make you believe in them may as well have been caused by God or parallel universes. Why choose ghosts out of all the non-scientific theories? Probably not gonna get an answer from anyone, says enough.
I don't know how I'd react if this happened. I think I'd go from being less scared for not believing to terrified within seconds.
Plot twist: the person walks through objects like they were nothing and disappears after spotting the camera.
No. But it is trespassing and a breach of contract. I wouldn't expect anything other than a clean break and some reparation if more shit gets messed with.
DXLelouch153
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dont worry OP im crazy too
i just ignore it
i just ignore it
Pestilence11
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Edit: I had a gif but it was blocked. OP, status on Ustream?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I think I'll be more creeped out if the OP finds a creepy old dude coming out from under his bed to eat hot dogs at night.
BladeoftheImmortal
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Set up a camera and record.
Yeah except in Paranormal activity they make the setup look easy. I got the camera on and working but can't figure out the livestream part. Tried Ustream but my IPad Camera is not compatible.
How do all these ppl stream so effortlessly from an IP Cam?
A hot young guy wouldn't be as creepy?
Its almost 9pm here and if I do manage to get the stream working won't put it up until about 3am or 4am EST
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
What happens when you or someone you trust has an anecdote of their own that you can't explain? What then?
Ghosts are believed to spirits that, for whatever reason, have not moved on to the 'afterlife'. How common of a belief is this? Name me one paranormal investigator /medium/spiritualist who doesn't claim that ghosts haven't "moved on to the other side". Seriously, where the hell did you hear that everyone who dies becomes a ghost? You could not be more ignorant of this subject.
Yup, that explains why nearly every other episode of Ghost Hunters ends with them telling the homeowners that their house isn't haunted.
People capture freaky shit on their cameras all the time, and the videos that end up online that aren't obviously fake are decried as video glitches and/or tampering and nothing more. Same with audio evidence. There isn't a single EVP in the world you wouldn't immediately dismiss as 1) radio interference or 2) the recording having been tampered with. And of course you won't waste even an hour of your day looking into the supposed evidence yourself, so of course you can smugly claim there is absolutely none.
And never mind all the anecdotes. I suppose even if a member of your family witnessed some godawful, frightening figure looming over their bed at night (and then disappearing) you'd say it was a night terror (even if that doesn't sound like one) or a nightmare (even if they could prove they were awake at the time). You'd test each possible explanation and whittle down your way down the list till you reach "unknown", at which you pointed you'd be left with two options: Either continue to dismiss all 'anecdotal evidence' of paranormal activity and pretend none of this happened to said family member, or accept that maybe something has occurred that is beyond the purview of science.
Except in the 10 years they've been on the air it's never been proved that they're fake (and I've been as suspicious as anyone of some of their 'evidence'). IIRC, it was shown that one of the early episodes contained edited FLIR footage (the time stamp skipped a few numbers or something like that), and one of the former TAPS members when asked whether or not she witnessed any evidence faking said no, though she occasionally suspected it. But other than that, I don't think it's ever been shown one way or another that the video and audio 'evidence' they present is fake.
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