Things We Can't Explain

Have you ever had any unexplainable things happen? A survey conducted in 2006 by researchers from Australia's Monash University was done to determine what types of phenomena people claim to have experienced, and the effects these experiences have had on them. Over 2,000 respondents from around the world participated. The results revealed that around 70% of the respondents believe they have had at least one unexplained paranormal event. Many reported that the event had an impact on their life, mostly in a positive way. I used to be very skeptical about this kind of thing, but have learned to be more open to things I don't know. With age comes wisdom, maybe, or at least a willingness to listen and learn. What experiences have you had?

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More people need to come to terms with the fact that they are at least a little bit crazy sometimes. I know I have.

Most everything in life is unexplained--at least, if you want a factual explanation. Most of what we think we know will be proven wrong in the next 100 years or so....that's how it's always been, and there's no reason to believe it will change.

As for the paranormal, for me it's just the normal. :shrug:
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I spent 23 years in the military...a certain portion of that time I was getting shot at. I've seen a lot of things I can't explain, but I've made peace with it, and those unexplainable things don't keep me up at night anymore.

many years ago when I was a young man I worked as a night watchman at a fancy prep school. the place was totally deserted at night . I spent a good deal of time by myself prowling around the campus. this place is about 125 years old . There was constantly people talking about how haunted it was. I use to hear all kinds of weird stuff at 2 or 3. in the morning . do I think they were ghosts . no I never saw 1 . all I know is your mind can play tricks on you . if a person gets in a creepy situation you can imagine all kinds of stuff. but this doesn't mean I don't believe in the paranormal. I am undecided. I would love to believe in ghosts but I can't .it would be kind of nice to know there was something else. I was very close to my dad and when he passed away I sure wanted to believe but I guess I will never know......or will we?

When I was younger and knew everything, I used to think that people who reported "weird" occurrences were just imagining them, or were seeking attention, uneducated, just plain crazy, or whatever other fill-in-the-blank reason I had for not believing them. I have to admit, though, I've had one or two strange things happen that I could never explain. I've also had friends that I consider very rational and highly educated, who had stories of their own. I think there's quite a bit we don't know about the world around us. I admit I've been guilty of being "slightly judgemental" in the past. Now that I'm older and know how much I don't know, I'm not so quick to dismiss anything I don't understand as "nonsense".

If everyone knew what I had been through you would all call me crazy or just not believe me so I cant share lol but it happens to everyone in their lifetime

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Originally Posted by GoFride

When I was younger and knew everything, I used to think that people who reported "weird" occurrences were just imagining them, or were seeking attention, uneducated, just plain crazy, or whatever other fill-in-the-blank reason I had for not believing them. I have to admit, though, I've had one or two strange things happen that I could never explain. I've also had friends that I consider very rational and highly educated, who had stories of their own. I think there's quite a bit we don't know about the world around us. I admit I've been guilty of being "slightly judgemental" in the past. Now that I'm older and know how much I don't know, I'm not so quick to dismiss anything I don't understand as "nonsense".

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Care to share the one or two things that happened?
I like to think paranormal hooplah takes place around me but shows like ghost hunters and bigfoot hunters just make me shake my head lol. Ive personally never had anything happen to me that i would classify as paranormal, but i dont necesarily not believe in any of them.

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Originally Posted by python_addict

If everyone knew what I had been through you would all call me crazy or just not believe me so I cant share lol but it happens to everyone in their lifetime

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Oh come now, we all already know youre crazy! lmao

It is my opinion that everything has an explanation. We just don't know it all yet.
I mean, look at gravity. . . we can't even explain that yet. :P

The only things in my life that have gone unexplained were realized the morning after a night of hard partying...which in of itself, is at least a vague explanation.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Oh come now, we all already know youre crazy! lmao

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thanks mike lol

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

The only things in my life that have gone unexplained were realized the morning after a night of hard partying...which in of itself, is at least a vague explanation.

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Oh well in that case i experience paranormal activities pretty regularly... :D

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Originally Posted by python_addict

thanks mike lol

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jk jk lol

I have personally never experienced anything, though I really love paranormal stuff! I watch paramoral state all the time, by myself in the middle of the night. Scares the crap outta me, but its so cool!

I live 20 mins from Gettysburg and everytime we go there I'm snapping pictures line crazy. Never saw anything. Went on a "ghost tour" one night, snapping pics and caught a few orbs, but my camera kept dying, even though I out new batteries in. I was never able to upload those pics......

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

Care to share the one or two things that happened?
I like to think paranormal hooplah takes place around me but shows like ghost hunters and bigfoot hunters just make me shake my head lol. Ive personally never had anything happen to me that i would classify as paranormal, but i dont necesarily not believe in any of them.

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The problem with shows like that is nobody's going to take them seriously sometimes they act like a bunch of the buffoon 's running around in the dark. we will never get good answers answers as long as legitament science scoffs at them .

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

I have personally never experienced anything, though I really love paranormal stuff! I watch paramoral state all the time, by myself in the middle of the night. Scares the crap outta me, but its so cool!

I live 20 mins from Gettysburg and everytime we go there I'm snapping pictures line crazy. Never saw anything. Went on a "ghost tour" one night, snapping pics and caught a few orbs, but my camera kept dying, even though I out new batteries in. I was never able to upload those pics......

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I love to watch those kinds of shows by myself in the middle of the night as well. no better time to do it than when its dark

I have never experienced anything but I am open to it. I was open enough to go on a 8 hour ghost hunt at Pythian Castle which is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in the midwest and still did not experience anything. If anything that made me less of a believer. I do think in some way perception is reality but I think some people are pre-disposed to experience things like that and some are not.