[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

This really.



I’ve had a couple of “spooky experiences” (one more comforting than spooky actually, made me cry) But I wouldn’t say I believe in “ghosts” exactly, just that energy can sort of stay around a place.



I once had an EXTREMELY accurate and spooky reading from a medium once though. Was scary - names, descriptions, jobs, family nicknames that nobody else would know etc.

Google ‘ cold reading’


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[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Google ‘ cold reading’


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None of that could have been obtained from me on the day. I didn’t give anything away, didn’t speak/nod/smile anything.

As soon as I sat down he blurted out my family nickname (that nobody else knows, it’s pretty niche) and said my Gran [name here] had said it as I sat down.

He knew dates, causes of deaths, really unique events that had happened AND commented on things that had been discussed just days before regarding my family (plans).

He even commented on the fact that my house had a murder happen in it years ago that I didn’t know about until I asked around.

Insane. I left the room and just bawled it was crazy.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

None of that could have been obtained from me on the day. I didn’t give anything away, didn’t speak/nod/smile anything.

As soon as I sat down he blurted out my family nickname (that nobody else knows, it’s pretty niche) and said my Gran [name here] had said it as I sat down.

He knew dates, causes of deaths, really unique events that had happened AND commented on things that had been discussed just days before regarding my family (plans).

He even commented on the fact that my house had a murder happen in it years ago that I didn’t know about until I asked around.

Insane. I left the room and just bawled it was crazy.

Did you just walk in off the street or did you book an appointment in advance ??


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[rusticgal]

Yes I do. A few unusual things have happened since my mum passed away. My brother also experienced paranormal things in an old house he bought many years ago...and he was a massive disbeliever. My friend also experienced such things in her old house.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Yes I do. A few unusual things have happened since my mum passed away. My brother also experienced paranormal things in an old house he bought many years ago...and he was a massive disbeliever. My friend also experienced such things in her old house.

Old buildings are always ‘noisy’ though , for a number of reasons .


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[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Old buildings are always ‘noisy’ though , for a number of reasons .


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No my brother actually saw a figure in the room of the old lady who lived and died there.

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Did you just walk in off the street or did you book an appointment in advance ??


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Walk-in, completely out of the blue. He didn't know me or anything about me.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by LaLaLand

Walk-in, completely out of the blue. He didn't know me or anything about me.

Mmmm. Has to be ‘old school’ cold reading techniques then as they wouldn’t have been able to check on you online (Facebook , Instagram , Twitter etc )

If these con artists could speak with the dead and predict the future - they’d all be billionaires so I don’t really think they’d be working in shoddy little rooms charging some poor sod £25 for a reading ..


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[user104658]

Originally Posted by Zizu

If these con artists could speak with the dead and predict the future - they’d all be billionaires so I don’t really think they’d be working in shoddy little rooms charging some poor sod £25 for a reading ..

Well that's the thing isn't it Zizu... if it was real these people with this "rare gift" would be worth millions and would be working on the payroll of governments and large companies... none of them are... they're in carnival tents and - if they're especially good at it - maybe booking out lecture halls etc... the only sensible conclusion is that it isn't real.

There's also the spanner-in-the-works of there being several high-profile people who are very skilled at it - more skilled than your average Mystic Meg in a hut outside Tesco - who do these reading techniques on people and amaze them whilst freely admitting that it is NOT in any way supernatural.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Well that's the thing isn't it Zizu... if it was real these people with this "rare gift" would be worth millions and would be working on the payroll of governments and large companies... none of them are... they're in carnival tents and - if they're especially good at it - maybe booking out lecture halls etc... the only sensible conclusion is that it isn't real.

There's also the spanner-in-the-works of there being several high-profile people who are very skilled at it - more skilled than your average Mystic Meg in a hut outside Tesco - who do these reading techniques on people and amaze them whilst freely admitting that it is NOT in any way supernatural.

maybe they are and we just don't know