The main thing is not to see the light at the end of the tunnel ahead of schedule …
A man has long tried to find out more about death - sometimes, conducting very ambiguous experiments and experiments, literally flirting with her, the "mistress on the other side" … Scientists are ready to go to the end, only to reveal the whole mystery of the other world. And they even succeeded in something. We present to your attention the TOP-5 of the most interesting experiments in this direction:
1. The phenomenon of electronic voice
This is the name of the spontaneous and difficult to explain appearance of mysterious noises and sounds resembling a human voice on sound recording equipment. A paranormal explanation of this phenomenon has become widespread (for example, as a connection with the dead).
The first assumption about the existence of this phenomenon was made by the Swedish film producer Friedrich Jurgenson. In 1959, he recorded the voices of birds on tape. During the recording, nothing unusual happened, but when Jurgenson listened to the recorded recordings, in addition to the voices of birds, he found an extraneous male voice in Norwegian on the tape.
Jurgenson was sure that there were no people around during the recording, and therefore decided that the tape recorder had accidentally recorded a transmission from one of the Norwegian radio stations. Jurgenson understood Norwegian and understood that the voice on the recording spoke of bird voices. Investigating, he found that on the day he made the recording, none of the Norwegian stations were broadcasting programs of this kind.
Then Jurgenson began to conduct experiments to study this phenomenon. Soon he, according to him, even managed to allegedly establish a connection with his deceased mother.
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2. Experiment with changing the weight of a dead person ("weight of the soul")
Dr. Duncan McDougall from the American city of Haverhill (Massachusetts) conducted a series of interesting experiments in 1906 to study changes in body weight at the time of death. He proceeded from the assumption that the human soul has weight, and when it leaves the body at the time of death, the weight of the physical body should decrease.
The difference in body weight before death and after death, according to the researcher, gives the value of the weight of the soul itself. In all cases, Dr. McDougall recorded different weight loss - from 12 to 45 grams.
At the same time, he carried out similar measurements with dead dogs. In the case of tetrapods, such a difference in weight before and after death was not observed. This gave the doctor a reason to assert that people have their own special astral bodies and their weight is different.
3. Helmet of God
This unusual helmet, converted from an ordinary motorcycle helmet, was invented by Canadian Michael Persinger. When put on the subject's head, he was exposed to powerful electromagnetic fields. According to Persinger, wearing the "helmet of God", people can feel the presence of divine forces and long-dead relatives.
In his report, he noted that the volunteers exposed to the helmet experienced feelings that they described as supernatural, divine, and even saw themselves as prophets.
4. Phillip's ghost experiment
In the early 1970s, a group of Canadian scientists from the Toronto Society of Psychical Research tried to find out if a fictional historical character could make spiritual contact with a group of researchers. The fictional ghost was named Phillip, a historical "legend" was invented for him, and even a fictional portrait of a "hero" was painted. 8 members of the research team carefully studied the historical period when Philip was supposed to live.
Until 1973, attempts to get at least some signal from the spirit were in vain. The first time he showed himself through a strong knock on the table. Several months later, with the help of one blow ("yes") and two blows ("no"), scientists were already quite able to communicate with the spirit, getting answers to their questions. But as soon as one of their astonished experimenters once said “But we invented you, Phillip!”, Communication with the other world immediately stopped.
5. Ghostbusters
The reality television show "Ghostbusters" started in 2004. According to the scenario, a team of researchers is sent to places where paranormal phenomena and the appearance of ghosts have been noted. Geiger counters, electromagnetic field scanners, infrared emitters, night vision devices and other equipment were used to locate the spirits.
During the filming, according to the participants in the reality show, they had more than once encountered strange fogs, mysterious lights, wandering objects and shapeless shadows, which, nevertheless, could not be recorded by devices, as they appeared unexpectedly and rapidly disappeared.