Originally Posted by Freebase Dali (Post 1186183)

I've never had anything supernatural happen to me. I've even gone to places where people have claimed such things, to no avail. My initial instinct about why I don't experience supernatural things is because I don't believe they exist. That's also saying that I think most people who do believe in such things (even on a subconscious level) will be more likely to interpret an occurrence as supernatural, and their minds may even help them along.

Ultimately, since there is no evidence to prove the existence of ghosts, I don't put any stock into their existence. Anecdotal evidence is not the kind of thing I'm led to put above scientific, testable, documented and repeatable evidence.
As such, even if I were to see a "ghost" myself, I would put more stock in the possibility that I hallucinated than the possibility that what I saw was real. Why? Because hallucinations (and not just the mental kind) are scientifically documented, testable and repeatable. They happen all the time, and there is absolutely no reason why an unproven supernatural phenomenon should have more merit than something that is well-documented and proven.

I say all that to say, if a person is interested in truth, they should employ critical thinking in matters such as these. I would be more than happy to believe in the supernatural as soon as it can be proven. Until then, though, I won't.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1188725)

people tells me they're experimental aircraft, but I don't believe them

Originally Posted by tore (Post 1188737)

Why not? The US Air Force has been flying around with their secret aircrafts long before they were made known to the public and I'm sure other nations have done the same, so it generally seems like a possible plausible explanation for those kind of sightings.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1188903)

i'd rather hold on to my beliefs

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck (Post 1188725)

i don't believe in ghosts (never seen 'em)

i have however had two sightings of UFOs

once at night with this cornucopia of about 16 lights hovering quite near the Earth

the second time with this silver needle-like object just floating in the sky

people tells me they're experimental aircraft, but I don't believe them

Originally Posted by ElephantSack (Post 1189343)

The restaurant I work in is haunted. There's been a number of instances that can only be explained that way.
First was a few months ago, we were closing up shop when we heard something shuffling around upstairs (nobody was up there), and then BANG! It sounded like somebody dropped a huge box full of shit.
Then I was upstairs looking for the key to the safe. Not able to find it in the dark, I started out of the office when the closet door that I had just been standing at sprang open.
And just tonight when I was leaving, I could hear what clearly sounded like somebody tapping on the window from inside. And I was the last person out.

Originally Posted by tore (Post 1189380)

We live in an apartment complex and we get strange noises all the time. Sometimes it's the pipes, sometimes it's neighbours moving around, sometimes it's probably just the wind coming into the house as we prefer to have windows open and also keep a fan on while we sleep.

My point is things moving, falling down, making noises .. doesn't require either people or ghosts to happen.