Discussion of supernatural activities

[Mudhammam]

The video of the ghost would have been much more effective had they used even moderately convincing actors to sound shocked.

[Confused Ape]

Ball lightening huh! That sounds exactly like it. The size of this ball was hm? around the size of a volleyball, I'd say. Had to think a minute, but no there wasn't any rain/storms that night. And its been a while, but I'd say it lasted maybe 10 seconds

Unexplained atmospheric electrical phenomenon - Very cool indeed.

Thanks for the link, I will read on this more.

There are a lot of articles about it on the internet. Here's a very interesting one - Ball Lightning Caught On Camera By Scientists For The First Time (VIDEO)

A legend from England could be connected with ball lightning - Black Shuck

A weather vane in Bungay Market in Suffolk depicts a black dog and a flash of lighting, it commemorates an event on Sunday the 4th of August 1577. Between nine and ten in the morning while the parishioners of Bungay were at church, a fearful and violent storm broke out, which caused the sky to darken and the church to quake. Suddenly, in the midst of the storm, a black dog appeared within church. Lit by flashes of fire, it ran about the body of the church causing great fear and panic. It passed between two people kneeling at prayer, killing them instantly, and caused another man to shrivel up, severely burned, although he is said to have survived.

About seven miles away in Blythburgh, at around the same time, another black dog (or the same phenomena) appeared in the parish church preceded by the same thunderstorm. This black dog struck three people dead and left scorch marks on the North church door, which can still be seen today.

These two examples suggest phenomena related to the weather conditions, perhaps some form of little understood ball lighting, substantiated by the fact that one person was burned, and the scorch marks on the church door. It is difficult to make any snap judgements because of the long span of time involved from the recorded events.

[CindysRain]

There are a lot of articles about it on the internet. Here's a very interesting one - Ball Lightning Caught On Camera By Scientists For The First Time (VIDEO)

A legend from England could be connected with ball lightning - Black Shuck

Phantom black dog, scary! hock: Never seen anything like that.

But, that video is exactly what this looked like. From what I've read so far, it can cause bad damage before it disappears, even death.

You are right, there are quite a few articles written on this, and many have been seen inside homes, as I did. This is why it's important to be skeptical, and not immediately pass anything off as paranormal. But I've always known, that whatever it was, it certainly wasn't something that everyone would see or experence.

I love this, and am now re-interested (is that a word? hehe), in what I saw back then, since reading a couple articles. It does seem to occur during storms, but it wasn't even raining, much less storming that evening.

Thanks again!

[Confused Ape]

Phantom black dog, scary! hock: Never seen anything like that.

Think yourself lucky. If all the legends and folklore in Britain were true we couldn't move for ghosts, fairies, phantom dogs and other spooky creatures.

This is why it's important to be skeptical, and not immediately pass anything off as paranormal.

There's a possible explanation for other spooky goings on - Infrasound Linked To Spooky Effects

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 8 — Mysteriously snuffed out candles, weird sensations and shivers down the spine may not be due to the presence of ghosts in haunted houses but to very low frequency sound that is inaudible to humans. British scientists have shown in a controlled experiment that the extreme bass sound known as infrasound produces a range of bizarre effects in people including anxiety, extreme sorrow and chills — supporting popular suggestions of a link between infrasound and strange sensations.

[Ryantology]

Shaman: Yes, the supernatural are activities that happen outside of law nature, like a poltergeist.

If they happen outside the laws of nature, how in the hell can you even be aware of their existence?

If science can't examine it, I see no reason to believe you can.

[ignoramus]

What we call supernatural is basically something that cannot be explained using natural logic.
Ghosts, wizards, other dimensions, gods, fairies, etc.

All these things may exist, but until we, as humans with our 5 senses can prove it, human logic says they don't.

[JesusHChrist]

All these things may exist, but until we, as humans with our 5 senses can prove it, human logic says they don't.

Tell that to a succubus when she's doing the Texas Tongue Twizzler on ya.

THEN, you'll believe.

[Whateverist]

I've always preferred to suppose that everything is natural, even those parts for which we have no adequate explanation. My naive assumption was always that the "natural world" was not a reference to that which we could explain but to the universe as a whole. Whatever the universe is doing is natural for it. So there is no need for a such a category as "supernatural"

But since we're on a thread dedicated to discussing the supernatural, I have another suggestion. Perhaps everything is supernatural but we fool ourselves into thinking some phenomenon have 'natural' causes. So maybe all cause-and-effect are epiphenomenal. At any moment these long strings of coincidence may finally come to an end, revealing the brute fact of our underlying chaotic condition. Could be .. at least if you're a whack job.

[Confused Ape]

Whatever the universe is doing is natural for it. So there is no need for a such a category as "supernatural"

But since we're on a thread dedicated to discussing the supernatural, I have another suggestion. Perhaps everything is supernatural but we fool ourselves into thinking some phenomenon have 'natural' causes.

If everything's supernatural, wouldn't that be natural for the universe?

[Mycroft]

I am a secular nonbeliever in the supernatural in all forms. I am adult, well-educated, widely-read, and professional, an engineer. Coworkers consider me the most erudite among them (not a high bar among engineers). However events have occured in my house that I cannot explain. I am not making this up.
We had three sons. Tragically, the oldest was killed two days before he would have turned seven. We were (and are) devastated.
A few months after his death, my wife was in the living room and saw a small smiling boy dressed in white skipping past her down the hall. A minute later our second son came out from the kitchen and told my wife that he had seen a small boy in white skipping away from him down the hall. They saw the apparition from two sides, from two rooms not connected. My wife did not prompt my son. They both described the same thing.
Shortly afterwards our youngest son opened his bedroom door and saw a young boy dressed in white sitting on his bed. Frightened, he turned and called my wife. When he looked back, the apparition was gone. When my wife felt the spot on the bed where it had been, the bed was warm.
These were not hallucinations. They were seen (or felt) by more than one, independently. I have no idea what they were. Does anyone else?