New Mexico Police Stunned by 'Ghost Video'

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ImpulsE69

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Which all basically boils down to "we have no explanation for what was reported therefore ghosts or aliens."

We also have no explanation for why that Malaysian airliner disappeared, but it wouldn't be reasonable to assume some explanation outside the bounds of natural law just because we don't know yet, would it?

My guess is it flew into the mouth of an active volcano.

Either that, or it was hijacked by time traveling humans needing them for the future.
 

BUTCH1

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My guess is it flew into the mouth of an active volcano.

Either that, or it was hijacked by time traveling humans needing them for the future.

No, it's at the bottom of a very big, very deep and very rough ocean, it might be found one day depending if they run out of $$ looking for it.
 

Leros

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People see ghosts on security camera footage all the time. They record on looped tapes and the background is always the same. When the previous recording doesn't get erased properly, you end up with ghostly artifacts from previous recordings.
 

bunnyfubbles

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Typical ATOT like the uninquisitive losers in this thread (you know who you are) whose only retort to documented CNN videos = "lol" or "no". Nice retort to documented evidence btw - is that how you explain away things you don't understand? Face it, there is shit that modern physics cannot even explain by our comprehension such as:
-why is there more matter than anti-matter
-the fact that we cannot detect dark matter yet nor know if it's even a particle
-the topic of parallel universes and if they exist
-if there is only one type of Higgs Boson
-the mass of neutrinos
-the charge radius of a proton

It's quite possible that many of these physics problems could uncover what we view as the "paranormal". For example, how does perceived spirit activity increase/emit electromagnetic fields? How do they generate hot/cold spots? All of this has been proven to be true with a plethora of evidence as technology has increased.

some key fallacies here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts#Logical_fallacy

just because we don't have answers for those questions now, that doesn't mean we never will, and in the meantime we're likely to discover just as many if not more baffling mysteries of the universe to which someone like you would inevitably replace the answered questions with the newer unanswered questions in a never ending shift of the goalposts

so yeah, lol, no
 

Bateluer

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They need to upgrade their security cameras. I have dumb phones from 2006 that took better video.
 

pontifex

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I made a thread about this and got shot down like a zebra in a safari. People on this forum just don't believe in the paranormal.

is that a surprise to you? i mean it is a technology forum. most people in the tech field are scientific and logical thinking people.
 

BudAshes

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Typical ATOT like the uninquisitive losers in this thread (you know who you are) whose only retort to documented CNN videos = "lol" or "no". Nice retort to documented evidence btw - is that how you explain away things you don't understand? Face it, there is shit that modern physics cannot even explain by our comprehension such as:
-why is there more matter than anti-matter
-the fact that we cannot detect dark matter yet nor know if it's even a particle
-the topic of parallel universes and if they exist
-if there is only one type of Higgs Boson
-the mass of neutrinos
-the charge radius of a proton

It's quite possible that many of these physics problems could uncover what we view as the "paranormal". For example, how does perceived spirit activity increase/emit electromagnetic fields? How do they generate hot/cold spots? All of this has been proven to be true with a plethora of evidence as technology has increased.

Can you please stfu about CNN videos. They are not scientific proof or documentations of anything. CNN has nothing to do with proving anything or science of any sort. They can say basically anything they want and dipshits like yourself will eat it up.
 

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No, it would be asinine to think it got swept up in a "time vortex" vs a malfunctioning plane that is in small pieces at the bottom of the Indian ocean..

Right, which is essentially Occam's Razor applied to the problem of the missing airliner. Until we rule out all the simpler, rational explanations there is no cause to posit something weird. So too with this video.
 

QueBert

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Who is going to buy the house and like they said they are underwater basically right now.

I wouldn't give a shit, being upside down would be fine I'm not living in a house that has unexplained spooky shit happening all the time. Their own children refuse to visit them. I would move and take it in the ass from the bank that held the mortgage. And who knows, I'm sure some weirdo asses would love to buy it and live in a possibly haunted house.
 

Miramonti

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I believe there are some things that just can't be explained by physics. I went camping with friends, and one of them turned out to be an 'earth witch', as her bf described it. I literally had no patience for this as she summoned mother earth to determine the most peaceful place to setup their tent.

The next morning, we were visited by 10 wild horses, which goofed around with us and each other in our campsite all morning. Then they all took a nap under the one tree she previously singled out as 'blessed.'

I still don't know what to think about it, except I love horses, and it was probably one of the most memorable days of my life.

Which, btw, was in NM too.

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I believe there are some things that just can't be explained by physics. I went camping with friends, and one of them turned out to be an 'earth witch', as her bf described it. I literally had no patience for this as she summoned mother earth to determine the most peaceful place to setup their tent.

The next morning, we were visited by 10 wild horses, which goofed around with us and each other in our campsite all morning. Then they all took a nap under the one tree she previously singled out as 'blessed.'

I still don't know what to think about it, except I love horses, and it was probably one of the most memorable days of my life.

Which, btw, was in NM too.

88MqDSE.jpg

Well, let's see... it was either a happy coincidence, in that you camped out in a spot the horses favor, and they've run into other humans there and aren't afraid (maybe they've even been fed)... or your companion is a witch with magical power over the creatures of the wild.
 

BUTCH1

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Right, which is essentially Occam's Razor applied to the problem of the missing airliner. Until we rule out all the simpler, rational explanations there is no cause to posit something weird. So too with this video.

Fair enough but what kind of "rational explanations" can be fielded about the images that were captured?, don't forget troopers working there have already reported several bizarre incidents..
 

Miramonti

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Well, let's see... it was either a happy coincidence, in that you camped out in a spot the horses favor, and they've run into other humans there and aren't afraid (maybe they've even been fed)... or your companion is a witch with magical power over the creatures of the wild.

Let me paraphrase...no shi!t sherlock, followed by snarky mental abscess. How enlightening.
 
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I believe there are some things that just can't be explained by physics. I went camping with friends, and one of them turned out to be an 'earth witch', as her bf described it. I literally had no patience for this as she summoned mother earth to determine the most peaceful place to setup their tent.

The next morning, we were visited by 10 wild horses, which goofed around with us and each other in our campsite all morning. Then they all took a nap under the one tree she previously singled out as 'blessed.'

I still don't know what to think about it, except I love horses, and it was probably one of the most memorable days of my life.

Which, btw, was in NM too.

88MqDSE.jpg
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
 

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Fair enough but what kind of "rational explanations" can be fielded about the images that were captured?, don't forget troopers working there have already reported several bizarre incidents..

Several have already been offered, and I don't think anyone could reasonably conclude that all rational possibilities have been exhausted.
 

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Let me paraphrase...no shi!t sherlock, followed by snarky mental abscess. How enlightening. And these possibilities are mutually exclusive, how?

So... it was a coincidence and the girl has magical powers? I'm afraid I don't understand the point of your question.
 

Miramonti

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So... it was a coincidence and the girl has magical powers? I'm afraid I don't understand the point of your question.

My question was pointing out the ridiculousness of your response, tying two possibilities with an 'or' that each's trueness have no bearing on the validity of the other. We all assumed they work the campground (which is very large), and they've visited our campsite before, maybe slept under the tree before. However this supposition has nothing to do with whether or not her perception area of the tree was genuine and accurate, and it certainly doesn't undermine the possibility.

Overall, I found it a highly unusual coincidence, simply based on the statistical possibility of something this unusual (and awesome) happening after she called out the tree. That's not to suggest a coincidence couldn't be possible. However you seem to grasp that since there is a 'possibility' its just a random sequence of events, that this undermines the possibility there is something else going on, which it in no way does.

You're welcome to be a sceptic, cynic, unbeliever, whatever, but don't get all self-inflated about it, when your reaction is nothing more than a representation of one person's opinion, shared or not.
 

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The FPS and night vision of most consumer survellience video equipment is terrible. The first video could be smoke or misty fog blowing through. It could also be a bug on the lens reflecting the night vision LEDs off it. Trying to claim it's anything else is a massive stretch.

The second one looks like a cheap helium filled floating Halloween prop being suspended by wires or strings and pulled around in a circle. And it's all done conveniently directly in front of a camera which is watching over nothing of value. Normally a camera would be positioned pointing at an entrance or fence or something, not just mindlessly aimed in the middle of a junk yard. So that to me is a big red flag right there.
 

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Overall, I found it a highly unusual coincidence, simply based on the statistical possibility of something this unusual (and awesome) happening after she called out the tree. That's not to suggest a coincidence couldn't be possible. However you seem to grasp that since there is a 'possibility' its just a random sequence of events, that this undermines the possibility there is something else going on, which it in no way does.

No, of course it doesn't. The availability of likely rational explanations in no way undermines the possibility that it was a fucking witch.

o_O
 

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Typical ATOT like the uninquisitive losers in this thread (you know who you are) whose only retort to documented CNN videos = "lol" or "no". Nice retort to documented evidence btw - is that how you explain away things you don't understand? Face it, there is shit that modern physics cannot even explain by our comprehension such as:
-why is there more matter than anti-matter
-the fact that we cannot detect dark matter yet nor know if it's even a particle
-the topic of parallel universes and if they exist
-if there is only one type of Higgs Boson
-the mass of neutrinos
-the charge radius of a proton

It's quite possible that many of these physics problems could uncover what we view as the "paranormal". For example, how does perceived spirit activity increase/emit electromagnetic fields? How do they generate hot/cold spots? All of this has been proven to be true with a plethora of evidence as technology has increased.

Oh man, thanks for this. Funniest shit I've read in weeks. :D

KT
 

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Typical ATOT like the uninquisitive losers in this thread (you know who you are) whose only retort to documented CNN videos = "lol" or "no". Nice retort to documented evidence btw - is that how you explain away things you don't understand? Face it, there is shit that modern physics cannot even explain by our comprehension such as:
-why is there more matter than anti-matter
-the fact that we cannot detect dark matter yet nor know if it's even a particle
-the topic of parallel universes and if they exist
-if there is only one type of Higgs Boson
-the mass of neutrinos
-the charge radius of a proton

It's quite possible that many of these physics problems could uncover what we view as the "paranormal". For example, how does perceived spirit activity increase/emit electromagnetic fields? How do they generate hot/cold spots? All of this has been proven to be true with a plethora of evidence as technology has increased.

It's quite possible you suffer from a mental illness.


that is all the proof needed for the existence of ghosts. I am completely convinced now.

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