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Post by graphicsguy on Jul 13, 2008 13:10:21 GMT -11
The fact that I'm willing to even mention this idea is really saying something (either I trust all of you not to take it, or I'm an idiot, or, well, both).
I had an idea for a story in which this mysterious individual gathers a group of people all seeking answers to very paranormal questions to act as a "field team" for his research while trying to find the answers to their own problems. Figured a group like that would fit in well with this category.
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 14, 2008 19:13:50 GMT -11
Krys, maybe we should go back to forming our own team. Once again, I'm off a team. I have my black outfit on, the music is playing, I'm doing the slow turn. But, I'm all alone. What's that all about? LOL
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Post by sandstone on Jul 15, 2008 0:38:55 GMT -11
Krys, maybe we should go back to forming our own team. Once again, I'm off a team. I have my black outfit on, the music is playing, I'm doing the slow turn. But, I'm all alone. What's that all about? LOL Could I be on your team, Bob?
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Post by (:Train05:) on Jul 15, 2008 4:51:41 GMT -11
My dream team would be all of us on the forums to be apart of it.
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Post by sandstone on Jul 15, 2008 9:15:16 GMT -11
My dream team would be all of us on the forums to be apart of it. That's so sweet, Train!
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Post by chrissy on Jul 16, 2008 11:52:33 GMT -11
frankly.... Mike Rowe can handle anything he wants to heheheh
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 16, 2008 15:15:47 GMT -11
Krys, maybe we should go back to forming our own team. Once again, I'm off a team. I have my black outfit on, the music is playing, I'm doing the slow turn. But, I'm all alone. What's that all about? LOL Could I be on your team, Bob? Sure, Sandy. You can help us find places built on granite, quartz, or limestone. What other minerals are paranormal generators?
I was thinking, if that is true about certain minerals. Would there be some way to create an atmosphere in a lab, using those minerals, to make an artificial paranormal hot-spot?
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Post by sandstone on Jul 16, 2008 16:00:00 GMT -11
Could I be on your team, Bob? Sure, Sandy. You can help us find places built on granite, quartz, or limestone. What other minerals are paranormal generators?
I was thinking, if that is true about certain minerals. Would there be some way to create an atmosphere in a lab, using those minerals, to make an artificial paranormal hot-spot?Interesting idea, the problem with that is that rocks behave differently on a large scale than they do on a small scale, particularly when you are looking for large-scale geophysical influences. Even though you can measure things like magnetic susceptibility and conductivity in small quantities of rock, those small quantities might not have much of an effect on humans. In fact the background effects of the regional geology where the lab is located could very well overshadow any signal given off by the rocks in a lab. What could be recreated in the lab would be things like the magnetic properties of rocks. I think a better idea would be to look for natural settings, run tests on people in these settings, and see if there are any correlations between the regional geography/geophysical conditions. I actually think some work has been done along similar lines, but I think the majority of what has been done is to correlate regional geography to reported hauntings. I've done mapping in an area with really strong magnetic anomalies caused by very large magnetite boulders that were dropped off by a receeding glacier in a random pattern. These places are creepy. Maybe people just become uneasy because their compass doesn't work, sometimes even the GPS acts strangely, so you do worry about getting lost. Whatever the reason, everyone seems to get creeped out in these places. I can't think of any other minerals associated with the paranormal, although I do believe there has been a connection made between structural features of rocks (such as faults) and paranormal activity.
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 17, 2008 4:28:12 GMT -11
Sure, Sandy. You can help us find places built on granite, quartz, or limestone. What other minerals are paranormal generators?
I was thinking, if that is true about certain minerals. Would there be some way to create an atmosphere in a lab, using those minerals, to make an artificial paranormal hot-spot? Interesting idea, the problem with that is that rocks behave differently on a large scale than they do on a small scale, particularly when you are looking for large-scale geophysical influences. Even though you can measure things like magnetic susceptibility and conductivity in small quantities of rock, those small quantities might not have much of an effect on humans. In fact the background effects of the regional geology where the lab is located could very well overshadow any signal given off by the rocks in a lab.
What could be recreated in the lab would be things like the magnetic properties of rocks. I think a better idea would be to look for natural settings, run tests on people in these settings, and see if there are any correlations between the regional geography/geophysical conditions. I actually think some work has been done along similar lines, but I think the majority of what has been done is to correlate regional geography to reported hauntings.
I've done mapping in an area with really strong magnetic anomalies caused by very large magnetite boulders that were dropped off by a receding glacier in a random pattern. These places are creepy. Maybe people just become uneasy because their compass doesn't work, sometimes even the GPS acts strangely, so you do worry about getting lost. Whatever the reason, everyone seems to get creeped out in these places.
I can't think of any other minerals associated with the paranormal, although I do believe there has been a connection made between structural features of rocks (such as faults) and paranormal activity. Great response, Sandy. That's exactly why I want you on my team.
I wondered myself whether samples of minerals would be as valuable as a whole mountain of the stuff. I can also see where fault likes might act as conduits for the energies generated or focused by the minerals.
I wonder what might happen along the line (I think it's in the Great Lakes area) where magnetic north and true north line up? Has there been any work in large paranormal rich mineral deposits along that line?
There has been some work in the area of the Mogollon Rim (four corners area). What do you know about the mineralogy of that region? It is supposed to be very strong in paranormal energies. It was recognized as such going back almost to the Folsom Point peoples.
Welcome to the team!
Say, there was a show called Sci Fi Investigates a couple of years ago. They had a scientist on that team named Bill - something. He would be an excellent addition to the team too. I think his area was physics or chemistry. I think he was on the faculty at University of Arizone. He knew the Mogollon Rim area really well, as I recall.
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Post by CougarBob on Jul 19, 2008 14:15:12 GMT -11
Karen (Nowhammies), we need you on our team too. Your studies of human brain activity and how it correlates to behavior would be invaluable. I think we need Bill from SciFi Investigates too. He is an anthropologist, as I recall. Also a valuable team member.
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