Theories and methods

The great EVP debate

RecorderEVP (electronic voice phenomenon) has long been the subject of fierce debate. Indeed, the prospect of voices spontaneously appearing on a recording without audible indicators is interesting to say the least! Some argue that Stochastic Resonance causes the voices to become audible. Others claim that these disembodied voices are imprinted directly to the recording medium or are directly influencing a microphone or other input device. Yet despite all of the theories, few researchers (sometimes this term is to be used rather loosely) are designing experiments and circumstances to gain better direction for further experiments. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ll have a side of orbs with that, please…

Cap’n Casper

-James Cap’n Casper Presnell ; founder, KCPR 

 

Ever since the term ‘orb’ was coined, their appearance in photos has caused a hotbed for debate. Also known as ’spirit orbs’ or ‘ghost orbs’ (many other variants escape me at present) , these happy little apparitions seem to bounce around our photos at will. There are just as many viewpoints as to the origins of these strange balls of light as there are ways to analyze and name them. For those of you not familiar with ‘orbs’, the prevailing theories for and against go something like this: 

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