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Haunted Houses Explained: Infrasound

Posted by Hemos on from the soundings-from-the-deep dept.

anagama writes "For anyone who cringes whenever accosted by topics such as psychics, haunted houses, or any sort of new age drivel; for anyone who thinks James Randi is cool or has an active subscription to the Skeptical Inquirer - you're gonna love this story about infrasound. Here's a quote: "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. ... Some scientists have suggested that this level of sound may be present at some allegedly haunted sites and so cause people to have odd sensations that they attribute to a ghost -- our findings support these ideas.""

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  1. Does this include? by swordboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does infrasound include the "brown note", by chance? If so, then I think that they might be on to something. I'm always shitting myself...

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  2. Aha! by cybermace5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or......infrasound is how the ghosts are trying to communicate with us! All we have to do is record it and then speed up the tape! Maybe play it backwards too? You'd probably hear "Iiiii...am the ghost of Caldera.....bring me $699 or I shall not find eternal peeeaaaaace....."

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  3. Even Lower sub-sonics by Crypto+Gnome · · Score: 5, Funny

    (sigh) Oh Great - Just when I thought I had my Home Theater set up correctly, they invent Even Deeper Bass.

    I guess I'll need to upgrade if I ever want to truly enjoy such movies as this Scary Movie

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  4. Re:Not really news... by Bob+McCown · · Score: 5, Funny
    they're considering using it for crown control now

    Ah HA! That's how we got Blair to say the same drivel that Bush was spouting about Iraq's WMD...

  5. Re:Can it be reproduced by the_pooh_experience · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hey, can infrasound be reproduced in the lab. I would love to use this for my next annual Halloween party.
    Are you planning on holding your halloween party in the lab?... Oh wait, this is /. ... I think I know the answer to that one.
  6. Absolute rubbish. As everyone knows ... by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... the real explanation for ghosts is that it was old Mr McCavity, the janitor. He knew about the abandoned gold mine under the house and used the ghost disguse to try to scare away the house's rightful owners. And he would have got away with it too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids.

  7. Re:Yeah, right... by chainsaw1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You already forgot there are over 100,000 elephants in a thundershower?

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  8. Re:Not really news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of the Monty Python funniest joke ever sketch where the English had to translate the joke into German one word by different researchers none of them would accidentally die.

    Could someone please translate this post into English?