Post by Man in Black on Sept 2, 2008 22:32:41 GMT -5
Electronic voice phenomenon is the appearance of intelligible voices on recording tape which have no known physical explanation. Certain equipment, which is easily obtained and need not be expensive, and a good deal of patience and persistence is necessary. It is not necessary to be a psychic superstar or gifted medium to communicate with unseen worlds. __ Sarah Estep
[[Electronic Voice Phenomena]](EVP) are sections of static noise on the radio or electronic recording which some listeners believe sound like voices speaking words, and which paranormal investigators interpret as the voices of ghosts or spirits. Recording EVP has become a technique of those who attempt to contact the souls of dead loved ones or during ghost hunting activities. In addition to deceased spirits, various paranormal investigators say that EVP could be produced by psychic echoes from the past, [[psychokinesis]] unconsciously produced by living people, and aliens. According to parapsychologist [[Konstantin Raudive]], who popularized the idea, EVP are typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase.
Skeptics of the paranormal attribute the voice-like aspect of the sounds to [[apophenia]] (finding of significance or connections between insignificant or unrelated phenomena), [[auditory pareidolia]] (interpreting random sounds into voices in their own language which might otherwise sound like random noise to a foreign speaker), artifacts due to low-quality equipment, and simple hoaxes. Likewise some reported EVP can be attributed to radio interference or other well-documented phenomena.
References to EVP have appeared in the reality television shows Paranormal State, Most Haunted, Celebrity Paranormal Project, and [[Ghost Hunters]], the fictional television series Supernatural, Medium and Ghost Whisperer and Hollywood films such as White Noise and [[The Sixth Sense]].
The American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena
Skeptic's Dictionary
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Angels and Ghosts
A Short History of EVP[/center]
Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) - Wikipedia Entry
[[Electronic Voice Phenomena]](EVP) are sections of static noise on the radio or electronic recording which some listeners believe sound like voices speaking words, and which paranormal investigators interpret as the voices of ghosts or spirits. Recording EVP has become a technique of those who attempt to contact the souls of dead loved ones or during ghost hunting activities. In addition to deceased spirits, various paranormal investigators say that EVP could be produced by psychic echoes from the past, [[psychokinesis]] unconsciously produced by living people, and aliens. According to parapsychologist [[Konstantin Raudive]], who popularized the idea, EVP are typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase.
Skeptics of the paranormal attribute the voice-like aspect of the sounds to [[apophenia]] (finding of significance or connections between insignificant or unrelated phenomena), [[auditory pareidolia]] (interpreting random sounds into voices in their own language which might otherwise sound like random noise to a foreign speaker), artifacts due to low-quality equipment, and simple hoaxes. Likewise some reported EVP can be attributed to radio interference or other well-documented phenomena.
References to EVP have appeared in the reality television shows Paranormal State, Most Haunted, Celebrity Paranormal Project, and [[Ghost Hunters]], the fictional television series Supernatural, Medium and Ghost Whisperer and Hollywood films such as White Noise and [[The Sixth Sense]].
Dr. Konstantin Raudive
Some great EVP links for more information (Skeptics and Believers)
The American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena
Skeptic's Dictionary
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Angels and Ghosts
A Short History of EVP[/center]
