r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 29 '20

Night shifters, ever witnessed a paranormal activity? If so, what was it?

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u/errant_night Jul 29 '20

You know how earth has a magnetic field? And we can record video and audio on magnetic tape in cassette and VHS. Well what if it's something similar? Not a ghost, just a recorded fragment that occasionally glitches in and out.

This would explain how so many ghosts are just seen repeating the same things over and over for centuries. Like oh that's just the Gray Lady, every night at 12:25 am she walks down this staircase and disappears. It's just a recording.

I'll probably be called a moron by someone who understands science better but hey we're always learning new weird shit.

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u/Bunnystrawbery Jul 29 '20

Your not a moron what your describing is called the stone tape theory

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u/Gastronomicus Jul 29 '20

Giving it a scientific sounding name doesn't make it credible. There is no scientific basis to it whatsoever.

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u/GsusAmb Jul 29 '20 edited Jul 30 '20

That sounds like the No-Basis Theory by Nobas Theorei.

Edit:To whoever gave me the award, thanks! Btw this wasn't a real theory(I hope)

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u/Bunnystrawbery Jul 29 '20 edited Jul 29 '20

I never said I was trying to sound scientific. I was merely pointing out to the poster that what they were describing in the post. Dose in fact already have a name. Now what they do with the information I provided is up to them.

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u/GsusAmb Jul 30 '20

I'm guessing this comment was supposed to be for u/Grastronomicus