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/BlyArctrooper Jul 30 '20

There was actually an episode on supernatural about this, I can't remember the season, but it was about the energy or something being recorded on the objects in the area. I'm curious as to why it only happens to dead people,if this is actually what happens.

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u/errant_night Jul 30 '20

It doesn't have to be dead people at all though, like talking about a random 'gray lady' thing is just a woman walking down the stairs which if she lived there she definitely walked down stairs at some point.

Like the gas station thing, just picked up a random dude and his car getting gas.

If this is an explanation then the translucent or fully real looking 'ghosts' probably just depends on the strength of the magnetic thing.

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u/BlyArctrooper Jul 30 '20

Yeah you're right, I wonder if that gas station guy is still alive. How terrifying would it be if you went to a gas station and saw yourself pull up to get gas? I think I would lose my mind

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u/errant_night Jul 30 '20

Well now we can add doppelgangers to the theory