Timeslips: a theory on ghosts and haunted places

By  Richard Senate

I am a ghost hunter and I have been investigating ghosts since 1978. Then, while part of an archaeological dig  I saw a ghost one night. In the many years if researched the subject I have found that many, not all to be sure, but a majority of  reported events seem to have less to do with stereotypical spirits of the dead and a great deal to do with time.  Many sightings seem to be of images that behave like a loop of film or videotape of past events.

Other paranormal investigators confirm that such events fill their files to the point that they have given them a special classification: Afterimages.   Many of these time skips are linked to emotions, such as re-enacting battles or murders.  Emotions seem to play into this unique phenomena in some way. 

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In thinking about these glances back in time I got me to wondering if any of the paranormal events in the literature of the unknown might be answered by these slips in time.   I put together a theory –a thesis if you will—to try and explain some of the most bedeviling of mysteries in the field.

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Bigfoot:  The sightings of the upright creature have been noted for centuries. The sightings are made by all sorts of individuals, some are trained observers.  Still, those who have tried to find the Bigfoot have failed to uncover any evidence that the thing exists. They would be more accurate to say it doesn’t exist now because we know that such a creature did walk the land thousands of years ago. It is called giganticus  and fossilized remains have been found by scientists. Perhaps what people see are images of the creature though time, when it did exist?

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Unidentified Flying Objects: Maybe when people see the strange lights in the sky they are not seeing space ships from far away but simply looking forward in time when such things, built by earthmen, will be a common form of transportation. This would also account for ancient records that tell of odd things in the sky. Maybe they are getting images of our helicopters and airplanes? 

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Ghost Ships and Trains:  these inanimate objects are reported as ghosts but all but the most die hard sailor would believe that at boat or ship has a soul. Maybe when we see these images we are just looking back in time to a real ship that sailed the seas a century ago?  This would also explain phantom trains rolling on long abandoned tracks.

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These wholes in time, could be natural products of the environment that click on and off, perhaps stimulated by naturally occurring electro magnetic fields. They could be generated deep below the earth’s surface.  These emanations could stimulate the psychic part of the brain and, working with elements of the natural world, create a glance back or forward in time.

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The theory doesn’t explain all ghosts or all paranormal events, but it does offer an explanation for some. Perhaps further research in EMF effects and experimentation will see if holes in the fabric of time might be behind some of the reports of strange things, UFOs and ghosts.  It’s a theory that needs further investigation.  Let me know what you think?  

Richard Senate,   HaintHunter@alo.com