What is an EVP?

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What is an EVP?
Topic Started: Nov 11 2008, 12:26 PM (157 Views)
Ghost Hunter	Nov 11 2008, 12:26 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 365 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 31, 2008	Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sections of static noise on the radio or electronic recording that some listeners believe sound like voices speaking words; paranormal investigators sometimes interpret these noises 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. 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, Maury (TV series) and Ghost Whisperer and Hollywood films such as White Noise and The Sixth Sense.
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MCGHOST1	Nov 17 2008, 11:04 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 704 Group: Moderator Member #2 Joined: August 4, 2008	YUP,THERE GOES MY THEORY ,CHEAP STATICY TAPES I HEAR DEAD PEOPLE :wacko:
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Dynasty101	Jan 10 2009, 03:52 PM Post #3
Smiley King Posts: 383 Group: Moderator Member #26 Joined: January 7, 2009	LOL still my favorite stuff to find tho! Leaves ya thinking what he heck was that...



MCGHOST1	Jan 10 2009, 09:30 PM Post #4
Advanced Member Posts: 704 Group: Moderator Member #2 Joined: August 4, 2008	YEAH BUT IT WOULD BE EASIER IF THEY WOULD PICK UP THE MICROPHONE AND SAY : HEY THIS IS GRANDPA :ph43r: I'M DEAD NOW SO THE MONEYS UNDER THE BED IN THE BASEMENT AND NOW CAN I GO TO HEAVEN ? LOL <!>AND P'S TELL GRANDMA TO LEAVE THE POOLBOY ALONE FOR GODS SAKE I HAVENT BEEN DEAD A WEEK YET !
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