I’ve just added a new interactive tool to the Apps section of the website: the online Ouija board!
Communicate with spirits by asking your question out loud, then wait for the answer to be spelled out on the board.
You can even save a history of the spirit’s responses by using the print icon at the bottom right of the board!
Click below to go straight to it:
Online Ouija Board
In the evenings, I am often to be found sitting at the computer in the dining area of our L-shaped living/dining room. As you can see from the diagram below, I am sitting at the far left wall with the rest of the living/dining room area to my right.
Floorplan
In recent months, I have started to notice a moving figure shape out of the corner of my eye to my right – as though someone is coming past the fireplace towards the couch.
This shape is so figure-like that I tend to assume it is my son coming downstairs to get something. I instinctively look around – only to find there is no-one there and in fact I’m the only person downstairs at the time.
Possible explanations I have considered are:
However, as it seemed to be happening quite regularly – and only ever at that time of day and in that particular part in the room, I started to wonder if there was more to it.
So, I mentioned my experiences to my brother and he suggested that it could be likened to descriptions of Shadow People.
A quick search of Google confirmed that my experience could almost be considered “textbook” for Shadow People. According to the Wikipedia entry:
“Shadow people (also known as shadow ghosts, shadow figures, shadow beings, shadow men, or shadow folk) are supernatural shadow-like humanoid figures that, according to believers, are seen mostly in peripheral vision and move quickly.”
For most people, the experience of seeing a Shadow Person seems similar to mine: a fleeting glimpse of a shadow-like figure in the corner of your eye. But some have reported to see Shadow People straight in front of them – and some have even reported seeing red eyes on the shadow beings.
The theory is that Shadow People aren’t your typical “dead people” ghosts. In fact, many believe that Shadow People are time travellers, while others believe that they are aliens from another planet.
And Shadow People sightings must be one of the most common “ghost” sightings in the world. Experiences similar to mine are reported all over the world, every day of the week.
So, there’s only one thing for it: to try and catch evidence! I’m going to set a video camera running any time I am sitting downstairs on the computer, pointed at the area where I usually see the fleeting glances of a moving shadow figure. I’m also going to sit my mobile phone with EMF detector app running on the mantelpiece (i.e. near the source of the sighting) and ideally try to capture some audio EVPs while I’m at it.
It’ll be very interesting to see if anything can be seen or heard – and most importantly CAPTURED – at the very moment I have a shadow person experience.
Stay tuned for updates!
Spot the Slenderman
If you enjoy paranormal-themed myths and legends, then you’re bound to have heard of Slenderman. This mysterious super tall and slim male figure has been spotted by people in various old photographs (see left).
Slenderman is said to be able to extend his limbs to inhuman lengths in order to capture his prey, and sprout tentacles when required. His victims fall into a hypnotised state before … well, before Slenderman does whatever it is that Slenderman does. Because that’s the thing – nobody really knows. All we know is that he likes to stalk children but is clearly partial to the occasional adult too, going by the countless reports of people of ALL ages who have gone missing after a Slenderman encounter.
But it won’t take much Googling to find that Slenderman is entirely fictional, created in a thread on the SomethingAwful forums where users were each attempting to create a paranormal image.
The contest was about more than creating an image – fictional stories were created too in order to make the myth seem more convincing.
And, boy, did it work!
I’ve seen countless discussions on forums about Slenderman, including various reports that similar figures have been mentioned in “true story” books written decades before the Slenderman contest. The theory is that Slenderman is real and has existed for centuries, powered by our belief in him. But in time we forgot about Slenderman and so he disappeared … so the “contest” on Something Awful was nothing more than a way to bring him back to life!
But, fantastic as these ideas are, they have all been planted around the internet by people keen to perpetuate the myth as created on Something Awful. A lesson to be learned here is: don’t believe everything (or anything?!) you read on the internet!
But something quite wonderful has come out of the Slenderman legend: the efforts & imagination of brilliant amateur paranormal creatives have led to the production of some amazing Slenderman-themed bits of work. From blogs written by people claiming to have encountered Slenderman (these blogs usually end abruptly, hinting at the author having gone missing) to the brilliant Marble Hornets series on YouTube (now available to buy on DVD!). And not forgetting some excellent Slenderman art!
Watch the introduction to Marble Hornets here:
Read more about Slenderman on Know Your Meme.
Any more Slenderman inspired blogs I should know about?
“A worried member of the public has forced Leicester City Council to admit it is unprepared for a zombie invasion.
The authority received a Freedom of Information request which said provisions to deal with an attack, often seen in horror films, were poor.
The “concerned citizen” said the possibility of such an event was one that councils should be aware of.”
Read full article on BBC news website
The Windbridge Institute is currently seeking volunteers to act as psychic research reading recipients (PRRRs or “P triple Rs”) who will receive and score psychic readings about themselves.
You must be US-based and aged 18 or over – click here for full details.
I need a few testers for a paranormal-related Android application. It’ll be very straightforward – I promise!
Please drop me an email at editor@hiddeninfluences.com if you’re willing to take part 
(From the Dunfermline Press)
Forth Bridge Ghost?
A tourist fresh from Mary King’s Close in Edinburgh captured this photo while travelling back across the Forth Bridge.
She believes it’s a ghost – what do you think?
Readers on the Dunfermline Press website don’t seem convinced, with their suggested explanations ranging from it being a reflection of a drink bottle to a splat of bird poop
A Chinese airport was closed after this mysterious object was spotted in the sky.
Arcing over Zhejiang’s provincial capital Hangzhou, the UFO appeared to glow with an eerie white light and left a bright trail in its wake.
Xiaoshan Airport was closed after the UFO was detected at around 9 pm and dozens of flights had to be diverted.
While reading a recent issue of Fortean Times, I came across an article about Orgonite. Orgonite is a simple compound made of resin, metal and crystals which is said to turn negative energy into positive energy. The article described experiments which had taken place about the effect of Orgonite on vegetables and the results were extraordinary! The vegetables grown with the influence of Orgonite were MASSIVE compared to the same vegetables grown without.
So, I decided to do a little experiment of my own! I made up some Orgonite using resin, copper and quartz crystal chips to use with my own vegetable growing attemps. My kindly neighbour gave me two tomato plants and ONE will be grown in close proximity to one of my bits of Orgonite while the other will be close by (so they are sharing the same positioning, sunlight etc.). I suppose I’d expect them both to be positively affected by the Orgonite, but one plant should be considerably bigger and better than the other.
I’ll be posting regular photos of the plants so you can see how they are progressing – can you guess which one is the Orgonite tomato plant???
Here is a photo of them when we were first given the plants (taken 21st May 2010):
And now I’ve moved them inside to live on my bedroom windowsill. This photo was taken 1st June 2010:
8th June 2010:
Now on 16th June. Both have two ‘bunches’ of what will eventually be tomatoes. The one on the left has three flowers whereas the one on the right has none:
And now on 28th they have reached the top of the window! Also have one little green tomato!
You can read more about Orgonite here.
“Motoroway bosses have hired a full-time team of druids to build a series of mini Stonehenge monuments to drain ‘negative energy’ from accident blackspots.
The team – which has secretly been working for Austrian authorities for two years – is said to have reduced fatal accidents at one notorious crash site to zero after restoring its “terrestrial radiation.”
Chief engineer Harald Dirnbacher from Austria’s motorway authority ASFINAG explained: “”We were really sceptical at first and certainly didn’t want people to know what we were doing, so we kept it secret.”
But now the trial results are so impressive officials are spreading the scheme nationwide.
One blackspot’s fatal accident rate fell from an average of six per year to nothing after the druid treatment, where they search for negative radiation with dowsing rods.
But the druids warn that they could be fighting a losing battle as the biggest cause of radiation disruption is mobile phone masts.
Senior druid Ilmar Tessmann explained: “It is a big job. Evert one of these masts spreads negative radiation over an area of 120 to 200 miles. ”
http://www.croatiantimes.com/image/8051/news/Around_the_World/2010-05-19/11093/Rocky_road
