Re: how legit are "ghost boxes"?

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"The Skeptic" <suspec...@paranormal.com> wrote in message
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>A friend of mine recently got a hold of a "ghost box". I can't really
>figure out what it does. It seems to be a modified AM radio. Instead of
>moving through the bands by tuning by hand, this has a small motor that
>does it automatically. This is digital, so while the radio is tuned
>rapidly it sounds like a woodpecker or machine gun, not the constant signal
>of the analog radios as the dial was changed. It is claimed that at
>certain spots as the digital radio is tuned, there will be words spoken
>supposedly from spirits. My friend claims he's picked up short messages
>and has actual recordings that seem to indicate it, but I am still
>skeptical. What's going on, could this thing be real or not? Could people
>be imagining what they want to hear?

I routinely hear voices, and I don't need any fancy radio. The voices come
and go, in concert with my Haldol dosage.

Bob Morein
(215) 646-4894