jeffma@tekgvs.UUCP (02/16/84)
[discussing the information available in The Skeptical Inquirer]
"Sometimes, something very unusual has a suprising explanation. For,
example the patrons of a bar in Ireland claimed to have heard the voices
of ghosts. They were ignored for several years until a scientist heard
about this and went to the bar. He discovered that some of the walls in
the bar were over 500 years old. The material in these walls was rich
in magnetic material, and under the right conditions it was able to
record and play back the sounds in the room. The ghosts were speaking
a dialect of Irish that died several hundred years ago!"
Larry Cipriani
From "Information on the Skeptical Inquirer" [cbscc.1667]
Uhh, Larry, I guess I must have missed that one. Could someone give me
the issue and page number? I've got all the back issues of SI, and this
"explanation" sounds so ridiculous that I'm not convinced it was offered
seriously. Forgive me for being skeptical.
Jeff Mayhew
Teklabs
tektronix!tekgvs!jeffma