EVP the modern Ouija board?

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On multiple ‘ghost-hunter’ tv shows, and the paranormal field in general, EVP recordings are used to contact the‘dead’. But what or who is actually answering them?

EVP is defined as…“Electronic Voice Phenomenon”.

Oct 12, 2010, Erin McDougald-Williams - "... Ghost hunters attempt to capture an EVP by using digital recording devices that pick up low band frequencies. It is believed that spirits communicate on such a low band frequency that the human ear does not hear them when they actually occur. This is why investigators use digital recorders to investigate so they can go back and listen for possible disembodied voices.”

The basic premise of recording EVP is to go into a ‘haunted’ location, talk to spirits and record any vocal responses by way of bangs, knocks or if you are lucky voices. This is featured frequently on ghost-hunting tv shows and openly through all paranormal circles.

These recordings are collected and saved usually on computer files with specialized computer programs used to analyze the sound, clear up background noise and or interference made during the period of investigation.

So far skeptics cannot totally explain away every out of the norm noise recorded at these ‘haunted’ locations. However, EVP's can be open to the possibility of fakery, which can be found on youtube. But like all things, there are people out there who would prefer fake evidence than further paranormal research. They would rather get their name or reputation as "Paranormal Investigators" out there in the field and that's how these hoaxes come about.

Many people not within the paranormal field quote the dangers of EVP and having been part of a Paranormal group who used them regularly I can confirm that 9 times out of 10 you record nothing out of the ordinary. Occasionally you can record something that when analyzed sounds like audible words or phrases. But are these down to audio pareidolia or information front loading when others voice what they 'think' it said?

A lot of Christian groups claim that voices recorded in EVP sessions are in reality "...not human souls but satanic spirits attempting to lead that questioner into deep spiritual darkness with the questionable occult Theology of ghost-hunting." Not all abandoned buildings, cemeteries, ruins, occupied green belts have been used by occult worshipers as meeting areas, haunts or spiritual bases for satanic spirits. The majority are just that, abandoned buildings, cemeteries, ruins, etc.

As for the Ouija, it was commercially introduced by businessman Elijah Bond on July 1, 1890. The Ouija board was regarded as a harmless parlor game unrelated to the occult until American Spiritualist Pearl Curran popularized its use as a divining tool during World War I.

It was then used as a tool with most for this purpose and its original "game" label was dropped for that of "Occult paraphernalia." Is it true that the Electronic voice recorder has taken its place in the modern world? The answer is a simple yes. It is for the same purpose and used mostly the same way...Questions asked and an answer waited on/given.

My opinion for what it's worth, like all things, items only become dangerous in the hands of someone who either has malicious intent, doesn't understand what they are doing, or doesn't know how to use the tool.

What is your view on this?

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