Well, he isn't one of those first-time members who posts life-story about an inconceivable paranormal event; MZ3Boy84 has been here for a good time now, and is a respectable member. I guess I could beleive him to. Why would he lie?
Ok, I'm losing it...
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Well, he isn't one of those first-time members who posts life-story about an inconceivable paranormal event; MZ3Boy84 has been here for a good time now, and is a respectable member. I guess I could beleive him to. Why would he lie?
I'm guessing you mean that you hope the OP poster doesn't have another experience like he had.
Good point Athens. If we take as a given that he's not lying, here are the main possibilities:
1- A man quickly dodged his vehicle and got out of site quick. This might be the one that the more 'reality is normal' people would probably go for.
2- A type of hallucination. He says he wasn't on drugs, but I have a feeling that people who dislike thinking that the paranormal actually exists would prefer this explanation to more paranormal ones.
3- a ghost. Definitely on the paranormal side of things, but atleast it would account for the fact that he seemed to pass through the man without incident and then the man dissapeared.
4- An actual man who dissappeared because of butterfly effect type blowback.
5- I'm sure other possibilities can come be made up; once you step out of the 'normal' way of seeing things, a lot of explanations can be found for events. The hard part is providing evidence for them
.what do you think he had?
I don't know. Personally though, I like the butterfly effect type scenario; it sounds cooler
. I think it'd be a bit funny, though, if some guy comes up to him one of these days and says:"Man! You almost ran me over the other day! Good thing I jumped out of the way!"
. Although perhaps he searched around his car too well for that to be a possibility.Perhaps it was a ghost? But why would a ghost be bothering him? I suppose he could have hallucinated it (a girl I used to know in high school once said she hallucinated when she was very hungry, and he -was- going to go eat). So maybe that's it. But I still think the Butterfly Effect scenario sounds cooler ;-).
Enmos
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Were you tired at the time ?
The experience is a common type of hallucination, known popularly as a "waking dream," which takes place between being fully asleep and fully awake. Such experiences typically include bizarre imagery (bright lights or apparitions of demons, ghosts, aliens, etc.) and/or auditory hallucinations. "Sleep paralysis" may also occur, whereby there is an inability to move because the body is still in the sleep mode (Nickell 1995).
http://www.csicop.org/si/2000-09/i-files.html
Thoreau
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LOL you guys really crack me up!
Yes, I did look under the car after the incident. No bodies, no blood.
Ive decided I'm not going to worry too much about it. It hasn't happened again yet, and Im hoping it doesnt. I still don't know what to fully make of the situation. I wasn't tired or anything like that so I don't think it was a waking dream.
The only thing I do know is that I saw someone and they disappeared. Maybe it was a very powerful random flash of chemicals in my brain or something. A ghost? I don't have a clue. I haven't found a reasonable explanation for it, and I don't think I will. So I think the only thing I can do is just to let it go for no unless it happens again, which I will then be going to a shrink lol.
And don't worry about joking about it, it actually helped calmed my nerves and put some light on the event.
It was definately something I will never forget.
Yes, I did look under the car after the incident. No bodies, no blood.
Ive decided I'm not going to worry too much about it. It hasn't happened again yet, and Im hoping it doesnt. I still don't know what to fully make of the situation. I wasn't tired or anything like that so I don't think it was a waking dream.
The only thing I do know is that I saw someone and they disappeared. Maybe it was a very powerful random flash of chemicals in my brain or something. A ghost? I don't have a clue. I haven't found a reasonable explanation for it, and I don't think I will. So I think the only thing I can do is just to let it go for no unless it happens again, which I will then be going to a shrink lol.
And don't worry about joking about it, it actually helped calmed my nerves and put some light on the event.
It was definately something I will never forget.
Enmos
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Hey MZ3
There is a reasonable explanation for it though.. a hallucination. How or why you had it is another question.
Did the guy disappear in front of your eyes ? In other words, did you actually see him disappear into thin air, or did you blink and when you opened your eyes he was gone ?
Edit: Oh duh.. you already specified that in your OP.
That is some statement.
Enmos
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Ghosts don't exist otherwise the world would be populated by millions of them with no "expiry" dates.
By all means don't forget, However I wouldn't suggest "obsessing" about it. While indeed it's an odd occurrence and there is explanations in science, both for the ESP from quantum event (Split universes) and obviously the one you even relate to involving neuro-chemical stimuli.
The problem is that for over a century there has been a great amount of speculation and work done in neurology, however it has yet to touch on how observations can be effected by Quantum Events, This is a new branch of neurological sciences.
Did you look underneath the car?
Enmos
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All right, well what if they faded out at some point? Some energy/purpose fulfilled/Demi got remarried sort of thing?
Enmos
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lol Very well, you're forgiven.