From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!ncsu!jcz Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Defying Explanation Article-I.D.: ncsu.1119 Posted: Sun Feb 27 13:39:39 1983 Received: Mon Feb 28 20:06:15 1983 References: watmath.4631 The 'how many things have you seen that defied rational explanation for some time' question was not an attempt to defend dousing. I would not defend or support something I have not witnessed have only hearsay evidence of. I would like to repeat my question (in hopes of eliciting interesting dialouge), " What strange experience(s) have YOU had that you could not explain, i.e. ufos, ghosts, magic, and how did you finally explain it? Example: My Great-grandfather was a detective in the Asheville Police Department during prohibition. He told me a story of a bootlegger who turned himself in one night. The man was looking for protection from a ghost. A large white apparition had been haunting his still for about a week, and the man was terrified. It later (tune in later for the rest . . .)