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- Title
Exploring Ostensible Poltergeist vs. Haunt Phenomena via a Reassessment of Spontaneous Case Data.
- Authors
DIXON, JOHN; STORM, LANCE; HOURAN, JAMES
- Abstract
Dixon (2016) previously described the manifestation of anomalous experiences and events in a small bar in Sydney, NSW, before and after the departure of a staff member who displayed traits typical of focal persons who are hypothesized agents of 'recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis' (RSPK). On both occasions (before and after the focal person's departure), bar staff were surveyed about any unexplained disturbances they may have experienced. Survey results suggested physically-oriented "poltergeist" phenomena initially occurred at the bar but, following the departure of the focal person, these disturbances ceased and appeared to be replaced by typical psychologically-oriented "haunt" phenomena. This conclusion was based, in part, on a statistically significant difference between two datasets of eye-witness responses. In this paper, we revisited the dataset to shore up the anomalous experience categories, and applied alternative and more rigid statistical analyses. Results were confirmatory: observable (poltergeist) disturbances subsided significantly, although there was no significant increase in sensed (haunt) phenomena. Repercussions of these findings for the Dixon case and implications for future research are evaluated.
- Subjects
POLTERGEISTS; PSYCHOKINESIS; CONFIRMATION bias
- Publication
Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1445-2308
- Publication type
Article