The Exorcism in Indiana - What in the Hell Happened?
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lacktheknack said:
An officer changing his mind isn't anything to base your argument on. My brother in law is a deputy and he's a moron, I wouldn't trust him to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich let alone provide decisive testimony on the supernatural. There's no record of this officer, how well he did his job or how he was regarded in the community. Wearing a uniform doesn't automatically make your judgment infallible. More likely he wasn't using his equipment correctly and argued in his defense rather than admit guilt. We've all done it.
A parent seeking medical or psychiatric advice when they or their children show physical or psychological symptoms isn't weird or eyebrow raising. It's what people should do.
Everything in that report points to environmental causes for their illnesses and substandard wiring/duct work for almost all of the "phenomenon" in the house itself, makes perfect sense that all reports of activity should subside once the primary cause of ailment is removed.
If I'm flippant and dismissive it's because the whole affair reeks of mass delusion and scam artistry.
Can I second this motion? Fantastic idea. I like the idea of a category dedicated to this kinda stuff. It would be like a new horror story every day before bed! (spooky dreams!)orangeapples said:
Captia: Only way to be sure
"or does this really prove once and for all that spirits and demons exist? You're guess is as good as mine."
The grammar-error was already remarked on, but (slightly) more importantly: Well, no apparently. If your guess is as good as mine, i.e. you declare yourself to be undecided on the truth of this story, it clearly hasn't been proven "once and for all that spirits and demons existed", now has it?
Still, if my guess is as good as yours, I'll just give you mine: Pretty sure this is bullshit. That whole wall-walking bit seems highly similar to that most famous fictional exorcism story you mentioned. And while I agree it made for a nice creepy image to have a demon-possessed child walk across the ceiling, I gotta ask: Why? What are the demons supposed to get out of all these petty tricks? What possible use is it to satan to make a child walk on walls or babble in strange languages. That'd only make sense if we assume god is such jerk he'd send you to hell for actions the demons possessing you performed.
And add in that the people telling this story for no-ulterior-motive-no-really are getting famous and rich by selling movie rights... yeah, I'm gonna need a little more convincing.
The grammar-error was already remarked on, but (slightly) more importantly: Well, no apparently. If your guess is as good as mine, i.e. you declare yourself to be undecided on the truth of this story, it clearly hasn't been proven "once and for all that spirits and demons existed", now has it?
Still, if my guess is as good as yours, I'll just give you mine: Pretty sure this is bullshit. That whole wall-walking bit seems highly similar to that most famous fictional exorcism story you mentioned. And while I agree it made for a nice creepy image to have a demon-possessed child walk across the ceiling, I gotta ask: Why? What are the demons supposed to get out of all these petty tricks? What possible use is it to satan to make a child walk on walls or babble in strange languages. That'd only make sense if we assume god is such jerk he'd send you to hell for actions the demons possessing you performed.
And add in that the people telling this story for no-ulterior-motive-no-really are getting famous and rich by selling movie rights... yeah, I'm gonna need a little more convincing.
Wasn't Amon an ancient deity and/or Judeo-Christian demon king?
Maybe this is all just a wacky misunderstanding of the sitcom variety.
"Luuuucifer, you've got some splainin' to do!"
Maybe this is all just a wacky misunderstanding of the sitcom variety.
"Luuuucifer, you've got some splainin' to do!"
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It's a bullshit story, if this shit was really happening then there would be tons of video, this supposedly happened in 2012, you know what everyone has in 2012, video cameras on their phone. We would see this shit all over youtube.
So... A situation that conveniently resulted in zero evidence, a sparse few eye witness reports from individuals for whom effort has been made to establish any credibility. And to top it off, in the one instance where any semblance of professionalism was present, where actual therapists were involved, they basically said "Yeah, Mom is just fucking crazy and it's not doing the kids any good" .
So, Right... Big mystery.
I can't attest to the motivations of anyone involved (with the possible exception of anyone standing to gain from film rights), but nothing here reads like more than crazy people and exaggeration.
So, Right... Big mystery.
I can't attest to the motivations of anyone involved (with the possible exception of anyone standing to gain from film rights), but nothing here reads like more than crazy people and exaggeration.
Curious how such tales never come with authentic photos or film.
Obviously this all the placebo effect, the power of suggestion, and recounting things in a more dramatic way.
The kid might have thrown himself against the war. An athletic child could easily do that (low mass can make it easier for children to do this than for adults). Nobody actually moon walked against the wall, but an athletic child could run against a wall and make a flip. Heck I had a friend who could do that. The power of suggestion could make this look a lot scarier than it really is.
Obviously this all the placebo effect, the power of suggestion, and recounting things in a more dramatic way.
The kid might have thrown himself against the war. An athletic child could easily do that (low mass can make it easier for children to do this than for adults). Nobody actually moon walked against the wall, but an athletic child could run against a wall and make a flip. Heck I had a friend who could do that. The power of suggestion could make this look a lot scarier than it really is.
