Researchers: a person is affected by sounds at a frequency we do not hear
11.9.2003
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Candles that go out mysteriously, a strange feeling and a chill that goes down the spine, do not originate from the presence of spirits in a haunted house but are the result of low frequency sounds that are inaudible to the human ear.
Scientists in the UK have shown in a controlled environment that extreme bass sounds, known as infrasound, produce a variety of strange effects in humans, including anxiety, great sadness and chills. This research supports the well-known popular connection between undertones and a mysterious feeling.
Hundreds of houses and sites across the UK are known to be haunted. But this week scientists managed to provide an explanation for the phenomenon. And they are quick to clarify that there is no such thing as ghosts.
According to the researchers, the source of the phenomenon is vibrations that are below the threshold of human hearing. Those vibrations, called infrasound, are felt but not heard and may affect the feelings of the person in their environment. The results can range from anxiety to chills, but also an uplifted mood.
These sounds are created in many churches by the pipes of the organ. In other sites, which are considered to be haunted, these sounds are created by a gust of wind, traffic sounds or electrical equipment, but in any case - without any intervention of supernatural forces.
Dr. Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire in England said that during the experiment the same sounds-oscillations were played to 750 people at a concert in London - in addition to pieces of music. After the experiment, the subjects said that they felt strange sensations in those sections to which the infrasonic vibrations were added.
"Basically the swings make people feel something strange," Wiseman said. "This feeling intensifies the emotion they felt in the first place."
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Man is made up of so much energy that it is impossible for nothing to fall out of him after he dies.
So maybe we won't go on total ignorance and say "it's God who created" at any given moment. But science can certainly go hand in hand with such beliefs.