PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: Will an angry ghost hurt us?

"My dad passed away December 10," says Cathy. "Is it possible that he is here? My mom swears that she saw and heard him the other night. He was really angry because she is going through some stuff and getting rid of unusable items. She is worried that he will hurt her. I don't think he can, but you never know.... Can he? Or is that just the grief that is making her mind play tricks on her? Should I do a test to see if he is there, or should I just let it ride? What do I do?"

Answer: Cathy, it's difficult to give advice without knowing all of the family dynamics. It certainly is possible that it is the grief your mother is feeling that might be bringing up illusions of your father's image and voice. However, there have been cases in which spirits of recently departed (or sometimes long departed) people make it known that they do not approve of the behavior of the living friends or relatives left behind.... Read the rest of my answer.

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PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: Will an angry ghost hurt us?

"My dad passed away December 10," says Cathy. "Is it possible that he is here? My mom swears that she saw and heard him the other night. He was really angry because she is going through some stuff and getting rid of unusable items. She is worried that he will hurt her. I don't think he can, but you never know.... Can he? Or is that just the grief that is making her mind play tricks on her? Should I do a test to see if he is there, or should I just let it ride? What do I do?"

Answer: Cathy, it's difficult to give advice without knowing all of the family dynamics. It certainly is possible that it is the grief your mother is feeling that might be bringing up illusions of your father's image and voice. However, there have been cases in which spirits of recently departed (or sometimes long departed) people make it known that they do not approve of the behavior of the living friends or relatives left behind.... Read the rest of my answer.

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PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: Is there an afterlife?

"After reading various books on evolution, I found myself pondering the existence of an afterlife, and the origins of that afterlife," writes Karl. "Searching for more information online, I found your site with the exact article I was looking for.

"As a paranormal phenomena guide, I would be interested to know your views on an afterlife. Already that tells you that I am a skeptic, but I am an open-minded skeptic. Unfortunately, most people are not able to debate this issue, and additional input always helps."

Answer: Karl, if your question is: Is there an afterlife? the answer is: No one knows. I think I'm safe in saying that the vast majority of people on this planet believe in some sort of life after death, but belief doesn't really get us anywhere with this profound question. Either there is an afterlife or there isn't, and believing in it doesn't make it so, just as not believing in it doesn't rule it out. So if we set belief aside, then we must see if there is any evidence for an afterlife.... Read the rest of my answer.

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PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: Randi's Challenge and Precognition

In a comment to the Paranormal Answer Man question and answer below, reader Scott says the following:

"The amazing Randy had a million dollars on the table for anyone that can prove they have ESP or any other paranormal....and no one won it. They gave up in 2010 after 10 years of looking because they had to waste so much time on all the crackpots and frauds out there."

Scott, although I agree that there certainly are crackpots and frauds out there, the fact that no one was able to claim Randi's million dollars does not disprove the reality of psychic phenomena, it only means that no one proved it under Randi's test conditions.?One of the reasons for this is that psychic phenomena, especially something like precognition, is not an ability that can be brought into a lab and performed on demand.... Read the rest of my answer.

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PARANORMAL ANSWER MAN: How can I use my ESP abilities better?

"I want to know how to hone my ESP ability," says Amy. "In 2001 my cousin and I were driving and I told her that someone is fixing to have a wreck. It ended up being us! My mother can do this, too. She was driving with my dad one day and told him to pull over, so he did. After they left the parking lot and started driving in the same direction, the car that was behind them before they pulled over was in a really bad wreck. I would like to know how to use these abilities better."

Amy, it sounds like both you and your mother might have the psychic ability known as precognition -- "knowing" events before they actually happen. How do you use these feelings better? The answer may be as simple as: Listen to them.?Read the rest of my answer.

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