4. Haunted houses
People were asked: “Have you ever lived in a house that was believed to be haunted?” 7% of the townspeople and 8% of the students answered the question “yes”.
5. Communications with the dead
8% of the townspeople and 5% of the students said they either communicated with the dead or felt themselves to be controlled or possessed by a spirit.
6. Poltergeist activity
People were asked: “Have you ever seen an object move with no natural or physical means of motion that you could discover?” 8% of the townspeople and 6% of the students replied they had.
“This important survey will be a revelation to the scientific community,” said Dr. Berthold Schwarz, a top psychiatrist.
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I couldn't click *none* and vote, so I clicked "out of body experience" because I was on a medication for awhile that made me hallucinate that way. Once I was off the meds, it was all fine.
There's a rational explanation equally simple for everything else on that list, too.
I psychically knew this
Actually, the questions are misleading and allow for gross misinterpretation of the answers:
Since I do not believe in ghosts, I can very well live in a house which "is believed" by others to be haunted. In fact, that would be a great way to save on rent due to the gullibility and stupidity of others. Yet, by truthfully responding to be living in such a place, I would be considered to believe in such things.
Likewise, if I were "unable to discover the reason for the movement of an object" due to, say, limited time or restricted access to appropriate means of obesrvation and examination, I could give a positive answer. Yet, that answer would only have been possible due to my strict adherence to scientific methods which could not be carried out due to the given circumstances.
Hence, the methods, results and findings of Dr. Berthold Schwarz are highly questionable.
Hey I want what they're smoking!!!
How did I know they were going to write this story.
Rolf, your brilliant.
Well, this study must be a VERY unreliable one then
. Being a paranormal investigator myself, i know that most of the paranormal activity is quite easily explained by natural causes, one only has to do his/her homework 
But in this study doesn't seem to question the test persons experiences, so the whole result is wrong and i totally agree with docpi.
I had deja vu's myself, quite often really, so this percentage could be right.
But discussing this is pointless really… as far as i could find out, there is no Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research
correct me if i'm wrong.
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