Research on Paranormal

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Introduction

“I only created Jinn and man to worship Me”, Allah said in Holy Qur’an. (Sura Adh-Dhariat,56).

As Jinns are made out of fire; they are invisible to human but they share the same world. If any

person encounters any activity of jinn, it would seem like a paranormal activity to him. There are

so many other ways to define paranormal activity from religious views. According to

parapsychologists, the term paranormal describes, “any phenomenon that in one or more respects

exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according to current scientific

assumptions. This includes extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis, and survival of

consciousness after death; parapsychologists call these phenomena psi, a neutral term non-

suggestive of what causes the phenomena or experiences” (Thouless, 1942). Parapsychologists

are also involving qualitative and quantitative methodologies to prove their presence. However,

by conventional theory of science paranormal phenomenon is still beyond and unexplained.

Stories relating to paranormal phenomena are found in popular culture and folklore, but the scientific

community, as referenced in statements made by organization such as the United States National Science

Foundation, contends that scientific evidence does not support paranormal beliefs.

Paranormal phenomena are .those, which, if genuine, would violate basic limiting principles of

science. (Tobacyk, 1988, p. 3), and paranormal belief is belief in paranormal phenomena. The

research on paranormal belief can be traced back to the interest on investigating the concept of

superstition. For example, Scheibe and Sarbin (1965) tried to conceptualize superstition

theoretically, and the variables correlated with superstition/supernatural belief such as

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conservatism (Boshier, 1973), gender (Bhushan & Bhushan, 1986; Blum, 1976), surgical stress

(Shrimali & Broota, 1987), and locus of control (Randall & Desrosiers, 1980; Scheidt, 1973) had

also been studied.

One of the correlates with paranormal belief that attracts much attention is religiosity or religious

belief; since religion is; an important part of human culture and the presence of God have yet to

be proved scientifically. A number of studies have shown that paranormal belief correlated with

religiosity (e.g., Buhrmann & Zaugg, 1983; Orenstein, 2002; Thalbourne & Hensley, 2001).

However, other studies did not support this association (e.g., Ellis, 1988; Rice, 2003). The first

goal of the present investigation therefore was to replicate previous findings. Furthermore, the

relationship between paranormal belief and religiosity has not been explored.

In the recent decade, although there have been studies in finding the personality or

psychopathology variables correlating with paranormal belief (e.g., Dag, 1999; Rattet & Bursik,

2001; Wiseman, Greening & Smith, 2003; Wolfradt, 1997), many studies showed an inconsistent

result. For example, empirical studies have shown extraversion to have a high association

between paranormal belief and alleged paranormal experience (Honorton, Ferrari & Bem, 1992;

Schmeidler, 1982). However, some studies indicated extraversion was not associated with

paranormal belief (Rattet & Bursik, 2001; Windholz & Diamant, 1974).

Therefore, our attempt in this study is to find whether people in our society believe in the

paranormal activity in relation with the religion, gender and age.


Background of the research

In background of my research I am highlighting my secondary resources. I found very useful as

well as important data on paranormal activity around the world in religious books and articles of

different websites. For the convenience, I have divided the data into several parts.

RELIGIOUS VIEW

From the very beginning of the world people felt the presence of others around them. The

only thing was they did not know or they couldn’t explain the phenomena with their sense and

logic. After that religions gave them a better understanding about those beyond their knowledge.

Every religion such as Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism and Buddhism

affirms the presence of angels and demons. In addition all the religious books have given the

appropriate definition following their own beliefs.

ISLAM AND QURAN

The belief in angels is central to the religion of Islam, which articles of faith includes

Belief in God, Belief in Angels, Belief in Books (Holy Scripture), Belief in Prophets and

Messengers, Belief in Qiyamah (Resurrection) and finally Belief in Qada and Qadar

(predestination) beginning with the belief that the Qur'an was dictated to Muhammad by the

chief of all angels, the archangel Jibril (Gabriel). Angels are thus the ministers of God, as well as

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the agents of revelation in Islam. Angels are benevolent beings created from light and they do

not possess free will. Islam followers are thus bound to believe in angels, jinns and demons.

Prophet and Angels: Angels are referred as the messengers from God for the Prophets. Jibra'il is

the Archangel responsible for revealing the Qur'an to Muhammad, verse by verse. Jibra'il is

known as the angel who communicates with (all of) the Prophets that Muslims accept. He is

mentioned specifically by name and as the Holy Spirit in the Qur'an. As sited in Qur’an,

“Praise be to God, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made

the angel messengers with wings - two, or three, or four (pairs) and adds to Creation as

He pleases: for God has power over all things" (Fatir 35:1).

Jinns: The jinn are said to be creatures with free will, made from 'smokeless fire' by God much

in the same way humans were made of earth. In Quran jinns are mentioned frequently and Sura

Al-Jinn is entirely about jinns. The Jinn have communities much like human societies: they eat,

marry, die, etc. They are invisible to humans, but they can see humans. Sometimes they

accidentally or deliberately come into view or into contact with humans

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie).

Demons: Iblis did disobey God, was expelled from Heaven, and became the avowed enemy of

man, he was a Jinn not an angel, which is not angelic in any way, since they are made of

smokeless fire, not light, have free-will, and can disobey or openly defy God. Thus Iblis is

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referred as demons and often influence human to choose the wrong path

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/angels).

CRISTIANITY AND BIBLE

In Christianity angels are referred same as in Islam. In the New Testament, angels appear

frequently as the ministers of God and the agents of revelation. In the Hebrew Bible, angels often

appear to people in the shape of humans of extraordinary beauty, and often are not immediately

recognized as angels. They are described as pure and bright as Heaven; consequently, they are

said to be formed of fire, and encompassed by light.

In the Bible, angels are a medium of God's power; they exist to execute God's will.

Angels reveal themselves to individuals as well as to the whole nation, to announce events, either

bad or good, affecting humans. Guardian angels were mentioned, but not, as was later the case,

as guardian spirits of individuals and nations.

OTHER RELIGIONS

In Zoroastrianism there are different angel-like animals. For example, each person has a

guardian angel, called Fravashi. They patronize human beings and other creatures, and also

manifest God’s energy. In English, the Sanskrit word Deva is usually translated as "god", which

certainly gives a polytheistic appearance to Hinduism. On the account of the Hindu theory of

reincarnation and transmigration of souls according to one's Karma, other kinds of demons can

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also be enlisted. Also if a human does extremely horrible and sinful karmas in his life, his soul

(Atman) will, upon his death, directly turn into an evil ghostly spirit, many kinds of which are

recognized in the later Hindu texts. Just like Hinduism, Buddhism focuses in the belief of karma

and spirits (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon).

PARANORMAL AND RESEARCHERS

Approaching paranormal phenomena from a research perspective is often difficult

because even when the phenomena are seen as real they may be difficult to explain using

existing rules or theory. By definition, paranormal phenomena exist outside of conventional

norms. Skeptics contend that they don't exist at all. Despite this challenge, researchers from

various disciplines periodically conduct studies on the paranormal.

Anecdotal approach: An anecdotal approach to the paranormal involves the collection of

anecdotal evidence, which is an informal account of something that presumably happened.

Anecdotes are often in contrast to empirical evidence, which are types of formal accounts that

can be investigated using the scientific method. The anecdotal approach is not a scientific

approach to the paranormal because it leaves verification dependent on the credibility of the

party presenting the evidence. Nevertheless, it is a common approach to paranormal phenomena.

Charles Fort (1874 – 1932) is perhaps the best known collector of paranormal anecdotes. Fort is

said to have compiled as many as 40,000 notes on unexplained phenomena, though there were no


doubt many more than these. Fort is considered by many as the father of modern paranormalism,

which is the belief in paranormal phenomena (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paranormal).

Participant-observation: While parapsychologists look for quantitative evidence of the

paranormal in laboratories, a great number of people immerse themselves in qualitative research

through participant-observer approaches to the paranormal. Participant-observers research as

they experience, rather than to explain them.

A participant-observer in paranormal research study consists of a researcher visiting a

place where paranormal activity is said to occur and recording observations while there. In

studying a supposedly haunted location, for example, the researcher may conduct a séance or

participate in other activities said to cause paranormal activity. Specific data gathering methods,

such as recording EMF readings at haunted locations have their own criticisms beyond those

attributed to the participant-observation approach itself.


GHOST HUNTING

Ghost hunting is the process of investigating locations said to be haunted.

FIGURE1:"Ghost hunter" taking reading with EMF meter

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paranormal)

Typically, a ghost "hunting party" will involve 4-8 individuals who work as a team to collect

evidence of paranormal activity. Ghost hunters usually record data in a scientific manner,

making observation using electronic equipment of various types, such as; EMF Meters, digital

thermometers, infrared and night vision cameras, handheld video cameras, digital audio

recorders, and computers. Organized teams of ghost hunters are also called paranormal

investigation teams. . In the last decade, the term "paranormal investigation" has increasingly

been adopted by hobbyist and professional groups who do not investigate any other aspects of

the paranormal such as Extra-sensory perception and Psycho kinesis, but whose sole purpose is

ghost hunting.

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GHOST HUNTERS: Ghost Hunters is a popular television show broadcasted by Discovery

channel. It’s not just a TV show it’s a reality TV show which shows the real encounters with

ghosts. Here the ghost hunters went to search the truth of a haunted place or house. Most of the

time these investigations were done in requested places by the viewers. The investigators found

the presence in some places they investigated and as they advice if unsure of any kind of

paranormal experience (2004), “when in doubt get the hell out” (Hawes, H., & Wilson, J., Ghost

hunters, Discovery channel)

HISTORY

The history of paranormal began long ago. As the history tells first known paranormal

activity began in 1863(Connecticut paranormal investigators).Anecdotes like Charles Fort has

written over 40,000 notes accounted as paranormal activity by the people living in USA and UK.

However the history of paranormal in Asia was still unknown because of less knowledge and

awareness. So history and encounters are focused on US and UK based places. Here some of the

haunted places of the world are given.

Haunted Town: Near the Nevada - California border, Bodie was home to 10,000 people in its

heyday, in the late 1870's. In 1849, a W.S. Bodie, and his partner, Black Turner discovered

large gold deposits in the hills near where Bodie was destined to be built. After that the town

had to suffer through pain, greed, violence, immortality and also with its civilized sides. Then

the population became less and less numerous as the mines petered out. However, when the

last mine was shut down after World War 2, there were only 6 people left in the town. 5 of the


six died untimely, strange deaths, relating to one of the men shooting his wife. When his wife

died, three of the other men killed the man who shot his wife. They in turn died of strange

diseases after the ghost of the man they killed appeared to them and shook his fist at them.

Now no one lives there but 168 houses of the town are standing still in the same way it was

before (http://www.hauntedhouses.com/towns/bodie.htm).

Figure 2: Bodie State Historic Park, California - A deserted ghost Town

(Source: http://www.hauntedhouses.com/towns/bodie.htm)

Haunted Houses: Amity Ville horror house at 112 Ocean Avenue, New York, USA is one of the

most famous haunted places of the world. As the Amityville New York record confirms that on

November 13, 1974, 24-year-old Ronald DeFeo murdered his family. DeFeo used a high-

powered rifle, shot to death his father, mother, two brothers and two sisters.


Figure 3: Amity Ville horror house

(Source: http://www.amityvillerecord.com/News/2000/0824/Front_page/19.html).

At his murder trial, Ronald DeFeo testified that he had killed his family because he had heard

voices. "Whenever I looked around, there was no one there, so it must have been God talking to

me," he said. On December 18, 1975, more than a year after the terrible murders, George Lutz

family of five moved in. During their stay of 28 days in 112 Ocean Avenue the family and their

priest encountered several events. As the priest said, “When I started to bless the house a

masculine voice clearly said get out.” Moreover Mr. Lutz heard voices, Mrs. Lutz felt invisible

hands gripping her, she also discovered her crucifix turned upside-down on the inner wall of a

walk-in closet and so on their scary experience keep happening. However, the last day on the 15

of December the Lutz family moved out

(http://www.amityvillerecord.com/News/2000/0824/Front_page/19.html).In summer 2005 a

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movie named Amity Ville horror was released and got a very positive approach from the people

all around the world.

Figure 4: The newspaper view

Haunted hotel: There are many haunted hotels all over America. Recently the American voted

for the best haunted hotels in America where Crescent Hotel- 75 Prospect Ave., Eureka

Springs AR 72632 has voted one of the best of that. Rumor has it that a number of rooms are

haunted in this “historic hotel”. An Irish stonemason, Michael landed when he fell from the

roof during the construction from Room 218 and since this became the spot from him. Today

his ghost is accused to do bang on the walls and turn the lights and television on and of. Also

rooms 202 and 424 are said to be haunted. The ghost of Dr. Norman Baker often appears,

outside of the Recreation Room, looking a bit confused. During the 1930s he used to run a

controversial hospital and resort in the hotel. A nurse, dressed in a white uniform, has been

seen on the third floor. A woman in Room 419 introduces herself as a cancer patient to guests


and housekeepers, and then (http://www.oddinns.com/index.php/pages/hauntedhotels.html).

Haunted places in India: Recently the paranormal society of India has started to collect

evidences and visit places which are locally popular as haunted. Yona Williams a famous ghost

hunter wrote about her travel throughout India and clearly stated some places as haunted. She

(2006) said,

“Within India, Bangalore has been known to offer a variety of spirits and ghosts

that present an array of paranormal activity. In Delhi, some have claimed to see a woman in a

white dress, who asks those who pass by for a ride in your car. Eventually, it is revealed that

she is a ghost with subhuman qualities, including the ability to run as fast as the cars about her”

(http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_3016.shtml).

Others: Haunted areas just don’t include hotels, houses and towns. All over the world there are

places where people are forbidden. Haunted hills, beaches, old castles, mines, music cafes, bars

are also in the grip of spirits, ghosts or something unknown whatever you believe in. Before

people thought these are just hallucination of some group of people, however; today

paranormal believers don’t just believe it, they are putting their believe in qualitative

explanation.

PARAPSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION

In 1957, the Para psychological Association was formed as the preeminent society for

parapsychologists. In 1969, they became affiliated with the American Association for the

Advancement of Science. Since then parapsychologists all over the World has begun to add all

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the new theories and ideas involving it. These related fields include transpersonal psychology,

which studies transcendent or spiritual aspects of the human mind, and anomalistic psychology,

which examines paranormal beliefs and subjective anomalous experiences in traditional

psychological terms. Exorcism for spirits and ghost are often referred as mental disorder of the

victim in parapsychology.

SURVEY CONDUCTED IN USA

While the validity of the existence of paranormal phenomena is controversial and debated

passionately by both proponents of the paranormal and by skeptics, surveys are useful in

determining the beliefs of people in regards to paranormal phenomena. One such survey of the

beliefs of the general United States population regarding paranormal topics was conducted by the

Gallup Organization in 2005. The survey found that 73 percent of those polled believed in at

least one of the ten paranormal items presented in the survey.

Items included in the survey were as follows (the percentage of respondents who indicated that

they believed in the phenomenon is in parenthesis): Extrasensory perception (41%), haunted

houses (37%), ghosts (32%), telepathy (31%), clairvoyance (26%), astrology (25%),

communication with the dead (21%), witches (21%), reincarnation (20%), and channeling

spiritual entities (9%). Only one percent of those surveyed believed in all ten items

(http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_5_29/ai_n15400020).

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Research Questions

In my research, I plan to investigate the people’s belief in the paranormal activities and to

what extent these paranormal activities affect their life. Therefore, to conduct my research I will

be addressing the research questionnaire similar to the following questions:

What do people think about paranormal activity?

Are there any variations of belief in paranormal activity between the genders?

Are there any correlation between paranormal belief and religiosity of any

person?

Do their beliefs in paranormal activity varies with age?

Did they ever experience any unusual phenomena?

If they have experienced any then was it physical, visual, or auditory?

If they do not believe in paranormal phenomena, then why?


Hypothesis

Approaching the paranormal from a research perspective is often difficult because of the

lack of acceptance of the physical reality of most of the supposed phenomena. By definition, the

paranormal does not conform to conventional expectations of the natural. Despite this challenge,

researchers all from various disciplines periodically conduct studies on the paranormal. Some

researchers study just the beliefs in the paranormal regardless of whether the phenomena are

considered to objectively exist.

In my analysis, the paranormal phenomena have a significant effect on most of the

people’s life. I am expecting that majority of the people especially female will agree that there

something which is unknown or beyond our knowledge. I also expect that those people who do

not believe in paranormal activity may agree that in some point of their life they have

experienced something unusual or weird.


Research Methodology

For my primary research, I have conducted a survey of a representative sample of 40

people in Dhaka city on their views on “Paranormal Activity”. I have questioned both male and

female aged from four different generation (16-25, 26-35, 36-45, 46 & above) to get a

representative sample which has helped me to convey my research.

For my secondary research, I have used the religious books such as AL-Quran, Bible, etc.

I have also studied the research conveyed on the paranormal activities around the world and I

have also used the Wikipedia, and Google to find a lot of relevant information to support my

research.


Date Analysis & Presentation: Paranormal Activity

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1. Do you believe in any kind of paranormal phenomena? Such as spirit, ghost, angel.___strongly believe___yes___not sure___no

strongly believe yes not sure no

Male 3 7 4 4

Female 5 9 6 2

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Belief in Paranormal

For my first question from my questionnaire, I asked randomly everybody that whether they believe in

paranormal activity. Out of eighteen male only 16.77%, strongly believe in paranormal activity. For

female 22.72% out of 22 candidates strongly believe in paranormal. Most of the candidates both male

and female believe in paranormal activity (38.9% & 40.91% for male and female respectively). 22.2%

male do not believe and 27.2 % of female are not sure about their belief. However, 22.3% male do not

believe in paranormal and 9% o female don’t believe in the paranormal activity.

Out of 40 candidates, 20% strongly believe and 40% believe in paranormal activity whereas only 15% do

not believe in paranormal activity.

It astonished me as well as surprised that so many people believes in the paranormal activity and most

of the people who believes in paranormal activity are women.


2. Which do you believe true about ghost? They are___spirits of dead___energy imprints___hallucination___no such thing

spirits of dead energy imprints hallucination no such thing

Male 5 8 6 3

Female 9 4 4 1

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Ghost Are

My second objective was to find what people think a ghost is?. Out of 18 male 27.78% male thinks that

ghost are spirits of the dead, 44.44% thinks that ghosts are energy imprints, 33.33% thinks that it is a

hallucination and only 16.67% think it does not exist. On the contrary out of 22 female 40.9% thinks

that are spirits of dead, 18.18% each for both energy imprints & hallucinations and only 4.5% thinks that

it do not exist.

35% of the total sample thinks that ghosts are the spirits of dead and only 10% thinks that there are no

such things.

Most people believe that ghosts are something, which used be among us. Only small number of people

thinks that ghosts do not exist at all. The reason for this may be the culture influence or the stories that

we have been hearing since we were young.


3. Have you ever experienced poltergeist activity, objects moving, doors slamming, weird sound etc?___yes ___yes but I did not care___not sure ___no

yes yes but I did not care

not sure no

Male 7 3 4 4

Female 9 5 6 2

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Paranormal Experience

My third question is to figure out whether people have experience any paranormal activities. Here more

than 40.% of female out of 22 said that they have experienced paranormal phenomena and only 9.1%

said they did not experience any. Out of 18 male 38.9% said they have faced the paranormal activity

whereas only 22.2% said they did not.

Among the whole group majority, (40%) said, they have experienced paranormal activity but only 15%

said they have never experienced any kind of unnatural phenomena.

The answer for this question was quite expected where majority of the people said that they have

experienced something unnatural, which is also supported on my secondary research.


4. Are you sensitive towards paranormal activity?___yes highly sensitive___yes___no___do not care about paranormal activity

yes highly sensi-tive

yes no do not care about paranor-

mal activity

Male 2 6 8 3

Female 6 10 4 1

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Sensitivity

In this question, I was trying to find out how sensitive people are towards the paranormal activity. For

the 22 female sample most of them (45.5%) said they are sensitive towards paranormal activity and

27.2% said they are highly sensitive towards it. In contrast, only 33.33% male out of 18 said they are

sensitive towards the paranormal and only 11.1% are highly sensitive.

Overall 40% of the total people said that they are sensitive and 30% said they are not sensitive towards

it.

With the answer I have found out that female tends to be more sensitive towards paranormal

phenomena than the male. The reasons behind this differences may be because women are

sensitive than man on every other things.


5. What is about the paranormal activity that makes you sensitive towards it?___phobia ___afraid of unknown or unseen___unexplainable___not sensitive.

phobia afraid of un-known or un-

seen

unexplainable not sensitive.

Male 4 7 5 3

Female 6 9 3 3

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Sensitivity reasons

I prepared this question to find out why people are sensitive towards the paranormal phenomena. More

than 40% of female said that they are afraid of unknown or unseen and only 13.6% said it is something

unexplainable. Similarly, almost 39% of male also said they are afraid of unknown or unseen and only

27.8% said it could not be explained.

When I asked this question to the candidates, I was sure that the entire candidate would say

unexplainable as an answer. However, my findings made my thinking wrong. After the survey, I have

found out that people were more sensitive because they were afraid of unknown or unseen rather than

phobia or something unexplainable


6. Have you heard voices, singing or music and no one was there?___yes I regularly do___yes sometimes___did not worry about it___never

My next question to the people was, did they ever hear something strange or unnatural. Most of

the female (45.5%) said that they sometime hear something odd, whereas only 9% said that they

never heard any kind of strange or unnatural sounds. Following closely 44.4% of male also said

that they sometime hear something unnatural. However, only few (22.22%) have also said that

they have never heard anything strange or weird.

Here the answer was obvious as per my expectations. From the above question, I found that more

people have heard something odd or something weird, whereas only a small number of people can

claim that they have never heard something strange, which is also supported in m secondary research.

yes I regularly do yes sometimes did not worry about it

never

Male 2 8 4 4

Female 8 10 2 2

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Weird Sound


7. Do you ever have the feeling of being watched?___yes___yes when I am alone or sleeping alone___not sure___never

yes yes when I am alone or sleep-

ing alone

not sure never

Male 4 2 12 4

Female 6 6 3 2

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Feeling of Being Watched

With this question I wanted to find out whether people ever feel that they are being watched.

After analaysing the answers I have found that most (54.5%) of the female said yes or yes when

they are alone or sleeping alone. Whereas only 22.7% of the female said they are not sure or they

never have experienced such kind of things. In contrast only 33.3% of male said yes and majority

(66.6%) of them said they are not sure or never.

This questions clarify that majority of the women feel that they are being watched, but it is

completly opposite case for the male candidates who are not sure or never feel such kind of

things.


8. What is your opinion about the paranormal activity? ___it is real & it exist___it may exist___ do not have any opinion___it is a man-made thing (doesn’t exist)

it is real & it exist it may exist do not have any opinion

it is a man-made thing (doesn’t exist)

Male 7 4 3 4

Female 9 6 2 1

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Opinion

In my last question, I wanted to know people’s opinion about the paranormal activity. After

analyzing the question, I have found that majority of both male (38.9%) and female (40.9%)

feels that it is real & it exist. Only 25% of both male and female feels, that paranormal activity is

a fabricated thing or they do not have any opinion about it.

This last answer is perfectly correlated with my hypothesis that most of the people believe in the

paranormal activity whereas on a few people do not believe in the paranormal activity. This answer is

also supported in my secondary research.


Summary of the Findings

After conducting the survey on the belief in the paranormal activity, I have found out many

important issues that supports my hypothesis.

From my first question, I have found out that most of the people both male and female believe in

the supernatural phenomena. Hence I can easily conclude that people in our society believes in

something that is unknown or mysterious to them.

Secondly, I have concluded that maximum number of female in our society thinks that ghost is

the spirits of the dead, whereas only a few male supports this ideology. Most of the male feels

that ghosts are just energy imprints, which cannot be classified by the science.

Then from my another question, I have established that majority of the people indifferent of the

gender said that they have experienced some kind of paranormal phenomena at some point of

their lives. Since most of the people agreed, I can easily conclude people actually believe in the

paranormal activity.

After that, I have found that women in our society are unusually more sensitive towards the

paranormal phenomena than men. Majority of female who said they are sensitive towards the

supernatural also said that they sensitive because they are afraid of the unknown.

With the final question, I have concluded most of the people irrespective of the sexes feel that

paranormal activity is real & it exist. Therefore it is easy for me to conclude that people in our

society actually believes in the paranormal activity.


Therefore the answers to my research questionnaire are:

1. What do people think about paranormal activity?

People in our society think paranormal or supernatural is very much real and it needs to

be addressed more seriously and sincerely.

2. Are there any variations of belief in paranormal activity between the genders?

Women usually show stronger belief than men in our society, especially ghosts, spirits or

demons. Women also show stronger belief in superstitions, haunting stories, and

traditional religious concepts.

3. Are there any correlation between paranormal belief and religiosity of any person?

Since from my primary research I have not found any candidate who is a non-believer or

non-religious, so the results are inconsistent with the hypothesis. From the secondary

research I have found out that religious people tend to believe more in the paranormal

activity then the non-believers.

4. Do their beliefs in paranormal activity vary with age?

Although distribution of the survey questionnaire was not equal, but the findings it can be

concluded that people with the age group 16 to 25 and 46 above believe more in the

paranormal phenomena.


5. Did they ever experience any unusual phenomena?

Majority of the people on which the survey was conducted claims at some point of their

lives they have experienced some kind of supernatural or paranormal phenomena.

6. If they do not believe in paranormal phenomena, then why?

The non-believer in the paranormal activity feels that it is just a hallucination or an

imagination of the people’s mind. They also want scientific proof to believe in such kind

of things.


Recommendations

Paranormal believers’ evident belief in an external locus of control may index the salience for

these people of uncontrollable life events, and thus their appeal to paranormal beliefs may be in

part an attempt to engender an assurance that at least some life events either might be subject to

direct (paranormal) intervention or can be mastered at an intellectual level. There clearly is much

empirical work yet to be done on this topic. The formulation of the above research is intended to

be not so much a definitive statement on the nature of paranormal belief but rather a means of

providing thrust and direction for future research efforts. Further investigation might consider the

efficacy and the detailed operation of the research for individual dimensions of paranormal

belief. The scope of paranormal belief also calls for scrutiny. For example, given the breadth of

some of the proposed conceptions of paranormal belief, it would be legitimate to explore the

religious like belief of scientism in this context. The skeptical view that irrational paranormal

beliefs can be eliminated by a sound program of science of paranormal beliefs in our society and

the evident impact of these beliefs upon the individual’s life signal the importance of pursuing a

better understanding of the functions and origins of paranormal belief.


Conclusion

Ghosts, Jinns, Angels, and Spirits whatever we say have somehow proven their presence in this

world. Though we live in an era of modern science and science does not always approve their

existence, still we are intentionally or unintentionally believe something unknown is there. This

unknown entities are unexplainable, weird and beyond our imagination. Even science first

assumes that there are ghost entities and then they try to explain why and how. This fact actually

states that science too somehow believes in paranormal phenomena. However, scientist’s duty is

to give clarification of whatever happens in this world by following their theories. Moreover, the

existing theories of science are just not enough to manipulate people’s thought. So people

believe in such supernatural entities. In addition, for the non-believers and scientists it is not the

fact if they deny everything or not, it is all about if they are ready to accept it or not.

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