Volume 48 - No. 43
By Friedrich Gomez
There is an amusing story where a young school boy inquires of his father: “Dad, what is the difference between theory and fact?”
Only too happy to help in his son’s education, his father answers this way: “Son, I will give you an example between theory and fact. Go into the kitchen and ask your mother and your older sister if they – truthfully – would sleep with a total stranger for $20-million.” Soon after, his son returns and tells The The Paper Paper -- 760.747.7119 760.747.7119
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his father: “Dad, they both said – truthfully – that yes, for $20-million, they would definitely sleep with a stranger.” The father looks at his son and says: “Okay Son, in theory we have $20million. In fact, we have two prostitutes in the kitchen!” And so it remains today in 2018 with the Halloween time of year and the paranormal topic of ghosts and things that go “bump in the night.” Are ghosts just a theory or are they real?
The subject of ghost phenomena cannot (truly) be verified scientifically, nor can it be dismissed by the same criteria. If one believes in ghosts or not is, of course, a matter of individuality, religious upbringing, and many other socio, spiritual, and psychological factors. But one thing can be said with reasonable certainty, nearly 50% of all Americans do, in fact, believe in ghosts. And that number of ghostbelievers is increasing substantially every year. In fact, according the latest 2018 research findings, these numbers of ‘ghost-believers’ has doubled in a decade.
San Diego County has often been referred to as “The Most Haunted Place in America,” and not without reason. Or at least not without wide-spread allegations. Such a dubious distinction would place San Diego alongside such noteworthy spooky adversaries as Salem, Massachusetts; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; New Orleans, Louisiana; Galveston, Texas; and San Francisco, California, to name just a few ghostly contenders to the throne. The grisly history of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, certainly places it
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