Monty’s likely been reading The Telltale Heart by Poe.
But the TV can be even scarier at times, though the weather report segment of a newscast is ordinarily pretty tame (excluding hurricanes, etc.), time for “Happy Talk” between the weather guy/gal and the anchor….
Early in the morning I am woken up by voices. I know they aren’t there and think I am hearing some animal outside my bedroom window. My foggy brain turns it into words. I’ve had this happen with machine noises too, spooky.
Our brains do tend to work overtime trying to make sense out of noises we hear – to the point that we think we hear voices or music, etc. It’s an aural illusion. :P
Pareidolia (parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
It is a subset of apophenia (app-ə-FEE-nee-ə), the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena — such as finding significance in such random things as automobile license plate numbers, birthdates, and arrangements of fallen twigs — perhaps best exemplified by the film A Beautiful Mind.
My college roommate and his buddy once made a hot air balloon out of glued paper, balsa wood, and wax candles. They set it flying in the desert at night. It drifted at 1000 feet or so until the flames reached the platform and the whole thing went up in flames, which shot straight up in a gas cloud and disappeared. The next day newspapers and TV reported that “experienced pilots” reported seeing an alien craft that moved horizontally too slowly for any known craft and then accelerated upward at a speed that would tear apart any human built craft. More “proof” of alien visitors. My roommate and his friend never told the authorities and got many laughs about it afterward.
I used to manage a warehouse in a sketchy area and it was pitch black when I would walk in to open up. One morning I walked in and heard two guys talking, let me tell you my heart skipped a few beats before I realized that the radio was left on and it was the morning DJ’s…
Cpeckbourlioux over 3 years ago
Alternate facts. Alternate realities.
Sisyphos over 3 years ago
Monty’s likely been reading The Telltale Heart by Poe.
But the TV can be even scarier at times, though the weather report segment of a newscast is ordinarily pretty tame (excluding hurricanes, etc.), time for “Happy Talk” between the weather guy/gal and the anchor….
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 3 years ago
Early in the morning I am woken up by voices. I know they aren’t there and think I am hearing some animal outside my bedroom window. My foggy brain turns it into words. I’ve had this happen with machine noises too, spooky.
landyk over 3 years ago
I have a haunted tv, it turns on whenever the mood strikes it. That is major annoying during sleepy time.
M2MM over 3 years ago
Our brains do tend to work overtime trying to make sense out of noises we hear – to the point that we think we hear voices or music, etc. It’s an aural illusion. :P
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago
Pareidolia (parr-i-DOH-lee-ə) is the tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
It is a subset of apophenia (app-ə-FEE-nee-ə), the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness of unrelated phenomena — such as finding significance in such random things as automobile license plate numbers, birthdates, and arrangements of fallen twigs — perhaps best exemplified by the film A Beautiful Mind.
Ratkin over 3 years ago
My college roommate and his buddy once made a hot air balloon out of glued paper, balsa wood, and wax candles. They set it flying in the desert at night. It drifted at 1000 feet or so until the flames reached the platform and the whole thing went up in flames, which shot straight up in a gas cloud and disappeared. The next day newspapers and TV reported that “experienced pilots” reported seeing an alien craft that moved horizontally too slowly for any known craft and then accelerated upward at a speed that would tear apart any human built craft. More “proof” of alien visitors. My roommate and his friend never told the authorities and got many laughs about it afterward.
circleM over 3 years ago
I used to manage a warehouse in a sketchy area and it was pitch black when I would walk in to open up. One morning I walked in and heard two guys talking, let me tell you my heart skipped a few beats before I realized that the radio was left on and it was the morning DJ’s…