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Post details: The Orb Is Dead

10/28/08

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Categories: Ghosts & Hauntings

The Orb Is Dead

The person who coined the term "orb" in relation to ghosts Dr Dave (and I can still remember this - I'm feeling very old) now says he does not accept orbs.

He says he scoffs when people send them in.

Must read: http://www.ghostweb.com/fairies.html

Here is a snippet:
Quote:

I never thought that when I coined the term "orb" back in 1994 to describe the shape of a paranormal anomaly that it would evolve into a term that would automatically equate to a spirit or ghost. My coined term was simply an easy way to describe the ball of light.

Today, most novices use the term to mean a ghost or spirit, which is incorrect. I get mail all the time now, which says, "I got an Orb!" My response to this kind of email is to say, "So what?" An orb is not a ghost or a spirit; it is a term to describe the shape of an anomaly. Such shapes are common to airborne dust particles, tree and grass pollen, moisture and ice crystals and a vast array of other environmental particles.

An orb is an orb and not automatically a spirit. This is a good example of how inexperienced novices have filled the World Wide Web with ordinary dust particles.

So now where does this leave all the orb photo believers I wonder?

This guy did in fact start it all, and bought a motor home by charging people 10 bux each to view "orb" photos in the early days of the internet.

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