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Philip experiment involving created ghosts

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In 1972, Canadian researchers attempted to literally invent a ghost named Philip through collective focus. After weeks of sharing a fictional backstory, the group began experiencing aggressive table knocking and levitation, suggesting poltergeists might simply be manifestations of living human psychokinesis rather than dead souls.

Philip experiment involving created ghosts
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