posted on Oct, 1 2011 @ 06:12 AM
reply to post by NeoVain
just my opinion - but i view the notion of " evil places " as a largley self fulfiling prophecy
i cannot back my view up with any feild data - but i believe that the apriori knowleged that a certain place is reputedly " evil " preconditions
visitors , and influences thier perception of thier experiences
i would love to see a blind study of say 99 people [ none with any prior knowledge of the site ] - split into 3 groups at random and each group told a
diferent story :
group # 1 - nothing
group # 2 - its an evil scary place
group # 3 - its a holy spiritual peaceful place
and see how thier reports read
a direct example from the AA episode is the japanese " suicide forest "- IMHO the suicidal do not congregate there - because of any mystical powers
/ evil influence etc , but rather because it has entered the japanese psyche as " the place to commit suicide "
i would further cite the researcher who acted as the narator and guide - he has been investingating the suicides in the forest for 20 years - and
maintains a ` detached mindset ` to it if the places is evil why has it not driven him to take his own life ?
lastly i offer an example from the uk , the M62 " suicide bridge " - it has no " evil reputation " that i know of - 40 years ago - the area was
just rough moorland - untill the M62 motorway was constructed
but now it is known as " suicide bridge " due to the number of suicides or attempted suicides that occurr there
is it evil ? - i dont think so - but it is KNOWN as " suicide bridge " , thus prospective suicides who have decided to end thier life by jumping -
seem drawn to it - often driving past other perfectly good spots where death by leaping would be achieved
its no different than school children smoking behind the bike shed - they are not mystically drawn to the bike shed - rather preconditioned to skoke
there - because thats where people smoke