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Hi,
I am 46 years old. For the past 20 years or so when I go under a street light in my car or out running at night or early morning, the light will either turn on or off right as I am below it, and then switch back to on or off aster I pass. The same thing happens many times if I pull up to or walk into a store. Another time in Ecuador I was describing the phenomena to my friends and we turned a corner at the top of a hill...and the power lines started to crackle and pop and sparks flew and for several blocks everything went dark.
Talk about strange! I know that street lights are set to turn on and off at certain times of the morning and evening, but it has happened to me hundreds of times. Any ideas? Thank you.
Some do flicker, not because of any paranormal thing but just because they're old or something. I've seen it too. So I really can't say.
Now whether or not you are some conduit for energies that the wires pick up, I don't know either. I personally doubt it. But who can be sure with these things?
I hope this helps.
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Michael Clark, Ph.D.
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I’m not interested in fostering a selfish or manipulative approach to the so-called paranormal. But I'm happy to discuss the pros and cons of paranormal phenomena, especially the psychological aspects of the paranormal--i.e. parapsychology. Questions about minors should be directed to a licensed professional.
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I run an educational website earthpages.org that touches on paranormal phenomena, among other related topics.
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Print Media:
My table from "Religions and Cults" at earthpages.org is reproduced with permission in L. Lindsey, S. Beach and B. Ravelli, Core Concepts in Sociology, 2nd ed., p. 157
World Wide Web:
My online article "Letter to God" coauthored with Buddhist monk, E. Raymond Rock, appears on several different spirituality-based websites, including http://tinyurl.com/db7a5o
I've interviewed, as a Christian, a self-proclaimed mystic: http://tinyurl.com/cawykr
My articles appeared at the former New View magazine nuvunow.ca and are published at earthpages.org.
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Ph.D. in Religious Studies
M.A. in Comparative Religion
B.A. Hon. in Psychology/Sociology
See my CV and letters of recommendation and my blog at michaelwclark.com.
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