Last time we discussed some of the broader issues around the phenomena of cold spots. This time I wanted to dig down into a more narrow discussion of the physics involved. Temperature - heat - is energy, and there are several ways to "harvest" heat in order to use it for energy. But could ghosts be harvesting heat literally out of thin air in order to power their appearances?
Cold spots are one of the hallmarks of a haunting. Any ghost hunter worth the title will carry some sort of thermometer for testing the temperature of the air. Many people report that the ambient temperature drops when ghosts are present (or about to be present). The standard explanation is that the spirits are drawing the energy from the air in order to manifest. But what does that mean, and is it plausible?
Imagine you're taking a lovely stroll along the beach one day, when you encounter a running shoe lying on the sand. Inside: a decomposed human foot. Hard to believe, but seven such feet have been found on the beaches of the Pacific Northwest to date.
Once again, the show (I assume) invents a character. Because ghosts aren't exciting or scary enough; we need an actual bad guy that we can focus on. The show's intro says that "Mad Ray Golina prowled underground tunnels and stalked staff members. When he committed suicide to avoid a lobotomy, they thought the violence would end. It didn't." Awesome!
