UM-Bot Posted March 26, 2015 #1 Share Posted March 26, 2015 The West Midlands Police have received 152 reports of unexplained phenomena over the last five years. The peculiar statistic was revealed through a Freedom of Information request which also uncovered details of the type of cases that authorities have been having to deal with. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/279707/uk-police-comment-on-paranormal-call-outs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena1979 Posted March 27, 2015 #2 Share Posted March 27, 2015 People are just bored. What else are you going to do on a Tuesday night when you've watched another rerun of prime time tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
She-ra Posted March 27, 2015 #3 Share Posted March 27, 2015 That's a LOT of paranormal police calls! Wow... 29 reports of UFO sightings, 43 cases involving ghosts or haunted buildings I believe what the article says that a lot of this is due to all the paranormal TV shows these days, specifically the UFO and ghost-type shows. This puts the idea into a persons head that it MUST be a UFO/ghost. How annoying for the police. That's a lot of wasted time for them when they could be working on "real" crimes and situations. The one that stuck out the most to me is: 73 reports from people who believed that they had been the victim of witchcraft REALLY?!?! Who would call the police about that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Kitten Posted March 27, 2015 #4 Share Posted March 27, 2015 (edited) I believe in the paranormal and that most things can't be explained. But in these cases, there are members of the British public who have an overactive imagination. When I used to watch Most Haunted Live, the feeds coming in from people would see all kinds of things that wasn't there. Still it's a waste of police time and people shouldn't be abusing the 999 service like that. Edited March 27, 2015 by Red Moon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted March 27, 2015 #5 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Wasn't there a recent study that found a link between paranormal reports and when the pubs close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedemon Posted March 28, 2015 #6 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Wonder how often this happens in the US, with each individual police department. I believe there are things that are impossible to rationally explain, no matter how hard a hardcore skeptic may try to make sense of it. But I also believe the belief that the paranormal can drive someone into absolute panic sometimes. When you're looking over your shoulder for a spirit constantly, you're bound to make many errors in judgment. I'll bet some of these calls of seeing people in their home could have been actual burglars lol. But many calls were probably the result of animals, raccoons, rats ect..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podo Posted April 1, 2015 #7 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'd like to know the age of those calling due to being afraid of witchcraft. I'd bet it was old, right-wing folks who simply walked past a metal concert or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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