Comparison of Random Event Generator (REG) Outcomes In Sequential Paranormal Investigations of Haunted Locations

Graphical displays of Random Event Generator (REG) experiment results captured by Maryland Paranormal Research ® at private residences in Anne Arundel (AA) and Prince George’s (PG) Counties May 28-29 2016.

Random Event Generators (REGs) are statistical devices commonly employed in parapsychology to test mind-matter interactions, specifically microscopic psychokinesis (micro-pk) activity.



REGs generate a random walk from a sequence of 200-bit trials per second of binary [0,1] events. [The device flips a coin 200 times per second.]

The bits are generated by random or unpredictable fluctuations in voltages as electrons tunnel through a barrier in a diode. High and low voltage samples are converted into 1 and 0 bits

The expected average from 200-bit trials having 0 or 1 outcomes is 100. Actual averages will be higher (or lower) than 100. The difference between an actual and the expected average is termed an “error”



A simple random walk is obtained by cumulating the errors (or normalized errors) from each series of bit trials. For some purposes, e.g. “goodness of fit” statistics, it is convenient to compute the cumulative error squared



REGs also display a parabolic boundary at the 95% confidence level. Hence random walks have a 1 in 20 chance of ending outside parabola bounds

At Princeton University, REGs were used to study global consciousness fields as part of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) program spanning nearly three decades. This global network of REGs is now managed by the Global Consciousness Project (GCP)

Each investigation concluded with one extended real-time instrumental trans-communication session that commenced at 8 pm.

Participants chose HIGH intentionality from among the choices of HIGH/LOW/BASELINE.

Discarnate (spirit) communicators were assigned LOW intentionality.



The PG County experiment involved two active/witting participants.

The AA County experiment involved one active/witting participant.

Both locations indicated haunted or after-death communication activity from prior investigations.

Overall results from the PG County experiment appear consistent with consciousness field effects observed by experimenters elsewhere.

There was trending seemingly in accordance with the participants intentions, although they were assigned. The Z-score was statistically significant at the 10% level in a one-tailed test (p = .090)

There was also trending seemingly in accordance with participant intentions in the AA County experiment, but the Z-score was not statistically significant (p = .496), not beyond chance.



Note however, there was persistent and sustained down trending seemingly in opposition to participant intentions during real-time instrumental trans-communication sessions using the P-SB7 device.



It is not known whether the down trending could be attributed to participant attention or intention, experimenter expectations or from post-mortem agencies.

These outcomes lend support for indications of implicit psi during both experiments. The psi functioning is implicit, working on subliminal or unconscious levels. The conscious focus of participants is on the engagement itself



It is not possible to precisely know the sources of psi functioning (or field effects) on the REG, whether it is from post-mortem or living agencies (e.g. experiment participants and/or experimenters themselves)

REG results in isolation can’t provide evidence of a haunting. A haunting involves recurring activity experienced in varied physical forms seemingly sourced to post-mortem agencies, appearing to have an affinity for a location or parts of a location

The exploratory results could support notions that discarnate agencies demonstrate some capacity for pk and consciousness field effects from post-mortem sources



Alternately, REG results may be conservatively interpreted as a consciousness effect that at least bears some relation to efforts to communicate with post-mortem agencies, the attention and focus given to that communication, and perhaps from the communications themselves

The outcomes seen here are not unlike those encountered when REGs are positioned near sporting and concert events, where implicit psi from crowd engagement and attention appears to drive REG trending

The direction of bit scoring or trending in REGs is not fully understood and requires continuing experimentation

Various studies suggest it may be correlated with: goal orientation or intention; emotional states; the (psychological) valence of events; the extent of attention and focus; and innate psi ability



In linguistics and the semantic framing around graphs, “up” is considered “good” and “down” is considered “bad.” This kind of meaning, while natural, may not fit all circumstances affecting above or below baseline REG trending



In this exploratory experiment, bit scoring and direction was assigned in putative fashion. Hence, the outcomes could have reflected participant and experimenter expectations

If sustained REG downtrends were a signature for post-mortem agency (ghosts), this would imply that low-voltage sampling/scoring is somehow easier for this form of agency. However that is an unknown



Until more is known, the statistical significance of a trend perhaps matters more than its direction







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