I Could Feel You Staring - Or Not

Posting Date: 03/09/2000

Do you ever feel you?re being stared at by someone you can?t see?

Parapsychologists say many people report having this feeling, but the truth is there?s no proof that such a psychic ability exists.

There have been ample experiments in which a researcher stared intently at the back of various people?s heads for long periods of time without the subjects having any reaction, according to a report in the Skeptical Inquirer.

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If you think logically about it, there?s no way you could know if someone is staring at you, yet we all kind of believe in this phenomenon. This is because there are occasional incidents when you turn around and see an old friend and feel "instinctively" that you know he or she was there.

This isn?t proof, friends. What about all the other times you?ve turned around and didn?t see someone you know?

Numerous studies have concluded that people cannot tell when they are being stared at and I agree with them.

Source: Skeptical Inquirer, March/April 2000