A new study out says women are more likely than men to believe in the paranormal. This doesn’t surprise me but I fail to understand why. Is it because women like to hang on to the possibility that anything can happen? Are women just more open to the possibility that loved ones gone before us are indeed watching over us and sending signs they are with us? I love going to psychics and card readers and tend to put a lot of stock into what they tell me. I love the feeling of hope that comes from each visit. While I’ve never actually witnessed a ghost I have experienced some things that have made me stop and think. On the night my Dad passed, the antique clock that had been in his family for generations stopped at exactly the moment he took his last breath. I’ve always been a believer, always will be. It brings me great comfort to think my loved ones are still with me. When it comes to the paranormal my mantra has always been “until you can prove to me that it doesn’t exist I have to believe it’s possible.”
From the study performed by Paranormal Beliefs Test:
Superstitions
- 16% of women believe that the number 13 is bad luck, compared to 11% of men.
- 14% of women vs. 8% of men believe that breaking a mirror is bad luck.
- 17% of women vs. 8% of men throw salt over their shoulder if the knock over the salt shaker.
- 16% of women vs. 7% of men refuse to open an umbrella indoors.
- 13% of women vs. 7% of men would hate to cross paths with a black cat.
- 35% of women vs. 24% of men are fearful of curses or of “jinxing” themselves.
- 29% of women vs. 21% of men believe that thinking negative thoughts can cause bad things to happen.
The Supernatural
- 74% of women vs. 54% of men believe in ghosts.
- 54% of women believe that spirits cannot rest if they have unfinished business (vs. 36% of men).
- 53% of women vs. 34% of men think that witches are real.
- Myths, Folklore, & Legends
- 50% of women vs. 45% of men feel that the Bermuda Triangle poses a real danger.
- Slightly more women (33%) than men (32%) think that the lost city of Atlantis is real.
- 21% of women vs. 18% of men think the Loch Ness Monster exists.
- However, a higher percentage of men believe in Big Foot (28% vs. 24% of women).
