Blind Dowsing Experiment - Disappointing Results
Experiment Description On the 20th January 2023 I took nine volunteers to a location on featureless undisturbed moorland where results had been experienced previously using dowsing rods. For the purpose of this experiment I had marked out a 16 metre square split into quarters. Some volunteers brought along their own rods and others were was given a pair of bent welding rods. All participants used simple 'L' shaped metal rods though the size and material varied. Each dowser walked a pre-defined path through the grid and at the end turned and followed the same track in reverse. The pattern helped disorientate reducing the risk that on the second pass the first pass locations would be remembered. Each time a rod cross was reported the position was measured and recorded by a neutral observer with no feedback given. Volunteers were kept at a distance until their turn so that they had no knowledge of previous dowsers' responses. Study Site This area of moorland is known to have...