Article written by GhostTheory guest blogger Scott McMan (a.k.a Jbondo, a.k.a DonBondo)

Curiously, the cancer rate is 10 percent higher in the left breast than in the right. This left-side bias holds true for both men and women and it also applies to the skin cancer melanoma. Researchers Örjan Hallberg of Hallberg Independent Research in Sweden and Ollie Johansson of The Karolinska Institute in Sweden, writing in the June issue of the journal Pathophysiology, suggest a surprising explanation that not only points to a common cause for both cancers, it may change your sleeping habits.

Could Your Bed Be To Blame For That Ghost?

Full source: Scientific American

The futons used for sleeping in Japan are
mattresses placed directly on the bedroom floor, in contrast to the elevated box
springs and mattress of beds used in the West. A link between bedroom furniture
and cancer seems absurd, but this, the researchers conclude, is the answer.

The first line of evidence they cite comes from a 2007 study in Sweden
conducted between 1989 and 1993 that revealed a strong link between the
incidence of melanoma and the number of FM and TV transmission towers
covering the area where the individuals lived. Despite epidemiological
correlations like this one suggesting the possibility that electromagnetic radiation
from FM and TV broadcasts stations could suppress the immune system and
promote cancer, the strength of these electromagnetic fields is so feeble it has
been difficult to imagine any biological basis for the correlation.

Electromagnetic waves resonate on a half-wavelength antenna to create a
standing wave with a peak at the middle of the antenna and a node at each end,
just as when a string stretched between two points is plucked at the center. In
the U.S. bed frames and box springs are made of metal, and the length of a
bed is exactly half the wavelength of FM and TV transmissions that have been
broadcasting since the late 1940s. In Japan most beds are not made of metal,
and the TV broadcast system does not use the 87- to 108-megahertz frequency
used in Western countries.

Thus, as we sleep on our coil-spring mattresses, we are in effect sleeping on
an antenna that amplifies the intensity of the broadcast FM/TV radiation. Asleep

on these antennas, our bodies are exposed to the amplified electromagnetic
radiation for a third of our life spans. As we slumber on a metal coil-spring
mattress, a wave of electromagnetic radiation envelops our bodies so that the
maximum strength of the field develops 75 centimeters above the mattress in the
middle of our bodies.

Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=left-sided-cancer-
blame-your-bed-an-2010-07-02

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I happen to see the above story a couple of weeks ago and it got me to thinking.
Not about Cancer per say but something closer to the subject matter here at
GT. Before I table this theory I want to make it clear that I am in no way trying
to disprove anyone’s “experience”. This is just another way to give a logical
explanation for alleged paranormal occurrences.

While reading the cancer/bed story my eyes were suddenly opened to some
rather interesting ideas. In fact a theory struck me. Not a way out there theory but
one that actually makes sense.

Let me splain Lucy…..

If our conventional beds are in essence giant receivers/antennas why then
couldn’t it be a feasible explanation for paranormal activity in the bedroom?
Could it be that lying on top of this very large electromagnetic beacon is affecting
how we perceive visions, sounds and how our brains are functioning as we
slumber away? Are those eerie whispers you are hearing just lost sound
transmissions from the FM broadcast down the street? Are those crazy noises
in the hall actually just the Three Stooges doing their shtick on your neighbors
TV? I’m sure some people are much more sensitive to these waves than others.
In fact if your bed was causing you to develop an illness such as brain cancer or
is even disrupting you just enough to scramble your thoughts, hearing, mental
state or dreams then isn’t it possible that your ghost or paranormal experience
is just a product of that disruption? Is it rational to think that the apparition you
saw is a bed coil induced hallucination or dream? I say yes, yes it is! Imagine
how many incidences could be attributed to this phenomena if it were proven?

Is your traditional, comfy super sleeper bed a paranormal production
company right under your nose….Or I should say right under your back?

–Scott McMan