whats this bird i saw in the backyard
Turkey vulture? I hardly know her
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In 1964, explorers Josie Laures and Antoine Senni both entered separate cave systems to conduct an experiment. Both would attempt to survive in complete isolation deep within the cave in order to observe the effects. Though they were both permitted small lights for the purpose of reading and entertainment, their sense of time began to quickly disintegrate, and they often found themselves sleeping anywhere between two and forty-eight hours Despite this, Laures managed to last 88 days in the cave system before making her exit, with Senni lasting for 126 - world records for the time. While by all accounts the experience was expressed by both as being primarily boring, they managed to pass the time by reading, knitting, listening to music, or performing other productive activities under the glow of their personal lighting, with the significant effect on their internal timekeeping being the most notable adverse effect.
In the year 2008, the BBC network conducted a similar - though far more intense - experiment for a documentary titled Total Isolation in which they sealed seven participants in isolated, pitch-black bunkers for a span of 48 hours. Each bunker was equipped with supplies, night-vision CCTV cameras, and a single bed for each participant in the experiment to sleep. Unlike the cases of Laures and Senni, no individual involved was afforded any access to light whatsoever, and the effects produced by this stipulation quickly became evident upon reviewing the footage gathered from the experiment in conjunction with the testimonies of the participants upon being released.
The participants reported significant feelings of dread, paranoia, and fear, in addition to severe audiovisual hallucinations including:
In addition to these and other audiovisual hallucinations, one participant reported feeling intense waves of sadness and longing, whereas another reported feeling extremely violent and “murderous”, though there was little they could meaningfully act on considering the circumstances and upon return to the outside world, those feelings allegedly vanished. At least half of the participants claimed to experience effects similar to low-level hallucinogens described as the darkness in the room “undulating” or “twisting” at several points, though it reportedly subsided upon the closure of one’s eyes, and many participants in the study had their eyes remain closed for much of the experiment’s duration. The participants reported that this was instinctual, and not a conscious choice on their part.
In the year 2008, the BBC network conducted a similar - though far more intense - experiment for a documentary titled Total Isolation in which they sealed seven participants in isolated, pitch-black bunkers for a span of 48 hours. Each bunker was equipped with supplies, night-vision CCTV cameras, and a single bed for each participant in the experiment to sleep. Unlike the cases of Laures and Senni, no individual involved was afforded any access to light whatsoever, and the effects produced by this stipulation quickly became evident upon reviewing the footage gathered from the experiment in conjunction with the testimonies of the participants upon being released.
The participants reported significant feelings of dread, paranoia, and fear, in addition to severe audiovisual hallucinations including:
- A pile of oysters in the corner of the room (No such object(s) present on CCTV)
- A vibrating cell phone somewhere in the room (No such object(s) present on CCTV)
- Several reports of various animals visible in the room from various participants (No other living things were present for the duration of the experiment)
- A “unstable” figure standing over a participant’s bed (Sleep paralysis?)
- Swarms of buzzing insects (Nothing detected on CCTV, bunkers were sealed as to not allow infestation)
- The voice of one participant’s mother (Participant’s mother was deceased, nothing present on CCTV)
- Nonsensical, annoying gibbering (The participant was visible on CCTV making these sounds themselves)
- A slithering sound (Nothing visible on CCTV
- A “beckoning voice” from a grate in the floor (Nothing visible on CCTV, participant had their ear to the concrete floor. No grate present in the bunker whatsoever.)
In addition to these and other audiovisual hallucinations, one participant reported feeling intense waves of sadness and longing, whereas another reported feeling extremely violent and “murderous”, though there was little they could meaningfully act on considering the circumstances and upon return to the outside world, those feelings allegedly vanished. At least half of the participants claimed to experience effects similar to low-level hallucinogens described as the darkness in the room “undulating” or “twisting” at several points, though it reportedly subsided upon the closure of one’s eyes, and many participants in the study had their eyes remain closed for much of the experiment’s duration. The participants reported that this was instinctual, and not a conscious choice on their part.
I like that guy. He fits right in
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