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Drinking Coffee Makes You See Ghosts

Aaaannnnndddd tttttthhhhhaaat cccccooouuulld beeeeee baaaaaaaddddd!

TOO much coffee can make people think they have seen a ghost, scientists have discovered.

Coffee fans who drink more than seven cups (WT: or drink a Red Bull) of instant a day have an increased tendency to hallucinate, including believing they have seen a spook.

And high caffeine users were three times more likely than low users to have heard a non-existent person’s voice.

The Durham University team believe caffeine causes the effects by boosting the stress hormone cortisol.

I can see new types of parties at colleges around the world over this info!

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Posted by William Teach on January 14, 2009 9:59 am

» Filed Under Education, Healthcare, Humor, News, Research/surveys, Science/pseudo-science

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4 Responses to “Drinking Coffee Makes You See Ghosts”

  1. Dan Collins on January 14th, 2009 10:25 am

    And to get philosophical about it, if you think you’ve seen a ghost, have you? Scooby? Gang?

  2. SarahW on January 14th, 2009 12:57 pm

    I’m only on cup number six. So far all I have hallucinated is that my eyes are open.

  3. Victoria on January 14th, 2009 5:02 pm

    I drink coffee everyday and nothing has happened to me yet.

  4. Angie on January 14th, 2009 6:19 pm

    I drink Dew like I should be taking it intravenously and gobble down multiple caffeine pills a day (I have extreme fatigue from MS), have done so for ages, and the only thing I hallucinated was that the MSM was objective, fairly covered the 2008 election, and our President was vetted and elected rather than buying the office with millions of dollars.

    Or maybe that was just a dream?

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