After doing some quick research on the internet for rants against the Ovilus turned up this Gem:
the truth of the matter is, this is just a toy. A visit to the Digital Dowsing website will confirm that the device is for entertainment purposes only and has to be taken with a grain of salt. We recommend that you should steer clear of groups who implement this tool as part of their investigations.
I do wonder how credible a paranormal website is when it has to state that it is indeed credible. Then spends most of it's time attacking other people out of hand like some native standing on a shoreline throwing javelins at an airplane.
While it is true that Digital Dowsing (on it's website and products) clearly states that this item is for entertainment purposes only. There is a solid reason for this, as the creator of the product goes to great lengths to not claim what comes through on his device. Just because the creator shy's away from making bold claims doesn't mean that the Ovilus isn't an interesting tool. (Yes I said tool not toy)
The Ovilus comes preloaded with 512 words in its internal dictionary. It also has a phonic mode capable of 72 different sounds which forms the basis to any spoken word in the english language. It also has a talking EMF mode, a digital dowsing rod mode, and several others I've neglected to try out. the real selling point to this device is the dictionary mode.
I have been very skeptical of this device, yet I own one. I have to wonder about how much is purely babble with an occasional relevant word to a question you ask the open air. The Ovilus uses EMF numbers to choose the word it speaks. The Ovilus will bounce around a few key words, Which I take as the base words for a room. It's not unlike sweeping a room for the base reading of a room then looking for high spikes in EMF. The problem with this device is the same source where it derives words, EMF. This product is really chatty and that chattiness is very random bouncing from word to word to word with very little Rhyme and reason.
This is were the Ovilus will give you a right hook. You need to pay attention to those words that it spews out. From time to time it will send out a word that does not appear in it's internal list of 512 words. You also need to watch for strings of related words coming from the ovilus. Each word has a random EMF number assigned to it. lowering the possiblity that words can be strung together in an enviroment. Yet it can and will hit those words.
This device has changed my perception on EMF and how humans affect this enviroment. Having used it many times I have had quite a few experiences that have left me scratching my head, wondering if maybe we've been looking at EMF the wrong way all these year. While I'm still not ready to call the Ovilus a standard item for any investigator, it is an item that needs alot more rigorous testing by both skeptics and believers in this field to get a full spectrum of results on this device. Telling people out of hand to steer clear of any group using this device just because it is different is very ignorant.
2 comments:
Well said! I am dumbfounded by the number of investigators who have dismissed the Ovilus out of hand without ever having worked with it or reviewed the results that other people have gotten. When I asked them for a "real world" explanation as to why I was getting the names of men buried at the cemetery I was using the Ovilus in, you could hear the crickets chirping in response.
I stand by my comments. In order for paranormal research to advance in any positive way, we have to stop using rediculous tools to collect data. Technology should be employed to document evidence of the paranormal- not to link the paranormal to the technology. This toy was designed to give a random verbal response to small amounts of readily available environmental factors. It's a toy - nothing more.
Ardis Stembridge
Founder of Credible Paranormal
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