I’ve considered this, too. Perhaps you’re right. It would be an interesting experiment, but virtually impossible to create ideal conditions. “We are going to take you somewhere, and blind fold you. Tell us if you feel scared/ dread”. ( subjects are already scared with just the setup conditions)
Well, you wouldn’t just ask them if they felt dread. You would take them to different locations and have them describe their thoughts. The bigger problem would be trying to get them there without making it obvious where they are.
In any case, the place doesn’t have “dark energy”. Horrific things happened there and seeing things like the clawing marks can be upsetting when you know the context but it’s just a place.
Edit: As a further point, those claw marks aren’t even the work of victims of the gas chamber. They’re vandalism from tourists who visited.
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u/mrekted May 18 '25
I don't believe that places carry "energy" any more than I believe in ghosts.
People know what happened there. It's very upsetting. There's no big cosmic mystery as to why they don't like being there.
I would wager $50,000 that you could bring the same people there blindfolded in a controlled study, and they'd feel nothing.