# Dowsing on photos - Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 6, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-on-photos-test/512774 "2009-10-06T03:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 100
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-on-photos-test/512774/100 "2009-10-22T15:03:56Z")
> [@Water Witching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-witching/509722/94): > > The dowsing rod by itself does not have any power. It works with select few people. I am one such person who has been using the dowsing rod. … With [it] I am in a position to identify the positive and negative energies at a place or of an object. I have also observed that the dowsing rod when placed before the photos of living persons and that of dead persons react differently. Further, when the photo of dead person is placed facing south, the dowsing rod indicates positive energy; while in all other directions, it shows negative energy. > .. > I can show this to any one. > [@pramanujan](#): > > Mind you, it is not a claim at all. So far as I can see there is no need for a test and no claim to test. The first quoted section above contains an obvious claim which could not withstand even the most flaccid scrutiny. The claim has evaporated and I can’t see a reason for keeping the thread open much less for actually testing a non-existent claim. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dowsing-on-photos-test/512774)._