# Water witches!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-witches/467206>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-witches/467206 "2008-10-09T18:39:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![fighting\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@fighting\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fighting_ignorant)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-witches/467206/1 "2008-10-09T18:39:05Z")

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> **[On Parched Farms, Using Intuition to Find Water (Published 2008)](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/us/09water.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink)**
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> Scientists pooh-pooh “water witches,” who claim to know where to drill for water, but the dowsers are in demand.

Yet more proof that Cecil should be the emperor of the universe.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-witches/467206/2 "2008-10-09T19:56:21Z")

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Phil Stine? :dubious: Middle name “Isaac”?