# What's the dope on "dowsing" for graves? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380 "2011-02-23T20:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/201 "2011-03-22T04:35:39Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > The instructions were posted: > > Wolfscratch had used the topic of dowsing graves to post a whole series of irrelevant comments about a serial killer he purports to have tracked or something. The post to which you replied was on that topic, (against my instructions), not on the topic of dowsing. > > His serial killer fixation might be a legitimate topic, but not in this thread. > If he survives his current fit of recalcitrance, he is welcome to actually comment on dowsing in this thread. Actually it does tomndebb. The divine or dowsing rods will follow GMH due to his evil aura…They will not track you or me.. GMH emits a demonic aura and has a very pungent and acrid odor, due to his cannibalism.. GMH is the devil’s Deciple… A witness in GMH’s Death Penalty has seeked therapy only days after her testimony, due to the evil that GMH projects. In the frigid air room of the abandoned densmore farmhouse of GMH’s, I located a 1989 Gainesville times: 'Nightstalker says; “Lucifer will Avenge me.” Richard Ramirez said to the jurors that sentenced him to death, “I don’t expect you to understand me, the devil dwells within us all, I am beyond good and Evil, Lucifer will avenge me”… Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/202 "2011-03-22T04:45:33Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **Wolfscratch** , this is a discussion about the purported efficacy of dowsing for graves. Your serially posted anecdotes about serial killers has nothing to do with that topic. > > Knock it off in this forum. > > [/Moderating] UP YOURS TOMNDEBB..U dON’T HAVE A CLUE, NOR DO YOU WANT ONE… WOLFSCRATCH ‘SILENCE WAS gmh & ASSOCIATES MOST LETHAL WEAPON’ THIS MENTALITY, OR LACK THEREOF IS WHY HE WAS ACTIVE FOR 47 YEARS… " CENSOR OR BAN ME" ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/203 "2011-03-22T04:51:53Z")
Just a suggestion - your inability to not get banned on message boards may have less to do with your so-called truth and wisdom, and more to do with your inability to avoid insulting long-time members and moderators of those message boards. Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/204 "2011-03-22T04:51:56Z")
And then criticize me without an opportunity to debate you… Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/205 "2011-03-22T04:56:00Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Just a suggestion - your inability to not get banned on message boards may have less to do with your so-called truth and wisdom, and more to do with your inability to avoid insulting long-time members and moderators of those message boards. > > Just a thought. You may be on to something Kolga.. “Up Yours” Senority means nothin to me" Debate the facts, if you can.. I have a well paid therapist..if I need a diagnosis.. Wolfscratch “If we all agreed, there would be no reason for a 1st amendment to the US Constitution”… Seems that the people that are quick to censor others never spent a day in a foxhole… ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/206 "2011-03-22T04:58:14Z")
I wasn’t thinking of seniority so much as…common courtesy? Good manners? Politeness? Those sort of archaic and outdated concepts. Some people find that they are helpful in building relationships and getting others to listen. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/207 "2011-03-22T05:00:25Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I wasn’t thinking of seniority so much as…common courtesy? Good manners? Politeness? Those sort of archaic and outdated concepts. Some people find that they are helpful in building relationships and getting others to listen. Sorry, if I don’t fit your idea of political correctness. The unknown innocent victims of GMH & associates are my priority. I am not here to build relationships or make friends… Sorry if I come on too strong Kolga… it is not my intention..I only attack when I am attacked…I was on another thread on this Forum. that was locked down by the moderator, due to ignorance, IMO.. Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/208 "2011-03-22T05:01:06Z")
The “they’re going to ban me because they know I’m right and they can’t argue with me” crowd that gets banned from the internet site by site adds a little bit of spice to our discussion. Not the good kind though. Usually. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/209 "2011-03-22T05:03:38Z")
Oh, I didn’t realize that common courtesy and politeness were now condemned as “political correctness.” Thanks for clearing that up! It would seem to me that if you wanted to bring justice to victims, you’d maybe want other people to listen to your arguments. Statements. Whatever they are. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/210 "2011-03-22T05:06:48Z")
Kolga, I am sure you are a nice person… Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/211 "2011-03-22T05:11:00Z")
Just a bit of background, since you’re new here - what you’re calling “being attacked,” we call “debate” around here. See, when people make arguments in this particular forum (called “Great Debates”), they are expected to provide information to back up those arguments. The quality of that information is often scrutinized for scientific accuracy, validity, and reliability. There are many people here who are going to ask you for support for your arguments, and we don’t consider that attacking. We consider it discussion. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/212 "2011-03-22T05:11:49Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Oh, I didn’t realize that common courtesy and politeness were now condemned as “political correctness.” Thanks for clearing that up! > > It would seem to me that if you wanted to bring justice to victims, you’d maybe want other people to listen to your arguments. Statements. Whatever they are. Trust me Kolga, a lot of people are finally listening, after three very long years of ranting.. The GBI tried to shut down the investigation in Feb 2008, due to the magnitude and duration of GMH & associates reign of terror.. I emailed Drudge 2008 and all available media outlets and said "Closed my Buttocks, not until all the unknown innocent victims are identified It was reopened the very next day under the FBI BAU umder the US Attorney’s Office supervision… Wolfscratch ‘Kolga, til my dowsing rods point to me’ ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/213 "2011-03-22T05:17:19Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Mf4U8ti8mX0/hqdefault.jpg "Criminal Minds Promo Super Bowl 2010") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf4U8ti8mX0) Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/214 "2011-03-22T05:21:04Z")
James Patterson, was a marketer, coined the phrase ‘Toys R us Kid’, dropped out to find a soulmate, now the world’s best selling author… Writes 8 books at a time, with a pencil… Wolfscratch’s Page - The James Patterson Community16 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Jan 14, 2010 Wolfscratch’s Page on The James Patterson Community. Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/215 "2011-03-22T05:24:48Z")
[http://www.ajc.com/homefinder/content/metro/stories/2008/03/01/cagle\_0302.html](http://www.ajc.com/homefinder/content/metro/stories/2008/03/01/cagle_0302.html) Search ResultsMeredith Emerson’s death haunts lead GBI investigator | ajc.comMar 2, 2008 … GBI investigator John Cagle in the Cleveland office: One of his biggest cases and mostly like last before retirement was Meredith Emerson’s … Wolfscratch ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/216 "2011-03-22T05:26:50Z")
Is a Time Cube link coming, or did I already miss it? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Wolfscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfscratch)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/217 "2011-03-22T05:29:05Z")
Gary Michael Hilton, Killer of Meredith Emerson: Campsite found …Sep 17, 2009 … Gary Hilton was convicted of murdering Meredith Emerson last year, … report ends with case is closed and cleared, pending criminal prosecution. … GBI investigator John Cagle: One of his biggest cases and mostly like … [www.nowpublic.com/.../gary-michael-hilton-killer-meredith-emerson-campsite-found](http://www.nowpublic.com/.../gary-michael-hilton-killer-meredith-emerson-campsite-found) - wolfscratch: You’ve done a really good job. . Glenn Adams April“You’ve done a really good job. . Glenn Adams April 14 at 6:08pm Case closed | [ajc.com](http://ajc.com). Meredith Emerson’s death haunts lead GBI investigator (03/01/2008) … … [HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.../hustler-magazine-asks-for_n_490823_44692020.html) - Cached wolfscratch Commented 12 months ago in Media 00“You’ve done a really good job. . Glenn Adams April 14 at 6:08pm Case closed | [ajc.com](http://ajc.com) Meredith Emerson’s death haunts lead GBI investigator (03/01/2008) … [http://www.ajc.com/feeds/content/metro/stories/2008/03/02/cagle03021.html?cxntlid=inform\_artr](http://www.ajc.com/feeds/content/metro/stories/2008/03/02/cagle03021.html?cxntlid=inform_artr) [http://www.ajc.com](http://www.ajc.com) ‘CASE CLOSED’ The disappearance and slaying of 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson haunts the lead investigator on the case. He wonders why some things were and weren’t done and could her death have been prevented.” WS “Silence & censorship by the media is why Meredith Hope Emerson wasn’t rescued”… “I saw them in the field next to my home the day before she was murdered” " I thought she was lost on Blood Mountain"… ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/218 "2011-03-22T05:30:58Z")
> [@Wolfscratch](#): > > UP YOURS TOMNDEBB..U dON’T HAVE A CLUE, NOR DO YOU WANT ONE… If you insist on insulting other posters, you will be Warned. Here is your Warning. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/219 "2011-03-22T05:34:17Z")
> [@Wolfscratch](#): > > You may be on to something Kolga.. “Up Yours” Senority means nothin to me" > Debate the facts, if you can.. I have a well paid therapist..if I need a diagnosis.. > > Wolfscratch “If we all agreed, there would be no reason for a 1st amendment to the US Constitution”… Seems that the people that are quick to censor others never spent a day in a foxhole… Ranting on about something that you have been told that you may actually discuss in another thread, pretending that you are being abused when you have simply been asked to stay on topic and be polite, is merely trolling. I’ll let the rest of the staff discuss whether to allow you to return, but you are now out of here. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Submerged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Submerged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Submerged)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380/220 "2011-03-25T16:52:46Z")
So I cruised over to Wolfscratch’s blog after he posted the link here. This is it: [Glenn in Dawson: Resemblance to Hilton after Demon entered my head...](http://glennindawson.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_2440.html) Yknow, all kidding aside, I am really starting to wonder if this guy is a wanna-be copycat serial killer? He seems utterly consumed and obsessed with Hilton. In the blog he claims to have “channelled” the killer and that the second Hilton’s “demon” entered his head, Wolfscratch was magically transformed into a Hilton look-alike… Umm, :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-dowsing-for-graves/572380.md?page=12)