An
Experiment
With
Water
Dowsing.

A few years ago New Scientist magazine reported a scientific experiment apparently proving the reality of water divining.

"Dowsers were invited to go upstairs"

A hose-pipe, carrying a flow of water, was put through one particular window of an old double decker bus, a window in the lower deck, and out through the opposite window. Dowsers were then invited to go upstairs and use their paranormal ability to discover at which point, along the length of the bus, the hose went across underneath.

"very unlikely"

When the data was analyzed statistically the success of the dowsers was very unlikely to have occurred by chance.

If the assumption was made that the water diviners were detecting "reflections" of the water flow in addition to the water flow itself (a common contention in dowsing circles) the probability of the experimental result having occurred by chance dropped further.