Proving afterlife will make one "paranormal investigator" £1m

[Spins]

If a punter can prove the existence of an afterlife to a bookmaker he stands to make £1 million in winnings.

Paranormal investigator Ross Hemsworth, 49, has been offered rather poor odds of 10,000/1, but his £100 bet will net him £1 million.

If successful, the self-titled "scientific investigator of anomalous phenomena" would become possibly the most famous man in modern history.

Mr Hemsworth from Glastonbury denies his scheme is crackpot and said a team of scientists and doctors are working around the clock to prove existence of the afterlife.

He said could not provide details of the evidence he is set to produce as it is being kept "under wraps".

The evidence must be provided and accepted by bookmakers William Hill before the end of the year or the business entrepreneur would lose his bet.

He said: "There is something out there trying to make contact.

"With the evidence we have got we are not a million miles away from proving it.

"The whole point of the project is to prove that there is something there.

"More and more people are coming away from religion, there are more and more wars.

"If we can prove this we hope it will make some difference to peoples' lives."

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20070622/tuk-proving-afterlife-will-make-man-1m-dba1618.html

I don't know if you guys have heard of this guy before?

From the news article above it sounds like all he has to do is convince the bookmakers at William Hill that there is an afterlife. Definitely doesn't sound as rigorous as the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge set by the JREF.

 

[Lothian]

Something about him here.I think the bookies are more likely to pay out on Elvis.

 

[Brattus]

That's just funny! I can only imagine what this crackpot will come up with as "prove".

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

This little wager reminds me of Victor Zammit's challenge.

 

[strathmeyer]

Personally, I'd give that poor sap better odds.

 

[Michael C]

This looks like a publicity stunt from a total woo who has a nose for business. Find out more about him here: http://www.nowthatsweird.co.uk/Meet%20Ross%20Hemsworth.htm

Note that he does a lecture on "Orbs - Final proof of an afterlife?". Is he going to capture an orb and show it to the bookmaker?

 

[callumx]

I have met him and i can tell you he`s a complete idiot....He`s also a compulsive liar , a conman and a fantasist....Working round the clock with scientists lol...No one with any cred would be stupid enough to give this guy time of day.

 

[MWare]

"More and more people are coming away from religion, there are more and more wars.

"If we can prove this we hope it will make some difference to peoples' lives."

If someone could "prove" an afterlife exists, how would that logically decrease the amount of war in the world? I would tend to think that it would only increase it, especially in wars precipitated by religion. If you "knew" that there was an afterlife, why not just go blow yourself up for a cause you believe in. It isn't the end after all.

 

[JQH]

Agreed. The 9/11 and 7/7 suicide bombers, plus all the ones who have plagued Israel, thought they were going to heaven.

 

[quixotecoyote]

Well if you could prove an afterlife, then it wouldn't matter because it wouldn't be the end.

But who's the judge of this thing?