Ghostly Happenings

Okay, this is a little tongue in cheek humor.  Coffee causes ghosts- sort of.  Supposedly people who drink a lot of coffee see ghosts- or at the very least hallucinate because of the caffeine.

Research done at the University of Durham has shown that people who drink 7 cups or more of instant coffee have an “increased tendancy to hallucinate.”  The study surveyed 200 individuals who kept track of their caffeine intake.  Caffeine can be found in coffee as well as a wide variety of other products including tea, chocolate, soft drinks, “pep pills” and some health drinks.

This research doesn’t show causal effects, only an association between caffeine and hallucinations.

I think I’ll go quaf some coffee…

Read about the entire study on Sky News .