One time on a dreary (particularly dreary- 300 of them a year are rather so) Seattle afternoon I was approached by a hobo(1) so I gave him some money and asked him, since he clearly had no place better to be, "Just curious, but if you are going to be homeless, why Seattle?  Why not pick some place like San Diego where the weather is good?  This has to be miserable for you."

His reply; "I have family here."

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Odd sentiments like that can be the only explanation why so many ghosts have invaded Britain, rather than some place with better weather.  I suppose they are living the dream.  Ghost stories don't really work as well when the backdrop is a bright, sunny day.

Don't believe in ghosts, you say?  Well, they believe in you, my British friends, because fully 25% of you have seen one, and that's not counting the ghosts who are too modest to show off.   Worse, the numbers have been spiking since a few decades ago when there was at least some chance ghosts could actually exist. 

 This is no laughing matter.  Given current trends, Britain could be overrun with ghosts by 2050.    Pax Brittania could easily be Spiritus Britannia.  Check out the data.

Hockey sticks do not lie, my friends.

And ghosts are culturally preparing the way, as evidenced by all those new television shows about ghosts.    It's totally science, because marketing people say it is science.   As always, Discovery Channel leads the way when it comes to quality science fare:

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(1) I know, I know, 'hobo' is politically incorrect.  If we stopped using fuzzy-wuzzy terms like 'homeless person' or 'apartmentally challenged' we would have a lot fewer of them wandering the streets of Seattle.