water-witching

Every year along with aliens messing with cows, there is a water-witching article. I find it concerning a science teacher would think this really works.
Halloween is coming up, and its almost guarenteed there will be an article in the newspaper about some local claiming to have the ability to talk to the dead. This is not news, its entertainment.

Boulder man shares passion for knowledge with all
By MARGA LINCOLN, Independent Record 10/08/07
BOULDER — “I’m interested in everything,” said Sam Samson, fresh from his morning run and preparing for a water-witching outing later in the day.A common thread running through Samson’s many interests is his love for learning and teaching and his joy of the outdoors.Many Jefferson County residents know Samson as a much-loved, now retired, Boulder teacher and a respected former Jefferson County commissioner.Although he was interviewed recently at the rural home he built with his wife, Joanne, it would have been more fitting to nab him with a crowd of children on a hike.He taught both junior high science and high school German and Russian at Boulder from 1968 to 1994. When Samson talks about kids and teaching, his eyes light up and stories begin to flow.Many of his science classes were outdoors. He taught children about what was in their own backyard — the trees and flowers, streams and mountain ranges............