Originally Posted by RichardPON

Very easily.

It's called "cold reading".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading


Give you another example.

Everyone's heard that urban legend/myth about waking up in bed, and not being able to move.... being totally paralysed. I've heard versions where ghosts were holding down their legs, or they felt like they were being crushed by some mystical figure....

Hmmmmm..........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Nah, fuck it. It MUST be ghosts!