Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

On a sunny spring morning in 1955, our physical science teacher at Centralia High School told us he had a surprise for us. We were all going outside to watch a young woman demonstrate the phenomenon ...

Thames Water and Severn Trent Water are still use dowsing rods to detect leaks despite scientific studies showing that the method is ineffective. A 2017 investigation found that 10 out of 12 water ...

Most Ozarkians have heard of dowsing, an ancient method of locating graves and underground flowing water. The technique has been used in this region since settlers arrived in the early 1800s, and it ...

Using a couple of brass rods and a big helping of ingenuity, one tiny Texas town has managed to subvert a drought-related crisis and bring water to the people. The Llano River was dangerously close to ...

Water witching was once a respected profession in La Plata County, and perhaps it still is. Former County Commissioner R.T. Scott operated a construction company and had a way with a divining stick, ...

CALISTOGA, Calif. -- In a vineyard flanked by scorched hills and charcoal trees, Rob Thompson gripped two stainless steel rods, began rotating in a circle and counted under his breath. Then he said he ...

Tamara Mitchel says she can find water using brass brazing rods. DORRIS, Calif. — Some years Tamara Mitchel’s phone doesn’t ring much. But this year, living in a region where an unprecedented drought ...

Local woman helps purge bad energy through dowsing Darcy Neumann was thrilled at the prospect of opening a fitness studio, Soulista, at the new Riverside Market and Lofts in Moorhead. There was only ...

It was the winter of some discontent. January began with news that the shallow 30-foot well had played itself out, which was an expense that we were ill-prepared for. There were signs beginning in ...

The first thing practitioners will tell you is that it doesn’t work for everybody. And just about the only time you see newspaper stories about the subject is when there is an extensive drought ...