Bill Getz is a water dowser from Schoharie County who uses two types of divining rods to attempt to locate ground water. Bill Getz was four years old when he was first told he had a gift for ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link When the parents of Sally Le Page, a British evolutionary biologist, tried to get help from their local water company with installing a new pipe, ...

There are many different ways to hold a divining rod or dowsing rod. Some people prefer to "witch" for water with a pendulum. The practice relies on the idea that the object will suddenly move when a ...

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 ...

Re your article “Water firms admit they still use ‘medieval’ dowsing rods” (22 November): in the 1950s, our family lived on a farm in an isolated part of northern Somerset. The farmer submitted an ...

Used by water companies but debunked by science, crossing rods in Wiltshire has this writer intrigued Nestling in the shadow of a white horse and a Neolithic long barrow, in a renowned crop circle ...

Biologist Sally Le Page couldn't believe it when she heard a folk magic practice was being used to look for water mains in 2017. But 10 out of 12... Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water ...

Dowser Peter Taylor has gone digital, using Google Maps to track down water and other treasures (Picture: PA Real Life) A fisherman who became a dowser to save his local river has since forged a ...