The Uses of Dowsing

Dowsers claim their art has successfully been used:

to instruct children in developing their psychic abilities;
to find accident-prone highway sections;
in veterinary diagnosis;
for automobile diagnosis (car dowsing);
to derive information in a pending malpractice suit;
in narcotics detection;
to find fish in the lake;
to find archaeological sites and artifacts;
for finding downed planes or tracking submarines and ships;
to check an area for snakes;
in sport hunting (e.g., dowsing for deer);
to find unmarked graves;
to find lost objects or valuables, murder weapons,…
to find missing persons
for checking the “accuracy” of students’ homework;
to determine if letters, wills, paintings, and signatures are genuine or forged;
to track storms;
for use in astrology and most other forms of the occult;
to detect multiple personalities or spirit possession;
to find “subconscious blocks”;
to determine the soil composition and fertilizer needs of one’s
house or garden plants;
to sort eggs to determine the sex of the chick;
to track down hunted criminals;
to uncover a spouse’s infidelity;
to locate “subluxations” or cavities if we are chiropractors or dentists;
to forecast the weather;
to measure intelligence;
to detect pregnancy;
to find the “right” medical specialist for rare diseases by dowsing the phone book;
to find ghosts or poltergeists;
to detect acupuncture points;
to determine the height, weight, and age of kidnappers or rapists;
to detect oncoming earthquakes;
to determine edible plants in the wilderness;
to find avalanche victims;
to determine the composition of moon rocks;
to determine whether or not a planet is inhabited;
to diagnose the conditions of the astronauts before they land.