根据一项新的调查，如果你曾经害怕潜伏在黑暗中的邪恶，你并不孤独。数据网站YouGov最近发现，45%的美国人认为恶魔和鬼魂确实存在。这是十分之四的美国人。此外，调查发现，从统计数据来看，共和党人比民主党人更有可能相信恶魔、鬼魂和外星人。

这些数据来自9月30日至10月1日期间的1293名受访者，描绘了一幅令人毛骨悚然的画面。调查问被调查者，“一般来说，你认为以下每一项存在还是不存在？”受访者有四种选择:恶魔、鬼魂、吸血鬼和其他超自然生物(比如外星人)。

在真正的信徒中，22%的人说恶魔“肯定存在”，而24%的人说他们“可能存在”同样，20%的人说鬼魂“肯定存在”，25%的人说他们“可能存在”

谈到“其他超自然生物”，46%的人说他们要么“肯定存在”，要么“可能存在”，这表明福克斯·穆德来自x光文件是对的:真相就在那里，美国人相信。

 

数据网站YouGov最近发现，十分之四的美国人认为恶魔和鬼魂存在。

 

但是如果吸血鬼确实存在，他们会对YouGov的调查结果感到失望。事实证明，只有13%的美国人相信他们。好的一面是，对不死生物缺乏信心可能会让吸血鬼的工作容易得多。

调查数据经过加权，代表了18岁及以上的美国成年人，误差幅度为3%。

对于不相信的人来说，试图理解人们是如何以及为什么相信恶魔或鬼魂是困难的。伦敦大学金匠学院心理学教授兼异常心理学研究小组组长克里斯托弗·弗伦奇告诉记者大西洋2014年，人们相信恶魔和鬼魂源于试图解释不可解释的原因。

弗伦奇说:“我们有的是人们试图理解一些对他们来说似乎无法解释的事情。”。“所以你得到了对噪音或视觉效果的曲解，这些解释是正常的，但不是人们能想到的。人们假设，如果他们不能用自然的语言解释某件事，那么它一定是超自然现象。”

弗伦奇补充道，但这些信念也有“情感动机”。“我们绝大多数人不喜欢自己死亡的想法。尽管我们觉得鬼魂和灵魂的想法很可怕，但在更广泛的背景下，它们为灵魂的生存提供了证据。”

YouGov的调查发现，除了信仰者和非信仰者之间的分歧，共和党人和民主党人之间也有分歧。在自称为共和党的受访者中，高达54%的人说恶魔要么“肯定”要么“可能”存在，而民主党人只有34%。事实上，共和党人比民主党人更有可能相信，46%的共和党人说他们相信鬼魂(相比之下，民主党人是41%)，14%的人相信吸血鬼(相比之下，民主党人是8%)，50%的人相信“其他超自然生物”(相比之下，民主党人是41%)。

谈到外星人，一个强大的共和党人要找出真相:唐纳德·特朗普总统。早在六月，美国广播公司新闻的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯就向特朗普询问了一段来自海军的视频，该视频似乎显示了不明飞行物。特朗普告诉斯特凡诺普洛斯，他有一个关于不明飞行物的会议。

特朗普谈到飞行物体时说:“我认为这很可能——我希望他们想什么就想什么。”。“他们说，我看过，我读过，我听过，我确实有一个非常简短的会议。但是人们说他们看到了不明飞行物。”

特朗普接着说，他并不特别相信他们。“我相信吗？没什么特别的，”他说。

我们会了解外星人、鬼魂和恶魔的真相吗？可能不会。但是许多美国人相信，如果我们从叮当中学到什么彼得潘，让某样东西活下去所需要的就是相信它。

MORE THAN 45 PERCENT OF AMERICANS BELIEVE DEMONS AND GHOSTS ARE REAL: SURVEY

 If you've ever been afraid of something evil lurking in the dark, you're not alone, according to a new survey. Data website YouGov recently found that 45 percent of Americans believe demons and ghosts really exist. That's four in 10 Americans. Additionally, the survey found that Republicans are statistically more likely to believe in demons, ghosts and aliens than Democrats.

The data, compiled from 1,293 respondents between September 30 and October 1, paint a spooky picture. The survey asked respondents, "Generally speaking, do you believe that each of the following do or do not exist?" Respondents then had four options: demons, ghosts, vampires and other supernatural beings (like aliens).

Of the true believers, 22 percent said demons "definitely exist," while 24 percent said they "probably exist." Similarly, 20 percent said ghosts "definitely exist," and 25 percent said they "probably exist."

When it comes to "other supernatural beings," 46 percent said they either "definitely exist" or "probably exist," indicating that Fox Mulder from The X-Files was right: The truth is really out there, and Americans believe.

 

Data website YouGov recently found that four in 10 Americans believe demons and ghosts exist.

 

But if vampires do exist, they're going to be disappointed by the YouGov survey's findings. Turns out that only 13 percent of Americans believe in them. On the bright side, a lack of belief in the undead probably makes a vampire's job a whole lot easier.

The survey data was weighted and is representative of U.S. adults who are 18 and over, with a 3 percent margin of error.

For nonbelievers, trying to understand how and why people believe in demons or ghosts can be difficult. Christopher French, a professor of psychology and head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, told The Atlantic in 2014 that a belief in demons and ghosts stems from trying to explain the unexplainable.

"What we have is people trying to make sense of something that, to them, seems inexplicable," French said. "So you get the misinterpretation of noises or visual effects that do have a normal explanation, but not one that people can think of. People assume that if they cannot explain something in natural terms, then it must be something paranormal."

But there's also an "emotional motivation" to these beliefs, French added. "The vast majority of us don't like the idea of our own mortality. Even though we find the idea of ghosts and spirits scary, in a wider context, they provide evidence for the survival of the soul."

Besides this divide between believers and nonbelievers, there's one between Republicans and Democrats, the YouGov survey found. Of the respondents that self-identified as Republican, a whopping 54 percent said that demons either "definitely" or "probably" exist, compared with 34 percent of Democrats. In fact, Republicans across the board are more likely to believe than Democrats, with 46 percent of Republicans saying they believe in ghosts (compared with 41 percent of Democrats), 14 percent believing in vampires (compared with 8 percent of Democrats) and 50 percent believing in "other supernatural beings" (compared with 41 percent of Democrats).

When it comes to aliens, one powerful Republican is out to find the truth: President Donald Trump. Back in June, ABC News' George Stephanopoulos asked Trump about a video from the Navy that appeared to show unidentified flying objects. Trump told Stephanopoulos he had a meeting about UFOs.

"I think it's probably—I want them to think whatever they think," Trump said about the flying objects. "They do say, and I've seen, and I've read, and I've heard, and I did have one very brief meeting on it. But people are saying they're seeing UFOs."

Trump went on to say he doesn't particularly believe in them. "Do I believe it? Not particularly," he said.

Will we ever learn the truth about aliens, ghosts and demons? Probably not. But many Americans believe, and if we learned anything from Tinker Bell in Peter Pan, all it takes to keep something alive is to believe in it.