There was a mysterious wet area in our farmyard leading my husband, Tom, to suspect a leak in an underground pipe leading to an unused hydrant. He has a backhoe ...

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 ...

The ranch real estate experts at James Bigley Ranches examine the practice of dousing—or water witching—revealing how it’s ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – Well driller Randy Gebke usually uses a geology database and other high-tech tools to figure out where to sink new water wells for clients. But if asked, he’ll grab two wires, ...

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 ...

The ranch real estate experts at James Bigley Ranches lay out everything you need to know about witching for water, from techniques to the science behind why some claims work.

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 ...