I went to lunch with a friend today, and I mentioned the fact that I was having to switch the pocket where I normally keep my cell phone. Several times a day, I feel a vibration coming from that pocket only to pull my cell phone out and see that there was never a call. Now it’s gotten to the point to where it does it without me even having the cell phone in that pocket. He knew exactly what I was talking about. It’s a phenomenon called, “phantom cell phone vibrations.”

Apparently there hasn’t been an official scientific study on this phenomenon as yet. I’m sure there will be at some point though, but I guess since science doesn’t recognize it then it probably doesn’t really exist…right? (ok, I digress)

I did run across an interesting article on it though…

If you have a cell phone, this may have happened to you.Your cell phone is set to vibrate, and you feel something pulsate in your pocket. You pull out the phone only to find no one is calling you.

As mobile phones have infiltrated American pockets as deeply as car keys and spare change, many users find that not only do the devices keep them in touch with friends and family, they also seem to play tricks on the mind.

No one knows why this happens, but theories abound.

You can read all about it here.

I’m just glad it’s not the effects of radiation permeating my leg muscles…although that’s probably the case anyway. I’ll know in thirty years, I guess.