As his experiments continued, Backster started to believe that his plants were growing quite fond of him. For example, one time when he was out of the office, he recorded the time of the exact moment that he had the thought of returning to see them all. When he finally got to the office, he noted a spike on the polygraph readings that matched the exact time. It was as if they were excited dogs watching through a window at home as their owner returns from work.
