Sharon Hill
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Pheromones still seem to be in the questionable category. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/03/do-human-pheromones-actually-exist"Emotions don't generate measurable energy outside the body. "
What about fear?
I believe some evidence exists that there can be a measurably heightened response in regions of the brain, to the so-called fear-pheromone.
I've heard this suggested elsewhere as a possible cause of mass hysteria and deadly stampedes in crowds.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/04/smell-fear-research-pheromone#:~:text=The team found that the,pheromones released by other people.
And I can't see how that could be recorded in the environment to be encountered much later. In the example you quoted, I'm pretty certain you don't need pheromones to make people behave oddly in crowds. Humans are wildly susceptible to suggestion.