#paranormal debunked

[marzipanandminutiae]

doing folklore studies on spooky shit is a bit contradictory to my background

I'm like "well this popular haunting story can't be true because if you cross-reference birth and death records from the BlahBlah County Archives with their digitized property records, no little girls died of a FireMurderDrowningPlague in the house between 1880 and 1920"

or "there's no evidence of this supposedly ~traditional~ belief about times for ghost sightings to happen until the 1960s, and that was in published fiction"

or "come on now, that device is just a motion detector and you've got it set up in an abandoned building crammed with hard-to-see flying insects, at midnight, with minimal lights on"

and you might think I'm a skeptic! I get that! makes sense given how I talk about these things!

but joke's on you I'm actually just the most obnoxiously research-oriented hardcore believer there ever was

[tropicalcontinental]

Human fear is the window to the soul or whatever ://

[blogparanormalexpresso2stuff]

Debunking the Bower & Chorley Story: why Crop Circles aren't all Hoaxes

A previous version of this video was taken down due to a copyright dispute. This is a re-uploaded, slightly shortened version of that video.

In 1991, two British men shocked the world when they confessed to hoaxing all the famous crop circles found in England in recent years. However, a detailed examination of their claims shows that these men could not possibly have started the crop circle phenomenon, and probably had nothing to do with the famous circles in Wiltshire, England, or anywhere else.

[lucentparanormal]

“Do creatures of the dark live among us? Sam and Niko set their sights on the internet's creepiest videos and determine whether visual effects were involved.“

[skellybonesandtrees]

Bless John Wolfe and what he does.

[makymakvrchat]

Debunking Paranormal

[nationmckinleyscorset]

Ok I need to start organising my thoughts on every possibly paranormal thing that's happened in this house because whenever people say "well how do you know it's haunted" I keep blanking on how to answer so here's a list I can reference:

(notes with a 🖤 next to them mean they could be mental health related instead)

Both my friend and I who have lived here have had constant nightmares and (tw) suicidal thoughts ONLY when in the house and they only started after we moved in 🖤 what's not so easily explainable is that we have both seen shadows in the mirrors and had nightmares about a woman in the bathroom (tw) killing herself in different ways.

Had my foot grabbed while getting into bed, since there's no gap between my bed and the floor I got grabbed from behind and dragged backwards to the point where I hit my knee against my bed frame

Heard walking around downstairs so clearly that I almost called the police

Heard something punch my bedroom wall while I was in bed then run out of the room and down the stairs (I heard every footstep no word of a lie)

Had coat hangers fly out of the wardrobe at me 2 minutes after opening the door (I don't mean fall because they didn't fall down into the wardrobe they feel horizontally out then down)

Seen a face peeking around the bannister at me while I was leaving for school last year, it stayed there even when I was looking directly at it, I turned around to pick up a bag, looked back and it had disappeared

Had lights flickering intensely as though someone was physically flipping the switch, said "STOP IT" because this had been going on for almost a full 20 minutes and it stopped immediately

This one happened less than half an hour ago, I put a towel in a crate on the windowsill in the bathroom, turned around for no more than 2 minutes and when I looked back it had somehow removed itself from the crate and was in the bathtub directly over the plughole (approx. 3 metres away from the crate nit including the drop down). I tried to debunk this by putting it in the crate at different angles to see if it could fall down to that position but half the time it didn't move and the other half it only feel directly onto the floor.

Sometimes when I'm not home mum hears me speaking in my room, a similar thing happened when I went out with my dad and left 2 friends on a video hat and they both heard me say "right! I'm back!" so distinctly that they were genuinely confused when I didn't appear on screen until an hour later

I've had my leg scratched before from the back of my knee down to my ankle despite not having left my bed all day

I used to see shadows so often I had to get counselling because I suspected they might be hallucinations, still unsure if I imagine these or no 🖤

The same thing that happened with the coat hangers happened with a painting on my wall

Recently heard something scratching the wall when I was downstairs alone, this happened 3 times before I freaked tf out and ran upstairs

I frequently hear someone walking around on the landing when I'm the only one in the house, I once had a friend on the phone who actually stopped me talking to ask if there was someone in the house with me

Heard glass breaking downstairs but not finding any broken glass when I went to check it out

Had a friend leave my house midway through a sleepover saying "I can't sleep here there's something watching me" not someone SOMETHING

Had a full jar of crochet hooks knocked off of my bookshelf in the middle of the night even though they're wedged in by two other jars and other random things on that shelf

These are only the ones I can remember rn, I will keep adding to this list cos shit keeps on happening.

Before you suggest it, I can't sage the house because my mum is religious and wouldn't approve and I've tried the bible-under-the-bed method and that failing (that was when I got scratched)

[calypso2511]

I aspire to collect weird knowledge and Websites from around the Web!

And while I am not sure if I truly am a dragon (my tarot deck has said that I am on multiple occasions but I am still a little scared of actually embracing that)

I love searching for new nice things to learn

I also love stories!

And paranormal experience accounts!

I would collect books if I had the money or the storage space for it!

@ Draconic Alterhumans

Guidelines:

not all dragons hoard things, but many of us have collections regardless; it doesn't have to be a draconic instinct hoarding situation for it to count

pick the MAIN thing. I know most people collect more than one thing. pick the MAIN one that you would tell strangers immediately about if they asked.

yes, yes, collecting feathers is largely illegal in the US. don't @ me about it, not everyone here is American

having a lot of one thing doesn't mean it's a collection. I have a lot of looseleaf tea and jewelry. I would not call those collections.

[girlapologist]

one of the biggest issues with internet consumption and comprehension is the belief that everyone is serious all the time

[practicalparanormal]

Spirits may or may not speak through spirit boxes. We haven't proven it "scientifically" yet. But one thing we do know is God won't be committing blasphemy and speaking to us through them. We have an entire section in our Christian Debunking section on that. We're adding more to it very soon as well.

How does God speak to us? I think Edgar Cayce says it best:

"Through prayer, we speak to God. In meditation, God speaks to us."

Edgar Cayce

Once we turn God into a Jack-in-the-Box toy, we're headed into a bad place. God doesn't work that way on any spiritual path of true love and light.

If we don't start talking about these things and maybe even debating them, we're doomed to a future of lies and a toxic paranormal community.

Read Even More:

https://www.practicalparanormal.com/2023/02/the-christian-debunk-section.html

[claramj]

Urban Explorers Who are GONE WRONG in MORALITY - Debunking - Breakdown a...

[mcb3k]

Watch "3 Times Science Debunked the Paranormal" on YouTube

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

slightly different from the book rec asks but you mentioned Jamie loftus so… any non-fiction podcast recs?

wow the great news is that I am pretty much constantly listening to a nonfiction podcast of one kind or another so this is huge for me. here are some of my faves!

Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal, and Society - joined by a rotating cast of guest experts, sex historian Kate Lister goes on a romp through history to learn all about the sexual norms and revolutions of yesteryear.

Black People Love Paramore - in episodes that follow the formate of "Black People Love X," host Sequoia Holmes interviews her guests about their passions for pop cultural niches where Black people are often underrepresented, overlooked, or excluded altogether. heavy focus on music, as the title suggests, but topics also include Tony Hawk, pet ownership, and a memorable episode about being a slut featuring Ify Nwadiwe.

Maintenance Phase - truly like the #1 pod I get hype for when new episodes go up. hosted by fat activist Aubrey Gordon and methodology queen Michael Hobbes, focused on investigating and debunking various health and wellness fads as well as fatphobic misconceptions.

Oh No, Ross and Carrie - ONRAC just ended after thirteen and a half years of investigating all kinds of claims about wellness, spirituality, and the paranormal, ranging from self-proclaimed faith healers to exorcists to alien sightings to pet psychics to the creationist Ark-themed theme park in Kentucky. they have a HUGE backlog, great for browsing.

The Sporkful - a short and sweet podcast hosted by pasta enthusiast Dan Pashman, with each episode focusing on a different question, trend, or event from the world of food. despite being a pretty lighthearted show Pashman is admirably unafraid to tackle the less savory side of food culture; I first became aware of the podcast when he scored a searing interview with Sohla El-Wahlly after the revelation of massive workplace discrimination at YouTube's former darling, BA Test Kitchen.

The Stacks - the only book podcast I can currently tolerate. host Traci Thomas chats with authors about their new fiction and nonfiction releases and hosts a monthly book club. very chill listening, but dangerous for your to-read list.

There Are No Girls on the Internet - host Bridget Todd dives deep into tech trends, online outrages, and misinformation moments across the web. for my money, TANGOTI's coverage of the fatalities at Travis Scott's 2021 Astroworld event and the ensuing satanic panic conspiracy theories were some of the absolute best reporting around the event. currently on hiatus, so you have plenty of time to raid the archives!

Vibe Check - poet Saeed Jones and journalists Zach Stafford and Sam Sanders discuss pop culture and politics, answer listener requests for advice, and generally queen out together. you want nuance? the girlies have Nuance. genuinely one of the warmest and kindest podcasts in my rotation.

[benoitblanc]

what if i was a loner ridiculed by my peers for investigating the paranormal who had come to expect emotional neglect from the people closest to me and you were a scientist assigned to debunk my work and i was prepared to hate you on sight but you believed in me like no one had ever done before and you challenged my theories and laughed at my stupid jokes and i helped you come out of your shell and embrace the fact that you were deep down just as much of a weirdo as me and you didn't need anyone's approval for what you were doing with your life except for your own and when you put yourself on the line for me over and over and underwent a series of personal tragedies because of it i stopped sleeping because i blamed myself but you told me that your whole life didn't revolve around me and you made the choices you did because you wanted to not because i made you, helping absolve me of my lifelong guilt and unconscious god complex and making me realize that the friendships and bonds we form with other people are just as much of a revelation as the unexplained mysteries of the universe. and we were both fbi agents

[lucentparanormal]

Hannah The Horrible debunks popular paranormal and creepy tiktoks.

[theunholyvirginemilyprentiss]

THE BAU CONDUCTING A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION

(GIF by @sculien)

SPENCER: Spends the entire time debunking the concept of ghosts with physics and explaining the neuroscience of ‘afterlife experiences’, but jumps at every single floorboard creak.

MORGAN: Hiding behind doors and jumping out at Spencer. Screams like a little girl when Spencer inevitably returns the favour. Keeps telling the ghosts he’s going to fight them.

ELLE: Keeps disappearing from the group and then rematerializing with no explanation, claiming she’s “been standing here the whole time.”

PENELOPE: Is panicking both internally and externally, flapping her hands and squealing at everything that moves. Has brought a bunch of ghost hunting gadgets; spirit box, EMF meter, Thermal camera, digital voice recorder.

JJ: Telling Morgan ghost stories and trying to crunch as quietly as she can on Cheetos as they listen to the spirit box.

EMILY: Is doing an Ouija board by herself in the parlour. When she finally decides to explore, her torch runs out of batteries, but she doesn’t care and continues through the creepy house in the pitch black whistling Rolling Stones songs to herself. Does a little dance in front of the thermal cameras Penelope set up.

HOTCH: “Reid’s right. Ghost’s aren’t real and this is a waste of time. Enough playing around, the victim’s body is still outside.”

EMILY: “Wait, this is a crime scene? I thought it was just a family outing.”

ROSSI: “No, Emily, that’s what pasta night is for.”

Check out my Masterlist for more BAU scenarios!