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It's a documentary made for people who've already decided to believe. The 'interviews with experts' are always with paranormal researchers, never with actual skeptical scientists.
SkepticalSam: I appreciate the sentiment but honestly I think the debate IS the value here. If we split believers and skeptics into separate rooms, nobody learns anything.
UnseenHunter586 in Site Feedback & Suggestions 2 years ago thumb_up 2
Manchester pub, Tuesday evening, pub's busy, light reflecting off windows in weird ways, three people already mid-conversation... This screams pareidolia meets pattern recognition.
I just tell people I'm interested in folklore and historical accounts. Which is technically true. Then they don't need to know I'm also genuinely open to the possibility that some of it might be...
Retired Retired Nurse410 in Humour & Memes 2 years ago thumb_up 2
CryptidHistory_Jess: The pattern of Bigfoot sightings follows human population expansion and camera proliferation. In the 1950s-70s you get more reports.
Trevor Y. in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 2 years ago thumb_up 2
OpenMind_Chris: Here's what I think: it probably WAS sleep paralysis. But that doesn't mean your experience was less real or less significant.
RationalRick: Because the default position should be "doesn't exist" not "exists but we can't find it." If something's out there, we should be finding dead ones, roadkill, DNA in water samples,...
Rory Hill in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 2 years ago thumb_up 3
WildernessWatcher_Sue: The reason we haven't found a dead Bigfoot in 50 years with millions of cameras is because if they exist, they're incredibly rare and incredibly smart.
LakeDistrictDrifter in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 2 years ago thumb_up 3
I got absolutely roasted at the pub last night when someone noticed I was reading a post about cryptids in the Scottish Highlands on my phone.
Sheila E. in Humour & Memes 2 years ago
Can you link to the source? Without proper provenance, we can't determine authenticity. A document's age and formatting don't prove it's real - good forgeries replicate those details perfectly.
The Borley section is the only bit that holds up imo. Actual documented phenomena there over decades.
CryptidClaire: The Lake District thing is probably not a traditional Bigfoot, you're right. But that doesn't mean there's nothing there.
Sofia Hughes in Cryptozoology General 2 years ago thumb_up 5
GhostHunt_George: That kit is okay for starting out. The EMF meter is the weak point - it'll detect basically anything electronic and give you false positives like mad.
Diane W. in General Chat 2 years ago
Why do we treat a debunked investigation as gospel? We shouldn't. But Borley Rectory is interesting precisely because it's controversial.
Underground stations are incredibly atmospheric regardless of paranormal activity. You're 100+ feet underground in Victorian-era tunnels with poor ventilation, constant noise, and thousands of...
tammy_parrish in Haunted Locations 2 years ago thumb_up 1
Same cab - same colour, same damage on the back panel, same number plate. Did you actually check the number plate, or did you assume it was the same? Because that detail is crucial.
I'm doing some research into the Bodmin Moor creature reports (what people call the Beast of Bodmin) and I'm trying to separate actual documented sightings from folklore.
Bex5 in Haunted Locations 2 years ago
I'm genuinely split on this. Watched it over the weekend with my partner and we had a proper row about it halfway through.
BelieveWithCaution: Harsh but fair. We do all kind of talk past each other. Believers want wonder, skeptics want proof. Neither is wrong, we're just answering different questions.
ModJess_UK: Great feedback, cheers for this. We've actually been discussing this behind the scenes. The issue is that a "debunking" tag might inadvertently suggest that certain posts are...
SomersetWeasel in Site Feedback & Suggestions 2 years ago thumb_up 4