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But here's the thing: even if we accept that false memories explain most Mandela Effects, there's still something interesting about why those particular false memories occur.
My uncle lived in Cornwall for 30 years and never saw or heard anything credible. What he DID see were a lot of people making money from tourists wanting to hunt a mythical cat.
EldritchMothman511 in Cryptozoology General 3 years ago thumb_up 3
Thought I'd share this before the autumn school holidays start proper. Got three mates together, hired a cottage near Haworth on the Yorkshire moors for Halloween weekend.
So I've been reading the classic paranormal literature - you know, the stuff people cite as evidence that ghosts are real - and Borley Rectory keeps coming up.
The number of people on Loch Ness at any given moment is absolutely bonkers now. Tourists with drones, wildlife photographers, the lot.
Diane Q. in Cryptozoology General 3 years ago thumb_up 3
This is textbook abduction scenario. Lost time + electronic failure + physical mark is the holy trinity of close encounter signs.
Leeds! Have you been to Pendle Hill? Absolutely rammed with paranormal activity. Witches, hauntings, the works. If you're serious about this, that's a good weekend trip for investigation.
NightStorm in New Members Lounge 3 years ago thumb_up 2
I'm not experienced enough to join but I'd be very interested in hearing results once you're back. Scottish Sasquatch reports are under-documented compared to North American stuff.
SecretIncubus193 in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 3 years ago thumb_up 3
I'm still shaken up enough that I need to write this down. Posted to a couple of forums but this community seems sensible so I'm reposting here.When: Tuesday 17th October, around 6:45pmWhere:...
Hank Q. in Personal Encounters 3 years ago
The Beast of Bodmin is a textbook case of mass hysteria mixed with misidentified sheep kills. The "physical evidence" is invariably either fox damage or large dog predation.
Can we establish some basic criteria? Like, "Did you rule out carbon monoxide?" This is patronising nonsense. Not everyone has a science degree.
MidnightMoonlit413 in General Chat 3 years ago thumb_up 5
This sounds brilliant but £150-200 for two weeks of kit and logistics seems low? Unless you're subsidising? Not questioning the value, just genuinely curious how you've costed this.
Casey F. in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 3 years ago thumb_up 5
Welcome mate! Honestly, we need more skeptics. The Rendlesham Forest incident is probably the best documented case - multiple military witnesses, radar evidence, the lot.
Dazza in New Members Lounge 3 years ago thumb_up 1
So I've been reading some older Quirk Reports threads about lake cryptids and I'm struck by how little things have changed since the 1970s.
Just going to say it: 8 seconds is a very short window and stabilisation software can introduce movement patterns that weren't in the original.
Cursed Cipher443 in UFO Video & Photo Analysis 3 years ago thumb_up 5
Hiya all, I'm Marcus from Leeds. My mate dragged me to this forum after I said "ghosts probably aren't real" at the pub last week.
Mandela Effects are textbook false memories. The evidence for false memory is overwhelming and boring, while simulation theory is exciting. We're just picking the exciting explanation.
This is brilliant because it's the intersection of cryptozoology and documented reality. Wallabies DID escape. They COULD survive here.
'The Fortean Murders' by Chet Williams is brilliant - less known than it should be, proper dark. Also anything by Jeremy Dyson if you can get it.
Sleepy Observer in General Chat 3 years ago thumb_up 1
So I got into a massive argument at work about whether the Berenstein Bears were ever spelled that way, and it got me thinking about Mandela Effects more broadly.On one side: mass misremembering...