CerysDoppelganger

Right, so I know this is a bit of a step sideways from my usual SHC rabbit holes but this one's been gnawing at me for years. The pattern is just too consistent to wave away.

@ActualDoppelganger exactly right, and that point about professionalism cuts both ways doesn't it - the sceptics couldn't just write them off as some blokes in a field who'd had a few.

Not my usual territory (I'm more of a spontaneous combustion nerd from Wales) but big cat sightings genuinely fascinate me as a side interest.

@InvernessRambler - the tree line thing really gets me going, I won't lie. There's a pattern emerging in reports from the UK where these objects seem to use woodland edges almost like...

I occasionally find small unexplained marks on my body Right, so the marks could genuinely be anything - picking marks from stress, dermatological reaction, you rubbing yourself during REM sleep.

The cheap thermal phone cameras are surprisingly decent - I use a FLIR One (about £200 new but you can find them secondhand for £80) and it's genuinely useful.

Have you checked for vibrations from nearby traffic? Warehouses? Heavy vehicles can cause vibrations that make objects move in ways that seem impossible but are actually just physics.

Don't apologize for being verbose - this forum needs more people who think methodically. Most of us come at paranormal investigation emotionally first and learn skepticism second.

✓ Everything is connected (drawing red string between totally unrelated events)✓ 'If they DENY it, they're obviously lying.

EVP is genuinely fascinating but also genuinely difficult to validate scientifically. The human brain is brilliant at finding patterns in noise - it's called pareidolia and it happens to everyone.