Look up 'pareidolia' and 'sleep paralysis' if you want the skeptical angle. Shadow people and tall figures in the dark are the most common paranormal misidentifications.
I think the issue is that we're asking people to accept evidence for something that challenges their worldview. It's not really about the quality of evidence - it's about cognitive dissonance.
This is either: a) you misremembered which train was which and they're actually different b) false memory from distraction c) genuinely anomalous.
Honestly the biggest winter-specific challenge is condensation. Don't open your equipment cases outside in the cold, keep everything in waterproof bags, and have a dedicated dry bag for storage.
We've got testimony, we've got declassified documents, we've got soil samples.Actually, we don't have verified soil samples. We have claims about soil samples.
I know how this sounds. I'm not one of those people normallyThat's always the preface before someone posts about aliens lol. Seriously though, did you consider military aircraft?
I've been reading historical accounts of 'wildmen' sightings across the Scottish Highlands going back centuries, and I'm wondering whether we've been conflating genuine cryptid activity with old...
The issue is when sceptics dismiss everything out of hand without bothering to engage with the actual content.
The cynical take: they're releasing the files to appear transparent while keeping the actually interesting stuff redacted. Classic government move.
What genuinely scares me is the possibility that none of this is true and we're all just pattern-matching on noise and coincidence. That would mean we've spent all this time chasing nothing.
Welcome aboard! You'll fit right in here. Sounds like you had a genuine encounter. The colour-changing is really interesting - that's thermodynamic signature, possibly.
Buy a decent voice recorder (not anything fancy, just reliable), get proper batteries, bring a torch and a notebook, and learn to sit quietly in the dark for long periods.
Stay if you like being called a 'closed-minded sheep' regularly, or leave if you prefer your echo chambers.
I've been down a proper research rabbit hole on Borley Rectory this week, and I've got to say, the more I read the original documents and newspaper archives, the less impressed I am by the "most...
Braemar's not far from the Cairngorms. That's BIG wilderness. If something large is living up there, summer is the season it'd be most active, moving between territories.
