Brilliant that you're being upfront about your skepticism. The paranormal field attracts too much magical thinking and not enough rigor.
Bodmin's a bit tricky because most of the serious paranormal activity claims are from the 80s/90s. Current activity is pretty low-key if I'm honest.
ModeratorJohn: Welcome, Sarah! Your approach is exactly what we need more of on here. Check out the "Cryptozoology General" forum for some balanced discussions - we've got some proper researchers...
One thing people forget: there were simultaneously UFO sightings across northern Europe that same week. If Rendlesham was genuinely extraterrestrial, why multiple locations?
I've actually read Price's original investigation notes (they're in the Society for Psychical Research archives) and they're way more measured than his published books.
The jumping motion rules out satellites and most conventional aircraft. Drones can move like that but drones have multiple lights and you'd hear them outdoors in a quiet area.
You're 100% overthinking it mate. Halloween costumes aren't occult invitations. The whole "dressing as ghosts summons spirits" thing is nonsense.
I've been reading a lot lately about glitches in the matrix - deja vu, quantum mechanics, the fine-tuning of constants - and I'm genuinely wondering if we're living in some kind of simulated...
For Britain specifically, 'Mysterious Creatures of the British Isles' by Karl Shuker is essential. It's properly researched and covers the whole history.
Meanwhile I watch these TV paranormal teams with six figures of funding and state-of-the-art equipment getting...
is Skinwalker Ranch attracting serious scientific attention or is it become a paranormal theme park It's the latter trying very hard to be the former. Real scientists don't work that way.
So the MoD finally released those UFO files to the National Archives last month, and obviously the media had a field day for about 48 hours before moving on.
The silence is actually significant. If these are primates, vocalization would be a key part of their social structure.
Could've been wind through the rocks creating that sound, to be honest. I'm not trying to be a spoilsport, but acoustic illusions are more common on hills than people think.
For £800-1000, I'd allocate roughly: £200 voice recorder (Zoom H1n or similar), £400 thermal camera (used FLIR, as discussed elsewhere), £200 misc (good torch, thermometer, spare batteries,...
