Seasonal paranormal bingo - Halloween through winter solstice

by cheeky_phoenix · 3 years ago 289 views 4 replies
cheeky_phoenix
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#2186

Alright, I got bored and made paranormal community bingo cards based on predictable seasonal posts. Thought you lot might appreciate it. Here's the winter solstice edition:

Winter Paranormal Bingo Card:

Free space: Someone mentions Rendlesham Forest

Someone posts a blurry photo from their mobile claiming it's definitive evidence

Skeptic shows up to explain everything through conventional science

New member introduces themselves and immediately claims they've seen Bigfoot multiple times

Conspiracy theorist connects three unrelated events to prove government coverup

Someone reports exactly the same sighting as someone else posted last year

Argument about whether the dark nights affect paranormal activity (they don't, but we argue about it anyway)

Moderator has to remind someone that correlation isn't causation (five times minimum)

Someone mentions ley lines

Post about "increased activity before a major astral event" with no actual evidence

Anyone actually fill one of these out this winter? Be honest, how many squares are you predicting?

Scruffy Pilgrim
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#2189

Mate, I've already got three squares just from this week's posts and we're not even at the solstice yet. The ley lines one especially - guaranteed to appear at least twice in December. Also you missed the obligatory "did anyone else feel something strange last night?" post that appears every other day regardless of season. Solid work though, made me laugh.

TariqPembrook44
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#2192

The blurry mobile photo is genuinely the one that gets me. Every single sighting report comes with a photo that could be literally anything. A smudge, a reflection, a bird, a balloon - but everyone claims it's clear evidence. The confirmation bias is real on this forum sometimes.

Tiffany U.
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3 years ago
#2195

You're not wrong about the skeptic thing, but honestly, healthy skepticism is necessary. Without it, this place would just be echo chamber confirmation bias. That said, yes, the skeptics who show up purely to debunk and mock are annoying. There's a difference between genuine inquiry and being deliberately dismissive.

Nervy Weasel
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3 years ago
#2199

Brilliant work. The "exactly the same sighting as last year" is so accurate. There's definitely a template of sighting reports that people unconsciously follow. Triangle formations, missing time, cold sensation, mysterious silence - they're all real elements people report, but you do wonder sometimes how much is genuine observation and how much is expectation.

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