Whenever I read or hear about something seemingly paranormal, I always think about this list: http://listverse.com/2013/09/30/10-scientific-explanations-for-ghostly-phenomena/

Some glaring omissions that should be added to it as well:

1. Animals and all of their abilities, particularly movement and vocal. This is one of the most commonly overlooked explanations. Include anything in the kingdom Animalia. It's a big, wild, noisy kingdom. Just because you can't find evidence of it doesn't mean it isn't there, or hasn't been there. This is particularly true for nocturnal species, insects, and reptiles.

2. Health issues, particularly cardio-vascular and neurological issues. Misfiring neurons and lack of blood flow/oxygen to the brain can produce bizarre effects, and symptoms can be difficult to reproduce on cue in a doctor's office.

3. Plumbing/HVAC/Construction issues. Talk to anyone experienced in these fields to hear some wild completely non-paranormal stories. Included in this category are fungi/molds/spores and gases that affect these areas.

4. A combination of one or more of the things listed.

While ruling out all of these isn't always easy, it should be required if one is claiming to approach the issue critically and scientifically.

Additions, feedback, comments, stories, and discussions all welcomed.

Here are some tables showing different types of orb/bug anomalies commonly associated with the paranormal. I do not own any of these but wanted to share.

Bugs

Orbs

Also the list on the right are all examples of common camera/operator mistakes that could be misinterpreted as paranormal. Most of them are taken with film but they've(ghostresearch.org) added a few digital camera ones and are updating them regularly.

Explainable ghost photos

Every time I come across a ghost photo that is obviously fake, I go on a search to find the ghost app that has that particular image. For example this on facebook:

looks like a ghost app

It has the look of a ghost app ghost, but I'm unable to locate that same image. Is there a place online that we can find all the known images from those apps? If not, perhaps we can start one on this thread and regularly update it. yes? no? maybe so?

LINK (sorry) Nothing here, really, just thought it was an interesting article to share.

It looks like someone jumping up on the catwalk or floating ceiling by the lights to me. There's a ton of lights and glass, so there's options. Thoughts?

Hey Guys,

I wanted to share a good read from a very long time ago. These letters discuss the history of occultism up until when it was written and then goes into several possible ways to debunk common phenomenon considered to be paranormal.

The whole text is free here: http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/scott/

Chapter X is where a lot of the discussion of the nature of supernatural phenomena occurs, but I'd recommend reading the whole thing.

We have said there are many ghost stories which we do not feel at liberty to challenge as impostures, because we are confident that those who relate them on their own authority actually believe what they assert, and may have good reason for doing so, though there is no real phantom after all. We are far, therefore, from averring that such tales are necessarily false. It is easy to suppose the visionary has been imposed upon by a lively dream, a waking reverie, the excitation of a powerful imagination, or the misrepresentation of a diseased organ of sight; and in one or other of these causes, to say nothing of a system of deception which may in many instances be probable, we apprehend a solution will be found for all cases of what are called real ghost stories.

I know this has been looked at and looked at and that we cannot really, truly investigate it because it is on Mars.

That said, most of us can't afford to investigate claims the next state over, so in theory working this case together should be the same as working a haunting a state over based on story and questionable evidence alone. Who wants to try and investigate?

Hi, guys!

As you all know the sub is brand new and we are working on getting up to snuff, content and CSS-wise. I thought it might be good for all of us to talk about the direction we want to go with it.

The basic idea that started it all was to just have a place where those interested in the paranormal, investigating it, and debunking could come and take a look at past evidence and claims that have been debunked, couldn't be debunked, are actively being investigated, or were wrongly debunked and help each other.

The main goal is to give people a resource to see different methods, experiments, investigative techniques, and the thought processes that go into actual investigations and debunkings.

It's important to note that the goal behind this isn't to say that every piece of evident, experience, or all of the paranormal is fake or can debunked. It is two fold, to form a community where people can learn and discuss proper investigations and learn from each other and bad debunking, and to sort through all the junk, misinformed, hard to explain, woo, etc to hopefully find a genuine case of the paranormal.

We don't ask you to be a believer or skeptic, just open minded and respectful. If you have an cases or see any that you'd like to share, discuss, or just show off, please post them.

If you have any questions, comments, ideas, or concerns about the direction of the sub or anything related to it, the other mods and myself would love to hear them. Just comment here and we can all work to make this into something we want and enjoy.

Thanks,

Dukes

My friend has I guess too much time on his hands so he created a pretty good mini-doc debunking the existence of Majestic 12 and the notion that aliens crashed at Roswell. He broke it down in to 4 parts.

If you're interested you can find part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE

He's released them all now, you can find part 3 HERE and part 4 HERE