I Doubt It and Maybe You Should, Too
By Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post On the hill behind my yard where I grew up, there was an Arborvitae tree in the shape of Sasquatch — small pointy head, huge shoulders and massive long body. The...
View ArticleFoiled Again: Lake Monster, Bigfoot Body and Alien Humanoid All in One Week
By Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post It’s been a busy week in the world of the weird. Not a good one for those who hope to see the dawn of new worldviews or a shift in the paradigm. In one week,...
View ArticleThe Internet: A Superhighway of Paranormal Hoaxes and Fakelore
By Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post It’s been a hot time for hoaxing thanks to the Internet. With Photoshop, citizen journalism sites, YouTube, and postboards for the latest photo leaks, it is way...
View ArticleWeird Word Salad: The Terminology of the Unexplained
Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post Paranormal investigators say they look for evidence of paranormal activity. That phrase always confounded me. I don’t quite get it. What does it mean when someone...
View ArticleOpen Up Your Mind and Let Your Brain Shut Off
By Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post People tell me I should be more open-minded. There is a clichéd saying regarding open-mindedness: “Keep an open mind — but not so open that your brain falls out”....
View ArticleSupernatural Creep: The Slippery Slope to Unfalsifiability
By Sharon Hill via The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI) – Sounds Sciencey I’m taking a step beyond sciencey with the following topic. What happens when science doesn’t cooperate with your subject...
View ArticleCornered and Someone Wants to Tell Me Their Paranormal Story
By Sharon Hill via Huffington Post One of the hazards of being a “skeptic” about paranormal subjects is that those who have had their own personal experiences or investigated a peculiar case like to...
View ArticleBigfoot Files: Science, Skepticism and the True Believers
By Sharon Hill via The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry – CSI There is a small, elite group of skeptics who know their Bigfootery. That’s right, the Bigfoot skeptics. Scoff if you will, but skeptical...
View ArticleI’m Not Making This Up: Why I’m Skeptical of Eyewitnesses
By Sharon Hill via The Huffington Post One of the major disconnects between those who practice effective skepticism and those who believe in paranormal possibilities (or are emotionally invested in...
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