Tunguska mystery (almost) solved
By Andy Kaiser
Article ID: 1240
It was a quiet morning on June 30, 1908. The event occurred in a remote location of heavily-forested Siberia, in the Russian Federation.
Skepticism and critical thinking in a world of new age, religion and credulous pop culture
Archive for the ‘Mysteries’ Category.
By Andy Kaiser
Article ID: 1240
It was a quiet morning on June 30, 1908. The event occurred in a remote location of heavily-forested Siberia, in the Russian Federation.
By Peter Booth
Article ID: 1235
Mentalism is a form of performance magic that simulates the paranormal, most commonly mind-reading, predicting the future and psychokinesis. Magicians get involved in skepticism because much of the time the so-called real psychics are doing very standard magic tricks. But what makes the difference between appearing to be a magician and appearing to be the real deal? Here I present a few rules for any half-decent magicians who would like to throw away their morals, break all the mirrors in their houses so they don’t have to look at themselves anymore, and most importantly, start making some real money by making the jump to pseudo-miracle worker. Being a cold reader, for example, has an excellent profit margin! Think of it this way: you can charge the same prices per ticket as David Copperfield, or a world-famous rock band, and you don’t even have all that heavy stuff to carry around! It’s just you on a stage. That’s profit!
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by Andy Kaiser
Article ID: 127
What was the Dyatlov pass accident?
On January 28, 1959, ten experienced cross-country skiers left for a skiing expedition. They headed for the Otorten Mountain range in the northern Urals. One skier fell ill and had to turn back. The remaining nine skiers left him behind and continued their journey. They were led by Igor Dyatlov, 23, from whom the accident and location were named:
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By Andy Kaiser
Article ID: 119
Yes, of course the photo of ghost orbs and ectoplasm was faked.
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By Andy Kaiser
Article ID: 115
I’ve had at least two episodes of sleep paralysis.
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