It's not snake oil if you have a weird unexplained effect, and:
A) you're not trying to sell anything to anyone
B) you fully open source the design, specifications, schematics and your notes, and invite any interested third party to try to duplicate or debunk the effect.
C) you intentionally refrain from making hyperbolic claims about how revolutionary your thing is, before it's been duplicated. Maybe some clueless third parties engaged in hyperbole but not the original creators of the concept.
A) you're not trying to sell anything to anyone
B) you fully open source the design, specifications, schematics and your notes, and invite any interested third party to try to duplicate or debunk the effect.
C) you intentionally refrain from making hyperbolic claims about how revolutionary your thing is, before it's been duplicated. Maybe some clueless third parties engaged in hyperbole but not the original creators of the concept.
Science is working as intended.