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		soco 76 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The mild mannered Englishman who was the most prol... "which events he felt could not be described naturally" - let's rephrase this, events which he couldn't explain to the best of his knowledge. I know, I ripped off the entire aura of the situation, but if we claim to be scientific let's give up the illusions of all-knowing.

n4r9 76 days ago [–]

I agree. Very important to distinguish between "This is supernatural" and "I cannot explain this".

I tried to chase up the Wikipedia reference. The URL has slightly changed but I found it anyway. The quotation is subtly different:

> only a handful seem likely to be of the paranormal ilk

https://ghostvillage.com/investigating-the-paranormal/

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