Paranormal State, Tampa Mall Edition
Posted on : 07-12-2009 | By : Scott Hamilton | In : Television Shows
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As promised, Paranormal State came to visit Tampa. Sadly, I wasn’t able to be there, though it looks like it was an interesting time.
I won’t go through the whole TBO.com story, but here’s a few choice quotes and my thoughts.
“I’ve been doing this for seven years and I learned that you can’t just dismiss accounts of unexplained experiences; there are too many of them,” says Buell, who founded his Paranormal Research Society in 2001 while he was a student at Penn State University.
This reminds me of one of my favorite Dr. Karl quotes: “The plural of anecdote is not data.” A lot of poor evidence consisting mostly of people having odd feelings does not make up for the lack of good evidence. Also, “unexplained” doesn’t mean paranormal. It just means unexplained. I don’t know why that dog outside is barking, it’s unexplained. Doesn’t mean it’s barking at a ghost.
“So far on this tour, we have heard some fascinating stories and met some credible people such as a scientist, a psychologist and a prison guard,” he says. “Skeptics think these stories come from bored housewives with overactive imaginations but that’s not the case.”
“I just want someone to help get rid of a demon that is terrorizing us,” said a woman named Jennifer who declined to give her last name.aShe says she has had four previous paranormal investigations of her Thonotosassa home and the last group pulled out when it revealed to them that a powerful demon was there. She says the demon has attacked her and her 7-year-old son and has become increasingly aggressive with each investigation.aAccompanied by a Tampa-based filmmaker who is doing a documentary on her, the woman said she wanted to share her story with Buell and his team to see if something could be done.
