scepticism

Reading a lot of IHTM-like stories from various sites and I have realised that I've got a long 'automatically discount' list, and an almost equally long 'hmmmm (one raised eyebrow) list. For example, I almost automatically discount any story that begins either 'I woke up and saw...' or 'I know...

I think it's fair to say that this site is, by and large, a sceptic one. Claims of the paranormal and the extraordinary tend to get debunked on here. There is also, I would say - rmore questionably - a tendency to accept the claims of sceptical denunkers as a default option. With this mind, I...

As a kid I beleived everything, the Newby Church ghost, Bigfoot, Nessie, UFO's et. However growing up it all started to go wrong, Santa, Cottingly Fairies, the Nessie photo's etc. It all began to come out as hoaxes, even the bloody Bigfoot footage! Now I find it hard to beleive anything as...