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Old 10-14-2007, 04:36 PM   #99
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That prize is almost as make-believe as those who try to claim it, though....

Furthermore, should an entry make it pass the preliminary requirements, there's likely a very large panel of judges who can sit there and "prove" that any of the recorded data has been staged, photoshopped, or is a natural phenomenon that debunks it as anything supernatural or abnormal.
By very definition "supernatural" and "paranormal" are completely untestable, are they not? So, in the—in my opinion, very unlikely—event that someone is even able to present a good case of paranormal or supernatural activity, in order for it to pass muster it would necessarily need to be reclassified as a natural phenomenon. This would then disqualify it from contention for the prize money.

All rather silly stuff.
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