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Anomaly:
A deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement,
or form.
Apport:
A material object that seems to appear from
nowhere and cannot be explained.
Apparition:
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, esp. a
ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith
Asport:
A material item that disappears without
explanation.
Cold Spot:
An area that has a lower temperature than it's
surroundings.
Coloration:
This usually sounds either like a ringing in
the ears or white noise and can sometimes feel like a pressure
change.
Correlation:
An association between two or more events or variables.
ESP:
Extrasensory Perception: perception or
communication outside of normal sensory capability, as in telepathy
and clairvoyance.
EVP:
Electronic Voice Phenomenon.
EMF:
Electro-magnetic field.
Entity:
That which is perceived or known or
inferred to have its own distinct existence.
False Positive:
Data that appears to contain paranormal activity but it caused by
natural interference (ie. dust, moisture, or insects in photographs
can appear to be orbs or streaks of light)
Ghost:
A returning or haunting memory or image.
Kinetic activity:
Movement of an object that cannot be explained.
Local Sidereal Time (LST):
Time
with respect to the stars instead of the sun. Some studies have
shown that more paranormal activity occurs around 13 hours LST.
Luminous Phenomena:
Strange lights or glows, often around objects or people.
Near Death Experience (NDE):
Experiences of people after they have been pronounced clinically
dead, or been very close to death.
Orb:
A spherical, translucent mass resembling a ball
or globe of light. They are the most photographed anomaly in
paranormal investigation as well as being a very common false
positive. Orb-like images can be caused by moisture (rain,
snow, fog), insects, smoke, and dust.
Out of Body Experience (OBE):
A fully conscious experience in which the person's center of
awareness appears to be outside of the physical body.
Paranormal:
Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation.
Parapsychology:
The experimental and quantitative study of paranormal phenomena.
Poltergeist:
A ghost that manifests itself by noises, rappings, and the
creation of disorder.
Psychic:
A person who is allegedly sensitive to psychic
influences or forces; medium.
Spirit:
The soul regarded as separating from the body at death.
Supernatural:
Of, pertaining to, or
being above or beyond what is natural; unexplainable by natural law
or phenomena; abnormal.
Vortex:
Often the shape
of a tube or funnel;
a spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a
whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward
its center.
Some believe it may be in connection with a portal or doorway.
White Noise:
Acoustical or electrical noise of which the intensity is the same
at all frequencies within a given band.
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