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List of Names and Terms
abductees
Abominable Science
acronyms
Adamski, George
Aerial Phenomenon Research Organizations (APRO)
Agassiz, Louis
alien abduction
alien implants
aliens, psychic
Almasty
Amalgamated Saucer Clubs of America
amateur research and investigation groups
amateurs
Amazing Stories
American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Ghost Society
American Institute of Metaphysics
American Society of Psychical Research
Ancient Aliens
anecdotes
angels
anomalistics
anomalous cognition
anomaly hunting
anthropologists
anti-science
apophenia
apparitions
archaeology
Area 51
argot
ARIGs
ARPAST
The Art of Scientific Investigation
Asia
ASSAP
astrology
atmospheric conditions
audio recording
Auerbach, Loyd
backfire effect
Bagans, Zak
balloons (as UFOs)
Baylor Religion Surveys
bears
Beckjord, Jan-Erik
belief
belief buddies
believers vs. non-believers
bestiaries
bias
Bible
Biddle, Kenny
Bigfoot
Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO)
Bigfootology
biological sample kit
Biscardi, Tom
black panthers
blinded (experiments)
blobsquatch
blue dogs
Borley Rectory
Brewer, Jack
Buell, Ryan
BUFORA
burial grounds
burns
Burns, John
camera glitches
&n
bsp; cameras
Canada
Cardena, Edzel
cargo cult science
cats (big, out of place)
celebrities (paranormal)
cemeteries
Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS)
CGI (computer graphics)
Champ (lake monster)
charging for services
Chasing UFOs (TV show)
cherry-picking (evidence)
children and ARIGs
Chopra, Deepak
chupacabra
citizen science
Civilian Saucer Intelligence
clairvoyance
close encounters (of the third kind)
closed-minded
Coast to Coast AM
Cock Lane ghost
Coleman, Loren
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP)
common sense
communalism (scientific norm)
communication with dead
competition (between ARIGs)
conflict (between ARIGs)
cooperation (between ARIGs)
community
community service
Condon Report
conferences
confidentiality (client)
conspiracies
Contact in the Desert
contactees
contagion (of experiences)
counter culture
cranks
Creationism (Creationists)
critical thinking
cryptids
cryptozoologist
cryptozoology
Dahinden, Rene
Darwin, Charles
databases
debunking
demarcation problem
democratization (of investigation)
demons/demonic
Destination America
Did you see that?
dimensions (alternative)
dinosaurs (living)
disinterestedness (scientific norm)
Disotell, Todd
DNA
do-it-yourself (DIY)
dogman
Dolby, R.G.A.
dowsing
drones (aerial)
Dyer, Rick
e-books
ectoplasm
Edison, Thomas
Einstein, Albert
electricity
electromagnetic fields
EMF meters
empirical evidence
energy
enlightenment
environmental factors
equipment, audio
Erickson project
ESP
ethics
evidence
evolution
EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)
exorcism
experience (importance of)
experiments
expertise (ARIGs)
extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence
extraterrestrials
eyewitness reports/testimony
Eyewitness Testimony
Facebook
Falcon project
false positive
Fate
Finding Bigfoot
Flamel College
flaps
flash mobs
flying saucers
folklore
footprints
Fort, Charles
Fort Mifflin
Fortean Times
forums (online)
French, Christopher
Friedman, Stanton
fringe subjects
Gaddis, Vincent
Ganzfeld experiment
Gardner, Martin
geologic stress
geomagnetism
Georgia Bigfoot hoax
Germany
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Ghost Adventures
The Ghost Club
Ghost Hunters
Ghost Hunting: A Practical Guide
ghost hunting guidebooks
Ghost Hunting 101
Ghost Research Society
Ghost Science
ghost science/ghostology
Ghost Seekers Field Guide
ghost tours
Ghostbusters
giant squid
Gigantopithecus
Gordon, Stan
GPS
Green Swamp (Florida)
guidebooks
Haack, Susan
hair (as evidence)
Hangar 18
haunted houses
Haunted Media
hauntrepreneur
Heaven’s Gate
hero
Heuvelmans, Bernard
high strangeness
Hill, Betty and Barney
historical records, obtaining/using
History Channel
hoaxes/hoaxers
hominology
Hopkins, Budd
Houdini, Harry
How to Be a Ghost Hunter
how-to books
How to Hunt Ghosts
Hunting Monsters
Huxley, Thomas
Hyman’s Categorical Imperative
Hynek, J. Allen
hypnosis (hypnotic regression)
hypothesis
ideological conviction
In Search of…
Independent Investigation Group (IIG)
International Flying Saucer Bureau (IFSB)
International Metaphysical University
International UFO Congress
Internet
investigation, process of
investigation, sham
ion generators
Italy
ivory tower
Jacobs, David
Jersey Devil
Keel, John
Ketchum, Melba
Keyhoe, Donald
Koestler Parapsychology Unit
Korbus, Jason
Krantz, Grover
LARPing
LeBeau Plantation
legend-tripping
Ley, Willy
life after death
lights out
Loch Ness
Loxton, Daniel
Lyell, Charles
Lyons, Sherri
Mack, John
magnetic fields
Mars Curiosity Rover
mass hysteria
materialism
matrixing
Meetup
Meldrum, Jeff
memory
Men in Black
Menzel, Donald
Merton, Robert
meteors/meteorites
military (U.S.)
Ministry of Defense (U.K.)
Minnesota Iceman
mist (ghostly)
Moneymaker, Matt
Monster Hunters (book)
Monster Quest
monsters, lake
moon
Most Haunted
Mothman
motivated reasoning
MUFON
Murdie, Alan
Myrtles Plantation
MySpace
Nancy Drew
NASA
National Enquirer
National Investigation Committee of Aerial Phenomenon (NICAP)
National Science Foundation
National UFO Research Center (NUFORC)
natural causes
Natural History of Ghosts
Nature (journal)
Nelson, Robert, III
Nevada Institute of Paranormal Studies
New Age (ideas)
new species
night vision
Nobel prize
Nostradamus
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie
objectivity
occult
occulture
O’Keefe, Ciaran
Olympic project
Open Minds
orang pendek
orbs
ostension
The Other Side: A Teen’s Guide to Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal
Ouija board
Owen, Richard
paradigm shift
paranormal
Paranormal America
Paranormal Media
Paranormal State
paranormal unity
parapsychology
Parapsychology: A Handbook for the 21st Century
pareidolia
Paris, Antonio
pattern-seeking
Patterson-Gimlin (PG) film
peer review
pendulum
Pennsylvania State University
people as instruments
perception
Persinger, Michael
phenomenology
Philosophy of Pseudoscience
phone apps
photographs, evidence
podcasts
poltergeists
portals
prediction (scientific)
Price, Harry
primates, anomalous
priming
Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Science
Project BlueBook
Project Grudge
Project Saucer
Project Sign
Project UFO (tv show)
proof
protection (from entities)
Prothero, Donald
provoking spirits
pseudoscience
psi
psychical research
psychics/mediums
psychology
public definition of
public understanding of science
quantum (effects/theory)
quantum flapdoodle
Radford, Benjamin
radio
Raelians
Randi, James
rational inquiry
Raudive voices
Real Science
reality television
red panda effect
reenchantment
religion
reveal (evidence)
Rhine, J.B.
Rhine, Louisa
Rhine Research Center
Robertson panel
rock-throwing
rods (sky fish)
Roll, William
Rose Hall, Jamaica
Roswell
Sagan, Carl
Sanderson, Ivan
Sasquatch see also Bigfoot
Satanic Panic
science
Science (journal)
science appreciation
Science in American Society
science literacy
Science Talk
science talk
sciencey
scientese
scientific ethos