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		<title>Finding Sanity in Paranormal Research</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/finding-sanity-in-paranormal-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[part five of “Reality Meets the Surreal: The Paranormal on TV”
Reality TV shows about the paranormal abound. Each promises “startling new evidence” or “scientific analysis for the first time” or some other inane promise. Each and every reality show offers 90% fluff, little evidence at all, and definitely nothing startling—unless you consider adults crouching in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=168&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Misleading the Public, Mocking the Paranormal</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/misleading-the-public-mocking-the-paranormal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[part four of “Reality Meets the Surreal: The Paranormal on TV”
Why should anyone care if paranormal-themed reality shows mislead the public? Most viewers will never know what goes on after the show ends. The one tantalizing piece of evidence dangled before viewers during the show invariably requires further testing. The testing later reveals nothing much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=167&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reality TV Makes the Paranormal Boring</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/reality-tv-makes-the-paranormal-boring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part three of “Reality Meets the Surreal: The Paranormal on TV”
Whether Bigfoot or ghosty, the phenomena we know as paranormal have proven decidedly stubborn when it comes to granting us proof—and in this context I use “proof” to mean evidence which will convince the mainstream scientific community of a phenomenon&#8217;s reality.
Most of the paranormal reality [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=166&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble with Documenting the Paranormal</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/the-trouble-with-documenting-the-paranormal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[part two of “Reality Meets the Surreal: The Paranormal on TV”
Several years ago, the History Channel trotted out a new series called “Digging for the Truth.” In that series, a cute non-archaeologist globe-trotted in search of adventure. The show contained information fit for consumption by ten-year-olds who know nothing about history. The rest of us, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=165&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reality Meets the Surreal: The Paranormal on TV</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/reality-meets-the-surreal-the-paranormal-on-tv/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of television shows devoted to paranormal topics has skyrocketed lately. From &#8220;Monsterquest&#8221; to &#8220;UFO Hunters&#8221; to all those ghost shows, the paranormal has taken over our TV screens. The phenomenon of paranormal-themed series proves that interest in such topics has not waned, in spite of no big developments happening in any paranormal field. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=164&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dare to See the Paranormal Big Picture</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/dare-to-see-the-paranormal-big-picture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fairies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[part four of “Seeing the Big Paranormal Picture”
If we can overcome fear of the word paranormal, if we can banish experience bias, what will we see?
A world of paranormal possibilities.
When I first researched the Bigfoot phenomenon, for my novel The Hunt for Bigfoot, I knew nothing about the UFO connection. When I read about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=195&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haunted Hotel: The Landmark Inn</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/haunted-hotel-the-landmark-inn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever stayed in a historic hotel and wondered if any ghosts roam the halls? If you stay at the Landmark Inn in Marquette, Michigan, you just may encounter a spirit. Visitors to the hotel have reported various ghostly goings-on.
The building, which first opened its doors in 1930 as the Northland Inn, apparently hosts guests both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=147&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paranormal Hot Spots</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/paranormal-hot-spots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do some locations &#8212; or some people &#8212; act as magnets for paranormal activity? After people read my book Backyard Bigfoot, they often come back to me with the same question: Do you think the phenomena you experienced followed you from Texas to Michigan? I usually say I don&#8217;t know &#8212; because I don&#8217;t. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=137&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ghost&#8230; Or Photographic Anomaly?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/ghost-or-photographic-anomaly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last August I traveled to the Weird Michigan Wax Museum in St. Ignace, here in the U.P. of Michigan. The museum just opened last year, and features exhibits inspired by the weird legends and bizarre stories that abound in our state, many of them explored in the pages of Linda Godfrey&#8217;s book Weird Michigan. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=88&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ghostly Humming</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/ghostly-humming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: January 18, 2008Location: Lake Linden, Michigan
At 7:20 AM, the witness entered her bedroom to change clothes. The room was dark, so she picked up a flashlight, switched it on, and sought her clothes. Then she heard something coming from the far corner of the room.
A man&#8217;s voice hummed the song &#8220;Fly Me to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=50&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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