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		<title>Irk the Skeptics: Dare to Believe</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/irk-the-skeptics-dare-to-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can paranormal  researchers do that shocks me? Dare to do something few others will do—express opinions. Horrors! Perish the thought, many will say. UFO researchers who refuse to express opinions or offer up theories join the ranks of other paranormal researchers who do the same. They all fear one word: Belief.
Paranormal researchers don&#8217;t want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=213&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are We Trying to Convince?</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/who-are-we-trying-to-convince/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[footprints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proof of the paranormal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many researchers state as their main goal the task of proving their favorite paranormal phenomenon is real. What that proof entails depends upon which group we try to convince.
Proof represents &#8220;the cogency of evidence that compels acceptance by the mind of a truth or a fact.&#8221; Cogent means convincing. Evidence that convinces you may not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=219&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Controlling the Weather with Lasers</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/controlling-the-weather-with-lasers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unexplained Phenomena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy theories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather manipulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can scientists trigger lightning? Read on for details...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=128&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glowing Orbs vs. Ball Lightning, Round Two</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/glowing-orbs-vs-ball-lightning-round-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glowing Orbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sightings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skeptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theories / Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ball lightning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mystery lights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To call glowing orbs ball lightning only serves to lock one mystery inside another. Read the rest of this post to learn the secrets of both phenomena.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=100&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Glowing Orbs vs. Ball Lightning, Round One</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/glowing-orbs-vs-ball-lightning-round-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Glowing Orbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skeptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theories / Evidence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nanoparticles theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plasma theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Skeptics dismiss glowing orbs as ball lightning. But has anyone bothered to ask whether we know what ball lightning is? Read on to learn the shocking answer.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=99&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fairy Lights and Glowing Orbs</title>
		<link>http://backyardphenomena.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/fairy-lights-and-glowing-orbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Shiel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fairies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glowing Orbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unexplained Phenomena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic folklore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fairy lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W.Y. Evans-Wentz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are fairy lights and UFOs one and the same thing? Read on to find out...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=106&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ghosts / Apparitions]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot / Sasquatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Controversies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghosts / Apparitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unexplained Phenomena]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
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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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