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From the archives: The Art of Fakery – Fakes and forgeries at the British Museum

Mike Howgate -
From the archives in 1990, Mike Howgate on the British Museum's exhibition of fakery, from the Cottingley fairies to the "true cross"
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The Bat Beast of Kent: mysterious figure spooks four at Sandling Railway Station

David Barr -
In 1963, four teenagers in Kent claimed to witness a shadowy figure, five-feet tall, with bat-like wings - soon to be dubbed the "Bat Beast of Kent"
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A skeptical perspective on the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference 2023

Brian Eggo -
Earlier this year, Glasgow hosted the Scottish UFO and Paranormal Conference, with speakers spreading all manner of baseless and unevidenced paranormal speculation.
Cryptozoology

Meteorological phenomena can account for ‘unexplained’ Loch Ness Monster sightings

Oliver Smith -
Loch Ness Monster sightings are overwhelmingly misidentifications of other phenomema - including rare cloud patterns and weather conditions
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Monsters of our minds: Why cryptids live only in our imagination

Georgy Kurakin -
Cryptids may seem like unfalsifiable hypotheses, as we can't prove they don't exist, but we can still track their cultural evolution over time
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If you should go at midnight: legends and legend tripping in America

Mark Horne -
In his new book, sociologist Jeffrey S. Debies-Carl examines 'legend tripping': the adolescent rite of passage of seeking out purported sites of creepy or paranormal experiences
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What’s in Lake Champlain? Analysing historic sightings of the cryptid known as “Champ”

Floe Foxon -
By tracking sightings of the Lake Champlain cryptid over 10 years, we can see that reports significantly increased once the public expected to see something
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Wave good bye to Nessie: the wake phenomenon that can explain many Loch Ness sightings

Steuart Campbell -
The movement of wakes left by large boats can look deceptive, and to the untrained eye could easily be mistaken for a monster in Loch Ness
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