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I feel like this post should be dramatic, but it probably won't be. I guess it’s kinda Halloween related.

Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dracula, etc; there are so many shows about the paranormal and things that shouldn't exist and are considered to be anomalies in science (whoa TOK where did you come from and why didn’t you appear during the test). The general public seems to love these kinds of shows and movies because they deal with unknowns with infinite possibilities. I know if I ever went into the movie business (which I probably won't) I would want to make something regarding the paranormal or at least dealing with something that is otherworldly, because there are no limitations with that. Anyways, now to continue with the actual post.

The prefix "para-" means a lot of things and it's kind of weird to see that prefix attached to "normal". It can mean "resembling" which makes absolutely no sense because the paranormal has nothing to do with normality except that it’s the opposite. Which brings us to another denotation of “para-“which is “beyond” and actually makes sense. Another meaning is “abnormal” which would make “paranormal” into an oxymoron because an abnormal normal is just weird.

Most people say that paranormal things are just too far-fetched to be believable, however there was a belief poll held in 2005 which concluded that around 73% of Americans believe in paranormal phenomenon. So first I want to point out this means people are liars (don’t know why I wanted to point that out) and also, people may be gullible or just want something like that to exist. Personally, I don’t believe in supernatural things, but not in the sense that they can’t possibly exist; to me there’s a slight possibility and I would need a lot of convincing to change my mind. I once visited Saint Augustine and we went to a house that was supposedly “haunted” but even though those things scare some people it didn’t scare me. Who knows where ghost stories came from, but I think they’re just to scare people into buying lucky charms (not the cereal; I know you were thinking that). I think it would be really cool if solid proof was found to show that paranormal things exist but it would also be weird.

When it comes to what you believe and what you don’t, that’s just a matter of your own disposition towards these possibilities. I know people claim they have proof, but who’s to say that this so called “proof” isn’t fake? There are shows like Ghost Hunters that claim to have proof, but to what extent can you believe what they get? When the camera isn’t facing the direction of where the “ghost” is at all and the people on the show freak out like “what the #%^ was that?” it’s pretty suspicious. With all the technology we have nowadays it’s easy to just use Photoshop and put a “ghost” into a picture. I could do it pretty easily. Paranormal activities are probably at the pinnacle of the “I have to see it to believe it” mentality. I’m horrible at ending these posts.