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Paranormal Activity: What the Movie Got Right and Wrong

Paranormal Activity

Is the movie Paranormal Activity accurate? Here's a close look at the hit movie, examining what the filmmakers got right and what they got wrong with regard to a real haunting or poltergeist, and what the characters did right and wrong.

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PARANORMAL NEWS:
2012 Fears, Smelly Ghost, Bigfoot

Wednesday November 11, 2009
Burned footprints
Photo: Fiji Times
Top story: 5 reasons not to worry about 2012
Plus:
• Villager leaves mysterious burnt footprints
• 10 failed doomsday prophecies
• My haunted house and a smelly ghost
• Fatima and the UFO phenomenon
• Does Dauphin County man have Bigfoot footage?
• On the trail of the New York Bigfoot
• 100 incredible paranormal activity blogs
• Image and sounds linked to spooky spirits
• Hell's Kitchen for hunters: Ghost Hunters Academy
• The girl who fell asleep for nine years
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Black-Eyed Man at Walmart

Monday November 9, 2009
"Several years ago, I was standing in line at Walmart in Webb City, Missouri, ready to pay for my purchases," Connie says. "I usually don't look around at others in line, but I had a very uneasy feeling and smelled a peculiar odor. I turned around and looked at a very tall man dressed in black. I looked at his eyes and they were completely black..." Was he just a weirdo who didn't use deodorant? Or was he something worse? Read the rest of Connie's story.

PARANORMAL NEWS:
Psychic Spies, Exorcism, Yeti Hairs

Sunday November 8, 2009
Top story: Psychic spies: the true men who stare at goats
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• We're not the only ones: Crop circles in Maine
• Priests learn about exorcism
• Eerie screams spook villagers
Paranormal Activity sequel a possibility
• Did Destination Truth find Yeti hairs?
• Jenna Bush confirms ghosts at presidential home
Something Unknown documentary on paranormal activity
• How common are out-of-body experiences?
• The Big Grey Man of Ben Macdhui
• Meet Suzie Park, a real life vampire
... more Paranormal News

Is it possible to make a telepathic connection through psychometry?

Saturday November 7, 2009
"I printed a photograph of a person from the internet," says Jim. "I tried getting impressions and feelings. Sometimes the images are clear, other times they're fuzzy. Is it true that the person in the picture could sense that someone was studying their picture even though they are miles away? If you sleep with the picture under your pillow, would you make a psychic connection? Is it possible to make a telepathic connection through psychometry?"

Read the answer from psychometry expert, Becky Walsh.

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