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Paranormal is an umbrella term used to describe unusual phenomena or experiences that lack an obvious scientific explanation.Paranormal in TheFreeDictionary, Accessed February 3, 2008 In parapsychology, it is used to describe the potentially psychic phenomena of telepathy, extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis, ghosts, and hauntings. The term is also applied to UFOs, some creatures that fall under the scope of cryptozoology, purported phenomena surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, and other non-psychical subjects.What is PSI? What Isn't?, Parapsychological Association, accessed August 01, 2006 Stories relating to paranormal phenomena are widespread in popular culture and folklore, but some organizations such as the United States National Science Foundation have stated that science does not support paranormal beliefs .Belief in the Paranormal or Pseudoscience

Paranormal research

Approaching paranormal phenomena from a research perspective is often difficult because even when the phenomena are seen as real they may be difficult to explain using existing rules or theory. By definition, paranormal phenomena exist outside of conventional norms. ScientistsWho: date=October 2008 contend that they don't exist at all. Despite this challenge, studies on the paranormal are periodically conducted by researchers all from various disciplines. Some researchers study just the beliefs in paranormal phenomena regardless of whether the phenomena actually exist.Facts: date=October 2008

This section deals with various approaches to the paranormal including those scientific, pseudoscientific, and unscientific. ScientistsWho: date=October 2008 feel that supposed scientific approaches are actually pseudoscientific for several reasons which are explored below.Fact: date=October 2008

Anecdotal approach

Charles Fort (1874 – 1932) is perhaps the best known collector of paranormal anecdotes. Fort is said to have compiled as many as 40,000 notes on unexplained phenomena, though there were no doubt many more than these. These notes came from what he called "the orthodox conventionality of Science", which were odd events originally reported in magazines and newspapers such as The Times and scientific journals such as Scientific American, Nature and Science. From this research Fort wrote seven books, though only four survive. These are: The Book of the Damned (1919), New Lands (1923), Lo! (1931) and Wild Talents (1932); one book was written between New Lands and Lo! but it was abandoned and absorbed into Lo!.