Tag: anomalous
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Paranormal Tourism and Belief in Ghosts and Hauntings in Atchison
The Most Haunted Town in Kansas Paranormal tourism is one way Americans confront questions of the afterlife and history. As a key source of revenue in some communities, paranormal tourism’s success often requires reformation of community identities and paranormal mythologies. Atchison, Kansas provides an example of this phenomenon by basing much of its economic development…
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Indigenous Paranormal and Supernatural Phenomena in Pennsylvania
Four Phenomena of Religious and Spiritual Significance in Indian Country Indigenous peoples and their traditions have long been influential on mainstream American society. Indigenous religious and spiritual traditions, in particular, have had significant impacts on popular belief in the paranormal and supernatural. For example, Indigenous phenomena such as skinwalkers and wendigos have become objects of…
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Beyond Skinwalkers and Indian Burial Grounds
Contemporary Belief in Anomalous Phenomena Among American Indians Presumptions about Native American spiritual belief frequently spill over into mainstream beliefs related to paranormal and supernatural phenomena. From the birth of the “Indian burial ground” trope in nineteenth century American literature to contemporary belief in skinwalkers among paranormal researchers, Native beliefs about anomalous phenomena continue to…