paranormal activity

Unexplained spooky events

Paranormal activity refers to events or phenomena that fall outside the range of normal experience or scientific explanation—ghosts, poltergeists, unexplained sounds, objects moving on their own.

The term covers anything attributed to supernatural forces rather than natural causes: The house had a history of paranormal activity.

It gained wider currency through horror films of the same name.

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séance · apparition · specter · supernatural · occult · spirit · spirit world · possession · exorcism · medium · ectoplasm · EVP · ghost hunting · cold spot · orb · manifestation · demonic · unexplained

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explanatory framework

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Occurrences without human cause

natural law · physics · natural causes · biological processes · chemistry

empirical status

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Proof from measurable observation

experimental data · hard evidence · scientific consensus

ontological category

paranormal activityordinary life

Unremarkable daily experience

normalcy

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG