paranormal phenomenon
Unexplained supernatural event
A paranormal phenomenon is an event or occurrence that lies outside the scope of normal scientific explanation—ghosts, telepathy, precognition, poltergeist activity.
The term covers anything that seems to violate known physical laws while suggesting supernatural or psychic forces at work: Investigators documented several paranormal phenomena at the old asylum.
Often shortened to simply the paranormal.
- ghostApparition of the dead
- ghost huntingSearching for apparitions
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
poltergeist · apparition · bump in the night · shadow person · supernatural · unexplained · psychic · medium · ectoplasm · spirit · spirit world · possession · orb · EVP · telepathy · clairvoyant · sixth sense · specter
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Occurrence not human-caused
natural law · physical process · natural process · physical law · Newtonian mechanics
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