Paranormal events are purported phenomena

described in popular culture, folk, and other

non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose
existence within these contexts is described as
beyond normal experience or scientific
explanation.[1][2][3][4]
Proposals regarding the paranormal are
different from scientific hypotheses or
speculations extrapolated from scientific
evidence because scientific ideas are grounded
in empirical observations and experimental
data gained through the scientific method. In
contrast, those who argue for the existence of
the paranormal explicitly do not base their
arguments on empirical evidence but rather on
anecdote, testimony, and suspicion.[5] Notable
paranormal beliefs include those that pertain
to extrasensory perception (for
example, telepathy), spiritualism and
the pseudosciences of ghost
hunting, cryptozoology, and ufology.