I have what I call my "3 groups" when it comes to the paranormal.

[Archae]

I'm starting a new thread since the Rachel Maddow/UFO thread is too long.

But here are the three main groups.
And some people can be combinations of the three groups, in fact I've seen a few people who were all three at once!

The first group is the smallest, fortunately.
These are people who are simply insane.
The voices have told they are right.

The second group are those to whom "The Agenda" is everything.
This group is a little larger than the first one.
There are conspiracies all over, and *The* *Truth* (translation: what they believe,) must be forced on everyone.
Skeptics and non-believers are government/Illuminati/Satanic/Jewish/whatever.

The third group is the largest.
They are in it for one big reason.
To cash in.
They make lots of money making bullshit books/movies/TV shows/Internet sites.

[Orrex]

1. All three groups are controlled the Lizard People

[Renew Deal]

2. lol

[pintobean]

13. Some are in it for the humor

was my first thought.

[Warpy]

3. I think the third group is a lot smaller than the second

because most of the tinfoil hat brigade is just not swift enough to see the earnings potential. They just parrot away, broadcasting the swill far and wide and delivering new customers to the snake oil salesmen.

[Archae]

6. Just look around the Internet...

Bookstores, video outlets, etc.

If there is something out of the ordinary, and borderline to full-on paranormal, there is some schmuck selling crap to the FTB's.

I used to be a part of the Fidonet, and a big forum there used to be "Holysmoke."

It was described as a "religious food fight."

http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/quotes.htm

[ZombieHorde]

4. Don't most religions involve belief in the paranormal? nt

[Archae]

7. Of course.

And the hucksters are the biggest group in religion.

[Katashi_itto]

5. I'm in the third group, it's very small compared to 1 and 2....so many believers to even

more crazies...

Wouldnt call it bullshit though...we are doing a horror movie

[Archae]

11. See, you admit it's going to be fictional.

Unlike the original writers of "The Amityville Horror," they wrote fiction, called it "real" and created a huge scam.

[Katashi_itto]

14. "That perpetuating a hoax. However with "Reality Horror" nowadays, which is what we are doing

the line gets blurred, think of us like "Blair Witch" on steroids. However we never say outright "oh this is all true"

[napoleon_in_rags]

8. I think open mind is powerful.

Unusual craft sited? Maybe not extra terrestrial in origin, maybe experimental human craft. But worth taking seriously.

[Archae]

9. Except not so open one's brains fall out.

Last year I saw a UFO.

Looked like a spaceship and changed shape.

Fortunately I was able to get closer and saw it was a bunch of balloons tethered to a car dealership, blowing around in the wind.

[napoleon_in_rags]

12. I've seen good footage.

Some sort of luminous energy ball over Florida. The folks recording it also recorded response from military helicopters.

It's not about ETs, Its about living in a world where science hasn't been fully open since the Manhattan project. We have no idea what tech exists in secret labs of US and foreign powers, and these weird sightings may be our only glimpses.

[longship]

10. I clutched my crystals as I read that.