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Mysterious Entities Of The Pacific Northwest Part 1 Summary

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“Mankind’s imagination has always been excited by the possibilities of unknown regions” (Nickell, 109). In the article “Mysterious Entities of the Pacific Northwest Part 1”, Joe Nickell explains the possibilities of pseudoscience, a presented scientific belief that is not yet scientifically valid, as well as the possibility of hoaxes. While there have been many claimed sightings of paranormal activity such as Bigfoot, Ghosts and the Loch Ness Monster, there has not been evidence to prove these claims as real. Almost everybody has heard their share of ghosts stories and the myths behind Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster. These stories are universally shared, and recently, people have provided evidence claiming to have seen such mysterious …show more content…

Being the first to witness a true sign of a paranormal activity is a dream for many people who believe that humans are not the only ones in the universe today. With the amount of publicity and beliefs that come with pseudoscience, people start to become delusional because of their want to witness a UFO or the infamous Bigfoot. When one is in an area that is said to contain the possibility of UFO’s, such as the Northwest, the possibility that a UFO will show up can be deceiving and lead people to depict objects in the distance as such phenomena. In Nickell’s second article, the “Mysterious Entities of the Pacific Northwest Part 2”, a pilot claims to have a seen a group of UFO’s, when further investigation revealed that the objects turned out to be pelicans. “A veteran Northwest Airlines pilot who has flown over the Pacific Northwest’s ‘flying saucer’ country for 15 years spotted nine “big round discs weaving northward two thousand feet below us.” Capt. Gordon Moore stated, ‘We investigated and found they were real all right-real pelicans’” (117). This claim was made soon after two scientists Arnold and Johnson claimed to have seen numerous amounts of UFO’s while flying in the Cascade Mountains. The short duration of time between these two claims shows that your brain can play tricks on you when trying to witness pseudoscience. Had the possibility of UFO’s never been brought up, Moore, the pilot, would probably never

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