"Is It Real?" Paranormal Debunk Engine & Checklist

Audio & Auditory Phenomena

Water Pipes / Water Hammer Loud banging inside walls at random times is frequently caused by hydraulic shock in old plumbing systems.

Rodents or Pests Scratching, scurrying, and light footsteps in the attic or inside walls are classic signs of mice, rats, or raccoons.

Audio Pareidolia Hearing your name in white noise, static, or running water. Your brain actively seeks patterns in chaotic audio.

Visual Phenomena

Dust Bugs & "Orbs" A great number of "orbs" videos we receive caught on night-vision or Ring cameras are out-of-focus dust particles or bugs reflecting infrared light.

Headlights / Passing Cars Shadows moving across the wall from windows are almost always caused by headlights sweeping past trees or other objects outside.

Visual Pareidolia (Matrixing) Seeing a demonic face in the wood grain of a door, or a shadow figure in a pile of laundry. It's your brain playing tricks.

Physical & Environmental

Sleep Paralysis / Hypnagogia Waking up unable to move, seeing dark figure(s), or feeling weight on your chest. This is a documented, terrifying sleep disorder—not a demon.

High EMF from Bad Wiring Old, unshielded electrical wiring generates high EMF fields, which biologically cause paranoia, dread, and the feeling of being watched.

Carbon Monoxide Leak Causes hallucinations, severe dread, and memory loss (e.g., leaving post-it notes for yourself, or waking up to find items moved and not remembering doing it). Check your CO detectors immediately before it's too late, your life might be at risk!

Drafts & HVAC Systems Doors slamming shut or "cold spots" in the middle of a room are regularly caused by drafts from poorly sealed windows, or central HVAC systems turning on and altering air pressure.

Mundane Probability

0% Debunked

Unexplained / High Paranormal Probability

Select all the boxes that could logically apply to your specific haunting. The higher the score, the more likely you are pulling the wool over your own eyes.

"Is It Real?" Checklist

Audio & Auditory Phenomena

Visual Phenomena

Physical & Environmental

Mundane Probability

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