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'''Paranormal''' events are purported phenomena described in [[popular culture]], [[Folk culture|folk]], and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described as being beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding.<ref name=nsf>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind00/access/c8/c8s5.htm |title=Belief in the Paranormal or Pseudoscience |publisher=Nsf.gov |access-date=2012-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204041009/https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind00/access/c8/c8s5.htm |archive-date=4 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="def">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paranormal|title=Paranormal|work=The Free Dictionary|access-date=2008-02-03}}</ref><ref name="dictionary.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paranormal|title=Paranormal|work=[[Dictionary.com]]|publisher=[[Ask.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paranormal|title=Paranormal|work=[[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]|date=August 2023 |publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]}}</ref> Notable paranormal beliefs include those that pertain to [[extrasensory perception]] (for example, [[telepathy]]), [[spiritualism]] and the [[pseudoscience]]s of [[ghost hunting]], [[cryptozoology]], and [[ufology]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gordon |first=Stuart |author-link=Richard Gordon (Scottish author) |year=1993 |title=The Paranormal: An Illustrated Encyclopedia |publisher=Trafalgar Square |isbn=978-0-7472-3603-0}}</ref>