Trickster-Like Experiences While Documenting the Paranormal: Rasch Analysis of an Initial Survey
Journal of Scientific Exploration March 26, 2026 James Houran, Rense Lange, Brandon Massullo et al.
This online study explored anomalous, trickster-like events reported by researchers while writing about ghostly episodes. A convenience sample of 167 participants (seven credentialed frontier scientists and 160 amateur paranormal investigators) retrospectively endorsed 15 items spanning both subjective experiences (e.g., unusual dreams, emotional shifts) and objective events (e.g., missing...