| Interest in all things supernatural (those things outside of | | | | books about vampires keep popping up. What is it |
| nature) is nothing new. For centuries people have put | | | | about such supernatural creatures that fascinates us |
| supernatural explanations on events and natural | | | | so? Have we become so bored with real life that we |
| occurrences that they could not explain. | | | | must make interesting things up? |
| Why, however, are we still so fascinated with the | | | | Actually, no. The truth is, even in our modern age, there |
| supernatural? One would think that the advances in | | | | is still much that we cannot explain no matter how |
| science would have dramatically lessened our interest | | | | clinical we approach the topic. Angels, for example, |
| in ghosts, vampires, doomsday prophecies, and angels. | | | | have been seen by believers and non-believers alike. |
| Instead, we seem more interested in such supernatural | | | | Images that defy explanation, incidents that make no |
| topics than ever before. The supernatural is no longer | | | | logical sense, but are true. We hear such stories and |
| a way to explain away things we do not understand, | | | | we wonder: Can this really be true? |
| but is now a way of explaining things that defy | | | | The Museum of Supernatural History (Surnateum) has |
| scientific explanation. | | | | been collecting supernatural artifacts and stories for |
| Part of this intense interest is our ability to quickly share | | | | decades. Why? Because we are completely |
| information on the Internet. Someone with a "ghost" | | | | fascinated by things that defy explanation. The idea of |
| picture or video can immediately post it online for | | | | magic or ghosts or angels thrills us because no matter |
| millions to see. And, also thanks to technology, it's also | | | | what truth is presented before us, we continue to |
| quite easy to fake sightings. Take, for example, the | | | | seek the truth of what we are seeing. Some people |
| information online about Big Foot. There are still people | | | | believe, for example, that we have indisputable |
| who traipse through the dense forests of the Pacific | | | | evidence in the existence of angels, that personal |
| Coast searching for a being that many believe doesn't | | | | stories, pictures, and videos prove that angels exist. It is |
| exist. That famous video of Big Foot walking across a | | | | also indisputable that no matter what evidence is |
| clearing was a hoax perpetrated by a man who | | | | presented to some people, they will reject what they |
| admitted faking the tape. Still, people claim Big Foot is | | | | see with their own eyes. |
| wandering about in Washington and Oregon. | | | | That's what makes the supernatural so much fun to |
| Ghost Hunters, a series in which men and women hunt | | | | think about. Because we can always keep searching, |
| for ghosts using "scientific" methods, is one of the | | | | keep discovering, and keep looking for a truth-even if |
| most popular shows on TV, and new shows and | | | | we already know it in our hearts. |