The New "Normal" Paranormal - Just in Time for Halloween

Baylor University Researchers Say a Growing Number of Conventional People are Exploring the ParanormalBaylor University sociologists Dr. Carson Mencken and Dr. Christopher Bader lay on the ground at 1 a.m., shivering in 19-degree weather in a Texas forest with a group of hushed men hoping to lure Bigfoot. Then one hunter pushed a button, triggering piercing howls — purportedly a recording of Bigfoot sounds — from a huge speaker mounted atop a tree. “Animals were freaked out,” Mencken said. “Things were rustling around in the woods that probably sounded bigger than they are . . . Very