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===Paranormal=== Paranormal urban-legend stories usually involve someone encountering something supernatural, such as a [[list of cryptids|cryptid]]<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cryptid| title= Definition of CRYPTID| website= www.merriam-webster.com| language= en| access-date= 2020-02-20}}</ref>βfor instance, [[Bigfoot]] or [[Mothman]],<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://supernaturalmagazine.com/articles/an-overview-of-paracryptozoology| title= An Overview of Paracryptozoology| website= Supernatural Magazine| language= en-US| access-date= 2020-02-20}}</ref> legendary creatures for which evidence is lacking but which have legions of believers.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1= Dagnall| first1= Neil| last2= Denovan| first2= Andrew| last3= Drinkwater| first3= Kenneth| last4= Parker| first4= Andrew | last5= Clough| first5= Peter J.| date= 2017| title= Urban Legends and Paranormal Beliefs: The Role of Reality Testing and Schizotypy| journal=Frontiers in Psychology| language= en| volume= 8| page=942| doi= 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00942 | pmid= 28642726| pmc=5463090| issn=1664-1078| doi-access=free}}</ref> Research shows that people experiencing sudden or surprising events (such as a Bigfoot sighting) may significantly overestimate the duration of the event.<ref name="Radford and Frazier (2017)">{{Cite journal | last1=Radford | first1=Benjamin | author-link1=Benjamin Radford |last2=Frazier |first2=Kendrick |author-link2=Kendrick Frazier |date=January 2017 |title= Felt Time: The Psychology of How We Perceive Time |journal=Skeptical Inquirer |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=60β61}}</ref>
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