From: david@edenroad.demon.co.uk   
      
   On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:28:16 -0800, hermes wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 29, 6:40 pm, David Mitchell  wrote:   
   >> Again, I'm sorry if you found the term offensive - it wasn't intended to   
   >> be, and I hope you understand now, that I'm just trying to be precise.   
   >   
   > Sure.   
   >   
   > I confess I still feel uncomfortable with the term "anecdote".   
   > Maybe it is because in my native language this word has a   
   > different connotation. Maybe.   
      
   Get over it ;-)   
      
   It's the standard term, in psychical research (or, at least, it was when   
   I did most of my own reading in the area), for that kind of   
   descriptive, non-evidential, narrative.   
      
   >   
   > Anyway. The main goal of my original post was to narrate a   
   > certain event, in the hope that my report could be useful   
   > for people who lived similar experiences. I am aware of the   
   > fact that I can produce no evidence about the event itself,   
   > or about the suggested explanation. I never claimed it.   
      
   I didn't say you had; but I'm still curious - do you think the "mundane"   
   explanation is more, or less, likely than the paranormal one?   
      
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