On the other hand many believer sites simply refuse to accept that there may be normal, rational explanations for something (the prevalence of "orb" photographs as an example, which have so many normal explanations and can so easily be duplicated that it makes their presence not really worth further study)"

Without the internet, I could have, whilst still being most decidedly a sceptic, gone on with the tiniest niggling doubts remaining. Rational thinking said they were illogical but I did not have the information to remove these completely.

"For my money... We live in an amazing cosmos with room for almost anything to exist in some form or another. But as soon as something "weird" is proven to exist it by default becomes normal."

Heartily agree! And access to the knowledge and discussions is enriching my old age so very much.
(Are you an admirer of anything and everything of Richard Feynmann?)
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Susan