(i ripped this off wikipedia real fast so sorry if it's lib)
In October 1776, the Public Universal Friend contracted an epidemic disease and was bedridden and near death with a high fever. Their family summoned a doctor from Attleboro, six miles away, and neighbors kept up a death-watch at night. The fever broke after several days. The Friend later reported that [deadname redacted] had died, receiving revelations from God through two archangels who proclaimed there was "Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of eternal glory for Thee and for everyone". The Friend further said that [deadname redacted]'s soul had ascended to heaven and the body had been reanimated with a new spirit charged by God with preaching his word, that of the "Publick Universal Friend", describing that name in the words of Isaiah 62:2 as "a new name which the mouth of the Lord hath named".
From that time on, the Friend refused to answer to their deadname, ignoring or chastising those who insisted on using it. When visitors asked if it was the name of the person they were addressing, the Friend simply quoted Luke 23:3 ("thou sayest it"). Identifying as neither male nor female, the Friend asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns. Followers respected these wishes; they referred only to "the Public Universal Friend" or short forms such as "the Friend" or "P.U.F.", and many avoided gender-specific pronouns even in private diaries. When someone asked if the Friend was male or female, the preacher replied "I am that I am", saying the same thing to a man who criticized the Friend's manner of dress (adding, in the latter case, "there is nothing indecent or improper in my dress or appearance; I am not accountable to mortals").
editorial note: I think this is a very cool story and I really love hearing it. We've been around forever and we've been doing variations of this forever. It's really beautiful
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getting back in to weird paranormal shit. ghosts, aliens, weird magic stuff all that jazz. and my god none of these people have even just a modicum of critical thought, skepticism about extraordinary claims, or ability to question their own ideas. I want paranormal shit to be real, because it'd be cool and make the world way more interesting, and I know in my heart of hearts I want to believe which is why any time I find myself being swayed I'm like woah ok we gotta touch base here and look critically at this shit. if you want it to be real, you need to be 1000% more skeptical, because your brain is trying to get you to do a dumbass cognative dissonance and look past actual rigorous critical analysis.
why are there so few reasonable 'idk bro, could be somethin, but we'd neeed more evidence. as of right now, this is merely a weird thing that more than likely is nothing' paranormal investigators!
I could've written this post. I LOVE paranormal/alien/crank shit, but I don't believe any of it.
PLEASE tell me if you find anything wild. The Earth Coincidence Control Office may have led you to me!
the answer is because scientific methodology is boring and inconclusive. it's not sensational and doesn't sell books and speaking tours
also the deadly lead paint prion disease combo kicked in like 10 years ago and 95% of these mfers are hardcore qanon types now