Think Anomalous

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Think Anomalous is a video series and online publisher devoted to communicating vital information on anomalous phenomena to a broad audience. We survey the most credible research in anomalistics and make it accessible in the new media environment. More about us.

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We produce three streams of content:

Think Anomalous videos and articles are written and edited by site founder, Jason Charbonneau. Jason lives in Toronto, Canada.

Think Anomalous Videos

Short documentaries on all kinds of anomalous phenomena.

UFO Case Review Videos

Short documentaries on the subject of UFOs only.

Articles

Featured Articles:

Brief writings on anomalies and anomalistics.

The Myth of "Mass Hallucinations"

Discovery, Not Disclosure

What is "Woo"?

Bending Spoons and the Limits of Intellectual Tolerance

What's New?

On the 4th of October, 1967, dozens of people on the eastern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, saw unusual lights in the sky, and several saw a UFO appear to plunge into the ocean. The apparent “crash” prompted a response from the Canadian and U.S. governments, and triggered a decades-long search for evidence. Sometimes referred to as “the Canadian Roswell,” the Shag Harbour incident is notable for the abundance of evidence exposing a secret military response, and a subsequent effort to cover it up. (continue reading)

Tiwanaku: Ruins of a Lost Civilization

Tiwanaku is a megalithic stone site in Bolivia that mainstream archeologists believe was erected around the sixth century CE. However, some compelling evidence suggests that the once-bustling city may have been founded around the end of the last ice age: a cataclysmic period in Earth history. The advanced quality of the stonework, as well as a few clues in the remaining carvings, suggest that Tiwanaku may, in part, be a monument to a doomed civilization, whose survivors tried to share their knowledge with the world. (continue reading)

The Trickster and Anomalous Phenomena

In the late 19th century, western scholars noted the prevalence of a certain character archetype in Indigenous American mythology that ethnologist Daniel Brinton called the Trickster. Various thinkers have since expanded on the concept, identifying tricksters in nearly every ancient and indigenous culture on Earth. Since then, some have also noted the trickster’s connections to the supernatural, or the paranormal. While the meaning of trickster tales remains hotly debated, some scholarship suggests that the trickster may, in part, be a coded representation of anomalous phenomena. (continue reading)

Carl Higdon Abduction, 1974

In October of 1974, a man named Carl Higdon had a series of bizarre experiences while hunting elk in southern Wyoming. He was taken aboard a strange, transparent craft before being literally dropped back down to earth in a state of utter confusion. Carl’s case is significant not just for its fantastic narrative elements, but for the fact that it appears to have been an aborted disappearance. In this way, it may tell us something not just about UFO abduction experiences, but about a subset of missing persons cases with which they might share a cause. (continue reading)