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Paranormal America 2017 • Aliens have come to Earth in modern times levels of paranormal belief, ordered by the
- 26.2% magnitude of the effect.
• Some people can move objects with their People with the highest levels of paranormal
Chapman University Survey of minds - 25.0% belief tend to have/be:
American Fears 2017 • Fortune tellers and psychics can foresee the
future - 19.4% • Lower income
The Chapman University Survey of American • Bigfoot is a real creature - 16.2% • Report themselves as highly religious
Fears Wave 4 (2017) includes a battery of items • Attend religious services infrequently
on paranormal beliefs ranging from belief in Paranormal People • Female
Bigfoot and psychic powers to visits by aliens • Conservative
and haunted houses. We examined the extent to which the following • Either single or cohabitating
Paranormal Beliefs characteristics were related to holding • “Other race” – not white, black or Hispanic
paranormal beliefs: • Living in a rural area
Currently the most common paranormal belief • West coast resident
in the United States is the belief that ancient, • Age
advanced civilizations, such as Atlantis once • Biblical literalism Simply put, the person with the highest number
exited with more than half of respondents (55%) • Does respondent live in metropolitan area of paranormal beliefs in the United States as of
agreeing or strongly agreeing with this • Education 2017 will tend to be a lower income, female
statement. Slightly more than half (52%) believe • Employment status living in a rural area in the Western states. She
that places can be haunted by spirits. More than • Frequency of church attendance tends to be politically conservative and claims to
a third (35%) believe that that aliens visited • Gender be highly religious, although she actually
Earth in our ancient past and more than a fourth • How religious is respondent? (self-reported) attends religious services infrequently. She is
believe aliens have come to Earth in modern • Income either currently single or cohabitating with
times (26%). Of the items we asked about, • Marital status someone and reports her race as “other.”[]
Americans are the most skeptical about Bigfoot, • Political party (with which party does
with only approximately 16% of Americans respondent identify)
expressing belief in its existence. • Political preference (how conservative or For The Best of
liberal is respondent) Paranormal Radio Programming
Paranormal Belief • Race/Ethnicity 24 / 7 / 365
• Region of the country with Shows Hosted by
• Ancient, advanced civilizations, such as • Religious tradition (Catholic, Protestant, Rob McConnell, Kevin Randle,
Atlantis, once existed - 55.0% “Just Christian,” Jewish, Other, no religion)
Larry Lawson and Kal Korff
• Places can be haunted by spirits - 52.3%
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- 35.0% that are significantly associated with higher