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Investigations/Tests
Wind Wizard
Alison B. applied for our challenge in the latter part of 2025 with a claim that she could control the wind. She was assigned to Stan, who after much discussion with Alison, came up with a protocol where she would have to move the branches of a potted plant five inches. The plant would be …
Lottery Wiz
“I am able to predict certain lottery numbers for Mega Millions and the Powerball. In scientific terms it’s called ‘Collapsing the wave function’.
Indian Telepath
Anoop’s initial claims were not testable remotely because he was unwilling to attempt any of his stated abilities (to control rain or clouds) that were viewable on a camera that we could confirm is not within his control. He settled on a telepathic transmission claim, asserting that he is able to remotely cause a person to receive one or two digit numbers telepathically.