Actualy, I've never had this problem. If I ever show up on a site where it is a false claim I can usualy spot it within a few seconds...

But I fully admit that I am probably unique in this, and I also admit that when I have gone out to take a look at someplace I tend to do more actual research on it than most, which is usualy your best defense from being pranked by the skeptics.

People are amazingly unreliable witnesses.
Especially when they're alone.
Especially when they're not.

I can't really speak for skeptic but I've interviewed witnesses or reports of interview of witnesses that couldn't remember what they had seen just minutes prior. Some people are better observers than others. But the good ones do seem to be few.

I wish I knew. It always fascinates me that somebody can be driving down the road and see something laying on the shoulder, call the cops, and give an inaccurate report. It's weird, people just don't pay attention to detail, I suppose.

There's certainly some of that.

There's also people who can't report normal happenings, such as driving to work or even what they had for breakfast.

It's just absent-mindedness, I guess.

As to wheather there are people being more suceptable.. definately. There are strong minded people and there are weak minded people... Hell, even in normal life, there are people who are just too stubborn to follow what you tell them to do. And I would guess that much of the power to magicly control or influence other people goes away once you realize it has been done. I don't know this for a fact mind you, but I would guess that when you are treating someone as your best friend for no apparent reason and then you realize that, hey, this person is using magic to make that guy like him... you might just be able to break his control over you.

But realize that there is another side to being sensitive to such things, which I'm pretty sure many of you are down with. Sensing Chi, getting bad vibes from a place, or just plain being able to sense people are not normal. That there are definately stronger and weaker people at.

Me, I get to a place where there is something ooogy going on, and I can usualy tell. I know I'm the minority, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one in the world who can.

Fi

I should re-iterate that it's not always a case of believing, but sometimes a case of simply being mistaken.

You're not really making any sense.

First you say it boils down to one thing. Then you agree it doesn't.

Perhaps you need to take a break.

That's a pretty useless and time wasting thing to do, sadly.