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Reported Phenomena gathers every case file and phenomenon-type page concerning something reported — as distinct from the discipline that studies such reports (Parapsychology), the people associated with them (People), their coverage in broadcast and print media (In The Media), or the places and cross-referencing overviews built around them (Hub Pages).

This category was previously named "Paranormal." That term was dropped because it doesn't accurately describe two of its four children — ufology and cryptozoology/folklore both have their own separate traditions distinct from the psychical-research sense of "paranormal" — whereas "Reported Phenomena" covers all four without stretching the word past its normal meaning.

• Ghosts and Hauntings — spirits, apparitions, and haunted locations
• Cryptids and Folklore — unconfirmed creatures and enduring local legends
• UFOs and Sightings — aerial phenomena and unexplained sightings
• Psychic and Tarot — psychic ability claims, mediumship, clairvoyance, and divinatory practice

• Case files documenting a specific reported incident, sighting, or haunting
• General phenomenon-type pages (using {{PhenomenonInfobox}}), such as Precognition

• Pages about a specific person — file those in People instead
• Pages about a place — file those in Hub Pages instead
• Pages about a TV series, film, or other media coverage — file those in In The Media instead
• The academic or investigative study of these phenomena as a discipline — file that in Parapsychology instead