Paranormal Day · Haunt Jaunts

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History

Paranormal Day is celebrated on May 3rd, but how did it start?

There’s not a website specifically dedicated to Paranormal Day. However, calendar sites like DaysoftheYear.com, NationalDayCalendar.com and NationalToday.com all say the same thing regarding its origins:

Paranormal Day was created in 2013 to help us give some thought to the things we do not know in hopes of learning more about the universe we live in with all its dimensions, oddities, and great unknowns. ~Days of the Year

Each year on this day all people who believe in paranormal activities are encouraged to get together and share their experiences with each other. ~National Day Calendar

Days of the Year also mentions paranormal researcher and pioneer Charles Fort and his work as possibly being a catalyst for the creation of a day when people who have experienced unexplained phenomena can come together. Well, explainable via scientific means, that is.

How to Celebrate

Just as there isn’t one way to experience paranormal activity, neither is there any one way to celebrate Paranormal Day.

But we’ve got a few ideas, all of which you can find on this page. Just click on one of the following to jump to whichever section interests you most: