challenge application

These two letters came in in March. And soon after:

We received a signed application.

Craig Williams claims his EEG readings are different, and that the difference is attributable to psychic or paranormal powers. This signed and notarized application arrived at the JREF at the end of February, 2006. I will be contacting him to submit a notarized letter from an MD who has...

This application came in. We're not really sure what he's going to perform, so we're going to ask him to clarify the "three questions." I did a search and found this site: http://arthurepling.com/aec/aec.shtml which shed some light on the claim, I think. Here is his application as typed by me...

I have not received his paper application yet, but he sent me a copy via e-mail, which was a nice gesture. While this looks like an unusually straightforward application, we cannot accept it because he has changed paragraph 7. We cannot vary on our condition that no rules be changed or altered...

This application arrived on Feb. 7th, 2006. It was not accompanied by a proper claim letter, or anything resembling a test protocol proposal. After receiving the application back form Mr. RandiI will provide Mr. Randi with photos and information on how he can priove to himself that my photos...

This claim arrived in December 2005, but it was not notarized. I responded by advising the applicant of the rules regarding notarization, and told him to re-submit a notarized application. About 10 days later I received the same application, once again without notarization, and without any note...

This claim arrived on Feb. 1, 2006. 24 hours later, my head is still spinning. POWERS AND ABILITIES TO BE DEMONSTRATED To have on hand, a Spine Chart, or (charts) as the case may be. Step One: By holding a pendulum over each of the 32 vertebrae, with NO NAME on the bottom line, it is...

I can send my thoughts telepathically to anyone in the room. For example, I could read any (English) passage from any book and everyone in the room would know what I had read, even if they couldn't see me...say were blindfolded. This capacity is apparent immediately. -Chris Green p.s. As then...

CHALLENGE APPLICATION CLAIM MADE BY LOU GENTILE Lou Gentile can produce voices of an unexplained origin using a Panasonic digital recorder model #RR-DR60, under scientifically controlled conditions. Lou Gentile will require a minimum of 4 hours of recording time so that he can assure the best...

This claim was received in March, 2004. To Whom It May Concern, This letter is in response to the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, as identified through your website. My understanding of the Challenge as stated is the JREF is offering one million dollars to anyone who can demonstrate...

Here's a good one, from the year 2000. Description of Device: A device which mysteriously attracts dia-magnetic materials such as gold, copper, and glass. Defies scientific description. -Dean Bradshaw ===================================================== Dear Mr. Bradshaw, We have received...

This claim arrived in the year 2000 and was handled by my predecessor, Andrew Harter, as follows: Dear Foundation People, I learned about the JREF this August 3rd, and your web page the 7th. I was very interested right away. My only paranormal ability is mental telepathy. I can easily...

This claim, yet another involving "cloud-busting", arrived early in 2004. Dear Mr. Randi, over the years I have noticed a event that I think qualifys under the category paranormal ability. What happens is when there are clouds moving across the sky and I look up at them they will either A...

Hi! My name is Kimberly! I can tell were people had seriouse injury's, such as broken bones by feeling the electrical energy in their body, so perhaps one good place to hold the test would be a hospitol the injury can be old or new doesn't matter. The person that is picked must be alive. I...

This note is to comply with the application requirement "a description of what will constitute the demonstration". It is also a notice of your pending comeuppance, Dr. Randi. No theories, no explanations, no arguments, I am going to kick Dr. Randi's intellectual butt and watch him squirm and...

The first of this applicant's claims arrived in the year 2000, as follows: Dear Sir, I would like to claim the million dollars in the challenge stated by the JREF. The abilities I can present, as evidence of, and being of, paranormal or supernatural capacity are: a. Causing, because of my...

The 6th claim of 2006... Dear Kramer, Below please find a proposal for testing. Per your request to submit an application before discussing my protocol, I have developed a first draft of a testing protocol based on my best assumptions. TEST PROTOCOL: I, Ian D. LEahy, propose to use my...

The 5th claim of 2006... I Can stop some types of headache, without the presence and without the knowledge of the person. ========================================================= Dear Ademar, Thank you for submitting a JREF Paranormal Challenge application. We have reviewed your claim...

The 4th claim of 2006...re-submitted after I returned it to him in December for not having it notarized. He notarized it and sent it back to me. Dear Mr. James Randi, My name is Ryan Whisler. I am a 33 Yr. old student at Centralia College. I am studying 4 parts Anthropology and have a strong...

The 3rd claim of 2006... My name is Marcus Tisdale, I am a 19 year old student, and I live in Hayward, California just a block away from the Superior Court of Alameda County. I also live in the vicinity of "Cal State East Bay" the local university, as well as the world-renowned UC Berkeley...

The 2nd application of 2006, from an Animal Clinic in Texas. Personally, I wouldn't trust him with my hamster. Dear "Amazing Randi" and associates, If you are truly interested in having your skepticism tested, then you will be interested in what I have to say. You state in your rules that you...

The first claim of the new year, 2006. Wonderful. As I told U mr. Randy... - U can photograph my energy,.. u can feel it! - some people can see it.... and - Everybody enjoys it!! - Is actual, I can even do something for u... cure sickness, make u change ure life.. - Here is my...

This claim arrived in April of 2004, with the claim letter scrawled on the last page of the application. Rather than offering her a reply that advised her of the numerous Challenge rules she neglected to follow when submitting her application, I chose instead to cut to the chase and save us both...

This claim arrived in the year of our lord 2000. When I arrived in 2004, I received an email from this applicant inquiring about the status of his claim. Dear James, Having heard you on two radio shows and having read the article written by Michelle Lowe, as well as the very interesting...

This claim arrived in 1999, on the official stationary of India's MODERN VASHTU ENERGY SCIENCE organization, in Agra. As this applicant's file contains no evidence that any response from the JREF was offered, I must assume that my predecessor felt it unworthy of one. One can hardly blame him...

This claim arrived in the spring of 2004, along with reams (no pun intended) of medical affidavits attesting to this applicant's apparent difficulting in keeping his bowel movements below 10 per day. I kid you not. Along with a notarized application, we received the following unsigned claim...

This claim arrived around the time I began working here, in the spring of 2004. Here's my application I will call you in a couple of day's E.S.P. from over 500 miles away with girl. As far as testing I leave it up to you. Ready to test right away. Santa Cruz, Calif. Thanks, Brendan Bean I...

Dear Mr. Randi, Pursuant to your paranormal challenge I submit the attached feat, along with the appropriate compliance suggestions plus what constitutes a positive or negative conclusion. PARANORMAL FEAT I can over come the 5.26% mathematical edge on a 00 roulette wheel test of 5,000 spins...

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