Let’s say that it’s scientifically proven that ghosts exist. Would they then stop being supernatural and become natural, thus making it impossible to ever have proof of the supernatural?
Let’s say that it’s scientifically proven that ghosts exist. Would they then stop being supernatural and become natural, thus making it impossible to ever have proof of the supernatural?
Pretty much. Same as mythological creatures. If you discovered and recorded proof of a dragon, mermaid, wendigo, etc they’d no longer be considered mythological. At that point they’re simply creatures.
I quite like cryptozoology, looking for proof of animals that don’t officially exist. Loads of the animals over the decades have been found and proven and then they just go over to zoology and people still think of cryptozoology as a pseudoscience, it’s really weird.
Examples?
Forest Gallantes Extinct or alive has some good examples of animals that were thought not to exist, out of place animals or extinct animals reappearing are probably the most common cryptids that become not cryptids. Bondegezou are a cool one, the name means “Man of the forest” and was thought not to exist but obviously does. Okapi is a popular example, long considered to be folklore, now kept all over the world.