What movie scared you as a kid?

[SteveSS]

13 Ghosts is on YouTube. Watching it now, The 1960 version. It's got that guy from Adam 12. And the witch from The Wizard of Oz.

 

[WileE]

13 Ghosts is on YouTube. Watching it now, The 1960 version. It's got that guy from Adam 12. And the witch from The Wizard of Oz.

Thanks. but didn't see your post in time. Out getting a Christmas tree my granddaughter picked out.

 

[WileE]

I wasn't a "kid" at the time, but as mentioned The Exorcist was a pretty daunting movie.

 

[dadsbee]

The Exorcist was hilarious.... Debby Does Dallas was a bit scary! Was like Larana Bobbit with teeth.

 

[Detective D]

Nope. But I was raised as one. Did that little headhunter have a carving knife he was sweeping under the door? Maybe that was some Night Gallery story.

We saw The Exorcist in the theater even though we were not old enough. Some guys I thought were pretty tough were hanging out in the lobby to avoid the movie.

It's unrelated but I saw people walk out of Saving Private Ryan crying.

I am a Christian. I won't watch the Exorcist. I have seen clips enough of it.
I had a Pastor when I was a teenager that filled in(he had retired) for a year while we waited for our new graduate Pastor to start. He spent 2/3 of his life as a missionary in a few different places, Africa, Malaysia, Central America. He used some of his experiences to write his sermons, or to describe application of Gospel in modern times.
That man saw some stuff. He would not tell us all the details "for your own good, the good of your soul". Teenagers my age and a bit younger would try to pry but he would get very stern about it and basically tell us we do not know what we are asking.

I will share another story my wife experienced when she was 19, right before she met me... without going into details, my wife, her younger brother, one of his friends younger still, and my wife's best friend, decided to use one of those famous boards with the little piece that goes over the letters. They all decided to get "maximum effect" they would do a bunch of stuff they saw in movies, candles, block all the windows, basically set up my wife's apartment like some ritual cave.(no, they did not do anything beyond set a stage) Then they started with the board.
It did not go well. Things happened, younger friend simply jumped up and tore *** out of the apartment and ran 8 blocks across town home. The three that remained panicked and ran out, locked door behind them and ran off 3 blocks over to my Mother/Father in law's home.
Mother in Law called Pastor and he refused to let them back into the apartment, went in with what wife called "some stuff, water, his briefcase" and was in there for half an hour while they waited in front of the building. He took their letter board. Then he scolded them for "more then 20 minutes" about inviting evil in, and was especially angry with them about the candles and how they used them. He made mention about "white candles" more then once.
Wife won;t tell me everything that happened, says she won;t talk about it because it scares her yet and she won;t risk anything related to it. The only thing she would tell me is at one point the candles all blew out and they all heard a voice say things she won't tell me and that's when they GTFO.

People can believe that or not. It's my wife, I do. I have seen enough things in my life I can't explain that I have no reason not to. But yeah, I will not see the exorcist movie.


Unrelated(related ) I saw saving Private Ryan because my high school pals insisted. I have something like a photographic memory. Not the right term for it, easiest way to describe it. I can recall times in my life from 40 years ago and watch it play out like a movie in my head. I knew what that movie was about, I did not want to go see it, I did not NEED to see that. Went anyway, peer pressure I guess. Regret the rest of my life and spent a lot of time pushing that away out of my brain. It was a movie. D-Day was not a movie. How those men cope with that **** I have no idea, I thank veterans whenever I can.
Titanic was another one, refused to go see it. I have no interest in watching a bunch of people drown and panic and try to save themselves in their fleeting last moments. I know what happened. Never saw that one, just enough clips to know why women like it so much haha.

This got really long, feel like Budnicks now hahahaha.

 

[Cranky]

The end of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry bothered me.

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Same with Vanishing Point.

But seriously, Folks....
I wasn't one to be scared by a movie, though I did enjoy them. The worst are the sudden movement, the loud noise, the gore...Those are lazy and cheap gags to surprise you. The real quality comes from a slow build where suspense is in play. That takes talent and skill. Halloween was one that built on suspense. The hand coming out of the ground in Carrie was sort of a mix between a shock/surprise and a scare.

It bothered you to see a Camaro killed at the end of the show? That was the best ending to what I though was a pretty cool show lol

I wasn't a "kid" at the time, but as mentioned The Exorcist was a pretty daunting movie.

I was 22 when that movie came out and....didn't like it. I like comedy and some dramas so long as there's some comedy in them. Also like war movies but not Saving Private Ryan....

I am a Christian. I won't watch the Exorcist. I have seen clips enough of it.
I had a Pastor when I was a teenager that filled in(he had retired) for a year while we waited for our new graduate Pastor to start. He spent 2/3 of his life as a missionary in a few different places, Africa, Malaysia, Central America. He used some of his experiences to write his sermons, or to describe application of Gospel in modern times.
That man saw some stuff. He would not tell us all the details "for your own good, the good of your soul". Teenagers my age and a bit younger would try to pry but he would get very stern about it and basically tell us we do not know what we are asking.

I will share another story my wife experienced when she was 19, right before she met me... without going into details, my wife, her younger brother, one of his friends younger still, and my wife's best friend, decided to use one of those famous boards with the little piece that goes over the letters. They all decided to get "maximum effect" they would do a bunch of stuff they saw in movies, candles, block all the windows, basically set up my wife's apartment like some ritual cave.(no, they did not do anything beyond set a stage) Then they started with the board.
It did not go well. Things happened, younger friend simply jumped up and tore *** out of the apartment and ran 8 blocks across town home. The three that remained panicked and ran out, locked door behind them and ran off 3 blocks over to my Mother/Father in law's home.
Mother in Law called Pastor and he refused to let them back into the apartment, went in with what wife called "some stuff, water, his briefcase" and was in there for half an hour while they waited in front of the building. He took their letter board. Then he scolded them for "more then 20 minutes" about inviting evil in, and was especially angry with them about the candles and how they used them. He made mention about "white candles" more then once.
Wife won;t tell me everything that happened, says she won;t talk about it because it scares her yet and she won;t risk anything related to it. The only thing she would tell me is at one point the candles all blew out and they all heard a voice say things she won't tell me and that's when they GTFO.

People can believe that or not. It's my wife, I do. I have seen enough things in my life I can't explain that I have no reason not to. But yeah, I will not see the exorcist movie.


Unrelated(related ) I saw saving Private Ryan because my high school pals insisted. I have something like a photographic memory. Not the right term for it, easiest way to describe it. I can recall times in my life from 40 years ago and watch it play out like a movie in my head. I knew what that movie was about, I did not want to go see it, I did not NEED to see that. Went anyway, peer pressure I guess. Regret the rest of my life and spent a lot of time pushing that away out of my brain. It was a movie. D-Day was not a movie. How those men cope with that **** I have no idea, I thank veterans whenever I can.
Titanic was another one, refused to go see it. I have no interest in watching a bunch of people drown and panic and try to save themselves in their fleeting last moments. I know what happened. Never saw that one, just enough clips to know why women like it so much haha.

This got really long, feel like Budnicks now hahahaha.

Guess I'm a bit better at putting things out of my head as I had to go look up to see what Saving Private Ryan was about. Didn't take long to refresh my memory but still don't remember most of the scenes. Same way with Titanic....went to see that with my X. Yeah, she likes stuff like that but I don't. Two movies right there that will not be seen again!

And I know what 'board' you're talking about. Some friends wanted to do it and I sat down and within a minute or two, I got up and said 'this is bs' and walked out. Many years ago my step daughter was reading some cult crap and I gathered up all the reading material and got rid of it. She complained about me violating her rights and I just told her she's violating my rights as a homeowner and her rights to bring that crap onto my property stopped at the property line.

 

[SteveSS]

I just ordered a Ouija board for Christmas. They do work but there's a logical explanation.

You're moving it even when you don't think you are. I stopped believing when the "spirit's" name was the same as my sister's best friend who was also playing. I told you guys I believe in science. I must admit when Regan's head spun around it scared me.

Using eye trackers to study ‘spooky’ feelings​

The participants were equipped with eye tracking devices so that the researchers could study their — largely unconscious — predictive eye movements. That is, the researchers wanted to see if the participants first glanced at the letters they would later move the planchette to.
As the scientists explain, a person’s sense of agency, or the feeling that one has control over their actions, arises primarily from the brain’s ability to predict “the sensory consequences of an action, and then [compare] this prediction [with] the actual consequences. When prediction and consequence match, the result is the feeling that ‘I did that.'”
Andersen and team examined the participants’ eye movements in two different conditions: the “voluntary action condition” and the “Ouija condition.”
In the first condition, the participants — who worked in pairs — were asked to move the planchette deliberately to spell the word “Baltimore” or to point to “Yes” and “No,” respectively. In the Ouija condition, the participants were asked to use the board as they normally would.
The researchers then analyzed the recordings of the participants’ eye movements. When analyzing the data, they examined both the individual eye movements and the eye movements on a “pair level.”
Additionally, the researchers administered questionnaires to the participants that enquired about how strongly they believed in the “abilities” of the Ouija board, as well as their overall level of religiosity and spirituality.

One Ouija board user always predicts letters​

As expected, the data analysis revealed that participants made more predictive eye movements in the voluntary condition than they did in the regular one.
Unsurprisingly, given the underlying mechanisms of the sense of agency, the participants reported feeling much less in control in the Ouija condition than they did in the voluntary one.
However, when the researchers looked to see whether at least one participant in each pair made a predictive eye movement, they found some interesting results.
“[W]hen we look at the pair level, we see that pairs in the ‘Ouija condition’ on average predict the letters of meaningful responses as well as isolated individuals do when purposely spelling responses in the ‘voluntary action condition.'”

“In other words, a pair that moves the Ouija planchette in a predominantly non-deliberate way collectively predict letters as well as an individual seen in isolation that is moving the planchette on purpose.”

So, when the Ouija board was used as usual, at least one participant knew where the planchette was going.
“Our study suggests,” say its authors, “that successful Ouija board sessions critically depend on joint action.” The “spooky” or “paranormal” feeling that Ouija boards induce is due to the fact that participants take turns in predicting the next letter.
In addition, they say, “it appears that participants in the ‘Ouija condition’ generally underestimate their own contribution to the joint interaction.”
This is supported by previous research on force escalation that showed that “self-generated forces are generally perceived as weaker than external forces of the same magnitude,” explain Andersen and colleagues.
Finally, in addition to the joint predictive effort and the underestimation of one’s movements, belief in the Ouija board’s abilities also added to the “spooky” feeling. Participants who said that they thought the board can facilitate communication with spirits were more likely to report that the planchette had moved on its own.

 

[Detective D]

I just ordered a Ouija board for Christmas. They do work but there's a logical explanation.

You're moving it even when you don't think you are. I stopped believing when the "spirit's" name was the same as my sister's best friend who was also playing. I told you guys I believe in science. I must admit when Regan's head spun around it scared me.

Using eye trackers to study ‘spooky’ feelings​

The participants were equipped with eye tracking devices so that the researchers could study their — largely unconscious — predictive eye movements. That is, the researchers wanted to see if the participants first glanced at the letters they would later move the planchette to.
As the scientists explain, a person’s sense of agency, or the feeling that one has control over their actions, arises primarily from the brain’s ability to predict “the sensory consequences of an action, and then [compare] this prediction [with] the actual consequences. When prediction and consequence match, the result is the feeling that ‘I did that.'”
Andersen and team examined the participants’ eye movements in two different conditions: the “voluntary action condition” and the “Ouija condition.”
In the first condition, the participants — who worked in pairs — were asked to move the planchette deliberately to spell the word “Baltimore” or to point to “Yes” and “No,” respectively. In the Ouija condition, the participants were asked to use the board as they normally would.
The researchers then analyzed the recordings of the participants’ eye movements. When analyzing the data, they examined both the individual eye movements and the eye movements on a “pair level.”
Additionally, the researchers administered questionnaires to the participants that enquired about how strongly they believed in the “abilities” of the Ouija board, as well as their overall level of religiosity and spirituality.

One Ouija board user always predicts letters​

As expected, the data analysis revealed that participants made more predictive eye movements in the voluntary condition than they did in the regular one.
Unsurprisingly, given the underlying mechanisms of the sense of agency, the participants reported feeling much less in control in the Ouija condition than they did in the voluntary one.
However, when the researchers looked to see whether at least one participant in each pair made a predictive eye movement, they found some interesting results.
“[W]hen we look at the pair level, we see that pairs in the ‘Ouija condition’ on average predict the letters of meaningful responses as well as isolated individuals do when purposely spelling responses in the ‘voluntary action condition.'”

So, when the Ouija board was used as usual, at least one participant knew where the planchette was going.
“Our study suggests,” say its authors, “that successful Ouija board sessions critically depend on joint action.” The “spooky” or “paranormal” feeling that Ouija boards induce is due to the fact that participants take turns in predicting the next letter.
In addition, they say, “it appears that participants in the ‘Ouija condition’ generally underestimate their own contribution to the joint interaction.”
This is supported by previous research on force escalation that showed that “self-generated forces are generally perceived as weaker than external forces of the same magnitude,” explain Andersen and colleagues.
Finally, in addition to the joint predictive effort and the underestimation of one’s movements, belief in the Ouija board’s abilities also added to the “spooky” feeling. Participants who said that they thought the board can facilitate communication with spirits were more likely to report that the planchette had moved on its own.

That's fine.
It ignores spiritual intent of the users. Aetheists don't believe in that, so we will never agree on this.
The things that happened to my wife went way beyond a "spooky answer."

 

[SteveSS]

I would welcome any true supernatural experience. Here's a list of current rewards offered for anything truly supernatural.

List of standing prizes​

[edit]

Date	Location	Challengers	Offered prize	Equivalent in U.S. dollars	Details	Status
2014–	Czech Republic	Czech Skeptics' Club Sisyfos	3,515,000 Czech koruna	$160,671	To anyone who can prove to possess paranormal abilities in areas such as clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, rhabdomancy, etc.[3]	Unclaimed
1999–	China	Sima Nan	1,000,000 Chinese yuan	$157,913	"[T]o anyone who can perform one act of "special ability” without cheating."[13]	Unclaimed
1984–	India	Tarksheel Society	10,000,000 Indian rupees	$150,110	To anyone who can perform any of 22 specified "miracles". The entry fee is 10,000 INR.[14]	Unclaimed
2000–	United States	Center for Inquiry Investigations Group	500,000 US dollars	$500,000	"...to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific test conditions." The person who refers a successful applicant to the CFIIG earns $5,000 as well.[15]	Unclaimed
1980–	Australia	Australian Skeptics	100,000 Australian dollars	$75,820	For proof of the existence of extrasensory perception, telepathy, or telekinesis.[16]	Unclaimed
1985–	India	Science and Rationalists' Association of India, Prabir Ghosh	5,000,000 Indian rupees	$75,055	Prabir Ghosh will award the prize "to any person of this world who can demonstrate his/her supernormal power by performing any one of the following activities without taking help of any hoax/trick at my designated place and circumstances."[17]	Unclaimed
2000–	Italy	Alfredo Barrago's Bet	50,000 Euro	$60,737	"[...] shown at least a 'phenomenon' produced by 'medium, seers, sensitive etc.' of paranormal nature."[18]	Unclaimed
2002–	Belgium	SKEPP Sisyphus Prize	25,000 Euro	$30,368	The original Sisyphus Prize was €10,000. Between 2012 and 2013, for the duration of one year, an anonymous Antwerp businessman raised the prize €1,000,000, while several European skeptical organisations attached their pre-tests to it.[8][19] Afterwards, the regular Sisyphus Prize was continued and raised from €10,000 to €25,000.[4]	Unclaimed
2013–	Great Britain	Association for Skeptical Enquiry	12,000 British pounds	$16,535	For proof of psychic powers.[2]	Unclaimed
2015–	Russia	Harry Houdini Prize	1,000,000 Russian rubles	$16,096	The prize is awarded for demonstrating paranormal or supernatural abilities under conditions scientifically valid experiment.[20][21]	Unclaimed
2001–	United States	North Texas Skeptics	12,000 US dollars	$12,000	"[T]o any person ... who can demonstrate any psychic or paranormal power or ability under scientifically valid observing conditions."[2][22]	Unclaimed
1997–	Great Britain	Lavkesh Prasha, Asian Rationalist Society of Britain	10,000 British pounds	$13,779	"[T]o any person who could prove to possess magical powers before the media and scientists." The initial amount of £2,000 was increased fivefold in 2006 to attract more applicants.[23][24]	Unclaimed
2008–	Estonia	Eesti Skeptik	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who can prove paranormal abilities.[25]	Unclaimed
2004–	Germany	GWUP	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who can prove paranormal abilities.[26][27]	Unclaimed
1989–	Finland	Skepsis ry (Finnish Association of Skeptics)	10,000 Euro	$12,147	For anybody in Finland who can produce paranormal phenomena under satisfactory observing conditions or prove that she/he/it is an extraterrestrial by providing a DNA (or equivalent) sample for investigation. Money partially from astronomer Hannu Karttunen and magician Iiro Seppänen.[28]	Unclaimed
1988–	Netherlands	Stichting Skepsis	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who wants their "alternative diagnoses" (including applied kinesiology, electroacupuncture, bioresonance therapy, Therapeutic Touch, observing auras, clairvoyance, iridology, pendulum dowsing, astrology) to be tested; winning the pre-test earns €500.[29] Skepsis' first challenge in March 1988 was ƒ10,000 to any "psychic surgeon" who could remove chairman Cornelis de Jager's appendix.[30]	Unclaimed
Unknown–	Sweden	Swedish Humanist Association	100,000 Swedish krona	$11,550	To anyone who can demonstrate a paranormal or supernatural ability for which no scientific explanation can be found.[31]	Unclaimed
1996–	Canada	Les Sceptiques du Quebec	10,000 Canadian dollars	$7785	"Just a small fact, observable or verifiable through experiment" of a paranormal phenomenon.[5]	Unclaimed
2012–	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan Rationalist Association	1,000,000 Sri Lankan rupees	$6341	Professor Carlo Fonseka renewed Abraham Kovoor's challenge.[32]	Unclaimed
Unknown–	United States	Fayetteville Freethinkers	One goat	undetermined	"Offering a reward for a fulfilled Biblical prophecy!"[33]	Unclaimed
1976–	India	Indian Skeptic, Indian CSICOP	100,000 Indian rupees	$1501	Formerly moderated by Basava Premanand, deceased in 2009. Offered after Abraham Kovoor fell ill with cancer in 1976.[34] Premanand's magazine and organization have continued the challenge after his death in 2009.[35]	Unclaimed
1995–	India	Indian Rationalist Association, Sanal Edamaruku	100,000 Indian rupees	$1501	To anyone who could prove the 1995 "Hindu milk miracle" was, in fact, a miracle.[36] Since 2002, it includes "anyone who can provide scientific evidence for iridology".[37]	Unclaimed
2011–	Mexico	Daniel Zepeda	20,000 Mexican pesos	$1074	"To anyone who can show, under proper observational and replicable conditions, evidence of a paranormal, supernatural or occult power for which science has no answer."[38]	Unclaimed
1989–	United States	Tampa Bay Skeptics	1000 US dollars	$1,000	"[T]o anyone able to demonstrate any paranormal phenomenon under mutually agreed-upon observing conditions."[2][39]	Unclaimed
2023	New Zealand	NZ Skeptics & NZ Association of Rationalists and Humanists	100,000 New Zealand dollars	$60,000	"[T]he challenge is open to anyone who can prove they possess a supernatural or paranormal ability. However, entry is limited to “prominent” people like those named by the society to kick things off."[40][41][42]	Unclaimed

 

[Cranky]

I would welcome any true supernatural experience. Here's a list of current rewards offered for anything truly supernatural.

List of standing prizes​

[edit]

Date	Location	Challengers	Offered prize	Equivalent in U.S. dollars	Details	Status
2014–	Czech Republic	Czech Skeptics' Club Sisyfos	3,515,000 Czech koruna	$160,671	To anyone who can prove to possess paranormal abilities in areas such as clairvoyance, telepathy, telekinesis, rhabdomancy, etc.[3]	Unclaimed
1999–	China	Sima Nan	1,000,000 Chinese yuan	$157,913	"[T]o anyone who can perform one act of "special ability” without cheating."[13]	Unclaimed
1984–	India	Tarksheel Society	10,000,000 Indian rupees	$150,110	To anyone who can perform any of 22 specified "miracles". The entry fee is 10,000 INR.[14]	Unclaimed
2000–	United States	Center for Inquiry Investigations Group	500,000 US dollars	$500,000	"...to anyone who can demonstrate any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power under scientific test conditions." The person who refers a successful applicant to the CFIIG earns $5,000 as well.[15]	Unclaimed
1980–	Australia	Australian Skeptics	100,000 Australian dollars	$75,820	For proof of the existence of extrasensory perception, telepathy, or telekinesis.[16]	Unclaimed
1985–	India	Science and Rationalists' Association of India, Prabir Ghosh	5,000,000 Indian rupees	$75,055	Prabir Ghosh will award the prize "to any person of this world who can demonstrate his/her supernormal power by performing any one of the following activities without taking help of any hoax/trick at my designated place and circumstances."[17]	Unclaimed
2000–	Italy	Alfredo Barrago's Bet	50,000 Euro	$60,737	"[...] shown at least a 'phenomenon' produced by 'medium, seers, sensitive etc.' of paranormal nature."[18]	Unclaimed
2002–	Belgium	SKEPP Sisyphus Prize	25,000 Euro	$30,368	The original Sisyphus Prize was €10,000. Between 2012 and 2013, for the duration of one year, an anonymous Antwerp businessman raised the prize €1,000,000, while several European skeptical organisations attached their pre-tests to it.[8][19] Afterwards, the regular Sisyphus Prize was continued and raised from €10,000 to €25,000.[4]	Unclaimed
2013–	Great Britain	Association for Skeptical Enquiry	12,000 British pounds	$16,535	For proof of psychic powers.[2]	Unclaimed
2015–	Russia	Harry Houdini Prize	1,000,000 Russian rubles	$16,096	The prize is awarded for demonstrating paranormal or supernatural abilities under conditions scientifically valid experiment.[20][21]	Unclaimed
2001–	United States	North Texas Skeptics	12,000 US dollars	$12,000	"[T]o any person ... who can demonstrate any psychic or paranormal power or ability under scientifically valid observing conditions."[2][22]	Unclaimed
1997–	Great Britain	Lavkesh Prasha, Asian Rationalist Society of Britain	10,000 British pounds	$13,779	"[T]o any person who could prove to possess magical powers before the media and scientists." The initial amount of £2,000 was increased fivefold in 2006 to attract more applicants.[23][24]	Unclaimed
2008–	Estonia	Eesti Skeptik	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who can prove paranormal abilities.[25]	Unclaimed
2004–	Germany	GWUP	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who can prove paranormal abilities.[26][27]	Unclaimed
1989–	Finland	Skepsis ry (Finnish Association of Skeptics)	10,000 Euro	$12,147	For anybody in Finland who can produce paranormal phenomena under satisfactory observing conditions or prove that she/he/it is an extraterrestrial by providing a DNA (or equivalent) sample for investigation. Money partially from astronomer Hannu Karttunen and magician Iiro Seppänen.[28]	Unclaimed
1988–	Netherlands	Stichting Skepsis	10,000 Euro	$12,147	To anyone who wants their "alternative diagnoses" (including applied kinesiology, electroacupuncture, bioresonance therapy, Therapeutic Touch, observing auras, clairvoyance, iridology, pendulum dowsing, astrology) to be tested; winning the pre-test earns €500.[29] Skepsis' first challenge in March 1988 was ƒ10,000 to any "psychic surgeon" who could remove chairman Cornelis de Jager's appendix.[30]	Unclaimed
Unknown–	Sweden	Swedish Humanist Association	100,000 Swedish krona	$11,550	To anyone who can demonstrate a paranormal or supernatural ability for which no scientific explanation can be found.[31]	Unclaimed
1996–	Canada	Les Sceptiques du Quebec	10,000 Canadian dollars	$7785	"Just a small fact, observable or verifiable through experiment" of a paranormal phenomenon.[5]	Unclaimed
2012–	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankan Rationalist Association	1,000,000 Sri Lankan rupees	$6341	Professor Carlo Fonseka renewed Abraham Kovoor's challenge.[32]	Unclaimed
Unknown–	United States	Fayetteville Freethinkers	One goat	undetermined	"Offering a reward for a fulfilled Biblical prophecy!"[33]	Unclaimed
1976–	India	Indian Skeptic, Indian CSICOP	100,000 Indian rupees	$1501	Formerly moderated by Basava Premanand, deceased in 2009. Offered after Abraham Kovoor fell ill with cancer in 1976.[34] Premanand's magazine and organization have continued the challenge after his death in 2009.[35]	Unclaimed
1995–	India	Indian Rationalist Association, Sanal Edamaruku	100,000 Indian rupees	$1501	To anyone who could prove the 1995 "Hindu milk miracle" was, in fact, a miracle.[36] Since 2002, it includes "anyone who can provide scientific evidence for iridology".[37]	Unclaimed
2011–	Mexico	Daniel Zepeda	20,000 Mexican pesos	$1074	"To anyone who can show, under proper observational and replicable conditions, evidence of a paranormal, supernatural or occult power for which science has no answer."[38]	Unclaimed
1989–	United States	Tampa Bay Skeptics	1000 US dollars	$1,000	"[T]o anyone able to demonstrate any paranormal phenomenon under mutually agreed-upon observing conditions."[2][39]	Unclaimed
2023	New Zealand	NZ Skeptics & NZ Association of Rationalists and Humanists	100,000 New Zealand dollars	$60,000	"[T]he challenge is open to anyone who can prove they possess a supernatural or paranormal ability. However, entry is limited to “prominent” people like those named by the society to kick things off."[40][41][42]	Unclaimed

 

[SteveSS]