Fact, folklore,
or nonsense?
Six claims from the strange end of the archive. Make your call. Then see what holds up in the daylight.
What counts as what?
- Fact
- Something the evidence documents.
- Folklore
- An episode from a traditional story.
- Nonsense
- A claim the sources contradict.
We’re judging the exact claim. A documented legend doesn’t make its events a fact, and an unexplained encounter isn’t automatically nonsense.
Dealing a few strange claims…
24 sourced claims in the deck. Questions stay out of the rotation until you’ve worked through them, when your browser can save your place.