The paranormal investigator known as the “real life scully,” who passed away last month, was remembered as “icons and heroes within the skeptical community,” believed to have broken hundreds of mysteries.
Joe Nickel called himself “the world’s only full-time professional paranormal investigator,” and was known for delving into some of the world’s biggest myths before he passed away at the age of 80 on March 4th.
Sceptical referral – Nickel worked as a columnist for decades – last month he wrote that he had investigated a variety of mysteries, including history, forensic medicine and paranormal.
“Joe was a practical investigator who could be found in the fields of farmers riding on Queen Mary, looking for ghosts, or looking for crop circles in farmers’ fields, searching for Nessie, studying traditional Chinese herbal medicine, studying China, and examining the claims of Chinese celebrities. Inquiry Center.
“Joe was a true polymer, and often looked like an infinite number of subjects, with admiration for his depth of knowledge. He spoke with an endless curiosity to learn more and bring about the next mystery!” Karr continued in a statement to the outlet.
“What a huge loss. He can never be replaced.”
Kerr called him “an icon and hero within the skeptical community.”
Nickel, also known as “Real Life Sherlock Holmes”, He told New Yorker in 2002 His goal was to conduct the investigation with “kind and gentle skepticism.”
“I’m tired of these Devenkers coming to my office and saying, ‘Hey, Nickel, did you see a ghost recently? Ha ha ha ha ha.”
“I’m not saying there’s a 50-50 chance of having a ghost in that ghost house. I think I’m close to 99.9% that isn’t. But let’s take a look. We might learn something interesting like hell.”
he I said on his website It believed that “mysteries should actually be investigated to solve them,” as opposed to the “mysteries Monger” on one side of the spectrum and the “so-called Devenker” on the other side.
He also listed over 1,000 personas who helped him with his work, including magicians, private detectives, federal fugitives, food servers, beer masters, and bigfoot hunters.
Nickel was born on December 1, 1944 and died in Buffalo, New York. Obvit’s New York Times Released this weekend.
“He didn’t treat ghost stories as ghost stories or UFO stories as UFO stories,” Kenny Biddle, the skeptical committee’s chief investigator, told The Times.
“It was all a mystery. He loved sifting through evidence, like, ‘OK, what actually happened here’. ”
