The pretty obvious linguistic correlations on this map make me think that, beyond cultural heritage and whatnot, there might be some language-related artifacts in the data. Like, how are we gathering reported sightings, and is it based on any sort of (potentially language-biased) key-word search?
Had never thought about it like that but I think you’re right. I recall reading about how the sleep paralysis that other cultures attribute to witches is seen as alien abduction in the US
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