ok, fine...I'm willing to negotiate a way of testing that satisfies both sides, but so far the claims I read about seem to be of the "All Indians walk single file...I know, because I saw an Indian and HE was walking single file!" variety.

I DO know that, despite pooh-poohing of repeatability, having some guy hit those 27 lat/long tests in a row, with similar detail to the one cited would go a LONG way towards convincing me that he had a 'special' talent.

Or having two lovers find their way to each other over great distances, like some dogs seem to be able to find their way home.

ah, Amos...if it were claims about religious raptures and sightings of the Virgin Mary involved, I suspect you would use some similar arguments to mine. (maybe that's too harsh...I'm just feeling cynical after spending too much time at Mudcat the last few days..*grin*)