You failed to take into account my HONESTLY-corroborated caveat. Piltdown Man was dishonestly corroborated. Lourdes and Fatima were "corroborated" by witnesses loaded down by confirmation bias, peer pressure or whatever else made them useless witnesses. There are no golden eagles in Cornwall or anywhere near, but suppose I claim that a golden eagle came to my bird table. Like Donuel, I could shout abuse at anyone who ridiculed me. Or I could present the real evidence, which would mean HONEST corroboration. A couple of proven unphotoshopped pics. Co-witnesses from the highest echelons of the RSPB. Related sightings close by. Sure, science needs lateral thinking, thinking outside the box, flights of imagination. It all helps to move science forward. But only evidence can put it on the right path. For over 99% of human existence, the sun went round the earth and the earth was flat. Newton indulged in alchemy. I've posted here several times about my sighting of ball lightning in Essex in the early 80s. I know what I saw and I know it was what I said it was. I couldn't find a single other witness. I don't require anyone else to believe me and I say that every time. The fact that I do say that has meant that I've never been called a bad scientist, been laughed at or been ridiculed for saying it. I think there's a lesson there.