Fallacies and P-OT Chart Sip Coffee House

 Fallacies

Cum hoc	Two things that happened at the same time must have a causal relationship.	When speaking to the investigation team, Williams mentions that when mentioning a previous waitress with blue hair both he and the waitress who asked smelled blueberry muffins. This incident is repeated when Williams relays the story to the investigation team.
Poisoning the Well	A preemptive ad hominem.	One of the investigators, Jim Piscopo notes that about the traffic and local activity surrounding the cafe during their investigation and recordings and this presentation of information before announcing he had no evidence seems to suggest that it was because of the traffic and activity that he was either A) unable to record due to noise/traffic or B) the activity in the vicinity was causing a lack of paranormal activity
Bandwagon	A popular idea is correct.	The blueberry phenomenon is used as the only crucial evidence of the investigation and in the apps used to discover the word blueberry appeared multiple times.
Emotional Appeal	Something is true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t.	When discussing his investigation and it’s success he mentions the history of the coffeeshop and the dog that passed away (supposedly) next to his chair. His concluding notes are actually about the coffee shop currently and how great a coffee it makes as opposed to speaking on the actual investigation.
Texas Sharpshooter	Causal attributions are made about a cluster you analytically create. But the clustering effect make be chance or another cause.	The statistics made by the Ghost app on the phone, produced the most evidence/results however the “manager(?)” of the investigation himself notes that he doesn’t trust the app as it seemed to be spitting out random words of no significance.
False Equivalence	A particular word/expression in multiple senses throughout an argument leading to a false conclusion	“Blueberry”

P-OT

Repetition	Say it again and again	Blueberry story happened 3 times and is the only observed evidence by person and not device
Succession	Cause and effect argument	Mention blue-haired worker, smell blueberry muffins. Must be related to the haunting.
Import	Event calls attention to rules possible applications	Mention blue-haired worker, smell blueberry muffins. Must be related to the haunting.
Premises-Presumptions-The Normal	Based on a reference group or experience	Blueberry muffins happened, and when telling the story it occurred again.
Modifiers-interpretation- interpretive schemes	Limit the context of interpretation to gain clarity.	When speaking of the shops past history, the information given first are related to death. It was a funeral home,andalsoabarbershop, people did die in it, butitalsohasapartmentsattached.
Retort	When someon e says is incompatible with its own application	The argument benign made by the investigation is that despite it being 3am, the local traffic and noise from the surrounding bars and scene near the square disrupted their recordings and activity - despite the historical sightings happening during work hours of the coffee shop, meaning that activity would not be a disqualifying factor for supernatural occurences
Double hierarchy	Two hierarchies so closely related that one can cue the other	Both relating to the blueberry muffin and mentioning the girl as well as saying the failure of the investigation is because of traffic

I'm going to argue that the coffee shop is (surprise, surprise!) not haunted. The only proof of a possible haunting is the blueberry muffin story that has concrete observed witnessed (twice) which can easily be fabricated, if not easily the brain playing a trick on itself. And the fact that the investigator themselves discredit their own evidence and results in their report by questioning the credibility and authenticity of the app their were using on their phone.

Using these two points as my main argument as well as the fact that outside activity shouldn't be a factor when looking for evidence is how I plan on disproving this haunting.