What Does "Paranormal" Mean?

I’m going to start off the paranormal entries by answering the question, “what does ‘paranormal’ mean?”  It is a term coined in the early 20th century that simply means “above normal,” and refers to experiences or pehenomena that are outside the range or normal experiences or scientific explanation. While some include extraterrestrial life, ufos, and creatures associated with cryptozoology within the realm of the paranormal, I do not. For my purposes, paranormal refers to the supernatural such as ghosts.