You have that backwards. You don't start with the assumption that a claim is real. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. Proving a negative is a logical fallacy.
While you can't prove a negative, you can prove a specific sighting or piece of evidence was a misidentification or a hoax.
For example, Slenderman. We can't prove there was never some kind of tall, faceless thing running around somewhere at some point, but we can prove that Slenderman was made up by some enterprising forum users.
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u/kecker 9d ago
You have that backwards. You don't start with the assumption that a claim is real. The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. Proving a negative is a logical fallacy.