Is There a Paranormal Force in the World?

Curses could have a natural origin, and you've specifically cited things like jean's upbringing. None of these would really be parnormal curses, just natural things that have bad effects. Could the kind of par normal curses we were interested in have a natural cause? Potentially, if there are hidden or occult forces,. that is, undiscovered, aspects to nat re that could be producing them.