▁" F al sche ▁Ge ister , ▁e chte ▁Schw ind ler ?" ▁(" False ▁spirits , ▁real ▁sw ind lers ? ") ▁that ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁un exp la ined ▁dist urban ces ▁initially ▁made ▁by ▁Adam ▁were ▁fra ud ul ent . ▁The ▁authors ▁wrote ▁that ▁they ▁visited ▁Adam ' s ▁law ▁offices ▁and ▁discovered ▁n yl on ▁threads ▁attached ▁to ▁office ▁fi xt ures ▁such ▁as ▁overhead ▁lights ▁and ▁wall ▁pl ates ▁that , ▁when ▁pulled , ▁would ▁cause ▁the ▁fi xt ures ▁to ▁move , ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁" the ▁public ▁had ▁been ▁trick ed ▁by ▁tr icks ." ▁Adam ▁reported ly ▁file d ▁a ▁legal ▁inj unction ▁to ▁stop ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁book , ▁which ▁was ▁not ▁granted , ▁and ▁further ▁hear ings ▁were ▁scheduled ▁in ▁the ▁District ▁Court ▁of ▁Tra un stein . ▁ ▁Dutch ▁journalist ▁and ▁ske ptic ▁Piet ▁Hein ▁Ho eb ens ▁has ▁critic ized ▁B ender ' s ▁investigation ▁claims ▁of ▁the ▁Rosen heim ▁Pol ter ge ist , ▁saying ▁that ▁" No ▁full ▁report ▁of ▁the ▁investig ations ▁has ▁ever ▁been ▁published , ▁so ▁we ▁are ▁in ▁no ▁position ▁to ▁check ▁to ▁what ▁extent ▁the ▁par aps ych olog ists ▁have ▁been ▁successful ▁in ▁ex cluding ▁natural istic ▁explan ations ." ▁Ho eb ens ▁wrote ▁that ▁B ender ' s ▁accounts ▁of ▁his ▁investigation ▁show ▁that ▁he ▁may ▁not ▁have ▁made ▁a ▁rig orous ▁enough ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁evidence , ▁which ▁Ho eb ens ▁de ems ▁highly ▁question able . ▁▁ ▁According