An expert has come to Tucker Carlson’s defense over the right-wing pundit’s wild claim that an attack by a literal demon while he was sleeping left him with bloody claw marks. Steve Gonsalves, a star of the hit reality show Ghost Hunters, said that critics shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss Carlson’s supernatural experience, which had made the former Fox News host the object of online mockery. “I don’t think he made that up,” Gonsalves told TMZ. “Did his dogs do it, maybe? Who knows.” The paranormal investigator was hopeful that Carlson’s courage in speaking out, despite the prospect of relentless ridicule, could inspire others to open up about their own spectral and demonic run-ins. “It’s really cool to see somebody… of his voice—you know, that caliber of a platform and voice—to say something so extreme happened to him,” he said. “I think it’ll put a lot of bravery out there for folks who have had those type of experiences, but who are afraid to talk about them because they’re afraid of being made fun of.”
