RicOlie_2 said:

I think I would get the burden of proof, if I challenged his claim...showing that there is no evidence for his claim would be my first step. I'd obtain some explosives and blow up his rock to show that it was empty of elves, and if there were indeed elves, I would probably run and get back to Canada before the authorities apprehended me.

Should elves be discovered within the rock, surely an explosive device of this magnitude must needs have obliterated them. If so, how many portions of elf recovered might be necessary to prove the existence of the whole? To clarify: would you have become an elfin believer with the mere discovery of a remaining toe, or must it be recovered along with a complete, frowning expression of clearly elfin origin?

Further, if said elves might be shown to be mortal, would this evidence constitute a scientific discovery or merely provide a footnote that the supernatural may be destroyed with well-placed TNT? If so, might it be assumed that all beings of supernatural origin might equally be so susceptible? If so, might this potentially explain the vastly inferior number of sightings of the supernatural since the advent of such explosives?

Alternately, is it your view that they would have remained immune to such corporal division due to their supernatural origin? If so, might it have been wise or unwise to have destroyed their home?