Appeal to Ignorance
This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.
State
Treating absence of proof as proof of absence — or of presence.
Show
"No one has proven the lake monster doesn't exist, so it does." Runs equally well in reverse, which is the tell.
Watch for
Near-miss: a qualified search that should have found something and didn't is real evidence. "We tested the water supply and found no contaminant" earns its conclusion.