Dutch journalist who wrote a number of skeptical reports on parapsychological phenomena. He was a staff member of the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf for 13 years and served as the Dutch representative on the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.
In spite of his skepticism about parapsychology, Hoebens took a keen interest in the subject and was regarded as a fair-minded critic. In the early 1980s, he contributed to Zetetic Scholar a valuable series of articles, "The Mystery Men From Holland," concerning the phenomena claimed for Peter Hurkos, Gerard Croiset, and Marinus Dykshoorn. Hoebens died in the Netherlands, October 22, 1984.
Sources:
Hoebens, Piet Hein. "The Mystery Men From Holland." Zetetic Scholar 8 (July 1981); 9 (March 1982); 10 (December 1982).
