| Beginning in 1992 when I first decided to become a | | | | paranormal, or everybody has a friend who had an |
| ghost hunter, it never occurred to me that I would end | | | | experience. Nonetheless, most people really don't want |
| up quitting my job and focusing strictly on paranormal | | | | to have an experience themselves. They are willing to |
| investigation. This has become my new career. I made | | | | listen to other people's stories and be amazed at what |
| this decision after a series of occurrences while | | | | has happened but looking at the whole picture of say, |
| investigating some buildings and, having no explanation | | | | perhaps seeing a ghost is not something they want to |
| for these occurrences, decided to search for an | | | | have happen. |
| answer. | | | | Seeing a ghost is very rare. Having an experience |
| Today, over ten years later, I have discovered that | | | | such as having your shirt pulled, your hair pulled, or |
| there is no answer...just more questions. This led me to | | | | being pushed with absolutely no one behind you is |
| again attempt to discover what secrets and mysteries | | | | EXCITING!! It leaves you wondering for days, even |
| lie beneath what I cannot see. Ghost hunting has | | | | weeks whether or not it actually happened. Your mind |
| become a passion for me to search for answers but | | | | is unwilling to allow the possibility that it could have to |
| a hot and trendy item for today's people interested in | | | | enter your mind. That is the rational mind. But, having an |
| getting a thrill. I decided early on that I would make my | | | | experience like that gives you a new sense of the |
| attempts at educating the public and it would be up to | | | | world around you. Most people become different. |
| them to decide if paranormal activity exists or not. I | | | | They look at things from a different perspective. In the |
| picked up as much literature on various subjects | | | | same way that having a child changes your life, having |
| regarding the paranormal as I could. I read anything I | | | | a paranormal experience can completely alter your |
| could to get various theories with which to base my | | | | way of thinking and life. You become more open to |
| investigations on. | | | | the world around you. Like a drug addict you want to |
| I discovered that the paranormal delves into | | | | have one more experience to validate what you |
| psychology and that it is the use of the mind, the body | | | | experienced before. You discuss your experience with |
| and its' senses which may contribute to having a | | | | other people and find those that don't shun you. In turn, |
| paranormal experience. I learned that there are no | | | | these new friends also share their experience with |
| experts in this field. There are no possible ways that | | | | you. Talk then changes to other things, whatever that |
| science can send a man from this dimension or earthly | | | | might be, EVP, ghost hunting equipment, dowsing, etc. |
| plane to the "other world" and back again and be able | | | | You become more involved because of one |
| to talk about what he has seen. Unfortunately, near | | | | experience and yet, longing to have the next. |
| death experience is not the same thing. | | | | Ghost hunting opens up so many different avenues for |
| Psychology and the paranormal are very similar in that | | | | you to alter what you were and to become a |
| there are many times when an occurrence is merely | | | | "transformed" person. Many have called their |
| psychological and not paranormal and vice versa. | | | | transformations "epiphanies" or a calling, liking it to just |
| Investigations have shown that occurrences involving | | | | themselves and not noting that many other people |
| younger, pre-pubescent children are possibly made up | | | | have had the same experience. It becomes very |
| from the internal energy or "raging hormones" of these | | | | personal. |
| children. They are independent, coming-of-age and | | | | Notice I have not discussed anything having to do with |
| rebellious. They want to speak their mind and are told | | | | religion. This is NOT a religious experience nor has |
| they must keep quiet. They are keeping all this energy | | | | anything to do with religion of any kind. It should not be |
| within themselves and are struggling with the ability of | | | | confused or intermingled with religion. |
| how to release it. As time passes and the children find | | | | Having a paranormal experience is very interesting and |
| they can no longer maintain the air of quiet, they | | | | exciting and for most, keeps you longing for more. My |
| release this energy in the form of activity which | | | | job as a ghost hunter and paranormal investigator is to |
| demonstrates itself by slamming doors, shutting | | | | teach you that the possibility exists that you could |
| windows, bangings, thuds, creaks and groaning noises. | | | | have a paranormal experience. You should not be |
| The term "poltergeist" is German for "poltern" to knock | | | | afraid of this possibility as, with over ten years of |
| and "Geist" spirit, or a noisy, usually mischievous ghost | | | | experience, I have never, EVER come across anything |
| held to be responsible for unexplained noises (as | | | | evil or malevolent. There are some ghosts with |
| rappings). We have learned over many different | | | | attitudes but nothing that has ever hurt me or harmed |
| studies that children are unaware of these | | | | anyone with me. You should view a paranormal |
| occurrences being based on the energy they emit. It's | | | | experience as something that doesn't happen to just |
| easier to blame these things on a ghost. However, | | | | anyone and you should really feel very lucky to have it |
| working with them on investigations and under | | | | happen. |
| controlled circumstances, we discover that it is possibly | | | | In conclusion, I have offered you information regarding |
| the energy they are emitting. Of course, it is impossible | | | | the paranormal and the fact that it exists. It is up to |
| to know with 100% accuracy if this is indeed the case | | | | you to decide if you believe it or not. The only real |
| and it is the children, but once we have made our | | | | way to decide is if you are fortunate enough to have |
| conclusions and shared them with the host family, the | | | | an experience. Following that, I am confident you will |
| activity seems to go away or at least be diminished. | | | | join the tens of thousands of people who have had |
| When taking a philosophical look at the paranormal, we | | | | experiences and are now looking for their next one. |
| find that everybody has a story regarding the | | | | We believe......Do you???? |