Paranormal Investigator Magazine Issue I | Page 67

Ghost Hunting 101

You don’t just drop people into the middle of any
scenario as demonstrated through
television, because most programing is geared
towards getting into the action as quickly as
possible so as not to lose the interest of their
viewers or commercial sponsors which can lead
to big bucks.
In reality most ghost hunting experience is either
boring from the get go or will have you grinding
your teeth in anticipation. The secret to being a
successful ghost hunter is to become a master
at what you do.
 I myself have been within the paranormal field
since 1980. And while technology has changed
considerably from the time I first chose this path
one thing has remained the same with little to
no changes at all.
People who are either in need of better understanding what it was they had experienced, and
people who are in need of knowing that they are
not alone in having had their particular
experience. For many witnesses of the paranormal is it often more frightening to be exposed
to the potential ridicule of the public than it is in
their being terrified of some unknown element
presumably lurking outside, stalking them in the
night, or within their home which was
originally meant to be a place of protection and
sanctity from an often hostile world.
 So for the wannabe ghost hunter should it be
realized the great importance of helping and
assisting others first and foremost as opposed
to merely wanting only the occasional thrill of
experiencing a ghost or any other form of anomalous phenomena. The beauty is that such
ghostly experience will happen naturally and
more often when it is not being forced to perform in front of your recording equipment.

for your eventual contact with the deceased
since both living and dead do often act alike
where both may be governed by their emotions
and immediate environment.
 For example:
 People get angry and thus there also exist hostile ghosts.
 People become needy and co-dependent and
thus you have ghosts which cling and often will
possess an individual’s home for much of the
same reasons.
 You have homeless people and thus you have
wandering ghosts.
You have squatters which are homeless people taking up residency on property which is
not theirs, and thus you will find the haunting of
locations not otherwise considered stigmatized
property.

 Touching back on the people element must I
warn you that it is often the living from which
you should be more concerned than that of the Something else of which should be focused on
supposed dead. And thus as a successful ghost
are the various types of people you will deal with
hunter is it more important that you master the which can assist you in either making or breakpeople element first which will then prepare you
ing a case.
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