"Why don't you go ghost hunting," my friend said. "A new ghost-hunting organisation are seeking new members."
Why on Earth, or off-Earth, would I want to do that, I thought.I don't need to hunt them, they hunt me.
"I deal with 1,000s of possessions, hauntings, and lost souls," I replied. "Why would I need to hunt?"
"Because the "Ghosthunters of Seaford Town" want to prove they exist - scientifically!"
Ah, that's different. "The problem is," I said, "already online you can read countless witness testimonies of ghosts, hear many voice recordings of spirits, see a myriad photos of spectres, and watch countless videos of apparitions. Highly significant evidence already proves they exist. We don't need more evidence. People just have to believe existing evidence."
She wouldn't listen. One of those cases of, "It doesn't matter how many people see a ghost, even all my friends. Until I see one, I won't believe it!"
I tried to explain the evidence again, but she was adamant not to believe. "Never. I'll never believe anyone. Not unless I see a ghost myself.."
"And how do you hope to do that?"
"I might join them and be a ghost hunter too."
Later, I searched their website. They seem a refreshingly professional bunch with clear scientific objectives.
I'll mention a few bits from the Ghost Hunters website. Who knows, you may want to join? :-)
Intelligent Haunt: When the spirit of a person who has passed on remains in a property. Investigators may have “conversations” with intelligent spirits by using various pieces of equipment.
Residual Haunt: When the essence of a person has been caught in a room/property/object. It is like a tape recorder playing on a loop and will happen if anyone is there or not.
Fear Cage: A confined area in a location that is surrounded by and filled with a high electro-magnetic field.
Cold Spots: A spirit needs to draw energy from the air, consequently making the air surrounding it colder.
EVP: (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) A disembodied voice not heard at the time by the human ear imprints onto an audio recording device.
EMF Detector: Looks for fluctuations in the electromagnetic field. It is very rare to get a concentrated spike in one location and not track it to a natural source. The investigator might ask the spirit to pass by or stand beside the K2 metre and make the lights go from green to red to indicate a ‘yes’ response to a question.
Franks Box/Ghost Box, White Noise Generator: Continually scans radio frequencies and generates continuous white noise. Entities will have something to draw from to make a sound or a voice. Conversations have been held by asking questions of the spirits and gaining responses through the white noise.
Perhaps this new ghost-hunting organisation is good for people like my disbelieving friend. It won't take long with modern instruments, readings, photos and videos to prove ghosts exist.
And she won't even have to see one to believe in them... :-)
Why on Earth, or off-Earth, would I want to do that, I thought.I don't need to hunt them, they hunt me.
"I deal with 1,000s of possessions, hauntings, and lost souls," I replied. "Why would I need to hunt?"
"Because the "Ghosthunters of Seaford Town" want to prove they exist - scientifically!"
Ah, that's different. "The problem is," I said, "already online you can read countless witness testimonies of ghosts, hear many voice recordings of spirits, see a myriad photos of spectres, and watch countless videos of apparitions. Highly significant evidence already proves they exist. We don't need more evidence. People just have to believe existing evidence."
She wouldn't listen. One of those cases of, "It doesn't matter how many people see a ghost, even all my friends. Until I see one, I won't believe it!"
I tried to explain the evidence again, but she was adamant not to believe. "Never. I'll never believe anyone. Not unless I see a ghost myself.."
"And how do you hope to do that?"
"I might join them and be a ghost hunter too."
Later, I searched their website. They seem a refreshingly professional bunch with clear scientific objectives.
I'll mention a few bits from the Ghost Hunters website. Who knows, you may want to join? :-)
Intelligent Haunt: When the spirit of a person who has passed on remains in a property. Investigators may have “conversations” with intelligent spirits by using various pieces of equipment.
Residual Haunt: When the essence of a person has been caught in a room/property/object. It is like a tape recorder playing on a loop and will happen if anyone is there or not.
Fear Cage: A confined area in a location that is surrounded by and filled with a high electro-magnetic field.
Cold Spots: A spirit needs to draw energy from the air, consequently making the air surrounding it colder.
EVP: (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) A disembodied voice not heard at the time by the human ear imprints onto an audio recording device.
EMF Detector: Looks for fluctuations in the electromagnetic field. It is very rare to get a concentrated spike in one location and not track it to a natural source. The investigator might ask the spirit to pass by or stand beside the K2 metre and make the lights go from green to red to indicate a ‘yes’ response to a question.
Franks Box/Ghost Box, White Noise Generator: Continually scans radio frequencies and generates continuous white noise. Entities will have something to draw from to make a sound or a voice. Conversations have been held by asking questions of the spirits and gaining responses through the white noise.
Perhaps this new ghost-hunting organisation is good for people like my disbelieving friend. It won't take long with modern instruments, readings, photos and videos to prove ghosts exist.
And she won't even have to see one to believe in them... :-)
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