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The notion of the paranormal is at its highest point. During the last 2-3 years we have seen shows paranormal explode on the scene of conventional television in the first half points. Sci Fi (or SyFy if they wish, sorry purists) Ghost Hunters is one of the first to call national attention and popularity. Now we have Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Hunters Academy Spirit laboratory, paranormal state, Ghost Adventures, Most Haunted (UK and U.S.), Paranormal Police encounters with ghosts, short (thankfully) Extreme paranormal ... and many more in the way I'm showing sure.These draw attention to the issue, but it is always the type of issue needs attention? To produce a program and have to be a successful enterprise, has to be entertaining. If it is not fun, is for a short term, because advertisers will not buy ads during the show. Therefore, it can be an elusive enigma, with a TV constantly entertained? Some in the fields of the paranormal is not. Does anyone really think Ghost Hunters real possibility of obtaining evidence in each place you visit for an investigation? In the early days, sometimes did not. These programs I found interesting on their own, because they are a testament to the credibility of the program. Today it is a rarity in each show receiving some type of activity "documented." The success of the research appears to have increased with the success and popularity of the show itself. I only ask the obvious: we see the data in stages Ghost Hunters, in particular, has had its share of public prosecutions involving false or testing stages. It began largely with the 2008 event live at Fort Delaware (I'll save the gory details for you to find and read / see yourself -. Google it). Many fans hotly contest ghost hunters that not all false (and that may very well not), and 2 stars of the show have commented here and there about the situation to attempt a solution. In my view, the explanations that have fallen short. To me there is no response yet questions.One have to take all these programs with a dose of salt and return to reality. This is television - it's about advertising revenue and entertainment. The phenomenon is difficult to achieve, and not always present in the application (does not matter how long Spirit Adventures teasing Zack spirits to "get out of there and get us.") You can go to a supposedly haunted place with all the equipment in the world, and get absolutely nothing. It is well known. You can go 20 times and get nothing. That time could produce a twenty-first piece of evidence inexplicable. The idea that we see week after week as a team out to investigate a popular local and obtain quality data is absurd when you really think about it. In the end, you may get people interested and involved, including, but refers to a data collection facility that often leaves the reality of serious misconduct. It could also result in a desire so deeply rooted in the capture of data, that the public accepts any audio, video or camera aberration blip "evidence." In my opinion, serious damage field study whether or not, because it is the media with all its accessories and contingencies. The ideas and theories put forth in these programs often effect the popular idea of those who want to get actively involved - regardless of whether these theories have any merit or not.Personally really, I like Ghost Hunters. I see every week, and the spin-offs. However, not all my own ideas based on theories off any TV show - and more often then I am not critical of the "evidence" from any program. Is it possible that there are some good data captured in these programs? Sure. With all the locations of equipment, and desirable that offers television production expected a certain amount of evidence of good catch. Is everything okay? I doubt it. This is not an effort to go in the carriages of the prosecution in any sample, but I've been involved in investigating the paranormal for over 20 years and am very familiar with the carrot that hangs from the tests when applied to paranormal.The any documentation of the very approach of the course is very difficult to achieve. Otherwise, it would be invaded by sound data, and all paranormal questions to be answered. The paranormal may lose your code and we could continue talking about everyday life.There is another way of seeing all this though: the paranormal has always been subject to significant uncertainties and open questions. If these shows any clear change this long now? Of course not. You never know whether the evidence is seen in any television program is solid or in stages. Was it really the executive vice president dead speaking through the ether? Was a member of the crew? Was staged on or simple misunderstanding? Again, there is no way of knowing. The paranormal is doing what he does best: hide. But this time, in the light. While the data is captured by any of these programs, will be sidelined by any that seem gradual or too good to be true. The layman can not tell the difference, and often even the experienced researcher has difficulty in separating the wheat from the chaff in some of these cases. You're over the investigation - but only what the editor considers worthy of your eyes by the premise of the program. Do not know about you, but that's not what I want. I want it all, the really strange with the boredom.But numb the mind, that's not good TV.Paranormal research can be fun, interesting and fruitful. It can also be tedious, expensive, useless and boring preferred needling in the eyeballs and then go to the Jones farm one night to run the cameras and VPE (even just to name a few activities for this short article.) So these shows are worthless? I think of them as a double-edged sword. Yes to call attention to the paranormal, and even in some ways it is much easier for people to discuss these issues publicly. That this issue is now in the public eye and in abundance is exceptional - her eyes are a mystery more likely to get anywhere with him. They also inspire people to participate. That's a great too.But also paint what I see as an unrealistic expectation that the enigma of the search, as manifested in the application, and is easily accessible.There 's also the question of influence. Because they are public figures, his words carry weight with the less informed, and to change public opinion - and I do not think that this "influence" is always treated with such respect as it should be.Out all the shows, I think Spirit Lab gives more peace of mind at the start of the program by stating that nothing is manufactured - what you see is what you get. Most of these shows would do well to adopt this policy. You may like the series or not, but from what I've seen are the ones who have made this step towards accountability. And that's what this is all about. To be responsible for their trials, and to discuss with honesty and integrity. If your data is solid hold. If not, then we will not muddy the waters further than they already are. But then there is the vexing problem of skills, advertising and marketing. Is there a happy middle ground? I do not know. What are any of these programs actually accomplish? Some go to research the idea that "we will help this family", when in fact the past said the family says there is nothing to fear or "recovery home" ... the conclusion is that this is an unknown. You can not provide help because you do not know what is happening to begin with. It might work or might not. However, I see a false sense of security.Are to provide reliable data that leads to deeper problems? Week after week, N is "this is real." Yes I got it. So what about the deeper issues? If you get EVPs evidence of the spirits of the dead within a structure, or are a time dilation can not understand? Are we able to talk to the past by pure intention? Are we the "ghosts" to the "ghosts"? What is the relationship with the witnesses and their state that could show activity? If you wait for a television program and you'll be a ghost before it happens. No one can get to those answers, but we can not give the audience something to think about? Performance to the next level? Apparently not. But we can show endless green night vision scenes of the creepy house as you curl up with a bucket of popcorn, and a blanket.And maybe that's all we want.

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Paranormal Investigation Gear Essentials

The voice recorder is a very important tool in ghost hunting equipment. The recorder gives you the ability to capture audio, and when your luck, a chance to catch a EVP. These kinds of audio anomalies commonly known as electronic voice phenomenon are some of the most substantial ghost and spirit evidencethere is. Although some will contend that they're nothing greater than other people within the groups talking, paranormal investigators and those you need to do the EVP work will contend that audio sessions are performed during a extremely professional manner, and all of team members are accounted for during audio work. Most of these groups may have one individual perform the talking with a shut up period throughout the group.

Introduction

It bothers me when people dance around something they want to find out empirically and never engage it experimentally. For example, in all the discussion on the web I've read about paranormal "investigators" going out and taking pictures of all these "orbs" and things, but I never see any effort to pin down the nature of this phenomenon.

For instance, try different levels of light, take pictures in places that less likely to be "haunted," etc. If you vary the conditions experimentally, you can determine the nature of the phenomenon. I think there most likely is something interesting going on in many of the pictures I have seen, but I have yet to hear convincing evidence that they are, in fact, a supernatural phenomenon.

An experimental approach

As a first step toward addressing these larger questions, here are a number of smaller details that have never been adequately (read: experimentally) posed. In some cases I propose specific studies where they aren't clearly implied by the question itself.

* Quantification: Average numbers of orbs, their size in the frame (expressed as a percentage), and frequency of appearance (# of pictures/total pictures taken) with attention paid to various conditions (time, temperature, humidity, etc.)

* Are orbs ever obscured by other objects in the frame? Experiment: Fill the room with "branched" (as opposed to "blocked") objects that will act as something as a forest rather than a Euclidean volume.

* Do orbs ever interact with objects in the room? (e.g., do they travel around and/or through furniture, walls, etc.?)

* What would be seen in photos taken simultaneously from virtually the same place? Note: The cameras should be placed as closely together as possible so as to avoid a parallax view and/or missing dust and/or orbs at close proximity.

* What would be seen in photos taken simultaneously from two angles?

* Is there a consistent range of their rate of motion? Experiment: requires knowledge of absolute size or actual position in at least a 2D plane.

* What is the absolute size of an orb? Is this variable? Experiment: Take two photos simultaneously from opposite sides of the room with the opposing photographers in the other's picture. The scale relative to the photographers from two perspectives will narrow the possible sizes. (e.g., if orb appears the same size in both photos, then it is halfway in-between; therefore its distance from the photographer is known and the size of the orb can be extrapolated from the size of the photographer in the image.

* Two cameras shooting at the same time should see them. Similarly, it would be unlikely that only *one* camera of two would see orbs without the other seeing the same. If only one does, it is likely that the effect is caused within the camera.

* Do orbs turn up less frequently when photos are taken at close range to the wall? I.e., with less volume of space photographed, do the number of orbs observed diminish proportionately (on average)? To use an analogy, if you look out into a ballroom, you see lots of people. When you turn to the wall, there are fewer people in front of you because the floor space is reduced.

* Relating to photographic focus: Do orbs vary in appearance with changes in focus, f-stops, or even fogging of the lens? (I have a shot in which many of them appear in focus even when they appear in a photo that is out of focus. Conversely, I believe I have a photo in which an apparent orb was obscured by moisture on the lens.)

* Do they show up when no flash is used? Experiment: Take multiple shots w/o flash. Alternate with a flash (and perhaps vary the intensity of the flash as well) to determine if light is required.

* Can the side-by-side presence of orbs be demonstrated in the same frame as identifiable dust? Experiment: Isolate dust to one half of the frame with a large pane of glass or a wall. Stir the dust on one side (or room) and photograph.

The crux of the paranormal issue

Is there any indication that orbs are associated with ghosts? Compare quantifications in "haunted" locations with randomly sampled photos taken elsewhere. Problem: So-called "investigators" go to places where "hauntings" are suspected, but those are the only places where they conduct investigations. Suppose this is a more ubiquitous phenomenon. If you only look in "haunted" places, that's all you'll associate this with. On the other hand, why am I finding them beneath the ground in urban areas where no deaths/burials would have occurred? Control samples are required.

Personally, I haven't seen a good association between the supernatural and the orb phenomenon. That's the most tenuous of connections for me. I see orbs in many of the photos I've taken, but they aren't strictly relegated to "haunted" locales.

I really haven't spent a lot of time on paranormal web sites largely because they tend to be populated by kooks and pranksters... always a bad combination. One group supplies dubious "evidence" that reaffirms the otherwise unsubstantiated beliefs of the rest... thereby creating a larger audience eager for more images that are often (and perhaps always) fakes. It's a dangerously reiterative process.

That is a voice recorder and a camera. The camera doesn't have to be a digital version, but could be a 35mm, but I would recommend if you're using a 35mm film to use 400 speed or higher. The advantage of a digital is the amount of pictures, with the addition of a SD card, could be stored on your camera. And in case you have the available screen in your camera to review pictures, this gives you ability to review some of your pictures right at that moment on the investigation. Granted it could be difficult to find anomalies on this small screen, but you might be able to determine mysterious objects, to which you'll be able to debunk right at that moment.

 

These two types of equipment are very important and also the basics of the ghost hunting gear. You might put a easy and inexpensive tool to use for discovering potential ghosts, they are commonly called Dowsing rods. You may be able to pick-up a decent set of these for about 5 bucks or of up to $ 60. These are great in case you can't afford to buy a EMF detector, or a digital thermometer. .

{What Do You Need to Hunt Ghosts?

Many people feel that they'll need a lot of expensive ghost hunting equipment to visit ghost caught on camera. That's not true. Yes, obtaining costly high tech ghost hunting gear might improve your chances of capturing some historical ghostly evidence, but ghost hunting can be completed with few devices.