This is an interview of Tony from Texas Paranormal Research Team
Me- What natural events, have you found, can easily be mistaken as paranormal phenomena?
Tony- Extreme amounts of electromagnetic energy(EMF) can cause a person to feel ill, paranoid, and cause hallucinations amongst other things. Almost all of which can make someone believe they are being haunted. Things like plumbing, a house settling, different kinds of flooring , and other “house noises” can lead a person to think that something paranormal is occurring.
Me- What is the first thing you do when phenomena happens during an investigation?
Tony- We do not yell or get overly excited, because we actually inform the spirits before an investigation that we are expecting them to interact and that we are not there for a "scare show." We may move slowly towards the area that something occurred or ask it to come visit us and come out of the shadows, but for the most part we do not chase occurrences or act in threatening manners.
Me- Do you and your team use photography as a medium?
Tony- We do, but photos are so easily modified and most often discounted by the paranormal community (peers). We do document the places we investigate with photos for future references and do snap several shots over our shoulders walking by or leaving rooms just to see what we get. So in short we do, but we do not put much stock in it unless it is over the top obvious.
Me- What is your attitude when doing an investigation?
Tony- In most cases we arrive with an open mind, not with an every place we visit is haunted outlook. We divide our onsite team into groups based upon experience to keep things on the right pace for what we are there to attempt to do. Very few cases do we arrive with the thoughts of provoking or trying to excite the spirits to get activity.
Tony- In most cases we arrive with an open mind, not with an every place we visit is haunted outlook. We divide our onsite team into groups based upon experience to keep things on the right pace for what we are there to attempt to do. Very few cases do we arrive with the thoughts of provoking or trying to excite the spirits to get activity.
Cool interview! It's weird to me that photographs aren't used as evidence. Often, especially when watching shows like ghost hunters on the SyFy channel, you see so much footage and photographic evidence of paranormal happenings from the so-called "pros" I never considered it to be unacceptable evidence. It makes perfect sense though.
ReplyDeleteI also never thought about EMFs making people feel ill, but I guess that makes sense. I think I heard before that a spike in EMF waves could be an indication of spirits, but i'm not sure. Something to look into later perhaps.
The thing about photographs is that they can be so easily manipulated. Especially with the technology we have now. Also there is so much that goes into a photographs like lighting, dust, bugs and etc. It just hard to know what's what. Which is why I stress being skeptical about things.
ReplyDeleteYes spikes in electromagnetic fields are considered to be a sign of ghosts, but there are other things that can cause EMFs other than ghosts.
Electromagnetic waves can not only make people feel sick, but they can give people the feeling of being watched or a eerie feeling. It's pretty crazy.