Guide to Ghosthunting

Many television series have made ghost hunting popular, including Ghost Adventures, Haunting, and the ever popular SciFi channel series, Ghost Hunters, which features the adventures of TAPS and their investigations into the world of the paranormal. With the increasing popularity for paranormal investigation, many people have become increasingly interested in starting their own paranormal group. But I am sorry to say that most of these people don't have a clue about being a paranormal investigator. I, however, do. In this article, I will expose the truths about ghost hunting.

Many people want to join the ghost hunting business because they are searching for thrills. They want to be scared. They want to seem brave for their friends and lovers. Allow me to make something perfectly clear. Ghost hunting is not scary at all. Unless, of course, you are unlucky enough to encounter a demonic or inhuman spirit, in which case you should very scared and fearful for your life, but that is a one in a million chance. The point is, you should not be conducting paranormal investigations just because you want some cheap and easy thrills. Ghost hunting is a scientific process that is meant to gather evidence of life after death. If you are in the game because you want a thrill or because you are trying to look cool for your friends, then you are sadly illusioned and should not be involved.

So how exactly does one go about ghost hunting? The old way is to use a psychic. Many psychics out there are frauds, but some of them are tried and true and can be very useful when searching for ghosts and spirits. The Warrens are, perhaps, the most famous psychics alive. They investigated a great many famous hauntings, including the famed Amittyville haunting recently made popular through Hollywood magic. The Warrens proved and disproved a great many hauntings, but their findings were not able to be used as evidence to the scientific community because they still do not recognize psychic phenonema as admissible evidence. Today's ghost hunters use methods that are a bit more plausible for scientific acceptance.

Among these methods is the detection of electromagnetic fields that can be caused by the presence of a spirit. These fields are made because, theoretically, a ghost messes with energy whenever it is around, and this causes a fluctuation in the electromagnetic field. Detected fluctuations are not enough to prove the existence of spirits on their own, but they help back up other, more concrete forms of evidence. More to do with the energy changes caused by a spirit is the draining of batteries whenever a ghost is around. To exist, the spirit draws energy from the air around it and any nearby batteries. A sudden drop in power can be an indicator to the ghost hunter.

Electronic voice phenonema, or EVP, is the biggest field of ghost hunting. Basically, they are disembodied voices emitted by spirits. They can be captured on recording devices when the naked ear alone cannot pick them up. Video of objects moving on their own or even full bodied apparitions forming are another popular form of evidence.

Sometimes, the simple tried and proven ways of detecting spirits are the best course of option for ghost hunters. These were used way back when there was no advanced technology to help find ghosts. The most well-known method is spreading flour on the floor to pick up any footprints a ghost or spirit might emit.

Ghost hunting is not a subject to be mocked or taken for granted. It is a serious scientific process meant to gather evidence of a world alongside ours. You have no business with it if you only want thrills and fame.

No sources were used in this article. Everything was prior knowledge.