Today's rants and ravings is going to be about going in guns blazing. It's one of my pet peeves really. In today's TV industry there are several shows dedicated to paranormal investigation. I love them all, but they are far from accurate. Yes, there are true elements to them, but they are embellished for entertainment as well. What you don't see on television are all of the procedures that should be done before hand. I met with Ghost Hunter's Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson at a convention a few years back and one of the points they tried to get across was; that what you see on the show is basically the thirty minute highlight reel from three to four days of all night investigations. Ghost don't work on cue. Many of today's would be investigators think that all you have to do is grab a digital recorder, a camera or camcorder, and maybe a mel meter and just run into a building and start asking questions. That's really not how it works and can be quite dangerous. Yes investigating can have it's exciting moments but for the most part you are just sitting in a dark room for hours talking to yourself. They also don't show all of the precautions that should be taken ahead of time and the pre-investigation check lists that should be done. There are tons of things that must be done before even entering the building. This is where I usually lose most people. They don't want to sit for hours and fill out paperwork or do base line readings, they want to get to the exciting stuff. Oh and don't even mention the research, you'll see more eyes roll back into heads than at a zombie convention. The point is there are procedures to be followed and if you want your evidence to have a shred of validation, you will follow the procedures. I will get into the step by step process in a later post. Now there are things that I call fun hunts. Fun hunts are when you are investigating an old building or historic sight (with permission of course) just for the fun of it. This is the time to experiment with new equipment or use new techniques and when there isn't as much preparation needed. Although if you are testing new equipment or techniques I would suggest keeping notes to help back your theory. But, these are the haunts that the evidence that is gathered, will only serve as validation for you or your team, not something you would present to others and especially not something you would present to the owner or current resident. These are the hunts that you can go into somewhat guns blazing and it not be that big of a deal. Just remember that at all times make sure you have spiritually protected yourself (that's another thing they don't show you on TV, but I promise you they all do it). Sometimes people get so excited to go in and get started that they forget, if there is something in there, it can and it will attach itself to you. You must put up the walls to keep it at a safe distance. Some of the strongest mediums have been taken over by something and could not shake it. Imagine if you walked into something like that, something that an experienced spiritual psychic medium with plenty of knowledge couldn't even overcome. Especially if you are new to the field with little knowledge of things, if you walk into a situation where there is something strong that is beyond your comprehension or ability to fight then you have just opened up a can of worms that you can not close. That can of worms will then take over your life and cause some serious damage all because you wanted to have a little fun.
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AuthorLead investigator for Archivees
September 2018
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