"It's pretty simple, according to people who call themselves ghost hunters: You have to believe in ghosts to see them. It depends on which side of the haunted fence you're on. If you believe in ghosts, there's nothing wrong with it. But if you're a skeptic, it's a huge problem.
If you go in to a place that's supposed to be haunted, you're tuned up [to believe] already," explains world-famous skeptic James Randi, who has promised to pay $1 million to anyone who can show evidence of a paranormal, supernatural, or occult event under controlled circumstances.
So far, no one has won the money, although Sylvia Browne, who claims she is a psychic, agreed to put her powers to the test.
You could have a chance to win that money, too--if only you could find a ghost. So how do you go about doing that?...Read On:
Ghosts 101:
If you're a hardened skeptic, bear with me here, or you'll miss all the fun. And you certainly won't win the million-dollar prize.
The first thing you need to do is know what you're looking for--and what it looks like. According to common definitions, a ghost is the spirit of a dead person. Ghosts "are not fragmented souls cursed to roam the land. They're here by choice, ghosts don't wear sheets, and only rarely do they look like see-through peoples, they usually look like strands of vapor called ectoplasm when they're in motion. When they're not moving, they resemble balls of light.
Many people even claim to have taken photographs of ghosts, although a camera strap can sometimes be mistaken for a ghost "vortex."
Now that you know what you're looking for, the next thing you need to know is where to look.
Now that you know what you're looking for, the next thing you need to know is where to look.
A cemetery is a good place to start--especially an old one, Caution ! people do need to respect the rules of the cemeteries they choose, and make sure they're not off-limits to nighttime visitors.
You'll want to bring along a camera and a tape recorder with a fresh cassette, to get evidence of your ghost hunt. Advice: For how these tools should be used. Turn the volume up high as you record cemetery noises. Along with your conversations (which should be held at normal volume). You must listen between conversations for the voice or voices of the dead, you should ask permission of the ghosts before you attempt to photograph them. And don't forget to bring an open mind. No ghost is going to show itself to someone with a closed mind, such as a skeptic. Also it's a good ideal to bringing a compass to measure abnormal magnetism, and leaving the tape recorder in one spot.
But you might not need to go as far as a cemetery.
Most homes are haunted..So all one has to do is listen for strange sounds or events that occur around the new and full moons, which represent the strongest geomagnetic fields, or during solar storms, when the earth is bombarded with charged particles from solar flares.
If all of this sounds scientific, it's meant to. Ghost hunters prefer to use tools rather than psychics to track down spirits. Psychics experience too much emotional static.
Ghosts absorb heat, so infrared thermometers and infrared night vision camcorders can be used to locate them. They also disturb electromagnetic fields, so electromagnetic meters will reflect their presence.
It sounds foolproof, doesn't it? If you record mysterious conversations, capture surprising photographs, or measure ghosts presence with thermometers or electromagnetic field devices, you've got your proof, right? Not at all, according to the skeptics.
A cemetery is a good place to start--especially an old one, Caution ! people do need to respect the rules of the cemeteries they choose, and make sure they're not off-limits to nighttime visitors.
You'll want to bring along a camera and a tape recorder with a fresh cassette, to get evidence of your ghost hunt. Advice: For how these tools should be used. Turn the volume up high as you record cemetery noises. Along with your conversations (which should be held at normal volume). You must listen between conversations for the voice or voices of the dead, you should ask permission of the ghosts before you attempt to photograph them. And don't forget to bring an open mind. No ghost is going to show itself to someone with a closed mind, such as a skeptic. Also it's a good ideal to bringing a compass to measure abnormal magnetism, and leaving the tape recorder in one spot.
But you might not need to go as far as a cemetery.
Most homes are haunted..So all one has to do is listen for strange sounds or events that occur around the new and full moons, which represent the strongest geomagnetic fields, or during solar storms, when the earth is bombarded with charged particles from solar flares.
If all of this sounds scientific, it's meant to. Ghost hunters prefer to use tools rather than psychics to track down spirits. Psychics experience too much emotional static.
Ghosts absorb heat, so infrared thermometers and infrared night vision camcorders can be used to locate them. They also disturb electromagnetic fields, so electromagnetic meters will reflect their presence.
It sounds foolproof, doesn't it? If you record mysterious conversations, capture surprising photographs, or measure ghosts presence with thermometers or electromagnetic field devices, you've got your proof, right? Not at all, according to the skeptics.
Most people think that ghost and the darkness are synonyms. While a ghost and the darkness normally co-exist, that is not always the case. Some of the most unnerving experiences have been in the daytime. Nevertheless, most people believe the ghost and the darkness theory. So start your ghost hunt at night. These steps outline strategy for conjuring a real ghost.
1. Be where the action is. Most haunted places have reputations.
2. Go at night … sometime between 11:00 pm and 3:00 am. Remember the ghost and the darkness theory.
3. Go alone into the room that is considered the most haunted.
4. Relax. Ghosts don’t come around just because you wish they would. Read a good book while you wait.
5. Be aware of your surroundings. Experiences can be visual, audible, olfactory, or sensory.
6. Investigate any unusual sights, sound, or smells.
7. Persevere. If a ghost is in a dwelling, it will eventually show. These steps, with some modifications, will also work for a ghost located outside of a physical building. One has to be receptive to gain the ghost’s attention, however. If your goal is to see the ghost, remember that ghosts are not always visible. But if your goal is to be in the presence of a ghost … mission accomplished, now read below to find out how you could WIN!!
Also if you do try to win or do win come back and tell me how it went and what you found..Just click on the links to the web-page to get the infro you need to read more and APPLY...Good Luck!
James Randi Educational Foundation:
The Foundation is committed to providing reliable information about paranormal claims. It both supports and conducts original research into such claims.
At JREF, we offer a $$-one-million-dollar prize-$$ to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event.
The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test. Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives. Upon success in the preliminary testing process, the applicant becomes a claimant
To date, no one has ever passed the preliminary tests.
