How we differ
Generally speaking, and relating to the above paragraph, a ghost hunter is usually defined as "someone without any real skill or training who is looking for ghosts for kicks. Burden of proof and level of discrimination of 'evidence' is very low." A paranormal investigator is defined as a person with training and a high level of skill who is seeking to document evidence of paranormal activity, or disprove claims of a haunting. The burden of proof is much higher.We take the best of both and meld it into our operating philosophy. Hunt to see if a place is haunted, then investigate it if there seems to be activity.
A lot of ghost hunters go into a supposedly haunted sites as complete skeptics, and we believe that the negative energy brought by absolute skeptics does indeed flavor an investigation in a negative fashion. This causes the investigators to miss compelling, interesting and sometimes vital clues, omitting activity and dismissing potential findings out of hand. This certainly effects the results. We also believe that the "spirit world" is less receptive and responsive to investigators who are exuding negative energy, save for "ghosts" who become annoyed with their "guests." Another type of investigator is the "provoker." This type goes into a site with an expectation of finding something, like we do, but once in tends to insult and otherwise bait any spirits that may be present. This also brings negative energy into an investigation, and is highly insulting to the other side. This technique can be effectively used, however, the trick is to use "baiting" appropriately. The place for skepticism and negative thought is not in the investigative phase, but rather in the "evidence review" stage. When we listen to an EVP from a ghost hunt, watch our videos and look through our photos, person after person, each individual carefully and independently inspects the results and makes notes of anything of interest. This is followed up with combining the evidence and seeing what we have. We toss out over 90% and close to 99% of our gathered evidence for one reason or another.
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Courage is resistance to
fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain