Comments on: Believe it or not: Ghost hunters go high-tech

The pursuit of paranormal activity combines age-old beliefs with 21st century technologies.
Photos: Tech for hunting spooks

[Ninjak]

Too light on the 'high tech'

Good article, though I wish they had delved a bit deeper into the actual tech equipment used. It's definitely advantageous to build our own equipment at times. I'm putting together a tech glossary/tutorial at some point for SMP, so it was still a nice article to come across.

Tech Team
Southern Maryland Paranormal (TAPS Family Member)
www.somdparanormal.com

[ralfthedog]

Try some balloons.

Something I have always wanted to see, Fill up some helium balloons to the point that the strings just touch the ground. You have an instant way to chart the air currents (and changes in air currrents) in a building.

If something non material were to pass through one or more balloons, and if that non physical thing were to carry an electrical charge, you would see the balloons stick together or repel each other. If the balloon were to suddenly get cold, it would loose some lift.

The other cool thing about this method is that it is easy for the general public to understand. They could even try it at home. Great for TV.

No, I do not believe in ghosts, however I have always been fascinated by methods for trying to find them.

[Phillep_H]

Why high tech?

If a rock is big enough to stumble over, you should not need to use a microscope to find it.

Same for ghosts. If they are obvious enough to draw the attention of someone who is not ready for them (believes in them), why the "microscope" to find them?

[Nabojim]

.. or not

Thankfully our tax dollars are not being used to fund this kind of foolishness. I know that I help fund other kinds of foolishness, but at least not ghost hunting. They are as likely to find ghosts as others are to find extraterrestrials. But, at least they are tech savvy.

[NWLB]

Microsoft announces .Boo for Windows.

Microsoft announced it will launch a new, web-based, service which will revolutionize ghosts. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was quoted as saying ?we are pleased that Microsoft remains the company of choice for the vaporware industry.?

Experts on the afterlife debated the value of the new service. ?Ghosts are already frozen, suspended as they were in life, seemingly alive, but unable to do anything. Microsoft?s entry could be construed as redundant.?

[Phillep_H]

A new question

Is there life after the BSOD?

[Chuckabutty]

Foolish Ghost Hunters

As an ordained minister and exorcist of eight years standing, who performs exorcisms six nights a week, I can tell you that the ghosts people seek are demons. If people only believed the bible, they would know that these spirits are the fallen angels who were led into rebellion by Satan. God cast them down to earth 302,000 years ago. Spirits never die, and these spirits are the "ghosts" that people look for. The danger is absolute. Anyone seeking "ghosts" or spirits, will become entangled with them, leading to possession. I know, because I have recently dealt with several ghost hunters who knew something bad was happening to them but did not know why. There is only one solution to helping those hunters who start to have problems, and that is an exorcism. And don't think you can run to a Catholic priest for help. The best they can do is to sprinkle holy water on you and tell Satan to leave. Satan laughs at such garbage.

God has forbidden His creation to consult mediums, psychics and Ouija boards. This all comes under the heading of "divination." The spirits who pretend to be from the deceased, are called "familiar spirits," because they once lived in the person and knew their lives, intimately. They are able to answer questions to which only the dead person would know the answer. God forbids this practice because the enquirer becomes possessed. Possession usually begins with depression, nightmares, nightsweats, an inability to sleep or to sleepwalk. Voices may be heard in the person's head, and visions may occur. This is all demon possession, and nothing less than an exorcism will cure that person.

There are many other ways of becoming possessed, and "ghost-hunting" is only one of them.

For more information:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzevk9mh/enddaysdeliverance/

[paranormalinvestigations]

your opinion

thats great you are an ordained minister - well so am I - and I do belong to a paranormal investigative team - and have been around a long time. Not once we have seen a possession - or any of our members come into harm. We take precautions when we do our investigations - but you are not knowledgeable with all the facts. I have yet to hear one team - even the one we associate with in the UK that have been doing it for 35 years, that come across a possession - or who have had problems with themselves. Ghosts belong to all religions, not just your faith - and all faiths have different views on it - yours is right for you - but not for others. we are not foolish - some of us have been led into it due to the fact we heard a 'calling' as some would say. Ghosts are those who have passed, and don't know they are dead, are afraid to pass over, or don't want too. They are not demons, they are the lost.

[andeyejah]

secretarys yummy!

Cor id love to take Secretary around some old haunted places in Ireland.I wonder does she wear glasses hhhmmmm!.

[paranormalinvestigations]

ghost hunters and high tech

The problem with everyone getting these gadgets - most of them do not know how to use them, and they do not know how to scientifically collect the data properly. Teams like ours who have been in the field for years, and have had research papers published, our data gets mixed in with those amateurs who may mean well - but do not know what they are doing. Its good to be inquisitive, and to be interested, but do not call yourself a team unless you are in it for the long haul, and know what you are doing. We have seen ghost hunter teams here in our city of Edmonton who have done more harm than good when the go investigate private residences, due to the fact they do not know what they are doing. And one yet - who a member proclaimed herself psychic last year, they go into peoples homes, her partner will say its haunted, then she will do a cleansing - for a donation. This industry can be bastardized just like many others - but its the true paranormal investigators that will hopefully be able to find the truth behind real paranormal experiences.

[Ghost_Owl]

High Tech tools for ghost hunting.

As a founding member of the Pacific Ghost Hunting Society I think that the more scientific data we can collect by using these tools. The better chance we have of gathering real data that will hold up in the scientific community and solve this mystery once and for all.

[BCF1968]

No such things as ghosts

If ghosts where real then hospitals would be the most haunted places, since millions of people die in them every year.

[Gary Lee]

Lots of Gadgets, but No Proof

Entering the art and mystery of the paranormal, with claims of strange accounts, we see plenty of scientific-looking props, but no real evidence.