Issue 3, May 2014

The digital magazine for Paranormal Investigators

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Welcome

Matt Hall Interview

Team Feature, Ghost Quest

Symptoms of Spiritual Awakening

Sleep Paralysis

‘Haunted’ York Review

A Short History of EVP’s

Your Questions

Clifton Hall by Lee Roberts

Types of Haunting

Chris Dedman Interview

England's Haunted Castles

Paranormal Unity

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We are very pleased to be able

to bring you a short interview

this month with the driving force

behind ParaconUk, Matt Hall.

Matt is a serving U.S Soldier

who is based in the U.K, he is

also the lead investigator with

Serious Paranormal

Investigations (S.P.I) a team

comprised of serving U.S

military personal and British

investigators.

The announcement of

ParaconUK has been met with

excitement by the paranormal

community and has created

quite a buzz with everyone

looking forward to the event.

ParaconUK is being held at

Derby Conference Centre on

22nd and 23rd of November,

two extremely worthwhile

charities will be supported by the

event

‘’Wounded Warrior’’ and ‘’Troop

Aid’’ provide care for servicemen

and women from the U.S & U.K

and their families, ParaconUK is

being held under the banner of

‘’Unite To Honour’’

There is an amazing line up of

paranormal celebrities who are

appearing at the event from both

sides of The Atlantic, there will be

lectures, workshops, stalls, auctions

for some one off items donated and

signed by the celebrities, a weekend

jammed full of things to do for all

the family and not to be missed!!

Matt Hall S.P.I Lead Investigator & ParaconUK

What initially made you decide to

organize ParaconUK?

It all started when I wanted to treat

my team to the Paracon experience.

I searched to find one here in the

UK or the equivalent and found

there wasn’t one. That’s when I

made the decision to get the plan

together and get the ball rolling.

Were you surprised at the response

you have received?

I was initially told by some of my

British friends that this would not get

the same support that the people in

the US give. So I initially placed the

PARACON UK at a smaller venue

with the idea to just get this year’s

event introduced into the UK

paranormal community. Then once

we announced to our members what

we were doing, we were flooded with

people loving this idea.

We have since moved the venue to

the current location at the Derby

Conference Center.

Plus, the US/UK paranormal elite

have jumped on board to support

our cause. This has been a huge

blessing and an enormous honor to

be charged with.

What are your hopes for

ParaconUK?

We are looking to provide

an annual event that people

can rely on to bring all the

paranormal sciences

together and express their

views along with getting the

education out there.

Also the event will bring the

all around Paracon

experience that allows you to

meet others with the same

interest and create an

environment for respectable

and constructive interaction.

PARACON UK also gives

the fan base for our celebrity

supporters the chance to

Meet them and attend their

lectures, as well as get that one-to-

one moment they are looking for.

PARACON UK will be an annual

event that will continue to support

great charities and give the largest

selection of all things paranormal

in one location.

Is paranormal Unity something

that you are passionate about?

While there are those out there

that disagree with the idea of unity

in the paranormal community;

I feel that there is a need for it.

I express the need for unity with

the idea in mind of preserving the

integrity of respectful constructive

debate. There needs to be a

community united with

regimented information,

supporting the qualified efforts

being made to research the

paranormal sciences and show the

public we are together. This will

help to educate the public and

prevent the automatic dismissal of

paranormal ideas. Unity is power

and that is why we made the

commitment to campaign

“UNITE TO HONOUR”.

Bringing the community together

for a great cause and allow

communication to flow.

What got you interested in the

paranormal?

I like many had some

experiences as a child that will

remain private. However, they

sparked my interest. Since I was

a teenager, I have investigated the

paranormal one way or another.

As a devoted Christian, I also

found myself looking at the

science with a different

perspective. After several

personal experiences I knew that

I needed to utilize my

opportunities from my military

career and those I have been

blessed to work with and form

the team I have today.

Everything that came after it has

been a bonus and I will continue

to devote all efforts to help those

with unexplained experiences

and add to the research of the

science.

Keep up with the latest on

ParaconUK at

www.facebook.com/paraconuk

Paranormal research team

from North Yorkshire

Ben Niall (Lead Investigator) had

been investigating for 9 years prior

to forming Ghost Quest and is

extremely passionate about

Investigating the paranormal and

has been ghost obsessed since a

child. The team has been together

for 2 years.

Ben Niall, Ghost Quest

Lead Investigator

The team film lots of footage at

each location they investigate

over a whole day and

sometimes longer, not just the

investigation but the history of

the location and the

surroundings, this is then

painstakingly edited to make

documentary episodes for

YouTube.

Ghost Quest are a dedicated

paranormal investigation team

who enjoy what they do and

incorporate all the latest

technology available during

their investigations.

1) Matthew - Investigator / AV tech . 2) Ben Niall - Lead Investigator

(20y) / Producer 3) Josh - Investigator 4) Daniel - Film hand / AV Teach.

Looking to prove or debunk paranormal claims across the UK and

hopefully overseas.

Looking for new locations to Investigate and film at

GhostQuestbookings@hotmail.com

Can be found under

Ghost Quest on Youtube, Google+, Facebook and @benredzz on

twitter.

Symptoms of Spiritual Symptoms of Spiritual Symptoms of Spiritual

AwakeningAwakeningAwakening

By Kevin Cohen spiritualist medium

1. Changing sleep patterns:

Restlessness, hot feet, waking up

two or three times a night. Feeling

tired after you wake up and sleepy

off and on during the day. There is

something called the Triad Sleep

Pattern that occurs for many: you

sleep for about 2-3 hours, wake up,

go back to sleep for another couple

of hours, wake again, and go back

to sleep again. For others, the sleep

requirements have changed. You

can get by on less sleep. Lately I

have been experiencing huge waves

of energy running into my body

from the crown. It feels good, but it

keeps me awake for a long time,

then subsides. Advice: Get used to

it. Make peace with it and don’t

worry about getting enough sleep

(which often causes more

insomnia). You will be able to make

it through the day if you hold

thoughts of getting just what you

need. You can also request your

Higher Power to give you a break

now and then and give you a

good, deep night’s sleep. If you

can’t go back to sleep right away,

use the waking moments to

meditate, read poetry, write in

your journal or look at the moon.

Your body will adjust to the new

pattern.

2. Activity at the crown of the

head: Tingling, itching, prickly,

crawling sensations along the

scalp and/or down the spine.

A sense of energy vibrating on top

of the head, as if energy is erupting

from the head in a shower. Also

the sensation of energy pouring in

through the crown, described as

“sprinkles”. This may also be

experienced as pressure on the

crown, as if someone is pushing

his/her finger into the center of

your head. As I mentioned in #1,

I have been experiencing huge

downloads of energy through the

crown. In the past, I have felt more

generalized pressure, as if my head

is in a gentle vise. One man related

that his hair stood on end and his

body was covered with

goosebumps. Advice: This is

nothing to be alarmed about.

What you are experiencing is an

opening of the crown chakra.

The sensations mean that you are

opening up to receive divine

energy.

3. Sudden waves of emotion.

Crying at the drop of a hat.

Feeling suddenly angry or sad

with little provocation.

Or inexplicably depressed. Then

very happy. Emotional roller

coaster. There is often a pressure

or sense of emotions congested in

the heart chakra (the middle of

the chest). This is not to be

confused with the heart, which is

located to the left of the heart

chakra. Advice: Accept your

feelings as they come up and let

them go. Go directly to your

heart chakra and feel the

emotion. Expand it outward to

your all your fields and breathe

deeply from the belly all the way

up to your upper chest. Just feel

the feeling and let it evaporate on

its own. Don’t direct the emotions

at anyone. You are cleaning out

your past. If you want some help

with this, say out loud that you

intend to release all these old

issues and ask your Higher Power

to help you. You can also ask

Grace Elohim to help you release

with ease and gentleness.

Be grateful that your body is

releasing these emotions and not

holding onto them inside where

they can do harm. One source

suggests that depression is linked

to letting go of relationships to

people, work, etc. that no longer

match us and our frequencies.

When we feel guilty about

letting go of these relationships,

depression helps us medicate

that pain. 4. Old “stuff” Seems

to be coming up, as described

above, and the people with

whom you need to work it out

(or their clones) appear in your

life. Completion issues.

Or perhaps you need to work

through issues of self-worth,

abundance, creativity, addic-

tions, etc. The resources or

people you need to help you

move through these issues start

to appear. Advice: Same as #3.

Additionally, don’t get too

involved in analyzing these

issues. Examining them too

much will simply cycle you back

through them over and over

again at deeper and deeper

levels. Get professional help if

you need to and walk through it.

Do not try to avoid them or

disassociate yourself from them.

Embrace whatever comes up

and thank it for helping you

move ahead.

Thank your Higher Power for

giving you the opportunity to

release these issues. Remember,

you don’t want these issues to

stay stuck in your body.

5. Changes in weight. The weight

gain in the US population is

phenomenal. Other people may

be losing weight. We often gain

weight because many fears we

have suppressed are now coming

up to the surface to be healed.

We react by building up a

defense. We also attempt to

ground ourselves or provide bulk

against increasing frequencies in

our bodies.

Advice: Don’t freak out, but just

accept it as a symptom of where

you are right now. You will

release/gain the weight when all

your fears have been integrated.

Release your anxiety about this.

Then you might find it easier to

lose/gain the weight eventually.

Exercise. Before eating, try this:

Sit at the table with an attractive

place setting. Light a candle. Enjoy

how the food looks. Place your

dominant hand over your heart

and bless the food. Tell your body

that you are going to use the food

to richly nourish it, but that you

are not going to use the food to

fulfill your emotional hungers.

Then pass your hand from left to

right over the food and bless it.

You may notice that the food feels

warm to your hand even if the

food is cold– I like to think that

the food is good for me when it

feels warm and nourishing to my

hand. I have also noticed that

when I practice blessing the food,

I don’t eat as much. It is important

not to let yourself off the hook

when you forget to bless the food

before you eat. If I’ve forgotten

and I’ve nearly finished eating, I

bless the food anyway. That way I

don’t slip out of the habit. Another

thing you can do is to stay present

while eating — don’t watch TV or

read. Heartily enjoy what blessings

are before you.

6. Changes in eating habits: Strange

cravings and odd food choices.

Some find they are not as hungry

as they used to be. Or hungrier.

Advice: Don’t deny what your

body tells you it needs. If you are

not sure, you might try muscle-

testing before you chose a food to

see if it’s what your body wants.

Also try blessing the food as

described in #5.

7. Food intolerance, allergies you

never had before: As you grow

more spiritual, you are more

sensitive to everything around

you. Your body will tell you what

it can no longer tolerate, as if it,

too, is sloughing off what doesn’t

serve it anymore. You might be

cleansing yourself of toxins.

Some people find they often have

a white residue in their mouth,

much like that of runners at the

end of a race. Advice: An

acupuncturist told me that this

film can be removed by sloshing 2

tablespoons of cold-pressed olive

oil in your mouth for 10-15

minutes (don’t swallow, whatever

you do), then spitting it out into

the toilet — not the sink,

for you just removed toxins from

your body and don’t want them in

the sink. Brush your teeth and do

the same. Then clean your brush.

(Sorry this is yukky, but it works.)

8. Amplification of the senses.

Increased sensitivity. 8a. Sight:

Blurry vision, shimmering objects,

seeing glittery particles, auras

around people, plants, animals,

and objects. Some report seeing

formerly opaque objects as

transparent. When you close your

eyes, you no longer see darkness,

but a redness. You may also see

geometric shapes or brilliant colors

and pictures when eyes are closed.

Colors appear more vivid — the

sky might look teal or the grass an

amazing green. Often I see grids

running across the ground. As you

become more sensitive, you may

see shapes or outlines in the air,

especially when the room is almost

dark. When your eyes are open or

closed, you may see white shapes

in your peripheral vision (these are

your guides). Advice: Your vision

is changing in many ways —

you are experiencing new ways

of seeing. Be patient. Whatever

you do, do not be afraid. Hazy

vision may be relieved by

yawning. 8b. Hearing: Increased

or decreased hearing. I once

thought I would have to pull off

the road because of the painfully

amplified sound of my tires on

the freeway. Other symptoms

are hearing white noise in the

head, beeps, tones, music or

electronic patterns. Some hear

water rushing, bees buzzing,

whooshing, roaring or ringing.

Others have what is called audio

dyslexia– you can’t always make

out what people are saying, as if

you can no longer translate your

own language. Some hear

strange voices in their dreams,

as if someone is hovering near

them.

You can either ask the presence

to leave or ask Archangel Michael

to take care of the situation.

Again, there is nothing to fear.

Advice: Surrender to it. Let it

come through. Listen. Your ears

are adjusting to new frequencies.

8c. Enhanced senses of smell,

touch, and/or taste. I notice I can

now smell and taste chemical

additives in some foods in a

rather unpleasant manner. Other

food may taste absolutely

wonderful. For some people,

these enhancements are both

delightful and distracting. You

might even smell the fragrance of

flowers now and then. Many of

the mystics did. Enjoy it.

9. Skin eruptions: Rashes, bumps,

acne, hives, and shingles. Anger

produces outbreaks around the

mouth and chin.

I had a dermatitis on my

extremities for several months

that accompanied healing an

episode from my past. When I

had worked through most of the

issue, the condition was released.

Advice: You may be sloughing off

toxins and bringing emotions to

the surface. When there is an

issue to be released and you are

trying to repress it, your skin will

express the issue for you until you

process the emotions. Work

through your “stuff”.

10. Episodes of intense energy

which make you want to leap out

of bed and into action. Followed

by periods of lethargy and

fatigue. The fatigue usually

follows great shifts. This is a time

of integration, so give into it.

Advice: Roll with the nature of

the energy. Don’t fight it.

Be gentle with yourself. Take

naps if you are tired. Write your

novel if you are too energized to

sleep. Take advantage of the type

of energy.

11. Changes in prayer or

meditation. Not feeling the same

sensations as before. Not having

the same experience of being in

contact with Spirit. Difficulty in

focusing. Advice: You may be in

more instant and constant

communion with Spirit now and

the sensation may therefore be

altered. You will adapt to this new

feeling. You are actually thinking

acting in partnership with Spirit

most of the time now. You may

find your meditation periods

shorter.

12. Power surges: All of a

sudden you are heated from

head to toe. It is a momentary

sensation, but uncomfortable.

In contrast, some people have

felt inexplicably cold. I have

experienced both.

More recently I experience

waves or currents of energy

rolling through me. Sometimes

the energy seems so intense

when it first comes into my body

that I feel a little nauseated. But

if I think of the energy as divine

and let go of fear,

I feel wonderful and enjoy the

sensation. If you are an energy

worker, you may have noticed

that the heat running through

your hands has increased

tremendously. This is good.

Advice: If you are

uncomfortable, ask your Higher

Power, that if it be for your best

and highest good, to turn down/

up the temperature a bit.

Part 2 coming in the next

issue of Beyond parazine

Sleep paralysis can be one of

the most terrifying things you

ever experience, people who

suffer from sleep paralysis are

sometimes so traumatised by

the experiences that they can

find it impossible to actually

describe the blood freezing

terror that that have felt, we

will try to uncover some of

the facts of sleep paralysis and

some of the myths.

Sleep paralysis is a

phenomenon in which the

sufferer experiences as they

are falling to sleep or waking

up, it is the feeling of being

unable to move their body, the

state is called muscle atonia,

(muscle weakness). Muscle

atonia is the bodies way of

stopping us acting out our

dreams and injuring ourselves.

Sleep paralysis has been linked

with disorders like narcolepsy,

Migraines, anxiety disorders and

obstructive sleep apnea but it can

also happen in isolation without

the person suffering from any of

the common disorders.

People who suffer from episodes

of sleep paralysis say they see the

most horrifying things, from

intruders in their room, demons

or a dark force holding them

down, being choked etc. This is

known as Hypnagogic and

Hypnopompic hallucinations,

Many scientist believe these

hallucinations to be the

explanation for alien abductions

and ghost sightings, there really is

nobody or nothing in the room.

Most people who suffer from

sleep paralysis are struck with a

deep sense of absolute terror due

to not being able to defend

themselves because of being

unable to move, this terror is

thought to be the result of a hyper

vigilant state created in the mid

brain, the emergency response in

the brain activates when the

person wakes and feels vulnerable

to attack, the helplessness can

intensify the effects of the threat

response way above the level that

is typical in

Normal dreams, this may explain

why the visions and feeling are so

vivid and real during sleep

paralysis.

Scientifically, sleep paralysis is

thought to be related to REM,

rapid eye movements, this is the

point were dreams are the most

vivid which is a reason the

experience is so real to those who

suffer. There can be many other

triggers such as lack of regular

sleep, shift work and alcohol.

Whatever the cause for sleep

paralysis is it is a terrifying thing

to endure.

But maybe not all cases are so

easily explained away, we are

afterall looking at the

paranormal.

PAST Paranormal

Investigation Report:

35 Stonegate, York.

Investigation Date:

10th May 2014, 8pm - 4am

Investigation Team Members:

Kath, John, Lucy & Wayne.

Equipment Used:

K2 x 2, MEL REM ATDD,

Sony DCR- SR55 x 2, Kevora.

Rooms Investigated:

Living Room, Bedrooms, Mask

Room, Seance Room, Mirror

Room, Cellar and Base Central.

The Teams Investigation Report:

First of all, we'd like to thank

Sean, and the PAST Hauntings

Team for inviting us along to

investigate Haunted,

aka 35 Stonegate in York.

It was an immense pleasure to

meet the following teams:

LAD Paranormal. Ghost Quest

and of course last but not least,

PAST Hauntings!

Arrival. We arrived in York, on

the day of the investigation, and it

was peeing it down, so initially my

thoughts for the production side

of things was worried about our

filming equipment getting wet.

Luckily for me, we managed to

work around this and still

managed to obtain footage that we

needed for the production of our

TV episode.

When we eventually got back to

the location, we did get allowed in

and straight away got permission

to fill the production aspects by

filming the internal footage.

It was also a good advantage for

John and Lucy. They’ve never

been in that building, so it was

good for them to get acquainted

with the location ready for the

investigation later that night.

After the meet and greet side of

things and the respective health

and safety talks, Sean handed out

our list of rooms and the rota in

which were going to investigate the

property, so from here on in we

headed to our first room that night,

the dining room.

Our equipment consisted of two

K2s, Kevora, Mel Meter, and two

camcorders. We also took many

photographs during the tour as

well as through the night.

Our first room to investigate was

the beautiful dining room

( first floor, front room).

At one point Kath’s face seemed

to change shape and she seemed

to be channelling a woman who

was unimpressed by the way we

were sat and the fact that the two

women were wearing trousers.

Through the night we moved

along the rooms passing bits of

information along to passing

teams and giving each other hints

about what to watch out for.

I think out of all the rooms the

séance room seemed to be the

most intriguing.

Whether this was due to the lay

out and atmosphere (a very large

table, three Ouija boards, a crystal

ball and was extremely dark).

During the pre-investigation in

one area I noticed a strange

shadow on the photograph I had

just took so preceded to take

three more in exactly the same

place. The shadow seemed to

change form and there looks to

be a human outline.

When we first entered this room

and the previous team were

leaving we were told to watch the

Ouija boards, as the planchet

seemed to move slightly, and a

light show of faint moving red and

blue lights. We ourselves weren’t

lucky enough to experience this

but for some reason two of the

room lights kept coming on and

off at random times, sometimes

they flickered, they seemed to

respond to us asking them to turn

on and off and personally I asked

them if they could do it one more

time as we were leaving the room

and it did.

Sceptics would say this is a

electrical fault, which is possible,

however there was no definite

interval between the lights coming

on and off, it didn’t start until half

way

through the investigation of the

room, the previous team hadn’t

experienced it, the owner said the

automated tour was switched off

and that they have had numerous

emails from people watching

online stating that the lights had

gone on then off even when there

was nobody on the premises.

Throughout each room we had

responses on our various pieces of

equipment.

We had K2 responses in the mask

room and responses throughout

on Kevora (unfortunately we ran

out of space on it halfway through

the night and we hadn’t fetched

our Dictaphone or SB7) and the

mel meter (EMF changes,

temperature changes etc).

As well as Kath channelling the

mysterious lady members

experienced cold spots and shivers

down their arms and the feeling of

hair touching.

All in all it wasn’t a very positive

result evidence wise but that

seemed more due to the limited

amount of equipment that we had

taken (we will take more next

time).

Personally I think the best part of

this investigation was meeting the

other teams, it was a real pleasure

to meet like-minded people and

swap and share stories and

locations.

It is also an excellent way to

investigate larger places such as

35 stonegate, as you can share the

cost, and a great way of

networking and gaining

experiences and ideas.

I am really looking forward to

meeting these guys again and will

definitely visit 35 stonegate again

the next time in York.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF EVPsA SHORT HISTORY OF EVPs

EVPs, or electronic voice phenomena, are recordings

that paranormal investigators believe may contain the

voices of spirits or sounds made by spirits that are not

heard when the recording is being made.

Interest in speaking to the dead gained huge

popularity during the spiritualist movement

(1840s-1920s).

Thomas Edison was once asked if he bvelieved it was

possible to communicate with the dead, he didnt

agree with either side but simply stated that if it was

possible the recording device would have to be

extremely sensitive.

In the 1930’s, Latvian photographer Attila Von Szalay

tried to record spirit voices. To start with he used a

78rpm record, then a wire recorder, but he achieved

his best results in the 1950’s using a reel to reel tape

recorder. Some of his recordings include voices

saying ‘’Help Me!’’ the ever popular ‘’Get Out!’’ and

a young boy saying what sounds like ‘’Do you want to

hear me fart?!’’

On September 15th, 1952, two Catholic priests,

Father Ernetti and Father Gemelli were recording a

Gregorian chant on an early device called a

Magnetophon. When it kept breaking , a frustrated

Father Gemelli called out to his dead father for help.

He was shocked to hear an answer when he played

It back, ‘’Of course I shall help you. I’m always with

you.’’

In 1959, when Swedish painter and film producer

Friedrich Jurgenson replayed a recording he’d made of

birdsongs, he heard what sounded like the voices of his

dead wife and father calling his name. He made several

more recordings, including one in which he felt he

received a message from his late mother.

Over the years hundreds of thousands of recordings

have been made, both friendly amd malevolent, with

varying clarity and integrity.

The job a collecting EVP’s has become natural for

paranormal investigators. With high quality recorders

that now have filters that can remove possible spirit

voices, the best results are said to be achieved from

lower quality devices that allow ‘’noise’’ or ‘’static’’ to be

picked up, which some believe, the spirits use to speak.

Listening for EVP’s is something that investigators get

better at the more they do it, learning to listen beyond

the normal and listening for that little something that is

out of place.

Investigators must always be aware of auditory

pareidolia, get the evp checked by several people so as

to try to rule this phenomena out.

What is the best camcorder

for ghosthunting?

Any camera with infra red

capabilities is fine, the best thing

to look for is the Lux rating,

0Lux being the best, this enables

the camcorder to ‘see’ in

complete darkness using its ir

led, many investigators like to

use ir booster lights, these are

readily available and are a great

help in the dark, extending the

field of vision considerably.

There are many camcorders on

the market that will do the job

but Sony seem to be the popular

choice, HD recording and hard

drive storage are recommended

as is the purchase of a long life

battery, personal choice is the

main factor as long as you

ensure the night vision is on the

camera try to get the best that

your budget will allow.

What is the best camcorder

for ghosthunting?

Any camera with infra red

capabilities is fine, the best thing

to look for is the Lux rating, 0Lux

being the best, this enables the

camcorder to ‘see’ in complete

darkness using its ir led, many

Investigators like to use ir booster

lights, these are readily available

and are a great help in the dark,

extending the field of vision

considerably.

There are many camcorders on

the market that will do the job but

Sony seem to be the popular

choice, HD recording and hard

drive storage are recommended

as is the purchase of a long life

battery, personal choice is the

main factor as long as you ensure

the night vision is on the camera

try to get the best that your budget

will allow.

Can ghosts/spirits leave

presents/gifts i.e physical

objects?

When this phenomenon is

reported in paranormal terms it

is known as an apport.

An apport is usually an object

that has some sort of

significance to either the spirit

or the recipient, sometimes the

apport is meant to help out or

console in a great time of need.

They are typically left in a spot

were they can be easily found, a

place were the person they are

intended for will find them.

Many people tell of findings

apports that offer them great

comfort when they need it most,

the apport that they found they

say is usually something very

personal to them or the passed

relative/friend.

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Clifton Hall is set in the

town of Clifton in

Nottingham and is

reportedly incredibly

haunted, the site it sits on

has a history all the way

back to the 11th Century,

the hall was remodelled

in the 18th century.

Clifton Hall was in the news in

2008 when it was reported that a

millionaire business owner

stopped paying his mortgage and

handed the property back to the

bank due to the hauntings making

the place impossible to live in.

Hauntings have been reported at

the hall since it was used as a girls

school from 1958 to 1976, prior

to that it was in the ownership of

the Clifton family for over

700years.

Who are the spirits that haunt this

now empty and brooding hall, are

they awaiting the next owner?

The Clifton Hall Investigations

The Truth! By Lee Roberts

Roberts In September 2008 Mr

Rashid and his family handed the

keys to Clifton hall back to

Yorkshire bank, He had not paid

the mortgage for the £5 million

mansion in some months and

had decided he no longer wanted

the property.

He claimed this was due to spirits

in the house tormenting his

family, shadowy figures walking

along the staircases, bloodspots

found on his daughters head

when there was no injury to the

baby.

The story made international

headlines, It only made the press

due to it actually being the most

expensive property ever to be re-

possessed; otherwise the story

may never have been told that

and the experiences I had at

Clifton Hall leads me to believe

there are spirits that still roam

the Old Hall, here is my story of

the investigations into Clifton

Hall and then you can decide for

yourself, was this the UK’s

version of Amityville or was it a

man that just could not afford to

pay for the property anymore?

I was lucky enough to have been

one of the team leaders for the

team that Mr. Rashid called to try

and banish these spirits and alt-

hough during that time I was inter-

viewed on TV and radio from not

only Britain but Brazil, Australia,

Indian, Chinese, German press I

never really got to tell the story of

my experiences at Clifton Hall.

It was in August 2007 when I was

asked would we be interested in

investigating Clifton Hall in Not-

tinghamshire. As it was local to us

and the size of the place I obvious-

ly said I’d love too. Cal Cooper

our resident sceptic of the team

had done some research there a

few years earlier when the place

was derelict and had wanted to go

back to further his research. We

found out that the Rashid family

had brought the place and had

moved in; Mr. Rashid was a

wealthy man that had initially

bought the place to convert into a

wedding venue where couples

could get married and stay the

night there with their family in the

wonderful surroundings. This

had sadly fallen through for Mr.

Rashid and so he and his family

we were led to believe were still

living there.

Cal Cooper did all the initial

ground work to get us access to

the hall, in fact they were more

than welcoming to us as the

Personal assistant informed us

that in fact the Rashid family

had been having a few

problems that were

unexplainable to them. So

much so that Mr. Rashid had

called a Muslim high priest of

some sort to perform a blessing

on the house. This was evident

as in every room nailed to the

wall was a A4 piece of paper

with strange symbols on, this I

was told was to keep the evil

spirits away. We were told that

we could have a full weekend

there to conduct experiments

and research.

We were given a key to the

front door and left to it. We

were told that no one would be

Lee Roberts

there as none of the family

members wish to stay the night!

For the first night we decided that

we would have a limited number of

investigators there to do base line

tests on the property and just have

a feel for the place, no mediums

were present on this first night.

One of the strangest things that

happened at Clifton hall occurred

on that night, 4 investigators were

present on that night and at one

point all four were up in what we

called the nursery room which is

situated at the highest point of

Clifton hall, and in fact used to be

the nursery. A voice came over the

radio, a female voice saying “we

know you are alone in there”.

Was this coincidence and had

we picked up on a random

conversation through the air

waves via a taxi company or

baby monitor?

We asked around at the new

houses that were situated on the

site and quite possibly the only

houses that could have affected

us via a baby monitor, most

were empty as they were new

built and those that were

occupied did not have a baby or

a baby monitor. As for the taxi

theory, we were quite a fair way

away from the main road and

had not come across this before,

but why was it so clear and

saying “we know you are alone

in there”.

Another theory was kids messing

around on the grounds which we

can never rule out, but the fact we

had an 8 channel radio and they

had to get the right frequency and

know we were in there in some

going. This wouldn’t be the last we

heard of this voice... On the

second night the whole team was

present, we had 3 mediums in

attendance and lots of equipment

to set up.

We spent most of the day there

preparing for the night fall to begin

our experiments. However the

spirits didn’t want to wait and

throughout the day we had strange

activity such as doors slamming,

footsteps and shadows out the

corner of your eye.

I put most of this down to the

excitement of the team and minds

over working, but I had to admit

out of all the places I had been to

this gave me the goose bumps.

It was like something was

watching you all the time, waiting

for you to wonder off on your

own. Even when I was out on the

grounds on my own I was

nervous and didn’t go up close to

look through the window as I was

scared of what I may see.

The night eventually came and

the team were now very familiar

with the surroundings of the Hall.

I decided as it was such a big

place that we were to split into 3

teams to cover more ground.

This however didn’t last long; the

mediums were not happy after

around 45 minutes in and de-

manded that we come together as

a whole team. This was unlike

the mediums we had there as

usually they love to split into

smaller teams.

Throughout the night we

experienced several strange

occurrences, first one being that

at 12.55am the gates to the hall

opened and then closed again on

their own, electrical fault or a

resetting device I thought straight

away. I was told that this had also

occurred on the first night.

On speaking to the family after

the investigation they told us that

there is no resetting device and

this did happen from time to

time but they had no reason for

it.

The second was a strange

whistling sound that was flowing

through the hall, it was as if a

human was in the next room

whistling out to us, but the more

we chased the whistle the more it

moved away from us. This was

never explained and even the

Towards the end of the evening

we tried some mirror scrying

which is an old method of

contact where you sit and stare

into a mirror and a spirit or

ghost would show themselves

through you.

Paul, my brother in law and

fellow team leader had a go at

this as he was always up for

anything, although after around

15 minutes of staring into the

mirror he turned and seemed to

panic, Tracy one of our medi-

ums looked very worried and we

tried to calm him down to find

out what had happened, it wasn’t

until a few days later he actually

said anything at all about the

event and when he did he didn’t

say much. What I do know is

that it was something to do with

a friend that had passed a few

years earlier.

Night one finished and other

than a few scares, bumps, bangs

and orbs on camera nothing

concrete evidence wise. We

stayed a third night but nothing

nothing much happened on that

evening.

The place was amazing and there

was defiantly something I just

couldn’t put my finger on about

the place. I am never scared of

locations but this one had me

going and I just didn’t know why.

In August 2008 I decided to go

and see Mr Rashid to see how he

was getting on and if they had had

anymore problems at the house.

On my arrival I was met with a

male who didn’t speak much Eng-

lish but he knew I wanted Mr. Ra-

shid and so phoned him for me.

Mr. Rashid informed me that he

was in fact handing the keys back

to the bank as he has had to move

his family out of the property due

to the activity and the male that

was at the property was in fact a

security guard and was looking

after the place for him. It didn’t

take much persuading to let him

give me access to the hall again.

That weekend I decided that I

would take the team back to

Clifton hall and take some friends

with us to see if we can get the

energy going. The Friday night

there was around 20 of us in

attendance and as there were

such a number of us I decided to

split us up into teams of 10.

Firstly I took the guests around

the hall to familiarise them with

the layout and the rest of the

team set up some experiments

(motion sensors, tables, trigger

objects etc) After that I split us up

evenly and Team 1 took the

Second floor and Team 2 (which

I was in) took the ground floor.

It was around 11 am and we had

been working our way along the

ground floor for about an hour

and a half now, holding vigils and

calling out. The place seemed

really calm and I felt really at

ease. My team had arrived at the

room that Paul had his scrying

incident nearly 1 year earlier.

Suddenly I heard on my radio

“Lee come upstairs we have an

incident”.

I left my team with another

member of the staff and made my

way up to the King Charles room

where they said they was. The

King Charles room is dead centre

of Clifton Hall and is like a

ballroom but slightly smaller, it

has a grand fireplace and long

windows with long draping

curtains. As I entered the room I

could see that Team 1 was in a

fluster, there wasn’t a controlled

experiment going on but just

people talking amongst

themselves and obviously trying

to make sense of what had

happened.

I immediately looked for Paul

who was in charge of Team 1 and

was told he was in the next room

with one of our mediums and

another staff member. I was told

by one of the team members that

team 1 had sat down to hold a

séance in the centre of the King

Charles room, all were sat

comfortably on chairs and were

in the dark, only the moon light

to give them a little light. As they

began calling out apparently Paul

who was facing the front of the

house started crying

uncontrollably.

He was distraught over something

and no-one could calm him

down.

Once he had gathered himself

together he told us that he actually

saw a figure of a small child

(he described as a boy) peers out

from behind one of the draping

curtains. On doing this he felt sad

and this sadness just overwhelmed

him making him cry. He didn’t

know why and to this day still

doesn’t. I asked Paul to gather

himself together and go with a staff

member downstairs.

Also for Team 1 to also move

downstairs where they could carry

on if they wished with holding

vigils. I on the other hand had a

plan, I knew that Team 2 had been

holding a vigil while all this had

been happening and had no idea

what had happened other than

what was said over the radio “there

had been an incident”.

My plan was to move Team 2 into

the King Charles room and do the

same experiment as team 1 had

been doing when this had

occurred. I told them nothing and

made sure that they had no

contact with any of team 1 whilst

we were moving upstairs. I sat

them all down and explained we

would be holding a vigil in the

room, if anyone was uncomforta-

ble with this to leave now. Nobody

left and in fact everyone was

excited to see what I was planning.

I asked another member of the

team to ask out as I didn’t want to

call out and suggest anything; after

all I knew what was just seen. I had

my back to the curtain in question;

to say I was anxious and nervous

was an understatement.

Then after around 5 minutes of

calling out, Bingo, it happened,

one of the members started to

cry, sobbing at first and then

uncontrollably, this was a guest

and not one of the team

members as before and so I was

intrigued to find out what he had

seen.

After calming him down he said

to me, he had seen a figure, a

small figure come out from

behind the curtain and straight

away he felt sad and then

couldn’t remember much more.

Not only did he see a small fig-

ure as did Paul, and start crying

and felt overwhelmed as did

Paul, but something I didn’t

know until after the event was he

was sitting in the exact same

chair Paul was when it happened

to him!

Our hearts were thumping and

the adrenaline pumping and I

couldn’t stop there, was we on

the verge of discovering some-

thing very special. I tried to keep

the team together to hold a glass

moving exercise.

Obviously the young lad that had

just been affected left with his

girlfriend and team member to

get some air. Leaving 7 of us in

the room one of which was Paul’s

mum (why I mention this will

make sense in a moment) we all

stood up while conducting the

experiment, 5 were on the table

and 2 of us were watching, I and

one filming.

The experiment was going as nor-

mal with a little moment of the

glass, it then seemed to get strong-

er and stronger until eventually

Paul’s mum suddenly collapsed

on the floor. She went with quiet

a thud and initially I though it

maybe because she had been on

her feet and it was getting late. I

radioed down stairs to not only

tell the team we had an incident

but to make Paul aware he was

needed upstairs, the response I

got was unexpected to say the

least. I was told that Paul was una-

vailable; he too had just collapsed

while holding a vigil. For the first

and only time I have ever had to

do this I turned all the lights

on and called a STOP to the

investigation.

I had 2 people that had collapsed

and had another still trying to

come to terms with potentially

seeing a ghost! I had to get a grip

of the situation as for the first time

I was not in control and I don’t

know who was!

On looking back at the tapes, Paul

and his mum fell at the exact same

time to each other, something

again that surely must be more

than coincidence.

The guests decided to leave after a

short break and even some of the

team left too. I didn’t blame them

as I was in two minds whether to

call it off anyway. But the investi-

gator in me wanted to know more,

so with equipment at the ready the

few that had stayed decided to

venture into Clifton Hall for what

would be our last time. The panic

had gone and the creepy

atmosphere had gone too, it was

as if whatever had just been

playing with us had decided

enough was enough.

There was just one bit of evidence

we did get that to this day still

baffles me, as we entered the

nursery room again toward the

end of the night, we were all

together as a team again, when all

of a sudden over the radio was the

voice from nearly a year ago

“so you’ve come back then ”.

Lee Roberts

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Types of hauntingTypes of hauntingTypes of haunting

It is believed that some places are

able to record events within their

very structure, voices, apparitions,

and play them back over and over

again.

This is what is known as a

Residual haunting.

This is usually the case when

something is seen or heard on the

same day and time, year after

year, if you are unable to interact

with a spirit then it would fall into

this category of haunting as the

spirit is not actually present it is

only a replay of a previous event.

This accounts for people seeing a

ghost walk through a door that is

not longer there or on a floor that

has long since gone.

The idea of a residual haunting

brings about the ’stone tape

theory’, the idea that certain

stones such as limestone and

quartz are perfect recorders for

past events.

‘The stone tape theory’ is

something that will be exam-

ined closer in another issue.

Residual hauntings are rooted

to the spot were they have

been recorded and sometimes

can carry on in the same area

long after the original building

has gone.

When the same report is made

time after time about a location

then that probably indicates it

has a residual haunting hap-

pening there.

An Intelligent Haunting is more

recognizable, where the spirit

seems to have free will and intent,

able to respond to the presence of

others and answer questions.

They are conscious entities that

the living are able to interact with.

These spirits are sometimes

location based, but have been

known to attach to objects or even

people.

Some believe that these types of

spirits have as much free will as we

do to roam were ever they please

but mainly they seem to stick to a

certain location. A spirit attaching

to someone is thankfully rare.

Finally we have Portal

Hauntings, these type of

haunting are probably the least

common and least talked about.

It is believed that this happens

when a doorway has been

opened up at a location through

repeated communication,

séances, spirit boards,

100 candles games etc etc

Once the portal has been

opened it will remain open for

spirits to pass through until it has

closed properly.

Chris Dedman Chris Dedman Chris Dedman

The InterviewThe InterviewThe Interview

Chris has lectured at variety of

paranormal conventions across the

United States and has worked with

many top names in the paranormal

field. Chris has been featured on the

Travel Channel's Most Terrifying Places

in America, and Ghost Adventures,

The Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab,

Bio’s My Ghost Story and in a featured

article in TAPS ParaMagazine.

In October of 2008, one of Chris's

cases rocked the nation when it aired on

A&E's Paranormal State entitled "I AM

SIX". It is because of this case and the

things he now has to face on a daily

bases that has made Chris a Haunted

Survivor. Chris is now taking his

personal experiences with the Demonic

and has decided to make it his mission

to help others that are dealing with these

same hunting’s. Chris is always looking

for ways to help others in the field.

As Seen on TV

1) Do you believe your faith helps

you when investigating the

paranormal?

I believe my faith does help when

it comes to investigating in the

Paranormal Because I am able to

tell the difference in a spirit that is

just nasty or is a true Demon.

You have to be careful where you

tread so that the hunter doesn't

become the hunted!!! Something

a lot of teams don't think about

when they go running in gun hoe

and end up making things worse

for the client or causing more is-

sues with the family. The investi-

gator gets to go home at the end

of the night but the family has to

stay.

2) What are your aims and goals

concerning paranormal investiga-

tion?

My aims and goals are to educate

people in the paranormal com-

munity about the Dangers of it.

Too many people are taking

things at face value and aren't

protecting themselves or their

team. I don't care who your God is

or what you worship, every belief

system has something you can

protect yourself with and you

should use it. Attachments are

becoming more and more com-

mon because people are allowing

spirits to follow them home and/or

attach themselves to the

investigator. People need to be

educated on how to prevent this.

They also need to understand not

everything is Demonic. That's the

new "Fade" right now and it isn't

cool! Not everything is a Demon

and people need to know what to

look for.

3) Why do you feel that a lot of

people of faith refuse to believe

in the paranormal but believe in

a spiritual world?

There are many reasons people

of faith don't believe in the

paranormal or ghost. One is

they haven't been taught

properly. Unfortunately many

Priest and Ministers want their

congregation to know that there

is a Heaven and Hell but they

concentrate more on the

Heaven, angels and pleasant

side of scripture leaving out the

darker side. If you have one,

you have to have the other.

Kind of like Newtons Third

Law in a sense. "For every action,

there is an equal and opposite

reaction" or Yin and Yang.

You can't have Heaven and not

Hell. Many people are also just

scared. It's been made that way

through social media and movies.

But people need to realize that It

talks about Ghost and Demons

along with possession all through

the Bible and many books of the

Bible so they need to take the

initiative to educated themselves

and not rely on others.

4) How were your experiences

being on paranormal TV shows?

My experience on TV has been

very interesting to say the least.

First and for most as a consultant

on a show, you do not get paid! So

nobody is getting Rich here. That's

another fad that is going on. All

these so called teams trying to

catch that magic piece of evidence

so they can get on TV and their

15min of fame. Not going to hap-

pen people and I hate to tell you

but the paranormal train is pulling

into the station. I have had fun

doing it don't get me wrong and

met some really cool people.

For instance, the producer that

did the Villisca Axe Murder

House episode for Ghost

Adventures has become a good

friend of mine and we talk often.

It's also allowed me to see the

other side of a show and know

what it's all about and really going

on. One of the things I hate the

most is when someone refers to

me as a Para-Celebrity because I

have been on TV. I'm just a

normal guy that got some neat

opportunities to be on several

different shows and networks but

in the end I put my pants on just

like everyone else.

5) What are you most looking

forward to about Paracon UK?

The thing I'm looking forward to

the most about Paracon UK is

getting to finally meet all the friends

I have made over the years in the

UK and to make many more.

Second, I would be able to bring

my teachings of the Dangers of

This field over there. If I can just

touch one person and they carry it

on long after I have left then it

would had all been worth it. It's the

reason I do what I do. Of course

the history to. I'm a huge

History Buff and have always

wanted to go "across the pond"

as it's referred to and see where

my aunt-sisters came from.

6) What is the best place you

have investigated and why?

? I would have to say the Ohio

State Reformatory in Mansfield,

OH has been one of the most

active and bone chilling places I

have ever investigated to date.

The history and architecture is

just amazing!! I'm also a huge

fan of the movie The

Shawshank Redeption featuring

Morgan Freeman and Tim

Robbins which was filmed in

and around the prison. This was

the first location where I actually

had a spirit rush through me.

And to be honest I would had

been in denial had another

investigator not felt it also. We had

all kinds of things happen that

night from fresh batteries draining

from 100% to 0% and then back to

%100 and something Rush out of

a Prison Cell at us. This location is

not only rich in history but spirits

as well.

Meet Chris Dedman and many

others at Paracon UK on 22nd

and 23rd of November at Derby

Conference Centre.

Two amazing days packed with

things to do and people to meet,

auctions, seminars, raffles, lectures

and much much more.

This is the place to be for

everyone into the paranormal,

See you all there!!

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Castle’sCastle’s by Stephen Renfield

Europe is lucky to have the

world’s most beautiful castles,

adorned with a vast history,

which goes back further than

any other.

Linked to Kings, Queens and

prominent people throughout

history.

I must say, here in England,

we have our fair share that are

reportedly haunted.

As there are so many, I have

picked out my top five........

5.

Pendennis Castle - Cornwall

One of the lesser known

haunted Castles is Pendennis

Castle situated near Falmouth,

Cornwall.

Built in 1539, it is also known as

one of King Henry VIII’s forts

that were built to defend against

the threat of attack from the

Spanish and the French.

It is claimed to have quite a few

ghosts and ghostly forms have

been reported to have seen from

the famous siege during the civil

war that claimed the lives of

men, women and children that

died there.

Reports have been made of an

apparition of a child that makes

it’s way up the spiral staircase, in

the Tudor kitchen staff have

seen a woman that disappears

through a blocked staircase.

There have been sightings of a

woman on the lawn which is said

to be the wife of a royalist officer.

Children’s laughter is also said to

be heard here.

The most recent activity reported

is that of WWII soldiers that

have been seen in what is now the

gift shop.

A great place to visit if you ever

happen to be near Falmouth.

4

Cardiff Castle – Wales

By day, Cardiff Castle is one of

Wales’s most popular heritage at-

tractions, as thousands flock to

bear witness to its long history of

Romans, Normans, Knights and

Nobles over many centuries. Its

glittering interiors are a legacy of

its extraordinary renaissance in

the nineteenth century: a fantasy

Medieval Palace dreamt up by the

mysterious and

mystical Third

Marques of Bute

and his eccentric

genius art-architect

William Burges.

Most of the activity

occurs in the main

lodgings, in the south-west corner

of the castle grounds, which is

affectionately known as the "palace".

In the stockroom, in the early

hours of the morning, items are

moved around and rearranged for

no apparent reason by a mist-like

"faceless vision in a flowing greyish-

white skirt".

In the main dining-hall, at precisely

3:45 am each morning, the heavy

doors open and close by them-

selves (even if they are locked or

unlocked) and the lights flicker on

and off.

Occasionally, furniture will be

rearranged in this room as well.

The Second Marques of Bute,

who began restoration of Cardiff

Castle, but died in 1848, is said to

appear walking through the

fireplace of the library.

He leaves this room, passing

through a six-foot-thick wall,

dressed in a long red coat, and

then passes through the wall of

the chapel into the room in which

he died.

An apparition, said to be Lady

Sophia Rawdon-Hastings, wife of

the Second Marques of Bute, is

believed to float through the

castle grounds at night.

Travelling up Cowbridge Road

East to the gates of Cardiff Castle

(as recently as the 1950s) was a

phantom coach and horses. At

times, it can also be seen and

heard in the castle grounds.

3

Glamis Castle – Nr Forfar,

Scotland

Situated near Forfar, Scotland,

Glamis has that Wow factor the

minute you lay your eyes on it!

Famous for the setting for

Shakespear’s Macbeth, this is the

ancestral home of the Lyon now

Bowes-Lyon family.

The head of the family are the

Earls of Stathmore who were

ennobled 3 time before they

became Scottish Earls in 1677

and UK Earls in 1937, when Lady

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Duchess

of York became Queen of

England, later Queen Elizabeth

the Queen mother who’s

childhood home was Glamis.

Princess Margaret was born here

at Glamis and this Castle also has

the room where King Malcom of

Scotland died after being

wounded in battle.

It is said that the legend of the

secret room or chamber that is

hidden deep within the castle’s

walls, that the Lord Glamis and

the Earl of Crawford played a

game of cards with the Devil on

the Sabbath which lead to many

disturbances that the room was

sealed up permantly 300 years

later.

There are claims that clergy were

bricked up in it’s walls and

sightings of their apparitions.

The White lady is said to also

haunt visitors to the front door of

the castle. A small servant boy has

been seen and even someone in

mail armour and much more!

2

Leap Castle - Ireland

Over 400 years ago and now

known as the "Bloody Chapel" a

shocking murder occurred.

Leap Castle was then a stronghold

of the O'Carroll family, powerful

Irish Princes, Chieftains of the

area.

In 1532, on the death of the

O'Carroll Chieftain, a fierce rivalry

for the leadership erupted within

the family. The bitter fight for

power turned brother against

brother.

One of the brothers was a priest.

The O'Carroll priest was holding

mass for a group of his family (in

what is now called the "Bloody

Chapel"). While chanting the holy

rites, his rival brother burst into the

chapel plunging his sword into his

brother.

Fatally wounding him, the

butchered priest fell across the

altar and died in front of his family.

The heinous act of brother killing

brother and the blasphemy of a

sacred mass cut short by such an

evil event sent an echo of misery

ringing throughout the castle.

The Castle today, famous for its

elemental haunting has my num-

ber 2 spot.

This thing is said to be able to

change shape and attack visitors at

any time, night or day!

The owner has also fallen foul to

freak accidents during restoration

of the building and passers by

claiming to have seen lights on in

the building when no one has been

around.

People have been touched and also

see shadow figures......

A ghost hunter’s dream!

And now for my No 1............

The Tower of London

The Tower of London is actually

England’s most haunted Castle.

It is teaming with history, with

mysteries that go along with history

too.

What happened to the two princes

that were locked up at the tower?

There have been claims of hearing

children laughing and playing and a

ghostly apparition of the boys have

been seen here.

The infamous Traitors Gate, were

so many passed though on their way

to execution.

Although not many people were

executed here, Anne Boleyn was

just on the inner court yard and

the chopping block is still housed

there on display to the public.

There is also a reported apparition

of a man pushing a cart with the

dead laying on it, that suddenly

disappears, not to mention the

spiked heads that were bought

there and displayed at the Tower of

London as a deterrent, to name but

a few.

A great tourist attraction that takes

on a different atmosphere once

everyone has left and the gates have

been locked up for the night.

Next Month Stephen Renfield

writes about Britain's Haunted

Pubs, not to be missed!!

Paranormal UnityParanormal Unity

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Paranormal Unity, we have all

heard the phrase and all seen

teams trying to promote it, the

big question is will it ever

happen?

There must be thousands of

teams of paranormal

investigators around the world all

essentially striving for the same

thing, or are they?

It looks like many teams are out

for themselves, to get to the top

of the tree so to speak, they want

the fame, fortune and

recognition that the TV teams

have, they want to be seen by

millions of viewers around the

world and do not care what it

takes to achieve their goal. Are

these teams buying into

paranormal unity? Are they

doing it for the common goal?

What about the teams or

individuals who seems to enjoy

putting others evidence down,

being abusive and spreading

negativity about teams, many that

do this often have nothing of their

own to share.

Then we have the know-it-alls who

claim they know everything there

is to know because of the years of

experience they have had and go

around telling teams what they

have caught and rubbishing

evidence if it does not meet their

rules.

Is it any wonder that paranormal

unity is struggling to bring

everyone in this field together?

Humans are humans and all of us

have our opinions, and in this

field that’s exactly what they are,

just opinions.

There are many points to argue

being a paranormal investigator,

probably the most hotly

contested are ‘orbs’, nothing

causes more heated debates,

there seems to be three camps

on the subject, ALL ‘orbs’ are

explainable, SOME ‘orbs’ are

explainable and ALL ‘orbs’ are

paranormal. I wont go into the

subject here but maybe just

maybe whichever side of the

fence we are on we should be

happy with our decision and

leave others to theirs instead of

attacking them and resorting to

abuse if they think different to

us. It would be a giant step

towards the idea of unity.

It has also been suggested that

there should be a single governing

body made up of paranormal

experts who will decide on what

evidence is acceptable and what

isn't.

Would that work, in a nutshell,

no, it would only cause more

friction when it is deemed a teams

evidence that they believe in is not

good enough to show, division is

not unity.

Also there seems to be a lot of

teams who see paranormal

investigation as a big competition,

especially on Facebook, who has

the most ‘likes’, who gets the most

‘comments’, who has the most

‘share’ etc etc.

There is no prize or award to the

best team but this doesn't stop the

scramble to prove who is the best.

Jealousy prevails and the green

eyed monster is rampant.

When a team catches what they

believe to be good evidence if we

disagree do we have the right to

rubbish what they have had the

guts to put out for all to see? No.

We all have our opinions on what

constitutes good evidence but its

exactly that, our opinion and as

the saying goes sometimes ’’its

best to keep your opinions to

yourself’’, we do not know the

circumstances and the details of

the time and place etc that the

capture was made so we cannot

say that we know what it is, offer

an opinion maybe but not state

our opinion as ’fact’, this is

another way of causing that

harmful division instead of unity.

Isn't it strange that people of all

different religions/faiths are able

to work along side each other

without a problem, perfect

example of unity at work, but a

simple faint grey round object on

a photograph is enough to cause

so much venomous abuse.

As investigators surely we are

always learning, finding new

ways to conduct investigations,

new ways of using equipment

and as part of this learning

should come sharing.

We should all be working

together not fighting, how do we

ever expect the scientific world

and public as a whole to take us

seriously if we are always arguing

and disagreeing?

Sharing ideas is the only way this

field of work can ever move

forward, next time you see

something you don’t agree with

please think before you say

something, think how it can be

done without causing offence or

upset, try to avoid the argument,

lets try to encourage each other,

not discourage.

Lets come together as one, lets

strive for UNITY.