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Things that go bump in the brain: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Paranormal and Anomalous Experiences
(in collaboration with UK-Skeptics – an educational charity)

I caught a few episodes of Ghost Hunters, featuring the the group that seems very popular in America these days…..TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society).  It is a good name as the two key figures are also plumbers.  Each vigil is of course done in the dark and starts off with a "thermal sweep" with somekind of thermal camera that picks up heat signatures.  Sometimes thes

Have you any embarassing stories or funny stories that don’t make your reports?  Accidents you have covered up?  We don’t names or details.

Having noticed this question on a Facebook group, I have decided to pose it here.  What makes an long term investigator tick and keep investigating year after year inputting precious time and funding.

There are many reports of the ghosts of animals, the majority of which are domesticated ones. Why though, if animals can have ghosts have we not had any reports of dinosaur ghosts?

Something someone wrote on another post got me thinking. The post said as an investigator you should try to make subjects/victims feel at ease. While I don’t think an investigator should make them feel uncomfortable, nor should they be ridiculed, I think that putting them at ease suggests that you would have to give them reassurances which couldn’t really be fulfilled.

Are believers in the supernatural more likely to have an experience than someone who is more sceptical and which group is better suited to investigate claims of the paranormal if any?

I thought it would be nice to have a topic where we can share tips, notes on pieces of interesting kit, natural explanations you have discovered for reported experiences, bits of advise, suggested books and theories to read etc.

Anything that may be useful for an investigator in the field….or in his armchair 🙂