Many paranormal investigators believe there are real dangers of a
spiritual nature that ghost hunting groups should be aware of. The
following editorial from The North East Paranormal Society does not
necessarily reflect my particular views, but I know that many paranormal
investigation groups share this warning.
It seems that ghost hunting has become quite a popular endeavor over
the last several years. Whether it be a historic location, public venue
or a private residence, what could be more exciting than going to a
supposed haunted location to seek out the paranormal? Some people say
cemeteries are very notorious for sightings of spirits, and many people
hoping to get a thrill by going to such places to catch a glimpse these
spirits, ghosts or entities.
REAL DANGERS
The metaphysical dangers of an investigation are real and should be
taken seriously. If it were only the physical and emotional things to
worry about, then this field of study could be done by almost anyone...
but that's not the case. Sometimes things we are looking for are there,
and more often than not these things can and do follow us home at the
end of the night. This is where the dangers come in.
Yes, ghosts, spirits, demons and any other entity can attach
themselves to you and follow you home. You need to keep in mind and be
open to the fact that if there are good spirits, then there are bad ones
as well. Most times the evil entity starts out claiming to be the
spirit of a deceased person or someone that died tragically. This way
the evil spirit can sucker the unsuspecting ghost hunters into believing
that they are helping a spirit by communicating with it. This gives
the demonic or negative being more energy to manifest into something
that the unsuspecting did not count on. The act in itself is to trick
you into thinking it is friendly, and this can go on for some time, or
at least until the negative entity or demonic force feels that it has
your full trust.
MENTAL BREAKDOWNS
Mental breakdowns can occur from paranormal investigations. We took on
a case a few years back of a person who started watching all the ghost
hunting TV shows and decided he was going to go out to a few claimed
haunted locations to try and capture a few EVP (electronic voice
phenomena). To his dismay, when he listened to the recordings he
discovered that he had actually captured a few interesting voices. Well,
one thing led to another and he became so obsessed with capturing EVP
that he started doing it in his own home and, again to his dismay, he
was capturing voices on his recorder.
After awhile of this he actually started hearing voices with his ear
and not on his recorder. This is when we were called in. We did our best
to help the individual and we came to the conclusion that it wasn't
his house that was haunted -- it was him. We told him to stop recording
the EVP and to have a cleansing done on the home, but he refused to
listen and continued with his obsession.
It eventually got so bad that he cut off communications with his
friends, family and us as well. To this day we have been unable to
contact him, but his family has told us on occasion that he is not the
same person he once was and that he spends most of his time alone
talking to whatever followed him home. Could this be a pre-existing
mental illness, an obsessive personality, or an evil entity that found a
new victim?
BE AWARE
We believe it is our duty as skilled and experienced investigators to
educate the public in the dangers that exist when investigating the
paranormal. Yes, anyone can grab a recorder, ask a question and get a
response. And yes, if you do not know how to protect yourself, anyone
can have their lives turned upside down by unseen forces. We cannot
express enough how important it is, if you want to become an
investigator or you want to get involved in the paranormal, that you go
with a team that has years of experience and is fully aware of the
dangers out there and how to conduct themselves professionally and, most
of all, safely.
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