On August 9th
and 10th, 2013 I attended a paranormal convention
and attended a multitude of interesting sessions. The various topics were tech team and
equipment, the correct way to hold a séance, a look at ghosts, haunted museum
artifacts, Sky People and the first North Americans, Dark Journeys: Exploring
Urban Legends, a real life participant of one of the actual Amityville Horror
episodes, Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files, Cryptozoology, and a live taping of
30 Odd Minutes. Two open discussions
were held with well known psychic, Chip Coffey, and stars from the television
show, Ghost Hunters. The form of study
that was covered during this conference is referred to as Noetic Science.
During the first presentation, Britt Griffith, told the
audience about the special equipment that is used when conducting ghost
hunts. Thermal imaging can assist with
picking up any form of spirit life.
Analog Digital may create a lot of noise and can be easily confused with
possible sounds of ghostly encounters. Many ghost hunters use the same technical
equipment that weather stations utilize.
Spirit identification can include steep temperature drops, static
electricity rising, and barometric pressure fluctuations which are monitored and
recorded. Sony night vision and Go Pro are great
products and it was recommended that the equipment should record at 30 frames per
second. After collecting evidence there
needs to be an evidence review to see if there are shadows, strange luminous anomalies,
and people who are not there.
Amy Bruni and Adam Berry from the Ghost Hunters Show held an
open discussion which permitted the audience to ask them questions. They were asked why they got started in the
ghost hunting business. Amy replied that
she lived in a haunted house when she was growing up and Adam stated that he
began with studying ghosts of animals.
Adam stated that ghosts are not rare and dealing with a demon is
extremely rare. It was suggested that
the audience explore Religiousdemonology.com.
Unstable humans manifest unstable ghosts. If they were jerks as people, they will
probably be jerks as ghosts.
Tim Shaw relayed his various qualifications and positions
such as filling the role of Spiritual Minister, and he refers to himself as a
medium, a conduit with spirits. He went
on to explain that séance is designed to produce physical phenomenon. There are open and closed séances. Open séance is represented by different
people going through the motions of holding séances at irregular times. Closed means the same people try to keep set
times such as weekly of holding séances.
It took him six months of meeting regularly with the same people before they
got things right. In order to increase
your success with séances you need to heighten your vibrations, which is
created by becoming happier. The happier
you are the higher your vibrations. In
order to properly hold a séance you need to follow these steps:
1. Prayer, and singing, 2. Introduce yourself, 3. State why you are holding the séance such as
I want to contact Uncle Jack, for example. 4.
Determine what you can expect, and 5. Medium must say “We must now end
this session.
Dave Schrader, TV Host of Paranormal Challenge, informed the
audience of the various forms of spirit encounters and entities: 1. Intelligent Hauntings in which an interactive
spirit appears to be as aware of the ghost hunter and the ghost hunter is aware
of them. 2. A Residual Haunting is an experience that
seems to repeat itself and has no sense of the ghost hunter’s presence. 3. A dream visitation can be very vivid and can
include phone calls, various colors, and memories. 4. Old
Hag Syndrome involves a sleep paralysis and it feels like a huge weight is on
your chest and you may have trouble breathing. 5. Shadow people are dark travelers and Dave
referred to them as the watchers, usually not feared. 6. Poltergeist are particularly loud
ghosts. 7. Inhumans include demons, fairies, elementals,
succubus, and incubus. They usually knock three times to get your
attention. 8. Angels usually give us messages. 9. Aliens are the final category.
Chip Coffey stated that paranormal is something that cannot
be explained; however, you cannot deny something happened. This was an open discussion and he was asked
a question about demons. He explained
that when there is a demonic presence there is oppression, infestation, and/or
rotting smells such as sulfur or rotting flesh.
There is usually disease and dysfunction within the household. A question was asked about when a loved one
has died when can you contact that spirit and Chip suggested that you wait 90
to 120 days because the individual can be in deep grief and need time to
process before contacting the lost one.
Another person in the audience brought up the topic of spirit wandering,
when your spirit leaves your body when you are sleeping. Interesting.
John Zaffis covered Haunted Museum Artifacts. He actually has a barn filled with items that
were once considered haunted. He stated
that gold holds onto psychic energy.
Animals are psychic, they are the most psychic. Pay attention to the dogs in movies, many don’t
want to enter the homes if they sense the home is haunted. Salt and other binding techniques to block the item's power. Salt has a high iron
content. Bury or throw the item in deep water if you don’t want the item
around. Burning is not recommended because it can release some of its
power. Sometimes things can occur if you
move into a home with some of the belongings of the previous owners.
During the Dark Journeys presentation given by Jeff
Balanger, he covered information about many urban legends such as pop rocks and
coke, and the sandman which was brought about in 1817 originally by Ernst T. W.
Hoffman “Der Sandmann” involving the ripping out of eyes to feed to children,
and the sandman is kept away by a magic spray.
An urban legend is a popular story alleged to be true that is spread
from one person to another over time. There
has been an urban legend about kidney snatchers and the tooth fairy. Dr. Duncan MacDougall from Haverfill, Mass. In
1901 weighed people right before they died and right after they died and it was
determined that a person’s soul weighed 21 grams or ¾ of an ounce. This was before ethics were enforced. Jeff defined a ghost as the past demanding to
be remembered like a movie replaying. It
has been noted that time overlaps itself and that is why we may see ghosts in
period clothing dated back to the 1800s.
History is a ghost story and he mentioned Gettysburg. Other urban legends are bloody Mary and Area
51. He suggested that we need to be a
part of the story.
Loren Coleman described Crytozoology and its origins. Crytozoology is the study of beings such as
Big Foot and Swamp Thing. Cryptids are
animals studied by Cryptozoolists. In Portland, ME Loren with others opened a
Cryptozoology Museum on Avon St. This
museum is the first one of its kind in the world. Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans is considered the Father
of Cryptozoology. In order to state
evidence of existence there must be empirical evidence such as fossils, bodies,
feces, DNA, hair samples, and other anecdotal evidence including foot
prints. There have been sightings of a
female Big Foot. 80% of the cases are
the result of a misdiagnosis. Could be a
back of a moose for example.
Christopher Quaratino actually lived in the Amityville home
for 28 days. His dog did not want to
enter the home. His stepfather, George,
went from being a proactive man to a brooding and angry man. There was a discovery when a panel in one
room was broken and there were bags of pills that George may have been hiding.
It was questioned if George was involved in cult behavior, he was seen
saying a mantra over and over. There was
a determination that a demon attached to him in the Amityville home. George and Christopher’s mother participated
in an exorcism. At first Christopher was
enthralled with George, George worked on motorcycles and then when George
seemed to be calling in a spirit, and then George became scary. From the time they lived in the Amityville
home until Christopher moved out when he was 16, his stepfather was
abusive. His older brother moved out
when he was 16. Christopher received a
standing ovation because this was his second time of speaking in public about
his Amityville experience and it took a lot of courage to do so.
The last session I attended was entitled Fact or Fiction and
the presenters were Bill Murphy and Ben Hansen.
We were shown a video of a possible UFO.
It was hovering and there were no other indicators associated with government
crafts. The U.S. Military Drone jet
looks like a UFO, the X-47B. Power
sources include: 1. Electromagnetism –
holds molecules together. 2. Gravity.
3. Strong nuclear. 4. Weak nuclear and 5. Torsion which is represented by pendulum spin
forces. During WWII the Nazi constructed
a craft with no visible propulsion.
The presenters at the paranormal conference gave the
audience an interesting take on their paranormal experiences. To be honest with you I have experienced
things throughout my lifetime that I know happened but I cannot explain
them. I have seen a ghost in period
dress walking through a wall. Another
family member reported seeing the same ghost in the same location. These experiences have made me question my
sanity. However, attending this
conference has convinced that these paranormal experiences do occur on a
regular basis.
