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from those inside and outside of the paranormal community. Some of
them will be publicly recognized. Others will be anonymous unless
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Paranormal Awareness and Bewares
Written by Kristie - Show Me Paranormal Investigations
Although this could be a controversial subject for some, I feel it
important to address. First let me state that I have been in paranormal
research for thirty years this year, and have spent the last fifteen
or so of those years intensely studying demonology, have written a
book of specific topic on the subject focused on a epidemic situation
in our country. I do not profess to be some kind of expert, but after
all my years, experiences and studies, I just know what I know and
do have concern for others who may not know or experienced the same.
I really had no choice as to going into paranormal research, like
some who just find the subject intriguing or thrilling and want to
explore it. I was born with the gift of spirit discernment and grew
up under the burdens of such a gift. It is not an easy thing as a
child or teen. You cannot escape the ghosts, because they come to
you. It scares you as a child, it can even be traumatizing and have
a stronghold on your very life. Your family and friends think you
are delusional and the cure is one shrink after another, and nothing
helps. You lay awake at night trembling, because you know they are
coming as soon as everyone else in your house is asleep and oblivious
to everything, no one can see them or hear them but you. For many
years, I spent the majority of my nights huddled up in my brothers
bed down the hall after making a mad dash there after the visitations
of the dead. As I said, you cannot escape what wants to present itself
to you, so you learn to embrace it, understand it and come into a
comfort zone with it.
You grow up trying to submerge what comes naturally to you, because
it has caused you a great deal of trauma in your life, such as waking
up in the wee hours of the morning, several minutes before the dreaded
phone call that your brother has been murdered, and you know this
already because he has come and told you he is dead. That your best
friend has hung herself, that your classmate has murdered his siblings
and died himself in the process. It is not easy being hit with these
things out of nowhere. The waking up on occasion and walking through
your entire day in an oppression of deep worry and sorrow because
you feel the impending doom and do not know from where it comes from
as yet. Feeling the emotions of the dead. After the death of my brother,
and a close friend in a car accident that I convinced myself I could
have averted for many years, I began exploring it, in my early twenties.
It seemed the more that I gained in wisdom and understanding, the
more the portals to the other side opened up. I found myself, by my
mid thirties, being confronted by another species of haunts of the
demonic nature. I spent many years in oppression by them, sometimes
even destruction in my life, until I decided to oppress them back,
hence my intense study into who and what they are, how they operate
and how to defeat them.
This is why I bring this subject to the table and give a serious word
of caution to all those involved or getting involved, wanting to get
involved, in paranormal research. It is not just a thrill field, there
is danger out there when you voluntarily put yourself in an open position
to the spirit realm. Spirits are all around us every day of the week,
so are demonic entities, but most walk through life not even realizing
this. When you pointedly seek them out, they will seek you out in
return. When you welcome them to interact with you, they may end up
interacting with you more then what you intended. Many people walk
around with either one of two different mindsets concerning spirits,
that they can physically harm you by heaving and object at you or
something of that nature, thinking of it in physical manifestation
form, or that they are dead so how could they harm you. They totally
miss the middle ground in-between those ranges and the reality of
the spirit realm. Having something hurled at you is the least of your
worries when making yourself an open vessel to interaction with spirits,
and if you think there is nothing they can do to you at all because
they are dead...then you are in the wrong field altogether.
There is more then one good and experienced paranormal investigator
that has acquired an attachment that has wrecked havoc in their life.
There are even some that have become possessed by demonic spirits.
There is not a single one of us that is not vunerable to a spirit
attack. And there is just some that are totally ignorant to the possibility
and they are the most vunerable. You got people out here watching
Taps or other paranormal investigation shows and they think how fun
that looks, they go out and grab up equipment and head out to do some
ghost hunting of their own, totally ignorant of the spiritual realm
and how it operates, what it can and cannot do. Spirits cannot harm
you, even demonic spirits, if...and that is the key...if you understand
them, are sealed up tight against them, stronger then them and in
control of them. If you are not all these things, then they can take
control of you and your life.
You have to understand that ghosts are disembodied spirits who may
want to experience life again. In order to do so, they need a life
vessel. Demonic spirits are typically on a misson. They have physical
desires and they seek physical vessels by which to experience the
real physical desires. Some just want to wreck havoc in the world
and through the lives of others, as they are not friendly spirits
and they have malicious purposes. When you enter into paranormal investigation,
you are essentially sending out the invitation to the spirit realm
to present itself to you, and you have to be keenly aware to the fact
that some spirits may want more from you then just to interact in
a non invasive manner. You are a life force, something they no longer
have and may desparitely want back. You are at risk for an attachment,
and oppression, even a possession.
There is a staff member of Waverly Sanitariam that tells about one
of the spirits following him home and now residing with him. There
is a greatly experienced paranormal reseacher who was on her toes
for the most part, but still ended up with a demonic possession after
working a case in a abandoned haunted barn and coming across some
occult items in the loft when her team mates were not present with
her. Her life and relationships went down the toilet so to speak,
becoming more of a living nightmare, and she reached the brink of
restrained violence in which she finally sought help. It was just
a good thing that she was knowledgable enough to recognize that she
had been indwelled and she, along with her team mates and other experts
help, exorcised this demonic presence. She totally gave up paranormal
research after that, realizing the risk she had put her young son
in while she was going through the ordeal. There are countless male
inhabitants of demonically haunted dwelling that have become overcome
and suffered thoughts of slaughtering their entire family, have even
reached the brink of acting upon the thoughts. Other unknowing victims
have suffered great financial loss and suffering, illness and death,
destroyed relationships. Demonic entities are not your friend and
they are out here walking among you on a daily basis. You put out
the welcome sign, and you lack the education and wisdom of how to
control them instead of them controlling you, you may find yourself
in the victim seat. It is reality people, and it took me many years
of suffering in their oppression to finally learn how to fight back.
I was a involuntary subject for them, I just was born with a gift.
Some of you, probably the majority of you, do not have to deal with
it, you choose to deal with it, so along with that choice also make
the conscious choice to learn about what you have chosen to embrace
and how to protect yourself, which is more of a spiritual thing then
it is ever a physical thing.
We have kids out here dabbling in paranormal research, kids that are
prime victims to what they do not fully understand. It just looks
like fun and it a adrenline rush thrill seeking issue. As true paranormal
researchers, we need to gain alot more wisdom then just how to read
a gauss meter or catch and evp. We also need to know the risks and
teach the risks. We need to be comrades with our fellow team members,
like soldiers always watching one anothers backs. You need to know
how to run interventions, and be aware of your fellow comrades and
be ready to intervene. If you want to call the spirits out, then you
better know how to command them back again. It is not just about seeking
them out, it is about controlling the environment when seeking them
out and interacting with them, and about being able to take control
of the situation and forcing them back if things go awry. It is about
prevention and intervention, not just interaction and if you do not
have all three, then you need to get all three before you dabble too
much in interactions.
Ghost hunting is fun, but it is also serious business and needs to
be treated as such. If you are going to do it, then get serious about
it and be professional, gain the wisdom and share the wisdom, especially
with the teens that are out here experimenting with hunting ghosts.
They really have no one else to depend on but you, because if something
goes awry for them, who is going to figure out the what is wrong and
going to help them.
Thanks for hearing me out,
Kristie
Before I became an investigator I was simply curious about the paranormal.
My curiousity got the best of me more than once. I remember as a child
catching a fever with a horrible cough. I was slightly delusional
at the time and the fever was extremely high. I do remember during
that time in the waking moments looking around at several shadow figures
watching me. A few got on top of me and it felt as though they were
pressing down on my chest extremely hard. It was very difficult to
breathe. I remember my mother coming in and giving me medicine and
because my fever was so high she picked me up and put me in a bathtub
full of ice water. It was shocking to see the shadowy figures move
away from me. I obviously got better.
As an adult I also had one instance that was pretty similar. I had
seen some strange things in the woods close to where I lived at the
time. I decided to go check out what they were. Something defintely
followed me back. Things started breaking around my house. First the
VCR, then the phone and the alarm clock. Lights kept popping and shorting
out. I didn't recognize the signs. I felt as though somebody was watching
me when I went to sleep, and I remember waking up once again with
the same feverish symptoms and horrible cough. I looked over towards
my bedroom door and saw the shadows moving underneath the door from
outside the room. It took every ounce of strength I had to force myself
up to make it to the bathroom and get some medicine and take a cold
shower. I don't know if you ever had a cold shower when you have a
fever, but it feels like a thousand needles poking into your skin.
After I felt a little better I started to recognize what was going
on with these things that were happening around me. I cleaned my house,
and told whatever it was that it was not welcome there very firmly.
I told it to get out, go away. I remembered reading about several
different things that people do to get rid of things like that, so
I tried a few of them. I won't go into any more detail but it worked.
The phone worked immediately after I was done and strangely one of
the busted lightbulbs came back on. Belief in spirits is one thing,
having the courage and strength to get rid of the bad ones is another.
The key to dealing with the bad ones is having a strong enough belief
that you can get rid of them no matter what. These things may be very
angry at times and can even be violent, but you cannot fear them.
If they sense any fear that is when they move in on you.
I also had other symptoms when those things were around, headaches,
dizziness, fainted a few times, etc.
Just thought I'd share my story so people can understand the possible
dangers of paranormal investigation. A lot of the things I have encountered
were quite friendly, and that is a very rewarding feeling when evidence
is captured; however there are some things out there that people just
do not understand, and I would suggest if to people that that are
thinking of paranormal investigation that if they feel threatened
or nervous in any way that it's ok to try to get out and seek help
when neccessary.
I know a lot of people may not believe this and I have nothing to
gain here by saying it, and quite frankly I do not care that there
are many skeptics out there. I myself am quite skeptical when I take
on a case, but there have been a few unexplainable things that have
occurred. I've captured evidence of this type of activity on camera
and on various recordings, and I am aware of the fact that to a skeptical
mind it's definitely not the best evidence. It's proof enough for
me and that's one of the many reasons I do it.
I hope this helps somebody. Thanks for doing what you do.
When Dan asked me to contribute some of my own experiences with the
dangers of the paranormal I was more than happy to oblige even if
I was not so happy that I had experiences to contribute. But if my
sharing my experiences at all helps even just one person, then I am
the better for the sharing.
Although I began my journey down the paranormal investigating path
to help answer some of my own questions, as the years pass the reasons
for my interest "evolved" so to speak and I found a true
desire to help others who may be unwitting victims of paranormal activity
and experiences.
Doing what it is that we investigators do and in the process also
helping people while I do something that I enjoy very much, has given
me great satisfaction and fulfillment in ways that I never dreamed
possible. I have always felt that paranormal investigators are a rare
breed. We literally throw ourselves into the fray and in doing so
become vulnerable to so many risks, hazards and dangers.
The list Dan has posted is extensive and just the tip of the iceberg
of what we investigators may find ourselves vulnerable to on any given
day, any given case.
As I said above, I am a paranormal investigator. Without revealing
my exact age let's just say that I've been doing this for a long time
and consider myself "seasoned". But this in no way means
that I am not vulnerable to the dangers of investigating and exploring
the paranormal.
Over my many years of investigating I have at times found myself victim
to physical, mental, emotional and psychic attack. Most of these incidents,
although disconcerting were thankfully fleeting. My most recent attack
was not. And it was much to my chagrin that I during this time I found
myself training new members of our group to do as I say, not as I
do.
Over the years my experiences with the dangers of doing what it is
that I do have run the gamut from being innocuous and fast moving
to being out and out blatant and slow as molasses in their leaving.
Some of these past experiences and symptoms have included depression,
physical illness and/or swift declining health issues, paranoia, unexplained
anger and sadness and careless accidents, some which were extreme.
During one cleansing I was pushed off a ladder and suffered some broken
ribs. I'm all too aware that this one particular incident could've
been much worse. I have been pinched, poked, tugged at, scratched,
had my hair pulled and have even suffered through what I believe to
be incubus activity and assault.
Back when I was case manager for a now very well known investigating
group, we many times all experienced things that would happen days
even weeks before we would step foot into a client's home. Some of
these experiences included nightmares; computer, car, cell phone and
equipment problems; small accidents, family problems, unexplained
health issues, occupation problems; getting unexpectedly laid off
or fired with no prior warning; the list goes on. One of our crew
members even had a fire in her home while she and her 2 small children
slept. Scary stuff here folks. We even coined a phrase for these experiences.
We would all say "It's making the rounds". And we knew from
these experiences that the case we would be going on would be an intense
and potentially dangerous one. "They" knew we were coming
and were letting us know this.
My most recent experience caught me totally off guard. I consider
myself a staunch advocate of self protection before, during and after
investigations. But one evening during a drive, my fiance' John and
I spontaneously stopped at a location known to me personally for it's
medium level activity. We had equipment in the car, it was a beautiful
evening and we were just out driving around...a good enough reason
to stop, take a nice walk and what the heck, we had equipment with
us, may as well take it out and put it to good use.
This spontaneous foray (it's subsequent incredible EVPs and more than
just interesting photos) along with an unusally ignorant lapse in
protecting us would cost me dearly; mentally, physcially, emotionally
and spiritually.
Because I had let my guard down and didn't excercise my usual methods
of protection, something followed us home and we almost immediately
knew we were under attack. Our computer crashed the very next morning
while upoading the evidence we got. And it didn't just crash...it
CRASHED! If John didn't know his way around computers so well, we
no doubt would've had to replace ours. Many of the EVPs we captured
that night were hostile and menacing to say the least. This was only
the beginning of a few very difficult months for us. We began experiencing
things we had up until then only read about. Things escalated quickly
and deteriorated so much that we thought it best to pull back from
some analyzing we were doing for some dear friends and even had to
put off our investigating case load for a bit. I even had to stop
llistening to EVPs or watching others' evidence vids on You tube,
lest this open me up to even more negative assaults by whatever astral
nasties might be present.
Gratefully we are blessed by a very large network of caring and supportive
colleagues, friends and family. And it's because we are so blessed
that we were able to fight our way through this very trying time and
come back as soon as we have. We're not unscathed by our experience.
But we are definitely more humble and the wiser for it.
The paranormal is a vast unknown that should always be approached
with diligent caution and utmost respect. We are ALL vulnerable. No
matter how experienced, groomed, trained, seasoned and cautious we
are, if something nasty wants to snake it's way in, it will. So it's
best to not only always be aware, cautious and protect yourself, but
it's also a good idea to know more about what to do in the event that
something does make it's way into not only your life, but the lives
of your crew, friends and family as well.
I never for one moment ever thought of not continuing on doing what
I'm doing. Although my past negative esperiences along with this most
recent siege made me pull back and away for a bit, the thought of
my hanging up my investigating hat never entered my mind. I may be
battle weary and temporarily wounded, but I am a survivor. And investigating
and helping others while I do so is far too important a purpose for
me to just give up. Yep, we investigators are a rare breed indeed.
Be Well And Stay Safe,
Fran Ford-PRICE Paranormal, ECHOES Paranormal
I am now a member of a paranormal group that is very experienced
in the possible dangers and is very realistic about what needs to
happen going into any investigation, we have protection discussions,
we have pages on our members board that deal with crystal, communication,
herbs, I am so lucky to know the safety of everyone of us is at the
forefront of any investigation, and actually being able to help those
who come to us, not just saying when we are done, yes, you have something,
here is a pic, see ya!
The other group I was in allowed something to come back and infect
my ideas about a certain person and we did not see it right away as
it was chasing us during the investigation, but afterward and all
the pieces were put together we could see it for what it was and some
of the people in that group refused to see it, so they still investigate
and I pray they never come across place tha requires protection because
I worry how they will ensure their own safety,,,
But I am thankful many of teh people from the group came to form this
new one, I am learning so much from being in (undisclosed group) !I
have passed your article on to eveyone I know in this field! Thank
you for taking on such an enormous task!
Saw this on YouTube , A 13 year old kid just playing around and
making a fake ghost video, but the things he was saying was disturbing.
He was basically calling out for any spirits to show themselves and
make themselves known. I thought about your site when I saw that.
These kids do imitate what they see without knowing there might be
consequences.
I support this 100%. I as a youngster dabbled in some paranormal
activity and it so called followed me home I had to seek professional
help to rid myself of the entity who attached itself to me (it was
inhuman and horrible) If I can prevent any event like that from happening
to others believe me I WILL DEFINITELY-COUNT ME IN! Thanks...
Dear Dan -
I was finally able to take some time and listen to the interview that
you did with Altered States.
I can not tell you how greatfull I am that someone is spear heading
an educational movement of this type. I have had several experiences,
nothing as extrema as what it seems that you have encountered, but
I have had experiences and I had no one to help. No one who understood....
I am greatfull that others will have someone to turn to.
Read your profile and really believe everything you say,,, There
are people that really dont know how to investigate or really dont
know what they are getting into,,,
Finally someone I can talk to about things like this. People don't
believe me when I tell them it's dangerous. Im wanting to learn all
I can about the paranormal, how to protect myself and how handle situations
carefully. I have experienced the paranormal ever since I was a small
child. Im hoping to develop more into a serious paranormal investigator,
not only with ghosts but other unexplained events. I want to help
others through the things they go through, the only way I know I can
overcome some fears is if I know more about the paranormal. I have
been studying archaeology, and I research demonology when I can.
I hate when people tell me I just need to pick up a recorder and go
to it. It's not that simple I know for a fact. The people who run
different shows on TV like paranormal state, Ghost hunters, etc...they
know the dangers as well. I have heard there experiences and it goes
alot deeper than their shows. I have experienced things for that I
know for a fact that I can not debunk nor explain. All I am out for
is facts, and I definately hate when people take the facts, embellishing
them.
I have felt and experienced alot more than people think I have, I
know more is out there. Trying to understand it is what I definately
want to do.
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