How to Become a Paranormal Inestigator - Part 2

TORCHES/CANDLES/BATTERIES On a paranormal investigation or ghost hunt a torch is like your best buddy. It is very important that you have a good torch and plenty of extra batteries. It's also a good idea to bring some candles and matches as sometimes ghosts can affect things like video cameras as in camcorders, electric equipment and torches. A ghost hunter investigates in the dark and so you don't want to be left in the dark especially with ghostly noises around you, would you?

CAMERAS, DIGITAL AND CAMCORDERS

Orbs cannot be seen by the naked eyes. They can only be picked up by cameras, digital cameras and camcorders.

The best kind of cameras to get is a 35mm with SLR. A digital camera should have over 300 million pixels and a card of 256mb or higher. A digital camcorder with night vision is very good as you can walk around in a room with no light and still see where you’re going. Getting a tripod for your different types of cameras can be a great way to get a different perspective of a room or area.

You don't need to get all of these at first. A good camera, a tape recorder, a torch, spare batteries, some candles and an EMF Detector would be good enough for a start-up for any ghost group or individual investigator.

Another device that some paranormal groups use is a thermometer. This is used to read the temperature in different rooms and areas from houses and buildings. It is a well known fact that when ghosts and paranormal entities manifest, that there is a drop in temperature, before during or after their manifestation.

Monitoring and writing down each room temperature at the beginning of a paranormal investigation, and then paying close attention during an investigation; you may find a drop in temperature and realize that a ghost is around you.

There are two different types of thermometers. One is an ambient thermometer, which is used to give you the ambient room temperature. Then the other one is called a non-contact thermometer which is a thermometer that will give you the temperature of anything it is pointed at.

MEDIUM

Finding a professional and good medium is very important for any paranormal investigation group. A medium is a person who has the ability to receive or channel messages from the spirit world. As part of a paranormal investigation group a medium can give the group information about the visitational and non-visitational ghosts that reside with the house or building.

As I said before it is very important that you make sure that you recruit a real medium that can prove the abilities that they say they have. A fraudulent medium could damage the group's reputation and would definitely effect whether they where taken seriously or not professionally. The best ways to make sure that you find a good genuine medium is by either asking for their psychic resume, which very similar to a normal resume the only difference is that the previous jobs are with psychic companies. Asking for references is also a good way to find out if someone who says they are a medium can actually prove it, as is testing the medium on their abilities.

If someone calls themselves a medium but is not willing to provide a resume, references, and won't let you test them. Then my advice is to not let them be a part of your group as they would damage your reputation and they would make people not take you serious, so stay clear of them.