Ghost Hunt 2: MORE Chilling Tales of the Unknown (40 page)
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Authors: Jason Hawes,Grant Wilson
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Question 10:
“Well, there are some things we can do,” you say. You suggest…
Answer: d)
All of the above
Oakwood Academy has some pretty weird stuff going on. Just because you don’t have rock-solid proof now doesn’t mean you should give up. There’s a lot to learn about such an old place, so research is definitely needed. You can also try to clean up the EVP—with TAPS audio equipment, you can try to filter out some of the white noise to clean up the recording. And definitely try to investigate again. With all that happened the first time, the place deserves a second investigation.
Check out your score!
• If you got 20 points or less, you might want to read through this guide one more time.
• If you got 25 to 35 points, you have the makings of a great investigator.
• If you got 40 points or more, you are an expert and ready to do your own ghost hunt! Awesome!
Anecdotal Evidence:
Evidence of an event that comes from people’s stories.
Apparition:
A spirit visible to live people.
Audio Recorder:
A piece of equipment that records sound. Audio recorders can be digital or analog. TAPS uses mostly digital audio recorders.
Black Mass:
An apparition in the form of a shadowy black mist.
Cold Spot:
A specific area where the temperature is colder than the surrounding areas, or an area where the temperature suddenly drops. Many paranormal researchers believe cold spots are caused by entities drawing energy from the air, literally sucking the heat out of the air in order to appear.
Demonic Haunting:
One of the four types of hauntings. A demonic haunting is caused by an inhuman spirit. They can be very nasty. Fortunately, they are very rare.
Digital Thermometer:
A device used by paranormal investigators to detect cold spots or hot spots.
EMF Detector (Electromagnetic Field Detector):
A device that records the electromagnetic field of an area (the force given off by electrical charges). Paranormal investigators use it as a tool to detect spirits either disrupting or creating electromagnetic energy.
Entity:
A disembodied spirit.
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena):
An audio recording of voices or sounds that, at the time of recording, were not detectable to the human ear.
External Microphone:
A microphone attachment that connects to the audio recorder. Paranormal investigators use these to avoid picking up the sounds of the recorder itself. External microphones can be directional (picking up sounds from only the direction they are pointed toward) or ambient (picking up sounds of the whole room).
Geophone:
A very sensitive device that “feels” vibrations on the ground and registers how strong the vibration is on a display of lights.
Ghost:
See
Apparition
.
Haunting:
The continued appearance of an entity at a specific location. There are four main types of hauntings: Demonic Haunting, Intelligent Haunting, Poltergeist, and Residual Haunting.
Hot Spot:
An area where a lot of paranormal activity has been observed.
Infrared Camera (IR Camera):
A device that uses infrared waves to see in the dark.
Infrared Illuminator (IR Illuminator):
A camera attachment that shoots infrared light into a room, making the night-vision function work better.
Inhuman Entity:
A hostile entity of non-human origins.
Intelligent Haunting:
An entity that has some awareness of its surroundings. It may have some limited mobility and may be able to communicate.
Ion Generator:
A piece of equipment that electrically charges the air.
K-II Meter:
A device that uses blinking lights to rate levels of magnetic fields and frequencies. Some paranormal investigators believe it can be used to communicate with ghosts.
Materialization:
The process of an apparition becoming visible. Materialization can occur quickly or over a period of time, causing the entity to appear either solid or indistinct.
Matrixing:
The tendency of the mind to add details to images, making the images seem more familiar. It happens all the time, but it can cause problems when analyzing evidence.
Orb:
A floating sphere, often white or bluish, that shows up in a photograph or video. An orb is a contained ball of energy. Some consider orbs to be evidence of paranormal activity. They are often confused with dust, bugs, or optical illusions registering on film or video.
Paranormal:
Literally, “beyond normal.” Something paranormal is an event or a phenomenon that is beyond what is normally experienced by humans—or what can be scientifically explained.
Paranormal Indicator:
Evidence that may lead one to believe paranormal activity has taken place.
Paranormal Investigator:
Also called a ghost hunter. A person who gathers information and evidence about paranormal activity.
Phantom Smell:
An odor caused by a spirit attempting to make itself known. Common phantom smells include flowers, tobacco, and perfume. A phantom smell is only considered paranormal if it cannot be traced to a source.
Poltergeist:
A ghost that moves objects to draw attention to itself. Banging sounds often accompany the movements. The phenomenon often revolves around an individual person.
Residual Haunting:
One of the four main hauntings. An entity will replay a moment from the recent or distant past at the exact location where it happened. Usually the entity does not have any recognition of the living people watching it.
Sensitive:
Any person with a sensitivity to the paranormal.
Thermal Camera:
An IR camera that makes cold and heat visible.
VP (Voice Phenomena):
Sounds or voices heard during an investigation that have no natural cause.
Warm Spot:
Similar to a cold spot, a warm spot is an area that is hotter than its surrounding areas. Some investigators believe spirits using energy to show themselves create warmth, almost like a body does.
We want to thank Jody Hotchkiss at Hotchkiss and Associates for making all these things possible. Without your guidance, none of this could have happened. Our thanks to Cameron Dokey for helping make our stories come to life. Special thanks to Jane Stine from Parachute Publishing; your faith in us has allowed us the chances we have today.
Thanks to Craig Paligian and Alan David from Pilgrim Films and Television for taking a chance on us in 2004 that allowed us to change the way the paranormal would be looked at from then on.
And to Rob Katz, who has proven to be a true friend and the best executive producer in the field. And thanks, too, to David Axelrod for his work on the
Ghost Hunt
Expert Guide and his other valuable contributions to this book.
And to Little, Brown; you have given us a chance to prove our love for what we do, and for this we are always in your debt.