Guest Author - Kim DeLeary

If you have decided you want the services of a paranormal investigator team, you should look for local investigators. You want them to be local if possible because it is more convenient and less expensive for them to conduct interviews and do the actual investigation with equipment. Most investigators will investigate for free up to a point. They are just as interested in gathering hard evidence for their files as you are in finding out what is going on in your home. Costs may be discussed or a free will donation may be asked for to cover the costs of travel, use of the equipment and their final report on your case.

You can find paranormal investigators through the newspaper, word of mouth, books and through the internet. After you have found a paranormal investigator team you are comfortable working with, the first thing that will happen is a preliminary interview. During this interview, the investigator is trying to get as much detail as possible without asking any leading questions. So, prepare a little bit so you don not forget any details. From this interview, the paranormal investigator will decide if there is a need for a paranormal investigation.

You will be asked basic information such as your name, address, if there are other occupants and their ages and religious beliefs. Ages of people are important because it is believed that age factors in poltergeist cases. Your religious beliefs are important because it can shed light on how to help you in your situation. You will also be asked if anyone is stressed out because negative feelings may strengthen the paranormal experience.

As for the paranormal phenomena, you will be asked when it started, where the paranormal event happened, the time of the event and whether there are any other witnesses to the phenomena. You will also be asked about the use of drugs, alcohol and hallucinogens. The information gathered will determine whether it could be a ghost, ghosts, a haunting or a poltergeist that you are experiencing. Remember that ghosts may be recognizable and try to communicate, the re-enactment of a past event is a haunting and that poltergeists are noisy spirits. Sometimes all three events can occur in one place though finding paranormal activity is rare.

You will be asked whether any other paranormal investigators have been involved in the case. If so, the new team may be able to gain important information about the case from them. If a priest or other religious or spiritual person has cleansed or blessed the house, tell the paranormal investigator. Say whether or not the ritual stopped or lessened the paranormal activity.

You will be asked if you want the entity to leave. Maybe you just want it verified that you have a ghost. You will be asked if anyone has ever played with an Ouija board, held seances, did automatic writing or performed rites of black magic. If someone has done any of these things, they could have invited an evil or negative spirit into the house. These types of spirits can be stubborn when you try to remove them.

If it is determined that a paranormal investigation is in order, then after this first interview, the paranormal investigator who conducted the interview will now contact the other members of the investigation team. You will be contacted and asked to approve or appoint a day to begin the paranormal investigation.

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