Spectral or Ghost?
Rick, a 34-year-old investigator
who also said he could see and hear spirits, described his role as Psychic
between the home owner or business owner and the spirit world. He said his
abilities began with sensing other people’s emotions when he was young, and he
was eventually able to see spirits with my mind’s eye, in the same way we
daydream or imagine. Rick reported that he always felt a sense of purpose to help
people and explain this strange other side of life. Sina and Rick clearly
believed that a higher power gave them gifts of discernment to help the living
and the dead. By claiming that their abilities were present since childhood,
they rooted their claims in a sense of perceived destiny.
Sina’s account is interesting in
that she used the phrase dumb luck to describe his entry into paranormal
investigating yet also claimed that the field chose her.
Niron, the man who believed his
father was haunting his home, did not claim to be sensitive but nevertheless
explained that investigating gave his life purpose. At the time I was 32 and
kind of just, like, floating through life, always in the back of my mind it was
like, if I die tomorrow, is anybody going to ever remember anything about me? I
don’t know why it just kind of happened by dumb luck, but honestly it’s the
best thing that’s ever happened to me.
To reconcile these two aspects
of his history, Niron offered a retrospective account that placed his
experience within the interpretive frame of the calling. Rather than framing
his experience as destiny.
Rick ‘’ Not everyone believes in
ghosts, spirits and the paranormal. But are there strange goings-on in your
home that you sometimes can’t explain? One possible conclusion could be that
it’s haunted”
Sina “I always pray to God may
god will send angels our way and protect us on these investigations.”
Niron “I am exposed to not only
the paranormal, but the deepest secrets of individuals’ lives”
Chapter – 1
Rick, believes there’s a few
easy ways to tell if your house is home to spirits. And before you think that
it’s only old buildings that can be haunted, think again.
1. Feelings of being watched.
2. Feelings of someone standing
behind you.
3. Feelings of being touched by
unseen hands.
4. Feelings of the hair on back
of your neck standing up.
5. Feelings of cobwebs on your
face or body.
6. Feeling a cold breeze as if
someone has walked past you.
7. Dark depressing feeling,
especially in one particular location.
8. Lights turning on and off, or
up and down, on their own.
9. Frequent electrical problems
such as lights inexplicably turning on or off, or appliances not working or acting
up
10. Sounds of items being
dropped – but when you go to investigate, there is nothing there.
11. Seeing unexplained shadows
from the corner of your eye.
12. Strange behavior from pets
in the property: e.g. dogs barking or growling at something you cannot see,
cats staring in a particular area as if they can see someone.
13. Hearing voices, whispers,
footsteps, thuds or someone calling your name.
14. Mists or unexplained moving
shapes.
15. Unusual smells such as
unexplained perfume scents, flowers, cigars, cigarettes, food or even the
stench of death and decay.
