Who Ya Gonna Call?
October 28th, 2009 8:26 pm by Shane
In 1984, the world of the paranormal was changed forever by a documentary ingeniously disguised as an Ivan Reitman comedy. I am of course talking about Ghost Busters:
This movie spurred on the technological revolution within the ghost hunting community. No longer satisfied with blurry photographs or fading memories, ghost hunters got serious with the tech. I'd like to take a moment, just days away from Halloween, to highlight some of the amazing gadgets being used in the field of ghost hunting.
EMF Detector
No one knows for sure if ghosts have any sort of electro-magnetic field, but they might. Other sources of EMF include the Earth, electronic devices, solar rays, and electrical wiring. It can be difficult to separate false readings from true readings from honest to god spectres. When it doubt, determine how you feel. That's as objective as one can get when it comes to EMF.
Voice Recorder
It's been well established (I think) that electronic recording devices (unshielded of course) are hundreds of times better at detecting the voices and nosies of ghosts. EVP, which stands for Electronic Voice Phenomena, is when you come back and listen to hours and hours and hours and hours of sound recording and pick up a couple seconds that kind-of-sort-of-if-you-squint-real-hard sound like people talking. If you're really lucky, you can make out words.
Audio Enhancement Software
EVP's don't make themselves. You need to process, clean up, and enhance your sound recordings to make them sound as close to voices as possible. The more digital manipulation applied to as little audio data as possible the better. Some people have been known to be so skilled at audio enhancement, ghosts have been heard doing karaoke.
Red LED Flashligh
It's a well established fact that ghosts only come out at night when we have trouble seeing and when our instincts cause us to go into a kind of fight or flight mode where the slightest movement or sound sends our hearts thumping. Red LED flashlights are the best because they keep your night vision intact and don't scare the ghosts away.
Geiger Counter
Never mind that there is no reason to think ghosts give off radiation, geiger counters make clicky sounds when near decaying isotopes. If you see a ghost that is glowing, suffering from radiation sickness, and containing a large amount of mass in our dimension, you might want to point the old geiger counter at it.
Infrared thermometers
In addition to having electromagnetic fields and tons of radiation, ghosts are known to not give off a lot of energy in the infrared range. Hence, you need infrared thermometers to detect these cold spots. Any temperature differential of greater than 0.5 degrees could be proof of a ghostly apparition.
These are just a few items that the modern, technologically advanced ghost hunter is using out in the field. Some of this technology is so cutting edge, you can get it here: http://theghosthunterstore.com/
For some demonstrations on how to use this modern technology, I pass on these instructional and informative videos:
