D.I.Y. Ghost Hunting: The Dangers of Ghost Hunting

D.I.Y. Ghost Hunting

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The Dangers of Ghost Hunting

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Ghost hunting is a dangerous business. It’s among the vast importance of things to learn before you decide to venture into this interesting, yet dangerous, world. There have been injuries and even death while doing an investigation. Unfortunately the accidents could be linked to the vast amount of amateurs or teens who think this is easy. It’s not. You constantly have to be on the lookout for dangers ahead. You got to remember, most of the time we do investigations in complete darkness. When you do investigations in a house, you need to mostly look out for furniture or that nice antique vase that someone could easily knock over. Stuff like that, but with abandoned houses it’s a completely different ball game.

When we went to the Cathouse in Bethlehem, there was just danger all around: broken glass everywhere; broken pieces of lumber that could leave a nice souvenir in the form of a splinter or gash; there’s only half a staircase leading to the basement before a drop. We hated that we couldn’t get down there, but the people we brought with us, “The Derps”, were ever so determined to get down there, so they made this makeshift step that was made out of a table. Still though, I wouldn’t have condone them to do it, but I’m not their father and I’m not that much older than them, so it wasn’t like I could say anything. But danger is around every single corner, whether it’s a nice house or an abandoned factory, home, and nursery, etc. You need to take precaution. 

Case in point, according to a story on the Paranormal Research Society’s website (which is down right now), a woman named Sarah Harris tragically died after she received a lung infection from an investigation she recently did. It wasn’t asbestos or chemicals, but bat droppings. The theory going around is that when they were walking, it stirred the droppings into the air and bat droppings are known to be lethal, as in the unfortunate case of Mrs. Harris.
 

There’s also another factor – obsessive behavior. This came to my attention from an Examiner.com article, “Dangers of the paranormal: a cautionary tale for ghost hunters,” written by Patricia Marin. In the article, Patricia talks about the true story of a new investigator, who was at a haunted location and caught several EVPs; this is exciting for any investigator, because you have something. I know I hold my EVPs I’ve caught near and dear to me, but this lady has gone to drastic measures. She became obsessed and started catching more EVPs at her house, but soon she was hearing the disembodied voices with her own ears. Could it be that she wanted to hear them so bad that she craved it, that it made her think she was hearing voices and thinking it was the dead? Who knows for sure, maybe because the brain works in strange matters?

The voices would start insulting her though, calling her bad names, but she wasn’t threatened by it, she was actually intrigued by it. The voices must of gotten to her in immense ways, because she stopped going out less and less, she stopped being in contact with friends and family, and eventually she would stop communicating all together. Sadly there is no ending to this story, because she is still doing this.

I’ve been doing this for years and NEPI hasn’t had any mistakes what so ever. That doesn’t mean it’s not imminent, because if it can happen, it will happen. We’ve been lucky but we all know luck can change. We’re not invincible in any way and we’re living creatures no matter what and we can be hurt. Please, I’m begging you, if you ever want to do this: don’t go by yourself, always have a cell phone (hopefully with service), flashlights (with spare batteries, of course), and a first aid kit. The most important point I want to make across to aspiring ghost hunters is to join an already established group; not one full of amateurs, not one full of teenagers. I know, it looks easy on TV, but it’s totally different when you’re there. Be safe or be sorry.