Im calling on you, TDC...

[darkphantomime]

What do you think they call Paranormal researchers?

Parapsychologists!

But then again, it isn't really a reliable field, filled to the brink with quacks.

Besides, the pastor might think you're possessed by satan if you go up to him complaining about spectral entities.

[TP Zelda]

No, I think teh pastor would understand if he told him the whole story and what he knows about the spirits/ghosts/leftover energy/whatever you wanna call it.

[darkphantomime]

I don't know about you, but whenever I tried talking to christians about spirits, they thought I was worshipping satan.

[MagmarFire]

Then you've apparently gotten a pretty poor sampling, in my opinion. I think most Christians would understand.

What do you think they call Paranormal researchers?

Parapsychologists!

I'm quite sure that's for ESP-esque phenomena, not necessarily that for ghosts. But then again, it possibly could cover that, too...

[TP Zelda]

I still think that if you went up to a pastor and said, "Pastor, can I talk to you about something? Please don't think I'm crazy, but I think I may have something haunting my house." And then explain everything to him.
And then ask him what to do and stuff.  :P

[Keaton]

What do you think they call Paranormal researchers?

Parapsychologists!

Parapsychologists are a different subset of paranormal researchers, who do indeed study the state of mind that people are in when they experience paranormal activity and the like.  Paranormal behavior doesn't necessarily have to do solely with a person's mind, although a higher state of awareness can be influenced by things like EMF's.

[FunTykoon]

Can you talk to them? I mean, do you see them? Do they look at you?
Are they flashes or constant images? I want to know.

[Keaton]

Also, are there any sensations that are associated with their manifestation?  Sudden drop in temperature, charged feeling on the skin, ears popping?

[MagmarFire]

A sudden drop in temperature is especially such a telltale sign.

[FunTykoon]

Seeing poltergiests has also been associated with having powerful ESP.
That means that you might be able to bend spoons and stuff.

[Keaton]

Seeing poltergiests has also been associated with having powerful ESP.
That means that you might be able to bend spoons and stuff.

I wouldn't go that far just yet.  Poltergeists are about .5% of ALL the hauntings in the world, a very, very small number.

[FunTykoon]

Sorry, ghosts are just normal ghosts and poltergiests are ghost that screw crap up, right? I normal say all ghosts are poltergiests, because they are so similar.

[Keaton]

Sorry, ghosts are just normal ghosts and poltergiests are ghost that screw crap up, right? I normal say all ghosts are poltergiests, because they are so similar.

There are two basic types of hauntings.  Residual and intelligent.  Residual hauntings are not even ghosts, they're more like broken records.  What happens and what you experience happen whether anyone's there to experience them or not, even if there are walls in the way or the original location isn't even there anymore.  Intelligent hauntings are the one most people associate with true "hauntings".  They include interactive EVP's, movement of objects and other effects.  Intelligent hauntings also cover a few of the less savory hauntings, including inhuman presences, poltergeists, and demonic presences.

[FunTykoon]

Sorry, ghosts are just normal ghosts and poltergiests are ghost that screw crap up, right? I normal say all ghosts are poltergiests, because they are so similar.

There are two basic types of hauntings.  Residual and intelligent.  Residual hauntings are not even ghosts, they're more like broken records.  What happens and what you experience happen whether anyone's there to experience them or not, even if there are walls in the way or the original location isn't even there anymore.  Intelligent hauntings are the one most people associate with true "hauntings".  They include interactive EVP's, movement of objects and other effects.  Intelligent hauntings also cover a few of the less savory hauntings, including inhuman presences, poltergeists, and demonic presences.

What's that show where they hunt ghosts down?

That would be epic, a TDC ghost hunting crew. I can imagine you, like being the the guy who captures the ghost in a containment unit.


Don't cross the streams.

[Hi no Seijin]

That's a movie called Ghostbusters.

Although they did make an animated series from it, didn't they?