The Ghost PRO (Paranormal Research Organization) team that I am a part of has been reorganized and re-energized due to some recent changes beyond our control. A couple of team members have left to pursue other interests but I believe the team that we are left with is an absolutely awesome one! The six of us have worked on a couple of investigations together and we know we work very well together.
Fellow team members Janet, Mariel, Teresa, Katie, Tina and I are all looking forward to our next investigation. We have a couple of really good leads so hopefully there will be one coming up soon.
I have to say that my experience investigating with this team has been invaluable when it comes to learning about ghost hunting. I think the other members would agree with me on that. We have learned many things through trial and error but it only serves to make us better at what we all love doing. Too bad you can't make a living at ghost hunting. I do believe though, that someday it will be a for-profit business and we will have a leg up on others because of our experience and knowledge. Not to mention the fact that the reputation we are creating for ourselves as a team and as individuals is very important to all of us.
You can keep a check on us on our website by going to http://www.ghostpro.org/. Mariel is our webmaster and she rocks when it comes to keeping that site updated for us.
Until next time! Catherine
My name is Catherine, many call me Cat. This blog is about the "paranormal" and "spiritual" side of my life and my quest for answers.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Through the Veil
This paranormal/metaphysical conference in Atlanta, GA, Through the Veil was totally awesome! I got to meet Chip Coffey (and many other talented folks), get his autograph (among many others), got a hug from him and several pictures with him. And I made a lot of new friends! I got to meet Sandra Lynn Sparks who is Chip Coffey's message board moderator (among other things!) and really enjoyed getting to know her. She is a very talented and unique person. Find out more about Sandra at http://www.sandralynnsparks.com/.
And don't worry, between the 4 cameras (Sandra's, mine and 3 ladies from my ghost hunting group) that were snapping pics we have tons of them. I'll post links to them as quick as I can! I'm pretty sure everybody else is probably as worn out as I am; it was such a jam-packed weekend. Saturday's events began at 9am and didn't end until the seance ended at 1am!! And the breaks were pretty short, I might add! But man did we ever have a blast and we learned some things while we were doing it!
FRIDAY, June 5, 2009 - 7:00 pm
The opening ceremony was really cool, we were treated to belly dancing (behind the 10,000 veils) and a presentation by Paul Mercer who is a very talented musician. (Look him up and listen if you haven't heard him). Find out more about Paul and hear some of his cool music on www.myspace.com/paulmercer.
8:00 pm - Next we heard from Christopher (from the blue lagoon) Atkins about his spiritual journey. I had a hard time paying attention to that one cause he kept threatening to take his clothes off and run around naked and OMG is he ever HOT!! And funny!
9:00 pm - Rochelle Sparrow gave readings for a couple folks and gave some information about reading for people and being psychic in general. Cortney Kane does spiritual painting interpretation for the person while Rochelle is reading. She then explains the painting to the person, it was very interesting. Read more about Rochelle at http://www.rochellesparrow.com/.
10:00 pm - Sometime during the evening Sandra had talked to a lady named Mimi who stated that there was a ghost in the common area outside of the session rooms and was using her K-II meter. While she was talking to her, Sandra got a tap on the shoulder (and on the behind I think!) from someone. So when the sessions were over we met up with Sandra and since we were already planning on doing a little ghost hunting (there have been reports of some deaths there) we asked Sandra if she would like to join us. Because it was very noisy and we couldn't really do a regular ghost hunt, we decided to just see what we could pick up with the K-II meter in that common area.
HOLY COW!! Ghosts looooove Sandra, let me tell you. And the atmosphere was very heavy, I could feel its' presence. We started asking the usual questions and the K-II went crazy. We got direct responses to the questions we were asking and have it on film, both still pics and video. When Sandra would move away from the meter, the activity would stop but when we would move the meter back closer to Sandra, it would pick up again. It actually followed her around! When we asked it to stop making the lights go off, it stopped!
Now here's where it gets really strange. Sandra went home and downloaded her pics from her camera to her computer. You know how digital pics are all named, like DSC001, DSC002, etc., etc.? Well, when Sandra loaded those pics, the file names were all changed so that they read "lizzie001", "lizzie002", etc., etc. And they were not in the order they were in on her camera, they came in at some scrambled, random order.
SATURDAY, June 6, 2009
9:00 am - Shawn Sellers - Crossroads - Shawn is an author and founder of Southern Paranormal Researchers (SPR) and their specialty is dealing with those who feel they may have dark entities at their locations. Look him up at www.shawnsellers.com and you can click on a link from there to go to SPR's site. Pretty cool dude.
10:00 am – Tiffany Johnson - Past Lives: Then and Now - Tiffany did a seminar on reincarnation. She is a licensed hypnotherapist and does past life regressions. She told some very interesting stories about some of the past life regressions that she has done. Look her up at www.readingsbytiffany.com.
11:00 am – Stacey Jones – Forensic Parapsychology - Stacey Jones is a former police officer and founder of CNY Ghost Hunters in New York, founded in 1997 and which is the oldest ghost hunting group in New York. She gave chilling details of some of their best investigations and had photos and evp's too. Look up her and her group on www.gotghosts.org.
12:00 pm – Paulette Huff – Psychics, Mediums and Empaths – Paulette is CEO of Haunted Times Magazine and works with son Christopher Moon, President of Haunted Times. She talked about her empathic abilities and experiences and took questions from the audience. Learn more about Paulette at www.hauntedtimes.com/huffs.html.
2:00 pm – John Zaffis - Possessed Possessions - John Zaffis, considered “The Godfather of the Paranormal”, gave a very interesting talk about how items, not just people, can have attachments to them. Such is the case with the items in his paranormal museum. He showed quite a few photos of things in the museum and told the stories about how those items got there. John has 37 years of experience and is considered the foremost demonologist. Find out more at www.johnzaffis.com. You can find more links there to his paranormal research group as well as his museum.
3:00 pm – SHOCK Paranormal – Paranormal Evidence: The Truth Behind False Positives - SHOCK (Spirit Hunters of Central Kentucky) members gave information about paranormal investigating and how to tell the difference between legitimate evidence and false positives. Find out more about them at www.spirithunters-ky.com.
And don't worry, between the 4 cameras (Sandra's, mine and 3 ladies from my ghost hunting group) that were snapping pics we have tons of them. I'll post links to them as quick as I can! I'm pretty sure everybody else is probably as worn out as I am; it was such a jam-packed weekend. Saturday's events began at 9am and didn't end until the seance ended at 1am!! And the breaks were pretty short, I might add! But man did we ever have a blast and we learned some things while we were doing it!
FRIDAY, June 5, 2009 - 7:00 pm
The opening ceremony was really cool, we were treated to belly dancing (behind the 10,000 veils) and a presentation by Paul Mercer who is a very talented musician. (Look him up and listen if you haven't heard him). Find out more about Paul and hear some of his cool music on www.myspace.com/paulmercer.
8:00 pm - Next we heard from Christopher (from the blue lagoon) Atkins about his spiritual journey. I had a hard time paying attention to that one cause he kept threatening to take his clothes off and run around naked and OMG is he ever HOT!! And funny!
9:00 pm - Rochelle Sparrow gave readings for a couple folks and gave some information about reading for people and being psychic in general. Cortney Kane does spiritual painting interpretation for the person while Rochelle is reading. She then explains the painting to the person, it was very interesting. Read more about Rochelle at http://www.rochellesparrow.com/.
10:00 pm - Sometime during the evening Sandra had talked to a lady named Mimi who stated that there was a ghost in the common area outside of the session rooms and was using her K-II meter. While she was talking to her, Sandra got a tap on the shoulder (and on the behind I think!) from someone. So when the sessions were over we met up with Sandra and since we were already planning on doing a little ghost hunting (there have been reports of some deaths there) we asked Sandra if she would like to join us. Because it was very noisy and we couldn't really do a regular ghost hunt, we decided to just see what we could pick up with the K-II meter in that common area.
HOLY COW!! Ghosts looooove Sandra, let me tell you. And the atmosphere was very heavy, I could feel its' presence. We started asking the usual questions and the K-II went crazy. We got direct responses to the questions we were asking and have it on film, both still pics and video. When Sandra would move away from the meter, the activity would stop but when we would move the meter back closer to Sandra, it would pick up again. It actually followed her around! When we asked it to stop making the lights go off, it stopped!
Now here's where it gets really strange. Sandra went home and downloaded her pics from her camera to her computer. You know how digital pics are all named, like DSC001, DSC002, etc., etc.? Well, when Sandra loaded those pics, the file names were all changed so that they read "lizzie001", "lizzie002", etc., etc. And they were not in the order they were in on her camera, they came in at some scrambled, random order.
SATURDAY, June 6, 2009
9:00 am - Shawn Sellers - Crossroads - Shawn is an author and founder of Southern Paranormal Researchers (SPR) and their specialty is dealing with those who feel they may have dark entities at their locations. Look him up at www.shawnsellers.com and you can click on a link from there to go to SPR's site. Pretty cool dude.
10:00 am – Tiffany Johnson - Past Lives: Then and Now - Tiffany did a seminar on reincarnation. She is a licensed hypnotherapist and does past life regressions. She told some very interesting stories about some of the past life regressions that she has done. Look her up at www.readingsbytiffany.com.
11:00 am – Stacey Jones – Forensic Parapsychology - Stacey Jones is a former police officer and founder of CNY Ghost Hunters in New York, founded in 1997 and which is the oldest ghost hunting group in New York. She gave chilling details of some of their best investigations and had photos and evp's too. Look up her and her group on www.gotghosts.org.
12:00 pm – Paulette Huff – Psychics, Mediums and Empaths – Paulette is CEO of Haunted Times Magazine and works with son Christopher Moon, President of Haunted Times. She talked about her empathic abilities and experiences and took questions from the audience. Learn more about Paulette at www.hauntedtimes.com/huffs.html.
2:00 pm – John Zaffis - Possessed Possessions - John Zaffis, considered “The Godfather of the Paranormal”, gave a very interesting talk about how items, not just people, can have attachments to them. Such is the case with the items in his paranormal museum. He showed quite a few photos of things in the museum and told the stories about how those items got there. John has 37 years of experience and is considered the foremost demonologist. Find out more at www.johnzaffis.com. You can find more links there to his paranormal research group as well as his museum.
3:00 pm – SHOCK Paranormal – Paranormal Evidence: The Truth Behind False Positives - SHOCK (Spirit Hunters of Central Kentucky) members gave information about paranormal investigating and how to tell the difference between legitimate evidence and false positives. Find out more about them at www.spirithunters-ky.com.
4:00 pm – Gallery Reading with Chip Coffey and Tiffany Johnson – this was interesting especially since I had never been to any kind of reading. They chose people from the audience who wished to know about loved ones who were passed on. I saw quite a few surprised faces and some were overcome with emotion. Very interesting.
5:30 pm – During the dinner break, my friend Mariel paid for a private session with Christopher Moon, President of Haunted Times magazine (http://www.hauntedtimes.com/) and main researcher of the telecommunication device Frank's Box, better known as the “telephone to the dead”. This is an absolutely amazing device and not only did Mariel's father come through, but so did her grandmother. I filmed it for her and asked her afterward if she actually recognized the voices that came through and she said without a doubt that it was her relatives. She said not only did the voices sound the same but their mannerisms came through as well. It is a little difficult to hear as it sounds sort of like an AM radio that is searching for a station continually. But when she would ask questions, you could hear the answers coming through in the midst of all the squelch. It was a pretty emotional thing for her and I am glad that I had the opportunity to film it for her.
8:00 pm – Patricia Squires – Non-Physical Beings and You – Patricia gave a presentation on non-physical beings and your relationship with them. Her website is http://www.patriciasquires.com/. She is a very interesting lady who travels with what she calls her "crew" meaning her spirit guides.
9:00 pm – Demonology Clinic with John Zaffis and Father Andrew Calder – this seminar was mostly composed of audience questions and answers. Father Andrew Calder, an ordained Episcopal priest (from Paranormal State) and John Zaffis, "Godfather of the Paranormal" gave initial information about dealing with these entities, how to recognize them and what to do if you come across them when you are investigating. They gave some examples of when something might be a demon versus just a nasty or negative entity. Read more about John Zaffis at http://www.johnzaffis.com/. Read more about Father Andrew at www.myspace.com/andrewcalder.
11:00 pm – Séance – this was a group séance with probably 50 people or more in the room. It was interesting in that they gave about 10 people a chance to tell about a paranormal experience and then they opened it up so people could freely give any impressions they were getting. Some of the impressions were quite vivid and right on target with some of the participants. I have to admit that I did not get many impressions, not sure if there were just too many people there for me to concentrate or what. My mind was sort of chaotic and I can't help but wonder if it is maybe because I was either tired or because I am empathic and just had TOO much stuff coming in! Interesting though, I had never been to a seance, other than the kind we did when we were kids!
SUNDAY, June 7, 2009
9:00 am – Demonology and Investigations with Father Andrew Calder – Father Andrew Calder (from Paranormal State) gave some information on demons and devils and how to tell the difference and what some of the signs of both are. He answered quite a few questions from the audience.
10:00 am – John J. Oliver, whom you may have seen on Court TV's “Haunting Evidence” was a really interesting guy. He gave tips on increasing your own abilities and I was a little surprised to find that in addition to being a psychic, he was a former astrology instructor and also owns his own martial arts school. Find out more at www.johnjoliver.com.
11:00 am – Speaker Panel with all of the speakers in an open forum who took questions from the audience. Totally rocked, they are all so cool!
12:00 pm – Keynote Speaker Chip Coffey – The highlight of the whole weekend and the moment everyone had been waiting for. This is when I got my autograph, pictures and hug from Chip himself. Chip addressed the topic of ghost hunting since there are so many out there that are now doing this and so many who are doing it in an irresponsible way. He addressed the issues of professionalism and responsibility to the clients and touched on some of the do's and don'ts. I loved hearing him speak and it was a perfect ending to a great weekend. Learn more about Chip at http://www.chipcoffey.com/.
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