Sgt. Pepper
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The better hypothesis is the one that better fits all the data including unusual things called paranormal.
I've been researching and investigating the paranormal for nearly 16 years (16 next month). During these years, I've traveled across the country to research and investigate both suspected and haunted locations. I have gone to many locations to either research and investigate the site myself or to assist other paranormal investigators whom I know and trust in a mediumship capacity. However, despite my mediumship, I don't always assume that the paranormal phenomena I'm either informed about or have personally witnessed are paranormal, especially if I don't see a spirit causing the activity. Even though I'm sensitive and can feel the presence of spirits, I know that sensing spirits doesn't necessarily indicate that a spirit is the cause of an unusual occurrence in a suspected or well-known haunted location. There could be a natural explanation for it, and I believe it is my responsibility as an experienced paranormal investigator to ascertain whether the unusual phenomenon is paranormal or not. If I think that it could be, then I will attempt to appropriately document it using specialized ghost-hunting equipment. I believe it is essential to rule out all natural explanations for a phenomenon that appears paranormal at first.
I also believe that it is essential to make a concerted attempt to ascertain whether the phenomenon can be debunked and, if not, to properly document it using proper ghost-hunting equipment to prove that it is in fact paranormal. Whenever I'm investigating a suspected or well-known haunted location, I will first make an effort to disprove any paranormal phenomena, and if that fails, I'll politely ask the spirits to repeat the incident so that I can accurately document it using my specialized ghost-hunting equipment. I always research the location and conduct an extensive and comprehensive investigation to either prove or disprove any paranormal phenomena that I witness or that others accompanying me witness. As an experienced paranormal investigator, I don't ever leave any of my potential evidence of the paranormal (such as digital photos of spirits and EVP recordings) wide open for skeptics to harshly rip apart. In fact, I'm my own worst critic when it comes to the potential evidence of the paranormal that I document because my main objective when analyzing this potential evidence is to try and debunk it first to determine whether I can authenticate it or not. I also ask and permit other experienced paranormal investigators and even skeptics, whom I know and trust, to personally analyze (verify or debunk) any potential evidence that I document.
Whenever I personally analyze any potential evidence I document, I never take any pictures that I capture or videos I record at face value, despite my mediumship abilities. If I'm conducting an EVP session, then I make sure that the people around me hear what I hear via the Spirit Box. I've asked the other people around me, "What did you hear?" rather than repeating what I heard myself. I could tell them that I audibly heard the spirits speaking directly to me because of my abilities, but that isn't sufficient evidence for the skeptics in the crowd. If I show other people the pictures I've taken at a haunted location, I don't tell them what I see but rather ask them what they see. I don't try to influence how other people interpret my evidence. In addition, before I enter a specific location that is believed to be haunted, I'll ask the people I'm with not to tell me anything about the place or any experiences they have had there. I don't want to be influenced. I prefer to go into a location with a clear mind so that I can be certain that what I'm sensing in the area is real.
As I've previously stated, there aren't many people that I personally know in real life who are aware of my psychic mediumship abilities, but there are other paranormal investigators I know and trust who are. If one of them asks me to use my psychic medium abilities at a haunted location, I'll remind them that I don't want to know anything about their personal experiences there. If the location is a house, a building, another type of structure, or a public business, I don't want to know anything about the current or previous owners or the property's history. If I'm given a personal object to hold so that I can possibly connect with a spirit, then I will make it clear that I don't want to know anything about the person who owned that object before they passed away. It's very important to me that I have a clear mind before doing a reading for another person or when I'm investigating a well-known or suspected haunted location. I want to be sure that my reading is correct and hasn't been affected by any suggestions or information I've received from other paranormal investigators or anyone else in the room. I can't speak for other mediums, but that's what I do when I'm asked to give a reading or when I'm asked to use my abilities during a paranormal investigation. We, meaning psychic mediums, are all different, and most of us, if not all, have our own unique methods of interacting with spirits. Most of us have fine-tuned our abilities in such a way that we can control them better. I've certainly learned how to over the years.
In conclusion, I believe there are paranormal occurrences that cannot be validated by specialized ghost-hunting equipment, rationally explained and debunked by science, or legitimately explained away by religious dogma that staunchly opposes the belief that the spirits of the dead can communicate with and interact with the living. In fact, I believe that there are supernatural occurrences that happen in this world that brazenly defy both scientific and religious explanation. I believe this because I have had forty-four years of personal experiences seeing (both visually and in psychic visions), hearing (both audibly and in psychic visions), and feeling the presence of earthbound spirits. For nearly sixteen of those years, while actively utilizing my mediumship abilities, I have had direct contact with these spirits, had psychic visions of spirits, and have experienced trace mediumship and channeling spirits as well.
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