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Bats and Frequency

31st March 2019 Reading Time: 5 minutes Stuff paranormal investigators need to know, General. 1914 views. 0

Bats use echolocation to communicate and navigate with one another. As the sound is ultrasonic, it is not something we hear with our own ears. If you are doing an investigation outside, could a digital recorder pick up these ultrasonic sounds which are then confused with something paranormal?

The doorway effect

24th March 2019 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 2527 views. 1

Do you ever walk into the room with an intention and then suddenly as you enter the room you have completely forgotten why you walked in the room to begin with? This can fall under a memory phenomenon called 'The Doorway Effect'. The main trigger - walking through a doorway. So what does this mean for how we recall information during our paranormal investigations?

Water and the Paranormal

22nd March 2019 Reading Time: 5 minutes Stuff paranormal investigators need to know, General. 6410 views. 3

Do you believe that water acts as a conduit for paranormal phenomena? Water has connections with the paranormal in many ways. Let's look at some of the theories and ways in which water is associated with the paranormal and mythology.

Harry Houdini and the record breaking Australian first flight!

18th March 2019 Reading Time: 2 minutes Famous Paranormal Cases, General, Harry Houdini. 2443 views. 1

In the early hours of the morning on March 18th, 1910, famed magician and paranormal debunker Harry Houdini made the first controlled, powered flight in an aircraft for the first time in Australia.

Things don't happen overnight

11th March 2019 Reading Time: 6 minutes General, Paranormal Investigation. 1359 views. 0

In a lot of ways, the paranormal field is very much a game of waiting and a game of patience.  On more than one occasion, your patience will be tested.  If you do not have a passion for the things that you do in this field, that patience will wear very thin.

Schrödinger's Cat, many worlds and the paranormal

6th March 2019 Reading Time: 6 minutes General. 1415 views. 0

How can a hypothetical cat in a box make us look at the paranormal differently? Could the many worlds theory be a clue behind what is behind what we perceive as paranormal activity?

The strange disappearance of Frederick Valentich

1st March 2019 Reading Time: 5 minutes Conspiracy Theories, General, Famous Paranormal Cases. 2986 views. 0

It remains one of the more puzzling events in Australian aviation. On October 21st 1978, at 6:19pm in the evening, pilot Fredrick Valentich took off from Moorobbin airport in Victoria and seemingly disappeared into thin air, but not before leaving an eerie radio transmission.

Dance till you die!

22nd February 2019 Reading Time: 4 minutes Famous Paranormal Cases, General. 1617 views. 0

In 1518, there was an actual documented account of what was named 'The dancing plague'. People gathered on a street and danced for up to a month until they died.

We need to stop over embellishing

22nd February 2019 Reading Time: 4 minutes General. 801 views. 0

Often when we are putting something on social media, we have to use carefully selected wording to make it interesting to the reader. When it comes to the Paranormal, it is easy to throw around terms such as 'shocking evidence'. If your content is good, you don't need to shortchange yourself with these embellished headlines. Let your work speak for itself.

Video VS Still Photography

16th February 2019 Reading Time: 8 minutes Photography, General, Paranormal Investigation, Paranormal Equipment. 1450 views. 0

On a paranormal investigation, if you had to choose between a video camera or a still camera such as a digital camera, which would you choose? A video camera is actually your most important piece of equipment, and I am going to tell you why.