Introduction to Ghost Hunting
(c)2009 by Fiona Broome, founder of HollowHill.com
Preparing
for your first ghost hunt
Your
homework for this lesson includes visiting a haunted location, or at
least a place that's supposed to be haunted.
However,
be sure to remember your previous lessons.
Find someone (preferably two
or more people) to go ghost hunting with. Even if you're meeting a
group of experienced ghost hunters, take a friend along for safety, moral support
and grounding.
Research the location, and see it in daylight; don't just show up at
night without a good idea of the layout or floor plan.
For your first ghost hunt, choose a place that's not too isolated and
not in a dangerous area.
(That said, some of the most profoundly
haunted sites are often isolated... and popular locations for
drug deals. If your 'gut feeling' tells you to get out of there... run!)
Ideally, select a site that's been recommended by someone you respect,
and by someone who's encountered something "odd" there.
Plan to spend no more than an hour at the site. Half an hour
may be as long as you can tolerate.
There's no way to predict -- or fully prepare for -- what you may encounter. You
might be really bored. You might be terrified.
(Don't expect to see a full-body apparition. People hardly ever see them. The photo above
isn't real... just a picture of what an apparition can look like.)
Leave when you're tired, frightened, or simply not having fun.
As soon as you get to home (or to a coffee shop), jot your immediate
thoughts into your ghost hunting journal.
A day later, review those notes and any other evidence that you found
– photos, EVP recordings, and so on – and add your
thoughts, now that you've had time away from the site and its spirits.
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