[Holiday]

Are there any paranormal investigation or study groups or organizations in your area? Any sort of official or unofficial group of any sort? What do you talk about? What do you do?

If there isn't one in your community, do you think it would be something you would join if there was? What's stopping you from starting one yourself?

I recently saw a flyer at a bus stop in my community that was advertising a meeting for a Paranormal Study Organization. I'm going to go to the first meeting. I'm actually pretty excited about it. I'll post here again and tell you what it was like.

[8LKPHX]

Hi Holiday,

Have you been to the first meeting yet? What was discussed? Did the people there seem to take it seriously and have genuine interest or were they there for a laugh?

Just a bit excited about your findings... We don't have any such clubs here so all my attempts at research a solo.

[DoW]

i think someone has started a paranormal/ ghost hunters group here in el paso not sure how its going but i think they hold meetings monthly or something not too sure

and i guess they have ghost hunting trips and ask ppl if they have a ghost or something in their house or whatever and try to go investigate it not sure what their equipment or knowledge base consists of :)

This post has been edited by DoW: 09 February 2010 - 09:14 PM

[Holiday]

I went to the meeting. It's a really scientific group that encourages the scientific method and respectful debate. They have already gotten permission to spend the night researching some sites of reported paranormal activity.

It's interesting, I just don't have the time.

And if your town or city doesn't have a group- start one!

This post has been edited by Holiday: 13 February 2010 - 05:26 AM

[AlexKKKeller]

Not that I know of.
However, if there are, I wanna join.
That has to be the best fckkking occupation ever.
"I've just been promoted to Detective. I'll be starting my first case tomorrow. Where do you work, John?"
"I, uh, I chase ghosts."

[Holiday]

Well, these aren't really paid jobs. It's a volunteer thing, sort of. You do it on your own time, with your own resources, and your own money. Well, most of them anyway. There aren't too many paid positions to be a ghost hunter.

If you want to create a paranormal study group in your community, go for it. Research some reported sites of paranormal activity in your area, you might be surprised at how many there are close to you. Put up flyers around your community, bus stops, the library, etc., and set up an email for them to contact you. Set up a Facebook group, those work too. Set up a research expedition to one of the sites, and gather data.

I don't really know all the logistics of studying paranormal activity, but I don't believe this information would be too hard to find. There should be resources and information online, I would imagine there would be a great deal of sites dedicated to this sort of thing.

Here is one article on How to Study Paranormal Phenomena.

Even if it doesn't seem like a group is coming together, you can research paranormal activity on your own or just with friends of yours who share your interest. I think it would be neat if we had Darkness members go on paranormal study expeditions at local sites in their area and report back here.

This post has been edited by Holiday: 15 February 2010 - 12:48 AM

[Kaddam]

Actually there is a group of such listed at my college and my own English teacher is actually a member. I however am not truly interested in joining.

Mainly because "official" groups of such like to take an unbiased approach. When I am in my research mode I am unbiased, but once I reach the stage of "awareness" in my research then I conclude with my opinion. In other words my opinion is way too valuable to me then to join any group no matter how facinating they may be.

[AlexKKKeller]

Volunteer?
Forget it then D:

[FaylinOrren]

I was going to join one that wasn't far from where I live. They emailed back and forth for a while...but when they couldn't decide on what kind of donuts to bring for the first meeting....I started to have my doubts about them.
I 'd love to join or help out with one sometime. I know they like to look at things very scientifically, and frown on those who feel sensitive . I am pretty sensitive to spiritual things, I hope I wouldn't have to keep that to myself.
I like to keep open-minded on things. Scientific or spiritual.

[Nim]

I know MUFON has a chapter in Phoenix, but I haven't really looked beyond that. I should, though...

[Fluid of life]

Besides my paying job I help out in a used book and music store. I meet a lot of folks. I know one fellow that is with a group the investigates paranormal events, mostly hauntings. I have done things like that long ago and have no interest now. I have noticed that A NUMBER OF PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS THAT i HAVE MET SEEM KIND OF PARANORMAL THEMSELVES. sorry for the caps lock. that happens to me a lot, clumsy hands.

[Kelly]

I don't know if there are any groups in my area. I wouldn't have time to start one but it might be fun to attend some meetings or just meet likeminded people.

I imagine people into that sort of thing would be interesting and have some abilities themselves.

I've met vampires and they aren't as much fun as you might think.

This post has been edited by Kelly: 20 August 2010 - 05:39 PM

[Gabriel de Lorges]

I went to several meetings a long while back and in another state. I really wasn't very impressed, but I would be willing to attend another sometime if a friend or acquaintance was interested. That's how I ended up attending the other time. There was a medium who used a spirit guide. He led the group and was mostly the focus. During one meeting, while he was communicating, the air conditioner was directly over my head and kept dripping ice cold water on my skull, so that was a bit distracting. I remember they served homemade cookies afterwards.

[Kelly]

Were the cookies even good, lol? I hope they at least made little ghosties.

[Holiday]

There's a group in the area I live in now. I might check it out if I can.

This post has been edited by Holiday: 29 August 2010 - 02:05 AM

[Kaddam]

I'm going to join a club now if it doesn't interfere with my classes. Think I should join the paranormal club (ghosthunting), or Spirit of the Oak (non-religious spiritual social group)?