This is how ghost hunters use tech to track the supernatural

• FireIce

  14 Oct 16, 17:41

  

  Remember the proton packs the Ghostbusters rocked? Turned out they're not all that impossible. There is a method to the madness, a perceived science and of course, gadgets that modern ghosthunters use to track the paranormal.  

  We’re not talking religious artefacts but devices you can purchase off the internet. They’re nothing like what you’ve ever seen before, ranging from instruments that measure sudden changes in temperatures, to tools that detect electromagnetic field frequencies. Contrary to what popular culture might lead you to believe, ghosts don’t appear as full bloodied figures, but manifest as orbs and energy. Well, at least according to ghost hunters. We spoke to Desmond Wong of the Singapore Paranormal Investigators to understand what they do and how they do it.

  *The Singapore Paranormal Investigators are an organisation that studies paranormal phenomena using scientific means. They investigate rumoured haunted places and even respond to complaints about private hauntings. Yes, that means if you think you have a paranormal problem, you can hit them up.

  STEP 1: DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE BACKSTORY

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  Behind the haunting must be a reason, and the SPI tries to find that out by looking into the history of a particular place. What are the sightings reported? Did any deaths occur at the place in the past?

  If there have been sightings, the organisation tries to interview the witness to find out more. Or if a death had occurred previously, it’s common that the paranormal phenomenon will happen around the same time which brings us to Step 2 of the process. We hear 3 to 4am is the witching hour when most paranormal activity happens. 

  THE CURIOUS CASE OF BUKIT BATOK PARK, SINGAPORE

  "SPI has carried out a few investigations at Bukit Batok Park, where a female jogger died from an attack.

  During the first investigation, we recorded electro voice phenomenon (EVP) at the spot where the victim was attacked after midnight. We heard unexplained music and recorded a man's voice. 

  We went back some years later to investigate again. We had a volunteer that we briefed before setting up the gadgets - like an EMF mter, night vision camera, motion sensors, and an EVP recorder - around her before retreating to watch over her at a distance. Suddenly, the gadgets powered down on their own and almost all the batteries had to be replaced, even though we had fully charged them beforehand.

  The volunteer then told us via the walkie talkie that she heard something. After which the motion sensor alarm sounded so two of our members ran over to where she was. One of them shouted while the other took off after something! When we asked them afterwards, they said they both saw a white figure pass by swiftly. When we studied the video footage from the incident, it actually captured the same white figure passing behind the volunteer, while the EVP recording captured a low male voice sighing."

  
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