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Our Protocols

Here are our strongest recommendations:

1. Above all, use your common sense.

2. Never go ghost hunting alone. Hunt with at least one companion.

3. Verify location, accessibility, safety, and related issues ahead of time. Check each site during daytime hours to identify parking, paths, and hazards. Carry a working flashlight, even during daytime ghost hunts.

4. Wear suitable clothing, including sturdy footwear. Don't eat a heavy meal immediately before ghost hunting, but don't arrive hungry, either. Do not drink alcohol or use drugs before or during a ghost hunt.

5. Never trespass on private or posted property, without specific permission from the owners or authorities.

6. Leave immediately and cheerfully if the police or owners ask you to, even if the property is not posted. Provide photo ID if the police ask.

7. If you become unreasonably frightened, leave. Always follow your gut instinct if you are prompted to leave.

8. Remember, you have more to fear from the living than from the dead. Haunted sites are often isolated and deserted. That makes these sites attractive to people engaged in illegal activities. Use caution and common sense.

9. Ghosts do not follow you home. If you are frightened and leave a haunted location, the spirits generally do not go with you and they cannot affect your thoughts.

10. If you are troubled by unwanted thoughts after leaving a haunted location, relax. Eat some comfort food. Watch a happy movie or TV show.

11. Ouija boards are not inherently evil. The biggest problem with them is that you don't know who or what is directing the platen, and if the entity is lying. We don't rely upon them during investigations.

12. Never rely upon cellular phones in haunted settings. Often, they won't work. Step across the street and the phone usually resumes power/range.

13. Remember that you are visiting a location that a ghost considers "home." Behave politely as you would in someone else's home.

14. Ghosts do not "possess" people without their consent. If someone or something seems to be taking control, tell it to stop. Think rude thoughts at it, and generally picture yourself as a bigger bully than the spirit is.

15. It is reasonable to reimburse someone for their time and expenses, if you accompany them on a ghost hunt. However, if someone is charging you money as if they're providing a show... perhaps they are. Caveat emptor.

16. Reschedule your ghost hunt if it is going to snow, rain, or if it is foggy.Also check the pollen count.Moisture and pollen can cause anomalies in photos.

Other Suggestions:

If you have a large group break up into pairs or smaller groups.

Carry walkie talkies or cell phones.You never know when you might need them.

Announce why you are there.Tell the ghosts you would like to take their photo.

Don't smoke near where you will be investigating.Make a designated spot for smoking(only if you MUST smoke,like when on an extended investigation, otherwise DON'T SMOKE).You don't want to photograph smoke and think it is an ecto mist or spirit.

When trying to record evps never whisper. Talk in a normal voice. You won't scare the ghosts if you talk and you don't want to mistake a human whisper for a spirit.

Always use new tapes in the recorder.

Have extra batteries and make sure all equipment is fully charged.

Wear a watch so you can note times of events.

Don't wear perfume or cologne while ghost hunting.If using an insect repellent make sure it is unscented.Some have noticed scents or smells when there is ghost activity. Perfumes may mask these scents.

Tie back long hair.When a piece ofhair gets in front of the camera lens it will look like a vortex.

Remove camera straps.Many times straps get in the picture and can be mistaken for a vortex, ecto, moving orb and ghosts.

Look for things in the way like spiderwebs, wire, ropes, tree limbs.They can appear on photos as something paranormal when they are in close range of the camera lens.

Always clean camera lenses.Lint, dust specks,smudges and fingerprints can look like ecto mist, orbs, and other ghostly anomalies.

Be aware of the temperature when photographing outdoors or in an unheated building.If it is cold, hold your breath while taking a photo and for several seconds afterward. Remember, if you can see it so can the camera.

Research the location.If you are going ghost hunting after dark, you should check it out during daylight hours.Make note of any dangers such as holes, broken glass, loose boards etc.

Be objective of your findings. Rule out any natural causes that may have caused anomalies such as insects, lights in the distance, spider webs, reflections. If you are examining a house or building, you may use one of the rooms of the dwelling as a base. However, if there is Spirit Energies throughout the building, you might be contaminating the room you choose. So, we suggest using a tent ,trailer, or motor home outside the examination area.

ALWAYS keep your log book with you at all times. Without it, you cannot keep an accurate record of every noise, movement, or manifestation. This log book is your proof of the existence of Spirits. Without it, you have nothing. And no person will take you seriously if you don't keep accurate records of EVERYTHING.

If you believe objects in the area will be moved by Spirits, or if you have set up an examination in which you hope an item will be moved by Spirits, then remember to place a chalk circle around the item. If it is moved, then trace a line from where the item was to where it is now located.

Remember to log the time of the activity, how far it traveled, how long it took to travel, and tally heat recordings or other manifestations that took place in the area of the activity. Again, you must remember to log every activity you encounter. Keep the cameras, audio recorders, and videoactive at all times.

Watch the countless hours of video. Listen to all of your audio recordings. This is where a large speaker, such as those found on kareoke machines, comes in handy.Then look through all your hundreds of pictures taken. Be sure to make notations where photos, sounds, and images match your log book entries. Make note of matches, times, etc.

Equipment Suggestions:

1. (I) First Aid Kit. Make sure it contains plenty of bandages, ointments, creams,lotions, scissors, medical tape, gauze pads, eye wash, and insect repellent.

2. Bring Plenty of Water .There is no more important item to bring than water.Even if you know there is a water source near the examination area the water might be contaminated. Use water you are sure about. Bring at least one gallon perd ay of examination.

3. (2) Flashlights. These should be standard two-cell or better. You need a second flashlight in case the first one stops working properly. There should be at least two flashlights for every 3 people in the group.

4. (I) Large Note Book or Log Book. This items is the most important item you carry .You will be logging all activity , noises, movements, etc. Make suer you log every piece of equipment with serial and make number.

5. Several Pens and Pencils. We suggest at least five of each. You don't want to run out of these when you need them. And they are always breaking or running out of ink.

6. (5) Large Zip Lock style storage bags. This will hold your evidence. Make sure you keep them clean before you use them.

7. (1) Large Stick of Chalk. In buildings, you will use this to mark directions you take, mark areas and directions apparitions take, etc.

8. (1) Non-Electronic Compass. This helps you keep track of directions you take plus directions taken by apparitions or moving objects.

9. Infared Thermometers and Mercury Thermeters as well as humidity meters.

10. (I) Watch. You will need to keep track of time throughout your examination. Try to get a NON-DIGITAL watch with a sweeping second hand. Digital equipment may malfunction due to local Spirit Activity .

11. (I) Stop Watch. You will need this item to record exact duration of Spirit activity.

12. (1) Digital Camera. This item seems to be more successful at capturing Spirit Phenomena and quickly pays for itself in photo development savings. Take extra power packs, batteries, and flash or digital memory cards.

13. (I) 35mm Camera. This item has captured images of Spirit Phenomena formany decades now, and should not be left out of any examination or Hunt. Use Polaroid film for best results; ASA400, color or black & white. You can use a faster film for faster light absorption, but the grain of the film makes details less likely.Spots could be mistaken for orbs, which of course, they are not. Make sure youhave a flash for the camera as Spirit Photos usually require them. Use a wide angle lens to capture as much area within your view as possible. 28mm is suggested. Always carry lens cleaning wipes without solvents, assolvents may leave a residue other will claim make the images you might capture on film. Lens cleaning cloths do not leave lint behind, which can also be mistaken as Spirit Orbs in photographs. DO NOT use paper products to clean lenses.

14. (3) Tripods. These are needed for your video camera, digital camera, and 35mm cameras. These will keep your pictures steady... very important for clear evidence via visuals.

15. (I) Video Camera. More and more Spirit Phenomena is being caught on video.It is as important, if not more, than still photography. From it, you can learn themovement of Spirit orbs and activity.

16. (I )Audio Recorder. You will need at least one good one. We suggest the use of a karaoke machine, because of its large speaker. This helps greatly when you are listening to hours of audio recordings trying to hear some message from the Spirit Realm. You must have a very sensitive microphone. This is needed to pick up the smallest sound, even from other rooms nearby. Be sure to place a wind cover on the mike to avoid picking up the rattling pound of wind noise. Use metal grade tapes. These will not stretch or break easily as oxide tapes tend to do. Skeptics can't claim that noises heard are from stretched tapes when metal is used.

17. (2) Inexpensive Audio Recorder. This is used for backup of your larger recorder. Remember, these electronic items can go on the fritz when confronted with Spirit Energy. So remember to always have a back up of an electronic equipment. Also a digital recorder that you can carry or hook to your walkie talkies.

18. (I) Electro Magnetic Frequency/Radiation Meter ( EMF Meter). SpiritEnergies consist of ElectoMagnetic Frequencies which can be read on these meters.EMF meters have a usual dependable range of about 5 feet directly in front of thedevice. Use sweeping movements, slowly, to get best readings. A good reading for Spirit energy is from 0.9 to about 2.5. Anything above that should be located. Higher readings usually are from large appliances or electrical outlets. Lower readings can be from small static energies in the air, human energy or static in the carpet. Using a slow sweeping motion in detection can pinpoint the energy source.Spirit Energies are often found in an oblong shape, similar to a football. Remember to log every reading and location you receive. Make a map of areas examined.

19. Last but not least, be absolutely sure to bring enough film, audio tapes, videotapes, digital camera disks, and more batteries than you could ever think you need,to your examination. You DO NOT want to run out of any of these items. Try to bring enough to last at least 24 continuous hours.