NEW ZEALAND STRANGE OCCURRENCES SOCIETY
  • Contact
    • Disclaimer & safety issues
    • NZSOS Privacy Policy
    • Encounter check list
    • Ghost Advice
    • FAQs
  • Photos
    • Orbs
    • Orbs explained
    • Flare
    • Mists
    • Pareidolia, apophenia
    • International photos
    • Uncategorised
    • Analogue photos
  • Ectoplasmic Residue Blog
    • Blog index
  • NZSOS
  • Methods
    • Investigation procedure
    • Paranormal investigation equipment
    • Science & pseudoscience
    • Thoughts on ghosts
  • Videos
  • Media
  • Links
    • International links
  • Spooked book
    • Blurb
    • Media & reviews
    • Other NZ paranormal books
  • Paranormal Novel
  • Contact
    • Disclaimer & safety issues
    • NZSOS Privacy Policy
    • Encounter check list
    • Ghost Advice
    • FAQs
  • Photos
    • Orbs
    • Orbs explained
    • Flare
    • Mists
    • Pareidolia, apophenia
    • International photos
    • Uncategorised
    • Analogue photos
  • Ectoplasmic Residue Blog
    • Blog index
  • NZSOS
  • Methods
    • Investigation procedure
    • Paranormal investigation equipment
    • Science & pseudoscience
    • Thoughts on ghosts
  • Videos
  • Media
  • Links
    • International links
  • Spooked book
    • Blurb
    • Media & reviews
    • Other NZ paranormal books
  • Paranormal Novel
Search

Rise in paranormal activity

16/3/2014

0 Comments

 
During the week I was asked to contribute to an article about Haunted Auckland for the Sunday Star Times, written by Shabnam Dastgheib, on the question of there being more calls from the public for paranormal investigations on private residences. I was quoted in the article; but for background information, here is my full email reply to Shabnam:

"We haven't noticed any rise in callouts this year. We don't receive that many, but when we do they seem to come in clusters. I would say that has more to do with random clumping than any widespread paranormal influence. Also, the release of a new Paranormal Activity or similar movie can get people thinking about ghosts a bit more than usual, and influence them to attribute paranormal causes to (generally unconnected), unexplained events, or coincidences.

"When there were fewer paranormal groups in the country, we used to get more media coverage, and more callouts. We've been keeping a lower media profile lately, but are still going strong as a team of ten. Our two newest team members are a medical doctor and a psychology graduate.

"The work our team does is split between call outs (usually to private houses or flats, sometimes to businesses) and investigations of public buildings, theatres, etc, that we generate through contacts and discussions.

"We would like to receive more calls from people, but we know that Kiwis can be a bit reticent to talk to strangers about things that spook them. Also, the positioning and perception of our team is hopefully fairly balanced between a scientific approach and being open minded about the paranormal, so we don't tend to get calls from people who just want confirmation of their belief that their place in haunted. We are inclined to find natural reasons for ghostly experiences, which can leave some people feeling disappointed and others relieved! But this doesn't mean we don't believe in the possibility of there being ghosts. We are sure that people experience ghosts, but what ghosts really are remains almost a total mystery."


Relevant links:

Original Sunday Star Times article, featuring Mark Wallbank of haunted Auckland:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9829337/Spooks-on-the-rise

Stuff article as posted for The Dominion Post:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/9834105/Calling-in-the-ghostbusters

Haunted Auckland website:
hauntedauckland.com/
Core Paranormal website: www.coreparanormalnz.com/

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Ectoplasmic Residue

    is a blog by James Gilberd - leader and co-founder of Strange Occurrences. Views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the Strange Occurrences team.
    To see blogs sorted by topic, go to BLOG INDEX

    RSS Feed

    Author

    James Gilberd is an amateur paranormalist, writer and musician, and a professional photographer, living in Wellington, New Zealand.

    Archives

    February 2021
    June 2019
    January 2019
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    October 2014
    July 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    October 2013
    July 2013
    April 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012

    Categories

    All
    Book Review Paranormal
    Book Review - Paranormal
    General Paranormal

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Contact
    • Disclaimer & safety issues
    • NZSOS Privacy Policy
    • Encounter check list
    • Ghost Advice
    • FAQs
  • Photos
    • Orbs
    • Orbs explained
    • Flare
    • Mists
    • Pareidolia, apophenia
    • International photos
    • Uncategorised
    • Analogue photos
  • Ectoplasmic Residue Blog
    • Blog index
  • NZSOS
  • Methods
    • Investigation procedure
    • Paranormal investigation equipment
    • Science & pseudoscience
    • Thoughts on ghosts
  • Videos
  • Media
  • Links
    • International links
  • Spooked book
    • Blurb
    • Media & reviews
    • Other NZ paranormal books
  • Paranormal Novel