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Borley matters less for what actually happened there and more for what it tells us about how paranormal beliefs develop and spread.
Bozza in Haunted Locations 2 years ago thumb_up 1
Edinburgh's brilliant for paranormal history if you want something local to examine - Greyfriars Kirkyard, Mary King's Close, all well-documented locations with clear historical context.
UnseenHunter586 in New Members Lounge 2 years ago thumb_up 2
Borley Rectory is probably one of the most saturated locations for paranormal investigation in the UK - everyone goes there expecting ghosts, everyone records things and hears what they want to...
Trevor Y. in Ghost Hunting Techniques 2 years ago thumb_up 2
Honest answer: a good notebook, a reliable torch, and a decent digital thermometer. Seriously. You can get all of that for under £50 and it's more useful than most paranormal-specific equipment.
Hollow Phantom in Equipment Guides & DIY Builds 2 years ago thumb_up 4
I'm not a committed believer yet, but I want to try some basic investigation without spending hundreds on kit I might not use.
I've actually done some woodland camera trapping in the New Forest and Quantock Hills - not specifically for Bigfoot, more general wildlife monitoring.
LakeDistrictDrifter in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 2 years ago thumb_up 4
Honestly? Most poltergeist cases that get properly investigated turn out to be explainable. Floorboards settling, pipes hammering, someone sleep-walking, a family member playing pranks (even...
Sofia Hughes in Poltergeist Activity 2 years ago thumb_up 4
Welcome, mate. Honestly, we need more people like you - technical, skeptical, willing to engage. Most paranormal 'investigation' is just storytelling with equipment.
Arthur W. in New Members Lounge 2 years ago thumb_up 3
How do you separate genuine EVP from wishful thinking? You don't, really. But you can reduce contamination.
George Obrien in Ghost Hunting Techniques 2 years ago thumb_up 5
I've read Price's actual reports and I've read the critiques of his methods. The truth is probably boring: the house was old, things creaked and settled, there were normal explanations for most...
For actual monitoring without the woo: basic CCTV cameras (you can get decent ones for under £100), a notebook documenting every incident with time/date/what happened, photos of the areas...
Pieter S. in Poltergeist Activity 2 years ago thumb_up 3
Good instinct on wanting proper methodology. Poltergeist cases break down roughly into: (1) explainable household stuff - pets, vibrations from heavy traffic or construction, loose fixtures, (2)...
UnearthlyAberdeen in Poltergeist Activity 2 years ago thumb_up 3
Right, I'll be upfront: I'm a physicist working in materials science, I'm fundamentally skeptical about paranormal claims, and I'm probably going to ask pedantic questions about methodology and...
Yorkshire has had a few Bigfoot-adjacent reports over the years - nothing officially documented, but in local folklore there's definitely something.
The 'we're looking in the wrong place' argument is unfalsifiable though, isn't it? That's the problem. Every time we don't find evidence, someone says 'well we must be looking in the wrong spot'.
Shawna Schofield14 in Bigfoot & Sasquatch 2 years ago thumb_up 3
Whispering at night on a moorland hill? Mate, that's literally just the wind. I'm sorry but this is why paranormal investigation gets no respect in academic circles.
UnearthlySpecter457 in Haunted Locations 2 years ago thumb_up 5
My sister's been experiencing poltergeist activity in her flat in Manchester for about three weeks now.
Gaz642 in Poltergeist Activity 2 years ago
Honestly, EVP is where the paranormal investigation field loses credibility with actual scientists. The fundamental problem is that you're asking humans to interpret ambiguous audio - and human...
Grumpy Mole in Ghost Hunting Techniques 2 years ago thumb_up 2
I've been doing EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) recording for about six months now, and I'm getting increasingly skeptical of my own work.
The problem with Borley is that we're analysing it through the lens of 2024 skepticism applied to 1930s documentation. They didn't have the vocabulary or the tools we have.
Drew W. in Haunted Locations 2 years ago thumb_up 5