WHILE IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO ANSWER ALL VARIOUS QUESTIONS WE GET ASKED, BELOW ARE SOME ANSWERS TO THE MORE COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS WE RECEIVE. CAN'T FIND AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION? NO PROBLEM, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL OR EMAIL US DIRECTLY.
Q: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HAUNTINGS?
A: IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT HAUNTINGS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
Q: WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SIGNS OF A HAUNTING?
A: WHILE THERE ARE MANY SIGNS TO A LOCATION BEING HAUNTED, SOME OF THE MORE COMMON SIGNS CAN BE THE FOLLOWING, BUT NOT ALL INCLUSIVE:
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "GHOST HUNTER" AND A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR?
A: WHILE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH, IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT THEY CAN BE DEFINED AS:
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SKEPTIC AND A CYNIC?
A: THEY CAN BE DEFINED AS:
Q: I THINK I HAVE A HAUNTING. AM I CRAZY? DO YOU THINK I'M CRAZY?
A: THIS IS SOMETHING WE HEAR OFTEN, AND TO CLEAR IT UP, QUITE THE CONTRARY. WE LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY IT "THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING, AND WHAT IT IS WE DO." WE NEVER THINK ANYONE IS CRAZY OR IMAGINING WHAT THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. WE TAKE EVERY CASE SERIOUSLY, AND INVESTIGATE EVERY CASE THE SAME USING OUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS STAYING TRUE TO OUR METHODOLOGY, CODE OF ETHICS, AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
Q: HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE?
A: THE WESTERN IDAHO PARANORMAL INC. (W.I.P.) NEVER CHARGES ITS CLIENTS FOR INVESTIGATIONS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE AND OFFER OUR SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS 100% FREE-OF-CHARGE!
Q: HOW DO I GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU?
A: THE WESTERN IDAHO PARANORMAL INC. CAN BE CONTACTED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR OUR SISTER TEAM (PORTLAND OREGON PARANORMAL) ARE SUBMITTED HERE. THE W.I.P. WILL FORWARD THEM AS NEEDED TO OUR PORTLAND TEAM!
A: IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT HAUNTINGS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
- INTELLIGENT HAUNTING: ACTIVITY THAT CAN TAKE ENERGY AND FOCUS IT TOWARD A PARTICULAR PERSON, LOCATION, OR OBJECT. GENERALLY ACCEPTED, THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING CAN BE EITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. IT TYPICALLY DERIVES FROM AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, AFTER DEATH, STAYS IN A PARTICULAR LOCATION. THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE LIVING, AND GENERALLY WILL ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN. IT IS THEORIZED THAT ONE'S PREDOMINANT PERSONALITY TRAITS CAN CARRY OVER INTO DEATH. THEY ARE AWARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT IS IN IT.
- RESIDUAL HAUNTING: THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING IS NOT TYPICALLY THAT OF A GHOST OR SPIRIT ITSELF, BUT MORE ATTRIBUTED TO ENERGY THAT HAS BEEN IMPRINTED ONTO A LOCATION, OR ON ITS ENVIRONMENT. IN TIME THIS CAN REPLAY ITSELF OVER AND OVER, WHETHER OR NOT ONE IS AROUND TO WITNESS IT. THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING HAS NO CONSCIOUSNESS, AND CAN NOT INTERACT WITH THOSE LIVING. THINK OF IT AS A VIDEO TAPE THAT HAS A RECORDING IMPRINTED INTO THE TAPE ITSELF. YOU CAN REWIND IT, AND PLAY IT... IT WILL PLAY THE SAME ON THE 10TH VIEWING AS IT DID WHEN YOU FIRST BOUGHT IT.
- POLTERGEIST HAUNTING: THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING GETS ITS NAME FROM THE GERMAN WORD MEANING "NOISY GHOST". THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING DERIVES MORE FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF ENERGY CREATED BY THE HUMAN MIND, VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF TELEKINESIS. THIS ENERGY IS GENERALLY FOCUSED AROUND A PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY ARE THE HUMAN AGENT CAUSING THE ACTIVITY. IT IS DONE MORE ON A SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL. GENERALLY IT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED THAT THOSE HIGHEST FOR POTENTIAL TO BE THE HUMAN AGENT ARE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF STRESS, AND POSSIBLY GOING THROUGH THE ADOLESCENT STAGE OF PUBERTY. ALTHOUGH ADULTS CAN BE AGENTS AS WELL. THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING IS GENERALLY SHORT LIVED, AND WILL DIE OUT IN TIME. IT CAN CAUSE OBJECTS TO BE MOVED AND THE MANIFESTATION OF SOUNDS. IT IS IMPERATIVE TO TRY TO RULE OUT ANY HUMAN INVOLVEMENT (INCLUDING FRAUD) PRIOR TO ASSUMING IT TO BE THAT OF A SPIRIT OR ENTITY. EASILY CONFUSED WITH DEMONIC ACTIVITY.
- DEMONIC "INHUMAN" HAUNTING: THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING IS THE RAREST OF ALL THE HAUNTING CLASSIFICATIONS. ALTHOUGH THEY CAN OCCUR, IT IS LIKELY THAT A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR CAN GO THEIR ENTIRE CAREER AND NEVER BE INVOLVED IN A CASE INVOLVING TRUE DEMONIC ACTIVITY. THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING CAN VERY EASILY BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF POLTERGEIST, AS SOME OF THE SIGNS CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS DEMONIC IN NATURE. THESE TYPE OF HAUNTINGS CAN BE EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING TO THOSE EXPERIENCING THEM, AND CAN INTERACT WITH THE LIVING, AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. IT CAN RESULT IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HARM AS WELL. THIS TYPE OF HAUNTING MUST BE HANDLED WITH EXTREME CARE FOR ALL INVOLVED.
Q: WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SIGNS OF A HAUNTING?
A: WHILE THERE ARE MANY SIGNS TO A LOCATION BEING HAUNTED, SOME OF THE MORE COMMON SIGNS CAN BE THE FOLLOWING, BUT NOT ALL INCLUSIVE:
- DOOR(S) OPENING AND CLOSING OR SLAMMING
- WATER FAUCETS TURNING ON/OFF WITHOUT EXPLANATION
- OBJECT(S) BEING MOVED, MISPLACED, OR REPLACED WITHOUT NO APPARENT CAUSE
- OBJECT(S) COMING UP MISSING
- UNEXPLAINED SOUNDS (I.E. FOOTSTEPS, CREAKING, WALKING, SHUFFLING, ETC.)
- UNEXPLAINED VOICES BEING HEARD WHEN NO ONE IS PRESENT
- OBJECT(S) BEING THROWN, TOSSED, LEVITATED, ETC.
- THE SENSATION OF BEING "WATCHED" WHEN NO ONE IS PRESENT
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "GHOST HUNTER" AND A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR?
A: WHILE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD OF PARANORMAL RESEARCH, IT IS GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT THEY CAN BE DEFINED AS:
- GHOST HUNTER: VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR, BUT GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS BEING THOSE WHO INVESTIGATE TO FIND PROOF THAT A LOCATION IS HAUNTED, AS WELL AS WANTING THERE TO BE GHOSTS PRESENT. THEY CAN, BUT NOT ALWAYS, RELY HEAVILY ON EQUIPMENT AND REVIEW OF EVIDENCE LOOKING FOR THERE TO BE EVIDENCE CAPTURED EITHER THROUGH AUDIO, VIDEO, OR PHOTOGRAPHIC MEANS. WHILE THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS PER SAY, IT QUITE OFTEN CAN LEAD TO MISINTERPRETATION OF EVIDENCE, MAKING THERE BE SOMETHING PRESENT WHEN NOTHING ACTUALLY IS.
- PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR: THIS TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL CAN BE REFERRED TO AS BEING MORE "SCIENTIFICALLY DRIVEN" APPROACHING INVESTIGATIONS WITH AN OPEN AND NOT PRE-CONCLUDED SENSE. THEY INVESTIGATE USING SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF APPROACH. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE SKEPTICAL IN BOTH THE INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS THE REVIEW OF EVIDENCE, AND ARE TYPICALLY HARDEST ON EVIDENCE THEMSELVES. TRYING TO FIND EVERY LOGICAL EXPLAINABLE REASON AS TO WHY THINGS REPORTED ARE TAKING PLACE, THESE INVESTIGATORS WILL BE LIKE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS GOING WHERE THE EVIDENCE TAKES THEM AND LETTING THE EVIDENCE SPEAK FOR ITSELF.
Q: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SKEPTIC AND A CYNIC?
A: THEY CAN BE DEFINED AS:
- SKEPTIC: SOMEONE OF OPEN MIND THAT APPROACHES THINGS WITHOUT HAVING ANY FORE-DRAWN CONCLUSIONS BEFOREHAND. ONE WHO WANTS EVIDENCE TO BACKUP CLAIMS AND EXPERIENCES. ONE WHO QUESTIONS THINGS FROM A SCIENCE DRIVEN BASIS AND ATTEMPTS TO FIND LOGICAL REASONING INTO THINGS. (I.E. I BELIEVE SASQUATCH MAY EXIST, BUT I WANT TO SEE EITHER A BODY OR SOMETHING PHYSICAL TO PROVE ITS EXISTENCE.)
- CYNIC: SOMEONE WHO IS CLOSE MINDED, EVEN WHEN PRESENTED WITH PROOF OR EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED OR IS PROVEN TO BE REAL. (I.E. A GHOST COULD MANIFEST RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM, SLAP THEM IN THE FACE, AND THEY STILL WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A GHOST THAT DID IT.)
Q: I THINK I HAVE A HAUNTING. AM I CRAZY? DO YOU THINK I'M CRAZY?
A: THIS IS SOMETHING WE HEAR OFTEN, AND TO CLEAR IT UP, QUITE THE CONTRARY. WE LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY IT "THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING, AND WHAT IT IS WE DO." WE NEVER THINK ANYONE IS CRAZY OR IMAGINING WHAT THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. WE TAKE EVERY CASE SERIOUSLY, AND INVESTIGATE EVERY CASE THE SAME USING OUR KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS STAYING TRUE TO OUR METHODOLOGY, CODE OF ETHICS, AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
Q: HOW MUCH WILL IT COST ME FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE?
A: THE WESTERN IDAHO PARANORMAL INC. (W.I.P.) NEVER CHARGES ITS CLIENTS FOR INVESTIGATIONS. WE WILL INVESTIGATE AND OFFER OUR SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS 100% FREE-OF-CHARGE!
Q: HOW DO I GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU?
A: THE WESTERN IDAHO PARANORMAL INC. CAN BE CONTACTED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
- EMAIL: [email protected]
- SUBMIT AN ONLINE INVESTIGATION SUBMISSION FORM BY CLICKING THE BELOW BUTTON:
*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR OUR SISTER TEAM (PORTLAND OREGON PARANORMAL) ARE SUBMITTED HERE. THE W.I.P. WILL FORWARD THEM AS NEEDED TO OUR PORTLAND TEAM!
Q: HOW DO I BECOME AN INVESTIGATOR?
A: YOU CAN SUBMIT AN ONLINE APPLICATION BY CLICKING THE BUTTON BELOW:
A: YOU CAN SUBMIT AN ONLINE APPLICATION BY CLICKING THE BUTTON BELOW: