Recently a friend of mine, one of the few I share my experiences with, asked me how I know if a house is really haunted.

Now, naturally they asked if I rely on newer paranormal equipment and physical evidence or if I go with my gut. I told him it was a combination of both, but it got me to thinking about what is exactly that changes a situation from considering to certain…or at least as certain as one ever can be about such things.

I did a little digging in my own paranormal research and the notes I have kept over all of these years and I have to say that one of the biggest and most difficult things to dispute is the being’s ability to interact with our physical world.

It isn’t just about a photo, a recording, a temperature drop or other very useful indications that something is certainly out of the ordinary. It is the way they can seem to alter an entire reality, from the way you feel to how you look at things.

Yes I have voices, yells, singing, humming and all sorts of other inexplicable (for the time being) sounds on record.

I also have all sorts of photos that show, again for now, images that could not be accounted for.

Witnesses a plenty and objects that have been literally warped or broken by their encounters with paranormal beings.

All of this helps yes, but it isn’t really how you know, because how you know has something to do with another inexplicable part of our world: the feeling of knowing that you’re not alone.

It isn’t always accurate, or at least it isn’t always something you may have additional evidence to back up, but never the less I believe it is at least in part the root of why so many people seek out any kind of connection with an existence we can’t explain.

The important idea to keep in mind is that using these senses are just as important as any recording device we may carry hoping to snatch physical evidence out of thin air. Trusting one while ignoring the other makes for very poor paranormal hunting indeed in my opinion and in some cases can drive people a little crazy.

An example of this blending might be allowing yourself to take random snapshots just because you feel something might be present. Though you may not be in a location where haunting are known of you may very well still be crossing paths with another being. Making use of these senses is also like practicing with any other skill, over time it becomes more accurate.

I believe that for some people the ability to interact with the paranormal world may come more easily, but I also believe that with practice anyone can learn to use the available tools today and become familiar with that sense that seems to know when you’re just not alone. By combing these two methods I believe we may in time understand more about our relationship with this other world(s) even if we never arrive at any solid conclusions or never quite grasp those answers so many seek.

Goodbye for now, another end.
Until a time we meet again.

-Seline