Some of you who have chosen to visit various paranormal sites will notice differing opinions among researchers from everything on how to do proper investigations, to types of equipment to use, as well as the video, audio or still imagery that some have gathered. There are even teams of researchers where members of the same team do not always agree on what may or may not be paranormal in some of their cases. Trying to research and learn more about the paranormal is an everyday quest. Some new technique or experiment or type of equipment is always coming to light, and staying informed does require time.

 Paranormal researchers that have taken the time to learn and understand their field understand that much of the information they read and learn about is based on theory. Getting concrete solid evidence when dealing with the paranormal is difficult. Most of the time when something paranormal does happen or take place, it happens so quickly that the researcher has little time to react and catch it on video or audio or on a camera. Researchers can tell you numerous stories about personal experiences they have had while investigating, but seemingly little solid evidence to back it up because it happened unexpectedly and caught the researcher off guard. For those who have had experiences, they can tell you that it seems uncanny that something happens in the middle of a battery change, a tape change, or at the one time you have decided to do something a little different, and you may have caught it if only you had not changed from what you normally do. Since much of the paranormal has to do with energy, then it is understandable that energy moves, and sometimes quickly, and we are in constant pursuit of trying to catch up with it. So as researchers, we are constantly trying to determine if something we encounter is of a paranormal nature, or something that can logically be explained, and by the time we make a determination, the energy may have moved on.

 Many people visiting paranormal sites are doing so to see the pictures or video. However, getting actual visual evidence is very hard to do and it can take a long time to get something like that, so at times people are disappointed that they do not see more pictures. Actual apparitions are very hard to capture and are not as common as many people think. Since most paranormal energy is not flesh and bone, getting the right light, the perfect timing or just being in the right place at the right time is not always possible. Researchers want to get pictures and evidence to study just as much as the public wants proof. 

Since so much of the field of the paranormal is based on theory, it is hard for researchers sometimes to try and fit their experiences into a certain category, when what they saw, felt or experienced was similar but not exactly like what happened to another. This is where the differing opinions come into play. So when you are scanning different paranormal websites and you see the differences of opinions on everything from how to investigate, when to do it, if orbs are dust or paranormal energy or both, to whether Evps are short in seconds or can be long sentences, remember that paranormal energy and entities comes in different forms, sizes, as well as the strength of the energy field that is being put out from it.  This field has many aspects of it that are not written in stone yet because we are researching areas where the evidence can come and go in a few fleeting seconds, and being able to gather enough plausible evidence to be able to make a hard case takes a lot of time. Researchers that are dedicated understand that not everyone believes, not everyone agrees, and not everyone will be on the same page in this field of research until we are able to obtain enough evidence to change theory into fact. Some of the greatest inventions began as theories that people could not comprehend at the time. It takes researchers and dedicated individuals to continue on time after time trying to test ideas and gather enough solid evidence that will possibly change a theory into a reality. We expect to have people disagree or ridicule us, just the same as has happened over the centuries to others whose works were at one time only a theory.

 Our hope as researchers is that one day soon  someone will come across a piece of evidence that will prove a theory many have, and then we can all be on the same page about how we look at something and can understand the facts behind it. Until that happens, who is going to say who is right without having the hard facts to support it?

If you are a public viewer checking out this site, or you are a prospective investigator looking for information, just remember that nothing in the field is set in stone and let your own evidence be your guide. One day there may be proof positive evidence to serve as a guideline. Until then, we continue to research in hopes of a better understanding of the unknown and how it relates to us.

~ Judy ~