CRYPTOZOOLOGY

The study of hidden animals. 

(i.e.:  Bigfoot or the Bearilla)

DEBUNKING

Disproving something by providing a logical explanation.

DOWSING

The use of specially designed rods, pendulums, or other tools to communicate with spirits. 

ECTO-MIST

A mist that appears on film, video, or to the naked eye.  Exhaling while snapping photos on a cold day will provide a false ecto-mist.

EMF DETECTOR

"Electromagnetic Field" Detector...Devices that light up and/or emit a series of quick staccato beeps when near electricity.  A ghost hunting theory is that a spirit will collect electrical energy just before manifesting itself and will, thus, cause the EMF dectector to alarm if it comes within close proximetry.

EVP

"Electronic Voice Phenomena"...Audible sounds made by spirits into audio or video recorders that are not always heard by the naked ear until the recorder is played back.

GATEKEEPER

A protective spirit who watches over older, unkept cemeteries.

GHOST

Someone who has died but whose energy, for one reason or another, has remained in this dimension.  Ghosts don't always know that they are dead.  Good examples of ghosts are trauma victims.

HAUNTING

Occurs when a ghost or spirit activity is present.  The three main types of hauntings are: 

(1)  Intelligent...An energy that will communicate with living

      people 

(2)  Residual...An energy that appears over and over, like

     a recording, and has no interaction with the living

(3)  Poltergeist...An energy that is infamous for being

     very active, moving objects and turning electronics on

     and off.

LIGHT ANOMALIES

Light "blobs" from spirit energy that may take on any shape...most commonly seen as orbs or vortexes.

ORB

Sphere of energy that appears on film or video and sometimes to the naked eye.  They emit their own light and are three dimensional.  False orbs appearing on film can be dust particles, rain drops, or bugs.

PARANORMAL

Any activity outside the realm of normality.

SPIRIT

Someone who has died and pass on over to another dimension, but who chooses to return, for one reason or another, usually to visit family, friends, or familiar locations.

VORTEX

A "little white tornado" of spirit energy that appears on film or video.  False vortexes may be caused by strands of hair or camera straps getting in the way of the lens while snapping a photo.