This is another one of those, "It's funny because it's true" memes, lol. I seriously think that some of these tech guys I've met over the years have little to no actual interest in the paranormal, but rather are thrilled with a field that incorporates the potential for so many unique gadgets. I can't make fun, though. I legit have four different voice recorders that I bring along on investigations.
It's a real struggle, though. One part of me wants to be completely and utterly prepared for anything. Too much data is way better than not enough, and you never know what is going to happen while you're out on an investigation. The other part of me tries to be more realistic. I'm at a point physically where I just can't carry a whole lot on me anymore...and honestly, I don't end up using half of it when I do. I feel like I spend more time trying to keep track of equipment than really observing and experiencing the location. Still...all those gadgets ARE just so much fun!
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What I would like to have in my kit: a tri-field meter, a good still camera, a couple of good video cameras, perhaps an audio recorder, oh, and a thermal cam for identifying wandering furry critters, instead of mistaking them for paranormal.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to see more investigations done during the day. That wandering around in the dark stuff is silly and dangerous.
all the meters and tools measure changes in known fields...EM, temperature/heat radiation, etc. Since nobody has ever proven and quantified a way to separate and measure the supposed energy of ghosts or spirits they just tell us something is affecting those. Now, if we can establish using it to prove something observable, say, a very regular appearance of an apparition or other phenomena that's able to be observed, we can tell if there's changes to the known fields. Until then people should only use what they need to prove the things we know and measure the environment to get baseline readings. Oh, I still have multiple voice recorders, by the way. Can't hurt to have a few in an area to see what gets picked up by what and determine what the source could be.
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