Some of you may have gotten flashlights with different colors lens’ before Red, Blue, or Clear.  Clear is just normal light nothing special it – lights the way! Sorry about the pun/bad joke.  Blue is for Tracking as the blue light clearly and brightly lights up the area. While Red actually preserves your night vision (You see better in the dark as well as lighted areas with a red lens flashlight) it is also not as visible from a distance.

They all have their uses, but preserving your night vision on a case if your doing one in total darkness is a bonus. You can light your way and still see in the dark. That being said a blue tracking light/lens does come in handy if your looking to see what made a noise near you in an outside investigation area and/or you need a clear identification of what made the noise (animal, beast, man, cryptid, etc.) We prefer red lens majority of the time since we do mostly indoor investigations.

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Trigger Objects

A trigger object is an object such as a toy, or personal belongings (Clothes, awards, pictures, jewelery, furniture, etc) and other objects associated with a property or person, which is used to attract an spirit’s attention and possibly capture the object in motion by creating physical contact of the object by the spirit at a location or set off a meter to let us know its there basically its items that a spirit may know and may have used or enjoyed in it’s everyday life.

Many investigators will use items like toys, i.e. stuffed animals, balls, matchbox cars or period specific toys (wooden), etc., when dealing with the ghosts of children who have passed on, due to the playful nature of a child. Adults may require things children are not interested in tools, bullets, weapons, more personal belongings, etc. It is a way of not only drawing the ghost close to you but also gives it confidence that you are not there to harm it, but just to play and contact it.

Trigger Objects are not only fun and at times challenging to pick out, but they have a way of connecting to the spirit that is non threatening. Don’t be frightened to conduct experiments like this in a client’s home!  Just make sure that you explain to the client how you use them and the possible outcomes as well as getting their final approval to use them on their property – as some objects that fit the history of the place may not fit in with the values of the client or business.

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Since DVR Systems vary this 101 will be very general. DVR (Digital Video Recorders) are all used for recording surveillance/video  in all weather/day/night – as used in the paranormal it’s main goal should be not just collection of possible paranormal activity but your groups own actions and placement over the course of the hunt/investigation with time and date on all cameras capturing your every move.

Systems come in all camera capacity (4,8,12,16,32, etc.).  Cost goes up as you add more possible cameras to a system. Cameras should have the highest possible TV lines (TV lines are the number of lines on a TV that make the picture, more is better) to ensure best video quality possible and the system itself should support the h.264 standard for excellent video quality, as well as ease of transport to a computer to view/show clients.

Their is some debate over the DVR System vs. Handheld cameras, as in set up time and ease of use. We feel with the correct DVR system for your group, it will outlast and out perform both in cost and use of handhelds for a majority of our cases over the course of a lifetime.  Of course outside invests Handhelds make the use so much easier, but if one has access to a generator or some other form of power the DVR rules still for multiple angles and coverage area.  Complete DVR Systems can range  NEW from $150 for low end units to thousands for the higher end units.

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We keep seeing these photo’s pop up that groups across the country are thinking are paranormal in origin and are really just Ghost Apps… Its sad, not that people are trying to fool these groups, but that groups fall for it or worse yet know its fake and try to pass it off to make themselves look better!  A lot of the photo’s like the one with a little girl Victorian era clothing is in, is one of the most recognizable photo hoaxes out there and people still fall for it!

What these apps do is allow a person to add ghosts to the photos you’ve taken on your phone.  Instant paranormal photo! Good for fun, nothing else…

As investigators we all need to really evaluate not just the evidence we capture, but the things sent to us by potential clients.  We have to be honest with not just ourselves, but them. It is  the only way to advance the field – Truth & Honesty!

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