Don't flaunt your paranormal research skill.
Sometimes it makes more sense just to do your
job and not flaunt your past accomplishments.
Use good judgment, because your decision could
negatively affect how non- ghost hunters view
ghost hunting. Be honest but don't over beat
your drum.
As a Paranormal researcher
and and observer of supernatural activity
we know all we are answerable or accountable
for. Or Do we? As for something within one's
power, control, or management. And we know
e as individuals are responsible to for our
decisions. But what about the simple ghost
hunter involving accountability or responsibility?
Ghost Hunting does out us in a responsible
position. As a group you are all liable,competent,
solvent, honest, capable, reliable, trustworthy
as you project yourselves to be outwardly.
Not every one is cut out
to be a group or ghost hunting team leader.
This person in question is answerable to or
serving at the discretion of an elected legislature
with in the group or the electorate. The person
with the best people skills should be put
out front and the people who love to investigate
even if you founded the group needs to do
what they like best.
Many times we'd all love
to have the haunted location all to ourselves,
but that's not possible for most of us. Often
a haunted home owner will follow you around.
Partly because of curiosity and partly because
they really don't trust you. This is why one
should thrust a strong level of a professional
business person from the second you meet a
client.
It is always better to go
to a clients haunted location with a fellow
ghost Hunter. but do not bring in the entire
group until the actual investigation. Many
feel threatened when group of strangers descend
upon them.
Dress in a normal manner
and remember first impressions do set the
standard. It's probably one of the most overused
phrases in job-hunting, but also one of the
most underutilized by Ghost Hunters. Should
you be judged by what you wear? It does happen.
Dressing conservatively
is always the safest route, but you should
also try and do a little investigating of
your prospective haunted location. So consider
that what you wear to the initial interview
makes you look as though you fit in with the
client so they can begin trusting you from
the start. If you overdress (which is rare
but can happen) or underdressed (the more
likely scenario), the potential haunted home
owner may feel that you don't care enough
about yourself or them.
Remember some people may
judge you and your credibility on your looks
alone. A haunted family in Portland told me
how a gang of ghost Hunters came to their
home straight from their daily jobs. one was
a ditch digger the other a mechanic. When
you look like a rag tagged group then you
have lost your credibility from the second
you meet the client.
Always tell the client what
you are going to do before you do it. tell
them how many people will be there and what
needs they might require. Restroom, or electrical
usage.
It is also good to let them
know that your group will not take a break
in their home they will do this out side.
As well as eat drink or just to take a personal
moment. If weather is not appropriate their
is no problem in asking the client for a location
on the property to set up delicate equipment.
But if they tell you they would rather you
not do so respect their wishes and always
have a van, truck , car or SUV as a command
center.
I have seen groups that
actually bring their own generators, tables
chairs, extension cords etc., and or so self
sustaining that the clients are more impressed
with the way the group is maintained that
this makes them more at ease.
Dress for
Ghost Hunting Success for Men and Women
Attention to details is
crucial, so here are some tips for both men
and women. Make sure you have:
clean and polished conservative dress shoes
well-groomed hairstyle
cleaned and trimmed fingernails
minimal cologne or perfume
no visible body piercing beyond conservative
ear piercing's for women
well-brushed teeth and fresh breath
no gum, candy, or other objects in your mouth
minimal jewelry
no body odor
Finally, check your attire in the rest room
just before your interview for a final check
of your appearance -- to make sure your tie
is straight, your hair is combed, etc.
Many groups have taken to wearing matching
t-shirts and fatigues. This is fine but if
the client does not want the neighbors to
know their location is being investigated
for real ghost and paranormal activity, then
don't. Try look like a group out of respect
to the clients needs. Dress as the client
asks in this case.
And as the head of the group you do not have
to dress as your group does. Set your self
apart to show your authority rank and position
in the group.
Ghost Hunting Etiquette
If you find your investigating
after or before another ghost hunter in your
group or another's, or someone walked into
an area your hunting, the thing to do is leave
quietly.
Keep the haunted location
clean. This can't be stressed enough, although
I shouldn't have to mention it at all. Leave
any ghost hunting hunting area cleaner than
it was when you arrived. Carry out all of
your trash and any other you may find that
someone in your group might have missed.
Be respectful of non- ghost
hunters at a location. Children the elderly
and pets. Also be aware of the neighbors and
the clientele of a haunted business location.
We all know it's tough to be patient when
a group of idiots asking you what are you
doing, but there's no sense in acting like
a jerk about it.
Know the law where you hunt
for ghost. There is no reason to go ghost
hunting without knowing what's legal and what's
not. Take a little time to learn before you
hit the haunted cemetery or haunted public
location. Many times you might need someone's
permission to be their whether you know it
or not.
Obey the home owners or
haunted buildings or locations owner or mangers
rules and regulations. If the owner tell you
not to touch or move objects do as the haunted
client asks to the tee. Whether it makes sense
to you or not, obey the rules. And make sure
everyone in your group respects your words
and the clients on such matters.
Respect the belongings of
others. Most haunted business home owners
won't mind finding someone sitting in their
chairs, but don't' sit on tables or mistreat
their items. But realize lying in someone's
bed or walking in and sitting on it with out
the clients invitation to do so is another
big no- no.
As the leader of your team
you individually or the one worthy of or requiring
responsibility or trust; or held accountable;
"a responsible adult". Also you
are being the agent; "determined who
was the responsible party"; " If
a team member breaks something in a clients
home or business accidentally you as the leader
are responsible for the damage". The
leader is always responsible to the groups
actions entirely.
Other Duties
of A Paranormal Team Leader:
Liable to be required to
give account, as of one's actions or of the
discharge of a duty or trust.
Involving personal accountability or ability
to act without guidance or superior authority:
a responsible position within the ghost hunting
community.
Able to make moral or rational decisions on
one's own and therefore answerable for one's
behavior.
Able to be trusted or depended upon; reliable.
Based on or characterized by good judgment
or sound thinking: responsible investigative
practice.
Having the means to fulfill obligations.
Required to render account; answerable: The
leader is responsible to, and for the groups
actions entirely.
As a team you are all liable
to legal review or in case of fault to penalties
the entire group is liable for all damage
physical and even mental to those haunted
parties you investigate. Wavier's should be
the first thing you get from a individual
before you perform any type of investigation.
A hand shake and a smile is not enough. You
need a legally binding written and signed
agreement between two or more parties.
Just because you hunt for
ghost does not mean the haunted party cannot
sue you are the group for anything that they
see not being up to parr of what they expect.
besides the mental problems or the fact that
a haunting can get worse after a paranormal
investigations occurs. And please do not forget
to add in a Confidentiality Agreement, and
a Consents agreement to investigate their
property. And when in doubt, Ask a real Lawyer...
Need to ask a legal ghost hunting paranormal
location or individual question? You do need
a participating attorney on your team they
will provide you with the legal information
you need but can't find.
Consult a Lawyer get them to help you write
up a contract for your haunted client to read
over and sign before you take any steps to
investigate anyone or anything with a haunted
claim. A paranormal investigation agreement
between two or more parties for the doing
or not doing of something specified. Is the
most important thing you need to have. This
Paranormal Investigation contract is an agreement
enforceable by law. You your team and a lawyer
need to make this the written form of such
an agreement and everyone needs to understand
it.
So many today do not realize
they need this. To enter into by paranormal
Investigations of a property contract; establish
or settle by formal agreement: contract to
hunt for a ghost or haunting. If something
goes wrong as it always does this can save
you and your team the embarrassment and the
legal costs before they happen. If you do
not understand this you should not be hunting
for ghosts in the first place. You as a group
or an individual need enter into a contractual
arrangement It you must I say must engage
a paranormal investigation by written agreement.
Signed and witnessed. And as the leader of
the group you are the one or your emissary
is the party that needs to get this done before
anything takes place.
Paranormal Investigation
contract forms will and do hold up many areas
of law. These forms can be tailored to meet
your specific needs in a variety of situations.
For the convenience of your haunted customers,
you should have and offer state specific legal
contracts as well as multistate forms. As
an added service to your haunted location
investigations. You need to also provide a
sample of each contract form in every investigation
you do. Plus, a detailed description of the
form is also included with your finished investigation
evidence and results.
Non-Disclosure, service
rendered agreements, Security Agreements,
And consultation documentation should all
be covered in yours and the clients first
meeting before the talk of ghosts are even
mentioned. And don't agree to anything unless
it is written and exactly noted and amended
to a contract.
About Tamilla Easter Jackson
A graduate of Wiley College Bates has llived
in Marshall, Texas all her life. As the founding
member of Marsall Texas Ghost Finders she
and her group of 35 other students have hunted
forr ghost and paranormal activity through
out the City of Marshall, TX. " Growing
up haunted inn Marshall is a common thing."
says Jackson. Since she was a child she has
had over 30 or more encouters with tthe White
Lady of Marshall, Texas.
Each year during the STAGE COACH DAYS Jackson
holds several private ghost tours. Plan to
join MTGF for a real ghost hunt of the cities
downtown area during the 37h Annual May 16th
2009. Come enjoy the Haunted ghost filled
fun!
Marshall, Texas Ghost Finders
5th Paranomal Workshop
Mark your calendar to join us ! 2nd Weekend
in October. Paranormal, Forteana, Cryptozoology,
Supernatural, Ghosts , Psychics, Remote viewing,
Clairvoyance, Extra-sensory perception, Near-death
experienc, Precognition · Psychokinesis,
Psychometry, Telepathy, Apparitional experience,
Parapsychology, Haunted locations UFOs, UFO
sightings, Paranormal UFO explanations, Paranormal
fiction, Ghost hunting , Folklore, uban legends.
Also
read: Is It Really Paranormal?
Questioning The Unknown Side Of Ghosts And
Demonic Possession - With tales of being raped
or beaten by ghosts, to stories of even a
ghost giving a person a loan of some cash.
I ask myself do these things really happen?
-- Ginalanier.com
