See a Ghost? Who you gonna call?
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters? Well, not exactly. If you’ve got an invisible man sleeping in your bed, after you’ve royally flipped the F out, your best bet is to pick up the phone and give the folks at Arkansas Paranormal Investigations a call.
If you’ve seen the show Ghost Hunters on the Sci-Fi channel, then you’ve got a pretty good idea what the API folks are all about. According to their website, through their investigation into the disturbances, they hope to “ease your fear and help you understand why this is happening.” In other words, they try to figure out if there are any non-paranormal causes for your “haunted” house. High EMF readings, drafts coming in from under your door or maybe just a punk kid who likes to freak out his gullible parents are just a few of the possible reasons your house may appear to be haunted. The API folks will help you root out any possible non-casper-related explanations. If all else fails, they will attempt to capture evidence of the other-worldly entities.
Founded in 2004 by A.M. Silva and based out of Centerton, Arkansas Paranormal Investigations was started in order to “assist others going through paranormal experiences and to develop a group of like minded investigators who are searching for Scientific evidence in the paranormal field.” The API team, which consists of several members with over 14 years of cumulative paranormal investigative experience, provide their services free of charge. If you feel that you have some paranormal activity going on, you can submit an investigation request via their website. You’ll have to answer a series of questions about the incidents, but if you really want to get these folks out to investigate, it’s totally worth it.
Now, the folks at API won’t be wearing matching jumpsuits and carrying proton-packs. You’ve gotta leave that kind of ghost hunting up to Ray, Peter, Egon and Winston. But if Vince Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer shows up at your front door, throw a strainer on your head, welcome him in and call API.
If you’re itching to do some paranormal investigation of your own, The Arkansas Paranormal Investigations team will be holding a charity event on October 4th 2008. For a mere $25 you can join them on an investigation of one of Arkansas’s most active hot spots for Paranormal Activity: The Arkansas State Tuberculoses Sanatorium. Plus, all proceeds will go to the Human Development Center of Booneville. Not only will you be supporting a good cause, but you’ll be getting the ever-living-crap scared out of you in the meantime. Sounds like fun!
While you’re waiting for the charity event, if you visit the API website, www.paranormalbeliever.com, you can view summaries of their past investigations. Looks like they’ve done quite a few in their four years of operation.
So, if you’ve got ghosts and you’re all alone, pick up the phone and call The Arkansas Paranormal Investigations team. They ain’t afraid of no ghosts.
PS – It was hard keeping the Ghostbusters references to a minimum. Really hard.
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Kornedog
August 4, 2008
DID you keep them to a minimum, JTrain? … did you?