By Lon Strickler
I received the following email from Fran Ford in reference to 'The Dangers of the Paranormal' project...an attempt to warn people who conduct investigations that things can easily go wrong if you don't know what you're doing.
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With all the new paranormal shows, movies, online videos and web sites showing up on our TV screens, in our movie theatres and on our computers on a daily basis and in turn spurring on huge interest in things that go bump in the night, it's only fair, especially in these times of vigilant public awareness on many topics, to bring out into the open just what all this interest in the paranormal can do to people if they are not made aware of the many dangers that lurk and the risks we take when we choose to even just dip our feet into the paranormal pool.
As a paranormal investigator and researcher who's been doing this for many years, I can not sit idly by watching and knowing what I know without becoming proactive in the campaign to keep everyone safe and many from becoming their local paranormal investigation group's next clients.
My partner John and I are helping the founding members of SOCALPRS, Dan and Sandi Mewhinney in their brainchild, The DOTP Project. Dan and Sandi are pioneers in the paranormal field who have taken on the difficult and seemingly impossible task of spearheading this project which helps bring about public awareness and education of the dangers that we all face when we explore the vast realm of the unknown; the paranormal.
Since the birth of The DOTP Project, I and other members of the paranormal field, (some of these members are very prominent and well known and have been known to be pioneers in many aspects of the paranormal field themselves) have come forward to bring to light some of the many things that can go very wrong when exploring the paranormal. Take it from one who knows and has had firsthand experiences in this matter, things can go wrong! Very wrong!
We're not just talking about dangers of the "otherworldly, ethereal or astral kind" either. There are many dangers of the very "mundane" kind as well that we investigators contend with and put ourselves at risk of while out at a supposedly haunted location and or on an investigation.
We would like to take this time to ask that everyone who has an interest in exploring the paranormal, even those who may just be mildly curious and possibly just watching EVP and or other paranormal videos on venues such as You Tube and My Space, to please visit Dan and Sandi's sites and read the stories, hear the facts, and take a look at some of the public service announcement videos from some of the paranormal field's best and finest investigators and researchers. Some of these folks are immediately recognizable as those who have been involved in and have appeared on some of the very TV shows, documentaries, movies I mentioned earlier and many have their own popular web sites where people with an interest in the paranormal visit often and in droves.
We are ALL in agreement that much has to be said and actions taken to help make the paranormal field and those who choose to explore it as safe as possible. Many of the TV shows, movies and many web sites available out there for our viewing pleasure and educational privilege do not come with warning disclaimers. As Dan says, "they won't warn you, so we will".
Please visit Dan and Sandi Mewhinney's SOCALPRS site at www.SOCALPRS.com and their brainchild sites at: http://thedotpproject.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/dangersoftheparanormal to read and find out more about 'The Dangers Of The Paranormal' project. Become aware, get educated, but most of all when exploring the paranormal, be safe.
Fran Ford
www.PRICEParanormal.com
www.ECHOESParanormal.com
NOTE: though I post various paranormal investigations on this site, I do try to avoid the obvious 'amateur' ventures that flood the news services daily. I've seen the results of bad investigations...and it's not pretty...Lon
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