Things I learned from Ghost Hunting*

[pjthompson]

1. Reiki can open up your energy to such an extent it will activate your mediumistic powers.

2. Green olives can deactivate your mediumistic powers, at least temporarily.

3. Steve Gonsalves used to be a police officer in Springfield, Massachusetts, my dad's home town.

3a. He had his own paranormal group before joining T.A.P.S. full time. Many of the members were in the closet about their ghost hunting because they worked for organizations like the FBI which might frown on such activity.

4. Brian Harnois used to be in the Air Force military police. This scared me more than the ghosts.

5. Grant and Jason are friends with the writer, Jodi Picoult.

6. Sometimes evilbad people try to fool the ghost hunters with fake ghosts!

7. Donna, their case manager, is an "Environmental Engineer." I find myself wondering if this is anything like a "Sanitation Engineer."

And I've only read 32 pages. Think of how knowledgeable I will be when I've finished the entire 273 pages.


*Ghost Hunting: True Stories of the Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Soceity by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman

Comments

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

Would you believe I actually knew 3 & 4? *nerd*

[pjthompson]

I knew half of 3 and 4 before I read them--that Steve was an ex-cop and Brian had been in the Air Force. So that would make me a nerd, too. :-)

[wldhrsjen3.livejournal.com]

If green olives deactivate them, do black olives activate them? Just curious...

:D

[pjthompson]

We'll have to experiment on that one. I'll let you know when I go to my Reiki appointment. :-)

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

The one thing that keeps me from reading up on ghost hunting is the fear that I may find one.

[pjthompson]

I would never do any ghost detecting in my own home. I just don't want to know!

But you already had some, so...

[merebrillante.livejournal.com]

Green olives can deactivate your mediumistic powers, at least temporarily.

That's because they're so high in fat. They take you from medium to large. This is a scientific fact. Look it up.

[pjthompson]

Yes, but they're one of the good fats. You can eat olives on South Beach, but if you eat too many you will indeed go from medium to large. Trans-fats, I've heard, open up all your mediumistic channels. Unfortunately, they close other things which may lead to a sooner-than-desired journey to actually join the spirit world. It's all so complicated...