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Snow, rain, fog, and ghosthunting

Dec 9, 2002 - © Fiona Broome

So, if you have winter fogs or mists, you have more than enough moisture in the air to make photos unreliable. If it's that damp, you can also have problems with sensitive electrical equipment as well. For this reason, we'll use a hand-held compass rather than an EMF meter, to detect electromagnetic anomalies.

So, what do we do in the winter? We investigate haunted houses and restaurants, and similar locations, as much as we can.

There are always people who claim that their house is haunted. If you're lucky, some of these will be haunted, and interesting as well. However, the majority will be either natural phenomena, or residual energy "hauntings."

Certain indoor locations are classics for ghosts: Any place where people have died can be a reliable "haunt." This includes senior citizen housing, and hospitals.

Almost every theatre (with a stage, for plays) is haunted. Likewise, many restaurants have ghosts who like to play pranks.

Colleges can provide a wealth of poltergeist phenomena, as well as genuine hauntings and their counterparts, urban legends.

The point is, if you'd like to go ghosthunting in the winter, you'll do far better to explore indoor settings. It's warmer and more comfortable indoors, as well.

But, remember that "ghost photography" is very unreliable indoors, due to the windows, hardwood floors, countertops, and other reflective surfaces.

Nevertheless, winter is an ideal time to explore all those indoor "hauntings" you've heard rumored at Halloween.

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