Parapsychologist Meets Legit Ghost Hunter
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Posted by Jill Stefko Feb 7, 2009 |
In early November 2007, I attended Rooms with a Boo, a weekend event featuring ghosts, at the Haunted Historic Hotel Bethlehem. I was looking forward to meeting Rick Fisher who pioneered the use of digital cameras and recorders, motion sensors and video cameras when conducting investigations of alleged hauntings and the founder of the Paranormal Society of Pennsylvania, PSP, http://www.paranormalpa.com/ Many ghost hunters and parapsychologists followed his lead and use electronic equipment. Rick is also an author and gives lectures, workshops and other educational programs about ghosts and other subjects related to the paranormal.
I knew of Rick by his reputation and website and was very favorably impressed. Now, I would meet him and his companion. I wasn’t disappointed. Rick gave an excellent presentation. Other guests and I enjoyed chit-chatting with them.
Presenters and overnight guests stayed at the hotel’s haunted ninth floor for the weekend. Room 932, where Rick and his wife stayed, has the most activity. Rick recorded EVP, Electronic Voice Phenomena, EVP, which he shared with us. Fascinating!
The organization also investigates other things of a paranormal nature: cryptids (animals whose existence can’t be proved scientifically like Bigfoot and Africa's Cryptid Bear, those believed to be extinct are sighted, like the Thylacine: Tasmanian Wolf-Tiger and those found outside natural habitats that can’t be explained by normal occurrences, like the Eerie Black Panther: Ohio Horror, UFOs and mysterious places. Currently, Rick is investigating and gathering information about the Lake Erie Presque Isle incident and the 1974 Carbondale, PA.
Pennsylvania Paranormal is one of the role models I used when I wrote How to Find Genuine Ghost Hunters, Paranormal Investigators: Who to Call? and How to Debunk Paranormal Hoaxes PSP is an excellent example of what ghost hunters should be.