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Paranormal Researcher VS. Ghost Hunter

 
By nnyprs at February 26, 2006 - 1:13pm | Ghost Hunting Tips & Tricks

I had this conversation in another forum before, and would like to know what you all think of this.

Personally, I feel calling what I do "ghost hunting" or labeling me a "ghost hunter" offending. The term "ghost hunter" implies that you are searching and tracking ghosts to kill them for your own pleasure or gain. What does an animal hunter do? Either for sport or for food (or clothing), kills animals. Is that what we do?
This day and age, people think of "ghost hunters" as thrill seekers. These people go to supposedly go to haunted places to "have that experience". Too many of these "ghost hunters" are out for two things, that thrill, or to become rich and famous. These people give paranormal investigators a bad name, because they break the law and have no regard for people and property, so that they may be able to accomplish their goals.

As a paranormal researcher, or investigator, I too go to supposedly haunted places in hopes to capture evidence of a ghost on camera or tape. But not for my own personal gain. My team and I do it so that we may be able to explain too people who are confused and scared as to what is really going on. We do it so that people around the globe may have a better understanding as to what these paranormal occurences truly are. We do it for you, and everyone else who knows there is something, but lacks the evidence to prove it to all the nay-sayers.

I hope I don't come across as too overbearing when it comes to this, but I truly do get offended when someone calls me a "ghostbuster". If it weren't for all the "hobby-hunters", as I call them, this science that we are involved in may become more mainstream much quicker.

your thoughts?

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The thrill is merely a part

By GarageSorcerer on March 1, 2006 - 3:43pm

The thrill is merely a part of it but it is amongst the top ten reasons on what to do so. Rich? Ha, you can't get REAL money off of any occult/paranormal/ect crap. Those jackasses on TV get paid for doing it because they signed an agreement with whatever corporation sponsored them(IE: TAPs). And the last thing- Paranormal Researcher? Ghost Hunting is a term most people know of cause its used so often.

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Ok, the way that I have

By Devyn on February 28, 2006 - 1:28pm

Ok, the way that I have always thought of this is a Paranormal Researcher and a Ghost Hunter as two completely different things.

Ghost Hunter - Someone who (could or could not) believe in ghosts. I do not see the term as a actual 'hunter.' Because I don’t know any 'hunters' that have 'killed' a spirit. So I could see were it is offensive, but so is Ghost-Buster if you are so 'serious.'

But anyways the point I a tying to make is I do no think of a Paranormal Researcher, and a Ghost Hunter as the same thing. To me a Paranoral Researcher is someone who studies more then ghost/spirits, but also any PARA-Normal topics. I find Ghost Hunter, or Ghost Buster easier to say, then a Ghost / Spirit Researcher.

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This seems perfectly reasonable.

By Max Szabo on February 26, 2006 - 6:58pm

Everyone does things differently, with different intents, and until there is a movement towards 'official' paranormal accreditation (which is a neat idea, actually, and I offer myself as Dean of the Paranormal College of Transdimensional Research, like, yesterday) people should come up with the term that they think is most accurate for them, and just make it known to their colleagues and clients via their literature.

Thing is, if regular people still want to call them 'ghostbusters' behind their back (or in their face) that's just something to grin and bear; a bit like doctors being called 'bones' and psychologists 'shrinks.' (Actually, I think it's kind of cool when cute girls shorten 'Raranormal Researcher' to 'Mr Ghostbuster,' ideally with a grin, as in the GT recorded skit...)

When I launch my upcoming site, I'll be using a title that is (I think) all-new, in part to reflect my own particular approach to these matters, and others. That way, I won't tread on any toes, and any upraised eyebrows will be my problem, not anyone else's. After all, when people say "What the heck is THAT supposed to mean, Max?" it gives me a chance to explain, and point out exactly what I do - and don't do - which is very important, I feel.

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'Paranormal Researcher vs Ghost Hunter - The Movie'

By Max Szabo on February 27, 2006 - 9:33pm

I'd go to the cineplex to see that.

But, with the state of movies at the moment, I'd better write it first.

Let's see...

Hugh Grant as Felix James, internationally-renowned Paranormal Investigator, historian and part-time meditation coach, full-time ladies' man, and uncoverer of all things anomalous via the scientific method. He is mortally afraid of heights, the colour pink, and the French.

Jeff Goldblum as Dick Casey, not-so-internationally-renowned Ghost Hunter, computer sub-genius and part-time (and award winning) cafe barista. He is mortally afraid of spiders, green tea, and the French.

They come together to noisily investigate a paranormal hot-spot discovered in the heart of Quebec, Ontario, and battle over the heart, mind (and booty) of Angelina Niles, played by Jessica Alba, a mind-blowingly gorgeous girl-about-town, Nobel Prize-winning CERN nuclear physicist, adorer ot the colour pink and green tea besides, and confirmed super-ultra-hardcore skeptic-unto-death that is known as 'the Naziette' within the paranormal community, and who has gathered a reputation that makes the Amazing Randi look like an autistic water boy (well, at least one that hasn't been revealed as a born sporting god, naturally).

Plenty of spills, thrills, male posturing, female dithering (and semi-nudity) and out-of-the-corner-of-your-eye CGI spookery. Fun for all the family.

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