Ghost Hunting

I've always been fascinated with the supernatural, especially when it comes to ghosts, although I'm not sure what I truly believe. I do believe that "ghosts" or whatever they actually are, whether it be demons or angels, or something altogether different, exist.

It's possible that there may be other planes of existence that very few of us can see. Apparently young children and animals are adept and quite sensitive to things that go bump in the night.

I'm aware that there's basically two types of hauntings- intellectual, where the entity wants to interact with you, whether it's looking for help and/or guidance, or just to scare the shit out of you 'cause it's bored and angry! The other type is a residual haunting which is said to be a deep memory imprinted in an area or on an object. To see it, it would appear almost as a film clip showing the same action over and over again. It's unaware of your presence and would continue whether you were there or not.

One of my favorite TV shows (& there are few) is Ghost Hunters on the SciFi Channel. I've only seen it televised once or twice, but have all the seasons released on DVD thus far. I just began watching Season 4- part 1. Even though nothing usually happens, it's still interesting to me. The first few seasons were more enjoyable due to the hijinks and dramas from the living as opposed to the nothing from the dead.

I've loved this stuff since I was a kid. Kids won't admit it, but most like to be scared. At least from the small stuff like scary TV shows and movies, not real world stuff which is more frightening then any of that made up stuff. My friends and I used to play in the cemetery where I now live which I think is very cool. In fact, I'm the only one on the grounds who wakes up (barely) in the morning!

Getting back to the TV show, One of my co-workers is the brother of one of the investigators ("Tango") on the show. I've met most of the cast a few times and they're pretty cool, especially Grant and Jason. Several times I've tried to insinuate myself onto the show to absolutely no avail. Today I spoke with my former chief who is apparently pretty tight with the guys and he said he's really gonna push for me to at least go on one televised investigation. That would be awesome. We'll see.

The show needs to lighten up and be a bit more humorous. I could be the strange funny dude that jumps out from behind a gravestone or tree wearing a dress. On second thought, that might be more scary than funny.