Over the years of ghost hunting and paranormal investigating I’ve learned much about the world around me, more importantly though – I’ve learned about myself. Everyone gets into the paranormal for different reasons and we all have different reasons for staying or leaving… I start to evaluate the year for my team every year around this time, to see where we are going, not just what we did so far. Along the way many ideas have changed, been dropped or put on the back burner. And you know what i’m okay with that. Honestly while the paranormal for a long time was a dream, passion and study of mine, the last few years it has not been my main focus. I realized that without shooting for my dreams of being a “ghostbuster” that i’d not done many of the things I have done in my life, many which I doubt would’ve happened without that path being taken. I’ve spoken at a college to students, I’ve run a paranormal expo, I’ve even been on TV and featured in a couple DVD’s… small things in the grand scheme of things, but in the long run that’s good, I guess, but i’m not famous or anything – though a few have called me a para celeb which i’m humbled by their opinion. Really I’m just a man with a dream, a crazy wild dream… that’s brought me many good things along the way and a few troubling moments.
For a kid/person/man that was once very quiet and almost anti social in a negative way to have grown up (in some ways if you really know me I’m a big kid lol) and to have spoken in front of a college class is honestly and truthfully is quite insane for me to fully comprehend even to this day. Starting an expo when they were many less paranormal ones was a gamble, which paid off nicely for many people – it brought together a groups and opened the eyes of a few more to what’s around the paranormal community – for me I’ve made some awesome friends and met some awesome people. Ironically if I never ran the expo I wouldn’t have had off the days from work before the event where I met an awesome woman who is such a big part of my life today. That domino effect of following your dreams should never be underestimated… Experiences are what we all should be chasing after whether its that holy grail of proof or just being able to look back and say damn straight I did that! Who knows what tomorrow will bring for me and the paranormal but today I can say thank you to everyone who helped me along the way…
So what’s your paranormal epiphany? What was your moment when you realized that the paranormal is not just for you, but a part of who you are? What does paranormal mean to you? Sound off in the comments, send me a email, shout it to the heavens… share your story – even if its only a small chapter of it….