There are paranormal investigation teams all over the country.Christy Necaise's team is one of them.
Necaise, who lives in Surprise, formed the InternationalCommunity for Paranormal Investigation and Research in 2002.
Since then, she's hunted for ghosts and other unexplainedphenomena in a number of old homes and businesses.
On Saturday, Nov. 1, she will give a lecture on paranormalinvestigation as part of Old Bisbee Ghost Tour's Haunted Halloweenand Paranormal Weekend.
Necaise recently talked to Caliente.
How did you get interested in paranormal investigation?
"I had an interest in ghosts all my life. One day, I was watchinga team online that was investigating an abandoned hospital. It wason a Web cam and I just thought it was so cool.
You just stumbled upon a paranormal investigation on theinternet?
"I had just had a baby and I was bored and I typed ghosts intothe computer and that's what came up."
What makes you qualified to do paranormal investigations?
"At this point, experience. But anybody can learn what I know.Pick up books and read and get out there and investigate."
Do you make money doing investigations?
"We're doing this to raise money for historical preservation, tokeep old sites up and running. One site that we're working to saveis the Pioneer Living History Village in Phoenix."
What's the difference between paranormal investigation and ghosthunting?
"Paranormal is defined as anything that's unknown. All of theinvestigations that we've done pertain to what people would think ofas ghostly activity. That doesn't mean that that's all we wouldinvestigate. UFOs, anything that's unknown we would investigate tofind a rational explanation for what's going on."
Have you ever seen a ghost?
"Yes. I've been touched. I've been slapped. And I have seen them.I caught one on film at the OK Corral in Tombstone. . . . It's sorare that you're going to get a picture of a full-fledgedapparition. The fact that I had the situation totally controlled andI knew there was nobody in the room with me was pretty powerful."
What kind of equipment do you use to investigate the paranormal?
"We use electromagnetic field detectors. There's a train ofthought . . . out there that ghosts use high levels ofelectromagnetic energy to manifest. There's another theory that ifyou're getting high levels of electromagnetic energy, that is aghost manifesting. I haven't made up my mind yet, but I do know thatelectromagnetic energy can affect the human body. It can give you arash, make you depressed or hallucinate. It can make you nauseous.All sorts of things."
Do you have a sixth sense that helps you detect electromagneticenergy?
"I don't know that it would necessarily be a psychic thing. . .. Electromagnetic fields affect every body differently. When youwalk outside it may seem hotter to you than me. My group puts verylittle credence into anything that deals with a subjective opinion."
How do you minimize subjectivity in your investigations?
"I've developed strict rules and protocols to ensure that thedata that we collect (are) done under the highest standardspossible."
What's it like to investigate the paranormal?
"When you're in the dark your body gets excited and sometimessees things that aren't there. I teach people how to look for thosesigns in their body and control them so they can be unbiasedobservers."
Haunted Halloween in Bisbee
* Where: Copper Queen Hotel, Bisbee Inn and Hotel LaMore.
* When: Friday, Oct. 31-Sunday, Nov. 2.
* Cost: $150 per person.
* Summary: It's a weekend of ghost hunting. On Friday, the CopperQueen Hotel will host a Halloween Party to die for, with a seance,aura photographers and tarot readers. Christy Necaise lectures onSaturday.
* More info: www.old bisbeeghosttour.com.
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