Q. What
do you charge for an investigation?
ThePPA
does not charge for investigations. What we get in
return is the opportunity to
try and document paranormal activity at active
locations to share with others who may
have an interest in
this field. Donations are welcome but not
expected.
Q. I've
never had an investigation before, what can I
expect?
To
find out more about what we do when we come in to your
home or business, please
look at "Our Methods" page for an overview
of our procedures.
Q.
What
type of equipment do you
use?
To
learn more about our equipment , visit "Our
Equipment" page to see pictures and get a
description of what we use the
equipment for.
Q. How
long does an investigation take?
An
investigation takes about 4 to 12 hours depending on the
type of investigation, size
of the location and number of
days the investigation is conducted over. It usually
takes
about an hour and a half to two hours to get
completely set up to investigate.
The physical investigation then
takes about 4 to 6 hours on each night
scheduled.
Q. After the investigation, how
long will it take to find out the
results?
After the investigation
has been completed, our investigators spend about a week
and a
half
reviewing all the recorded data. Anything potentially
paranormal is analyzed further.
We usually have a written report and a copy
of any paranormal evidence, if found, back
to the client in about two
weeks from the date of the
investigation.
Q. Why do you investigate in the
dark?
We at ThePPA
believe that paranormal activity is occurring at all
times of the day. We
do,
however,
depend on our
clients to tell us when the highest period of activity
is
occurring. Most
clients relate that activity is occurring after dark. We
believe this is
because
most locations are settling down at night and
people are more aware of their
surroundings. A house or business
tends to be much quieter at night and unusual
activity
is noticed
more. The infrared equipment we utilize also must be used in the dark. Infrared is a
light spectrum that the human eye can't see but it
is a necessity to have the lights off for their use.
When clients
report a high activity period during the day, that is
when we do our investigations.
Because most people work during
the day, clients that report activity in their home aren't often
aware
if activity is occurring there or not during the day so
again, we
investigate around the clients
reports to
us.
Q. How can I join your
group?
We currently are not
accepting any new members. We have chosen to keep a
limit on the
number
of members so we have a small group of well trained and
well experienced
investigators. We have found that keeping the size
of the group smaller helps the team
run more efficiently and
ultimately enables us to provide better quality
investigations for
our clients.
Q. How far do you
travel?
The PPA
generally has a two and a half hour travel radius from the Scranton, PA office
that we consider
our home coverage area. With our participation as regulars on Animal Planet's The Haunted, we have
requests come in from
all over the world. In order to accommodate those requests, we have
implemented some policies to meet the growing number of cases we are receiving outside our
home area. Since we are strictly a non-profit organization in which our
investigators volunteer their time and do not get paid for our participation on
The Haunted, we are willing to respond to cases at any
distance outside
of our home coverage area should the client be willing to cover
the cost of travel and an approved two
room hotel/motel for one night's stay.
There will be no charge for the investigation! For those cases that
fall within our home coverage area, all travel costs will be covered by The PPA!
Q. Do you investigate with
Psychics?
As part of The
Pennsylvania Paranormal Association research project, a
psychic/medium
may be present during the
investigation with permission of the client. Our goal is
to take information provided by the psychic/medium and
compare it against information provided by the
client, evidence gathered through the investigation
and/or historical facts, when available, to establish
any correlation between psychic information and factual
events. If the psychic/medium believes there may be an
Earthbound spirit or entity at the location, the
psychic/medium will request to do a “cleansing of the
space” or “crossing over of spirit” at the location to
assist the spirit or entity. For those clients
specifically requesting a spirit or entity be removed,
all attempts will be made to reach this goal but no
promises or guarantees can be made. Any information
gained through the use of a psychic/medium is strictly
at the discretion of the recipient to accept as fact or
reject in part or whole and is to be considered separate
from the scientific investigation being conducted.
Information obtained through a psychic/medium is
interpreted in the psychic's/medium's frame of reference
as applied to the person or location being read and,
therefore, can never be 100%
accurate.
Q. Aren't you afraid something
will follow you home?
No, being afraid that
something will follow you home opens up the possibility
that it can.
By
thinking that it is not possible closes the door on that
happening. Easier said than
done! Because our investigators come from a
variety of backgrounds and religious
beliefs, we all have our own
view on this. Some of our investigators choose to
take
protective measures by wearing a religious
pendant of their faith or by saying a prayer.
Others will do some
psychic self-defense techniques. But we all try to put
the possibility
of
that happening out of our minds to stop it from
happening.
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