Ghost Hunting 101: What are EVPs and how do I obtain them?

Next to a full body apparition on video, capturing EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) is the Holy Grail for most paranormal investigators. There's nothing quite like that thrill you get the first time you realize you have actually captured a voice from spirit, especially when it's clear, distinct, and relevant. Initially, you can't quite believe it and you look for mundane explanations first.

Could it have been another investigator, someone else at the site, a member of the film crew, a snippet of a forbidden cell phone conversation, a TV blaring in the background, a stray radio signal? You check out each possible explanation carefully, eliminating them one by one. Finally, you're left with no other plausible explanation other than you truly HAVE recorded the voice of someone unseen. You experience a chill as you realize that someone else was really there with you during your investigation, watching, thinking, feeling, and observing. Perhaps they tried so hard over and over again to say something to let you know they were there until, finally, a word, a phrase, or a sentence was picked up on your equipment. It's an amazing feeling. It's even better when you realize you did all the right things and had a camera trained on the recording site and another recorder had been placed nearby and within camera range. The DVR footage shows no one came near the recorders all evening and, upon review, you find that the second recorder has also picked up the mysterious voice. Finally, you realize that the words you're hearing are commenting on the other events or conversations taking place in the location itself and the words even mean something special to you - in fact, you heartily agree with them. Believe me, for many paranormal investigators, it doesn't get any better than this! For many of us, this is why we do what we do.

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