House Guests During Investigations
When a paranormal investigation is conducted, often the clients contact family, friends and co-workers eager to witness us investigators at work. There have been times when we would show up at a residence only to meet the neighbors, distance relatives and anyone else to who decides to drop by. One time we were even the entertainment for a client’s birthday party. Needless to say, there are problems when this occurs. Some can be dangerous.

When an investigation is conducted, usually the space of the house is quite limited. Trying to get equipment set up, take EVPS and get a sense of what’s going in the residence becomes quite difficult when there are unnecessary people present. Particularly when they ask us questions, offer advice, set off motion detectors and talk by recorders. Sometimes we lose valuable time attempting to work around well meaning guests who hinder our progress.

There is another reason why guests should be discouraged from attending a paranormal investigation. Sometimes an entity doesn’t really like all the attention going on, or may be attracted to a certain person. If the entity does become angry, hostile, or attempts to make contact it can affect an unsuspecting guest. Most paranormal groups train their members to handle situations with negative or strong entities, but guests don’t have this training. We have seen this happen.

We recently had a case where an invited guest of a home discovered large bruises on her arms. They just appeared with no apparent cause. The entity made contact on the unsuspecting guest and the person was harmed. Fortunately it was not as bad it could have been. Fortunately, this was a person who has had much experience dealing with entities and handled the situation well. If this was a person that was just looking for a thrill or was satisfying a curiosity becoming physically harmed could have been a terrifying experience. Also remember things do at times attach themselves to people and follow them home. Do you really want an astral critter following your mother home?

Finally, remember the legal aspect of this. All members of my team must sign a disclosure stating any accidents are not the fault of the group or the client. If a guest has an accident or is attacked, what’s stopping them from suing the client or the investigation team? Sadly we have to take possible lawsuits seriously, but guests invited by clients usually don’t have to sign a disclosure.

So if you decide to have a paranormal group come out for an investigation, please discourage guests from attending. I know many people find this interesting, but for everybody’s safety please don’t invite guests.

Thanks, Al

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