Are they Paranormal Investigators or "Pararozzi"?

Question

Not long ago we stayed away from ghosts and haunted places.Now they run through graveyards and houses.Holding microphones,cameras and videos.Snapping pictures taking readings,seems like a nuisance.Are they treating ghosts like "Britney Spectres"?

Answer 1

Yes, I think you do run a certain risk of people "claiming" they've caught a (formerly) famous being in an image (film/digital/video) -- likewise with EVP.

The claim shouldn't be made randomly unless you can prove it -- well, to the extent it can be proven. Like one I had where I was led to track down information from the late 1800's; it was a chore but I managed to back track from the dead man's date of death to his house that he'd purchased in 1860 which "just happened" to reappear in a 1957 newspaper article on the front page as it had a long history of people who had lived there dying within the first year or two of buying the house.

Is it 100% fact? I believe the articles are real...does that mean that's how he died? Maybe, maybe not --- I take it with a bit of faith that is what he wanted me to see and it doesn't REALLY matter if its 100% fact that the house was 'jinxed' or not.

I also found an article where they had shut down the local stock exchange early for his memorial...they don't just shut down the stock exchange early.

Based upon my findings, I could reasonably ascertain that the spirit I had come into contact with was at one time "important".

Answer 2

Well, if their investigations are as credulous as those done by TAPS on Ghosthunters, or even worse Most Haunted, I do think "parapaparazzi" is the more appropriate name for them. The term "investigation" implies a critical analysis of the evidence which generally seems lacking in the paranormal investigations I've seen or read about.

EDIT: I mean paraozzi is good too :)