Why paranormal things found at dark time? Why not the day light?

Question

Why are paranormal invistigations done in the dark?

And why does a camera pick up figures not seen by the human eye.

And Why does a tape recorder pick up sounds not heard clearly?

Also, do the tape recordings need to be slowed down in order to hear what is paranormal?

Answer 1

In the dark  it's easy to see things that aren't there and because it's difficult to see it's hard to tell what could be responsible for certain sounds heard. A camera can't "see" better than the human eye, so you can see things on a camera that aren't there. Tape recorders can't pick up sounds as well as human ears, so you can hear things that sound living but are not.

Answer 2

Paranormal events happen both during the day and at night. The reason most claims of activity happen at night is because that's when most people are home to experience them.

There's also a theory that between midnight and 3 AM, there is kind of a "silence" in different kinds of light and energy waves which makes it easier to detect paranormal activity because everything else is quieter.

Cameras can pick up things not seen by the human eye for a couple reasons. Sometimes, you just aren't paying enough attention to pick something up. You aren't focused in the correct location or something to see it yourself. Also, it could have something to do with the visible spectrum of light and the filters on your camera. Some cameras are able to pick up things humans cannot see because they can capture things in the ultraviolet or infrared spectrums, which are invisible to humans. This is why many of the cameras used in paranormal investigations are infrared or "IR" cameras. In a room that is completely dark to us, the IR can see clearly because it's reading a different spectrum of light. Many people believe that paranormal entities or phenomena can manifest more easily in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrums.

You need to be careful, though, because our brains are constantly searching for patterns. It's easy to mistake pixelation or fog from your breath as a face. We call that "matrixing" and it's very common. A lot of times when people are "seeing things" in their photographs, it's their brains finding patterns and things that aren't really there.

Electronic Voice Phenomena, or the sounds tape reecorders can occur for different reasons. You need to make sure that there is no human contamination. If you're using a tape recorder, you also need to make sure you're not experiencing audio matrixing, which is your brain again trying to recognize patterns and things that aren't really there. The sound of a tape turning while it's recording actually gets recorded....and that can make some really interesting sounds. This is why paranormal investigators use external microphones with their tape recorders....to get the microphone away from the tape. We're also using digital audio recorders now, which eliminates that problem. Odd sounds can also be picked up depending on what sort of surface the recorder has been placed on. Hard or reflective surfaces will bounce sounds right back into the recorder, contaminating whatever might be captured. Holding a recorder may also do that. I've listened to recordings by fellow investigators who made a lot of noise just moving their hand around, and we had to throw that audio out. It's best to set recorders on a towel or something soft that will absorb sound.

Along with this...some people speculate that stray radio waves can get picked up by audio recorders. I have mixed feelings about this, personally. On one hand, if you call the recorder manufacturers, they will get OFFENDED if you ask if this happens, because they see that as a defect in their product. Audio recorders *shouldn't* pick up stray radio or cell phone waves. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen...but it shouldn't be happening. A way investigators avoid this problem is by asking direct questions. "Ghosts" are going to speak regardless of if they're interviewed or not...but if you're asking specific questions, you're more likely to get a direct response. If you ask "what is your name?" and you get the response "bob"...there's less of a chance that you've picked up a stray radio wave saying "bob" at just that moment. Know what I'm saying?

And as for your last question. No. You do not need to slow the recordings down in order to hear what is paranormal. In fact, you shouldn't do that because it can cause all kinds of matrixing problems. Listen through audio one time with noise-cancelling headphones. If you don't hear anything, there's a chance you just didn't catch it. If you're uploading it to a computer, watch the amplitude and stuff....the little zig-zaggy lines that you see when audio plays....and see if there aren't any really faint bumps. If you see anything that looks abnormal, amplify it and see if it's anything, but usually credible EVP's are audible without the help.

I'd also like to add my opinion about orbs. If you're seeing orbs in your photographs, chances are they're absolutely nothing. Too often people claim that reflections on dust or moisture in the air or even hard surfaces are "spirits" and that just isn't true. A "true orb" is just a collection of energy....electricians see orbs....there's nothing spiritual about them...and these objects produce their own light and are pretty rare in paranormal investigation. Not that they would really matter, anyway. There's no proof that a ball of energy is related to spiritual activity, and if we know how they are produced or what they are, then they aren't exactly PARAnormal, are they?

Answer 3

I do believe in the paranormal, but not becasue I have any rational reason. Speakin rationally though, they are found in the dark time, becasue this is when humans are most afraid. We can't see in the dark, our hearing is dodgy and our sene of smell is just plain bad. So when you can't see anything, there are strange but indestinct noises around and you can't smell anything around you, then overactive imaginations run away on us. In daylight these things do not happen, so we don't have a reason to invent things that hapen in daylight.

As for the cameras and tape recorders, I don't know. Maybe to do with the mechanical way the record things as opposed to our biologcal way.

Answer 4

reality check.who ya gonna call.

Answer 5

Paranormal activity isn't picky, daytime is just as good. Apparently white light dispels negative energy, so negative entities cannot manifest during the day, however they tend to take maximum advantage of the dark. Strangely these are the sort most folks find interesting?

The natural frequency of human perception does not extend to detect all phenomena. For example a dog can hear very high pitched sound waves that are inaudible to the human ear, this doesn't mean the sound doesn't exist, dogs hear it. Imagine a radio, it has a certain amount of frequencies that it can tune into, its the same with our sensory equipment. We can't detect that which is beyond our natural perceptive ability, but it still exists.

Electronic equipment such as cameras are very sensitive and have frequencies that extend beyond our own perception, therefore they can detect that which we cannot, as with tape recordings.  

Answer 6

bcoz they cant fool U during day time that easily

Answer 7

Paranormal investigations are done in the dark because ghosts glow, making them easier to see at night.

Cameras capture that fraction of a second when a ghost is visible; it's too quick for the human eye to perceive.

As far as the tape recordings go, that's bunk.

Answer 8

Paranormal things do happen during the day.

Ghosts are a figment of light therefore you can't them during the day.

Answer 9

Most paranormal things occur during points of heightened emotion. Having said that, let me ask you a question: when you do feel more emotional, during the day or during the night?

In many ways, daylight diffuses alot of emotion with people. Because everything is visible and can be readily seen, most of what we feel is easily understood and thus easily dismissed. At night, however, where IS that sound coming from? Did I see something? Without that ready diffusion of emotion, it builds, and the mind becomes filled with an endless cycle of emotion built up within the person, and thus spilled out into the room.

In addition, the dark adds a layer of 'doubt' to a person's senses, which actually makes them more acute, which is why most people experience more paranormal things at night. Since we associate the night with danger, an emotion we tend not to feel during the day, we become more responsive, more open, picking up sights and sounds and smells that we wouldn't have during the day, wondering if such and such means we should fight or flee. A ghost could be buzzing you all day like Maverick zooming past the tower, but its only at night, when you are most in tune with things that are abnormal, that you 'feel' their presence tickling the surface of your skin.

Don't forget, cameras and cassettes and tape recorders only work as well as we interpret them. A tape makes a 'sound' but its still a sound that our ears have to unscramble via our brain. The same goes for a camera: what the camera gives us is what our brain, via the optic receptors in our eyes being transmitted to us, interprets. Again, at night, with our senses even more open than usual (watching suspense on tv is biologically the same process as going through it in real life, since our brain interprets the reponse the same way) what we see and hear doesn't so much reflect what the camera and recorder are picking up but what we are picking up. In actuality, most light and sound equipment is many generations away from being able to even brush against most paranormal activity. If e=mc2, then the camera, recorder has to be able to pick up on objects/beings that are moving at least as fast as c (the speed of light) up to c2 (an insanely huge number) and cameras can't really capture anything moving faster than 64 frames per minute, and certainly if they can't capture it, then we can't see it either. If you want to take a picture of a car moving at 5,000 miles per hour, you have to either be moving at 5,000 miles per hour (or better) to capture it in motion or have film moving at the speed eqivalent so that the 1/1,000,000 of a second that it exists in the frame is being captured. It takes time for light to transcribe onto film, and it takes alot of light to transcribe it clearly. When technology gets to the point where an electron sized laser point is able to transmit data directly from its tip to its receiver, in full clarity, then you might get better images of the supernatural, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Answer 10

there is no such thing as ghosts, paranormal beings whatever you want to call them. the reason they're done at night is because it's easier to trick ppl when it's dark.

Answer 11

The Astral Plane by C.W. Leadbeater

Answer 12

not every single paranormal invistigation is done in the dark, but the reason why its in the dark is more paranormal events happen in the dark. no one knows 100% why but theres lots of therios , like at night the spirits can gain enough energy that they need to make themselves known in our physical plane, since they are from other planes of existence.

Since spirits communicate via telepathy to a human, and telepathy consists on magnetic waves, and tape recorders pick up sounds that are magnetic waves, this is how we hear spirits thru tape recorders. not everything is perfect so you might not always get a clear voice from the spirits.

Answer 13

Inexplicable circles and clouds, known as orbs, vortexes and ectoplasm, are appearing in photographs worldwide. Yes, some are photographs of dust, rain, pollen, lens flare or anything else logical minds can embrace, but not all. Taking your own photos and interacting with these energies will convince you that some are beyond explanation. Years of experiments and research have persuaded me these light forms become more plentiful for those who intentionally seek them and believe they exist. Study them and they will broaden your understanding of life itself.

An inexpensive digital camera is all you’ll need to convince yourself of the existence of unseen energies all around us. Other cameras have caught glimpses of the paranormal since photography was invented, but digital cameras are especially gifted at recording light spectra that are invisible to the human eye.

There are no experts in this field, and I don’t mean to present myself as an authority in either photography or the paranormal. I had the honor of knowing everything when I was seventeen. If nothing else, these light forms have taught me I know next to nothing in the total scheme of things. This is an uncomfortable feeling for most. Loss of their comfort zone must be why people can look at ten inexplicable photographs and totally dismiss all of them as fraudulent when just one is shown to be from a natural cause.

Tape recorders have been taken on vigils for decades and have frequently recorded odd sounds. Sometimes the intention was simply to replace note books by dictating records of observations. On occasion, there were specific known audio phenomena to be recorded. Most hauntings involve some sort of unusual sounds, sometimes including whispering or voices.

More recently, there has often been a deliberate intention, while on vigils, to catch ghostly voices. These voices are different from general sounds heard during hauntings because they are not heard at the time of the recording but only appear later during play back. It is, therefore, assumed by many people that the sounds must be paranormal in nature. Indeed, they are generally thought to be Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), which have been researched (usually away from haunted locations) for decades. Some people think that EVP voices are caused by 'spirits'. Since many people assume that 'spirits' are the same as ghosts (even though investigations of hauntings generally fail to produce evidence supporting any such link), it probably explains why they seek EVP in haunted houses.

The recent trend towards seeking EVP-type recordings on vigils is different from traditional EVP research (also known as ITC or Instrumental Transcommunication). EVP researchers generally maintain that the voices can be recorded anywhere at any time. In addition, researchers sometimes deliberately include high levels of simulated background noise (like the 'white noise' hiss of a radio not tuned in to any particular station) in their recordings which they believe assists with the production of paranormal voices. On vigils, by contrast, people usually seek out quiet locations for recordings (though they may address questions out loud to any ghosts who might be present). Another key difference is that in traditional EVP research, strenuous efforts are usually made to exclude the possibility of any natural voices. In a vigil situation it is often difficult or impossible to avoid the voices of other investigators sometimes getting onto recordings.

A major problem with reviewing audio recordings for paranormal material (whether voices or anything else) is that, unless you are using a video camera, it is often difficult to recall all the possible natural sources of sounds present. Even if you are reviewing a video recording, any odd sounds that appear might come from somewhere out of the shot.

At least with a video camera present, it might be possible to eliminate some natural causes of strange sounds. There is no point locking off a room with just an audio recorder in it as any sounds recorded will inevitably remain 'unexplained' but by no means necessarily 'paranormal'.

We humans are used to seeing and hearing at the same time. If we are deprived of the sense of sight, it is very easy to misinterpret noises and not realise their source. In particular, if we are primed to hear something special (such as a ghostly voice) it is all too easy for expectation to be fulfilled even when there are, in fact, mundane causes (such as another investigator's voice) for it.

There are many ways to play back a tape recording that you suspect has paranormal recordings on it.  The number one thing to remember though is that if you have a tape recording with a paranormal recording on it, preserve it.  Do not alter it or clean it before you have saved an original copy of it.  Once that is done, there are ways to map out the sounds digitally and isolate what you are hearing.  A search  will turn up many examples.

Answer 14

Supposedly the spirits you would encounter are themselves a form of energy, and all the stuff we have going on during the day - lights, tv's, heating or ac, equipment, etc all interferes with their energy.  So, they are only able to come around when there is less interference.

Hey - read it, dunno if it's true, but that's the theory.

Answer 15

because i guess it just makes everything freakier and more scary when it is dark out.

Answer 16

i dont know about the dark part, but maby for the others, its because they are in a different dimention yet still of this world

Answer 17

i don't know how to answer your questions. But this happened to us last night. we were all sitting around our living room all doors closed and all of a sudden the rocker started rocking my son screamed and i said Hello to my dad  don't know who or what and why this happened but it did

Answer 18

There are no such things as ghosts or spirits or anything like that.

The human mind is scared in the dark.  Therefore it is more susceptible to suggestions.