Anomaly

Something found on a picture, photograph, video or voice recording that has no explainable source.

Apparition

The holy grail of ghost hunting. A spirit that is in human form and usually visible to the naked eye; or may appear in a photo undetected originally by the naked eye. Often this anomaly is dressed in period clothing. Very hard to capture on film but many have reported seeing this type of ghost. This is the "Hollywood Type" ghost featured in many movies.EMF

Electro Magnetic Field

The field that surrounds all living things as well as given off by wires and electric circuits. In the field of ghost hunting paranormal investigators use EMF meters to record anomalies in the magnetic field, which could indicate the presence of a spirit or ghost.

Entity

An entity is something that has a distinct and separate existence and relates an intelligent being on longer in the physical body. An entity also has the ability to provide information to people who are sensitive to the entities vibrations

ESP

Extrasensory perception is an ability to gather information independently from the other 5 human senses.

EVP

Electronic voice phenomena is the manifestation of voices and sounds of paranormal origin on electronic media such as Magnetic tape, digital sound recorders and even have been to heard over the radio. Although no voices were heard at the time of the recording, unexplained voices may be discovered during playback of the audio tape. Both digital recorder and traditional tape recorders may be used with an external microphone.

Ghost

A ghost is said to be the apparition of a deceased person, frequently similar in appearance to that person, ghost are usually encountered in places where the dead person is said to have frequented, or in association with the person's former belongings.

The word "ghost" may also refer to the spirit or soul of a deceased person, or to any spirit or demon. Ghosts are often associated with hauntings, which is, according to the Para psychological Association, "the more or less regular occurrence of paranormal phenomena associated with a particular locality (especially a building) and usually attributed to the activities of a discarnate entity; the phenomena may include apparitions, poltergeist disturbances, cold drafts, sounds of footsteps and voices, smell of various odours and also there have been known cases of people experiencing unpleasant tastes.

Ghost Hunt

Is used to describe the activity of searching for ghosts and spirits and other paranormal apparitions.

Haunted

When an area or place has repeated sightings of ghost or unexplained paranormal activity, it is said to be haunted.

Orb

A mass of energy in the shape of a ball, there are several classifications depending on size. Orbs are said to be the first signs of a manifestation of a spirit or ghost. Not all orb pictures are ghosts. In fact, most orbs are caused by moisture, dust, flash reflection, solar flare, and insects.

Paranormal

Is the umbrella term used to describe unusual phenomena or experiences that lack an obvious scientific explanation. For example ghosts, alien abductions and UFO’s.

Parapsychology

This is the scientific study of unusual events associated with human experiences and PSI subjects.

Psychic

People that have the ability to know what will happen in the future and to be able to sense what another person is thinking.

Residual

This term applies to anniversary appearances, it’s said that ‘residuals’ are like tape recordings. These recordings seem play the same scene repeatedly and mainly at the same time of day or on an anniversary each year.