This is a question we get asked often, why do you investigate at night?
Dave: There are many trains of thought on what time of the day we are best able to witness spirit activity. Many prescribe to the belief that the 'witching hour' of 12:00 am is the best time, although practicing witches do not acknowledge a single hour but a division of 12 planetary hours. Many prescribe that evil spirits are most prevalent at 3:00 am, which is the polar opposite of 3:00 pm; the time Christ was believed to die on the cross.
PPS believes that the haunting that is being studied should be investigated at whatever time the client reports the most activity. If we have a case where the client reports hearing footsteps and doors slamming at 4:00 pm every day, why would we wait until it is dark? We aren't just going to investigate at night because that's how all the TV shows do it. Most activity we have had reported to our group indeed happens at night, usually noted after the clients have gone to bed.
Probably the most beneficial reasons to investigate at night are that the site's surroundings are quieter and less active. This affords the investigator less noise to filter out of audio and less movement in the area for video analysis. Subtle shadows and light events are more readily visible if there is less competing light and action; ergo the reason to investigate in as little ambient light as possible.
PPS, unless a daylight hour is cited as the most active, will schedule our investigations usually between a start time of 9:00 pm and leaving an end time open depending on the activity level observed and the amount of coverage completed. We need to remember that oft-times we are displacing family’s lives by investigating at night and to 'kick a dead horse' seems foolish. So when we fully believe we have completed our case objectives, we wrap up the equipment and head home.
Rex: There are a number of reasons the simplest one being the schedules of our clients. Of course we want to be there during the time that occurrences are reported to happen; but if you think about it, when are people home? mostly at night or later afternoon hours. If nobody is home then they can't possibly witness any paranormal activity. As I said there are other factors including less human activity in the area (which makes evidence review a lot easier) and light sources being easier to identify. I think a lot of groups who base their entire investigative process on how its done on tv think that it has to do with some sort of magical nighttime element. Others are just looking for a thrill, and lets face it the dark can be pretty creepy. We listen to the claims of our clients and when the activity seems to occur and schedule our investigations around that time whether day or night.
Dave: There are many trains of thought on what time of the day we are best able to witness spirit activity. Many prescribe to the belief that the 'witching hour' of 12:00 am is the best time, although practicing witches do not acknowledge a single hour but a division of 12 planetary hours. Many prescribe that evil spirits are most prevalent at 3:00 am, which is the polar opposite of 3:00 pm; the time Christ was believed to die on the cross.
PPS believes that the haunting that is being studied should be investigated at whatever time the client reports the most activity. If we have a case where the client reports hearing footsteps and doors slamming at 4:00 pm every day, why would we wait until it is dark? We aren't just going to investigate at night because that's how all the TV shows do it. Most activity we have had reported to our group indeed happens at night, usually noted after the clients have gone to bed.
Probably the most beneficial reasons to investigate at night are that the site's surroundings are quieter and less active. This affords the investigator less noise to filter out of audio and less movement in the area for video analysis. Subtle shadows and light events are more readily visible if there is less competing light and action; ergo the reason to investigate in as little ambient light as possible.
PPS, unless a daylight hour is cited as the most active, will schedule our investigations usually between a start time of 9:00 pm and leaving an end time open depending on the activity level observed and the amount of coverage completed. We need to remember that oft-times we are displacing family’s lives by investigating at night and to 'kick a dead horse' seems foolish. So when we fully believe we have completed our case objectives, we wrap up the equipment and head home.
Rex: There are a number of reasons the simplest one being the schedules of our clients. Of course we want to be there during the time that occurrences are reported to happen; but if you think about it, when are people home? mostly at night or later afternoon hours. If nobody is home then they can't possibly witness any paranormal activity. As I said there are other factors including less human activity in the area (which makes evidence review a lot easier) and light sources being easier to identify. I think a lot of groups who base their entire investigative process on how its done on tv think that it has to do with some sort of magical nighttime element. Others are just looking for a thrill, and lets face it the dark can be pretty creepy. We listen to the claims of our clients and when the activity seems to occur and schedule our investigations around that time whether day or night.
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