Why I Believe In The Paranormal
Those of you reading this blog come from a variety of different backgrounds. Many of you are believers in the topics discussed here – some of you are analytical types, naturally questioning what you see, hear and read. And a few of you are intense sceptics – placing the world before you under a microscope – refusing to believe.
There was a time when I was in the ranks of the sceptic. I didn’t believe in the supernatural. I was much younger – I was jaded – I was blinded by my own lack of faith.
Today – as I write this blog I can tell you with absolute truth and conviction – the sceptic in me was wrong. Energies beyond this world do exist. Call them ghosts, spirits, phantoms, apparitions, spectres, or spooks – they are very real.
How do I know?
Because I have experienced manifestations in many haunted locations first hand. I believe in the Supernatural because I have experienced it.
Let me share with you an experience that I had which helped cement my belief…
A number of years ago I performed several successful séances in an incredibly haunted location in Regina Saskatchewan known as “St. Chad’s”. Many of you reading this blog with experience in and around the Queen City will be familiar with the St. Chad’s group of buildings on College Avenue.
The building we were working in during the séances was an old abandoned church. The grounds themselves have gone through many changes. They were once an all girls preparatory school, a convalescence hospital for veterans and in most recent history a psychiatric assessment and treatment facility for troubled youth. Couple that with the building being the scene of a grisly murder in the early 90’s and you have a site filled with energy both positive and negative. I am of the opinion that St.Chad’s is one of Canada’s most haunted places.
The group I was conducting the séances for was a tour group based out of Regina. Each and every year they put together a seasonal ghost tour which gave participants a chance to walk through some of Regina’s most haunted locations to hear a bit of the history and of some of the occurances. The final stop was a session with me in the main church building. The sessions saw many manifestations – and those who were fortunate enough to be present often left shaken by what they had seen. No doubt changed in some way – forever.
On the tour guests were also treated to incredible hors d'oeuvres prepared by an amazing chef I will only refer to as “Pascal”. Pascal had the daunting task of preparing his creations nightly without the aide of heat, electricity, or running water. Pascal often spoke of a presence that he felt in the space he was given to work (one of the attached buildings to the church). He quite jokingly called the presence “Jack”. One night while Pascal was hard at work he took a break to snap photos of the room he was working in. In one of the photos he definitely captured an image of a face in a window. I have seen the picture – but sadly do not have a copy to include in this post.
The nightly séances I held in the church came to a close as October ended and the ghost tour went on hiatus for the year. The organizer took the entire crew responsible for putting the tour together out for lunch at Regina’s Cathedral Free House.
At the end of the meal we wanted to capture the entire group in a photo. We asked one of the servers to take a photo. She was handed a camera. About to snap the photo she was stopped by Pascal.
“Wait! Not everyone is here…”
We looked at him like he was a little crazy – as every last physical person connected with the tour was present.
“JACK! Get in the photo!” He beckoned to the air.
I laughed at Pascal – he was a character and you need to imagine a thick French Canadian accent yelling that last line. Pascal was of course inviting “Jack”, the entity he saw and felt in the cathedral into the photo.
The server snapped a photo and handed the camera back to us. When we looked at the picture – jaws around the table dropped. Pascal went pale – and no one said a word.
This was the image as it was taken…
In the back on the right hand side of the photo you can see yours truly. Beside me is Pascal. The orb in front of him is our good friend “Jack”. The only orb present in the photo appears directly over Pascal’s face. The face of the man who called upon the spirit to join in the photograph.
I spoke with Pascal a few months later – he was a changed man. He told me he always felt that “something” was with him after that day.
I believe in the supernatural – because I have experienced it first hand on countless occasions.
With Halloween just around the corner I am going to take this opportunity to suggest that you too have an experience that is supernatural in nature. Give yourself a chance to believe. Book your own Evening of Paranormal Activity with us today…
Also: visit the Seance section of the website to hear, first hand, the recordings of a paranormal event.
Who knows – you might even get a chance to meet “Jack”….
