Experts

What makes someone an expert? Is it because they are very versed in a subject? No, that would be a hobbyist. And to be a hobbyist would mean that you have a passion for something. And a passion would mean that that subject moves you. And whenever you are moved by something it gives you a high by just thinking or talking about it. And what would draw the moth to the flame?

Paranormal experts are a dime a dozen, and sometimes the dozen is half off so really you're getting 18 paranormal experts with about a dollop of quality and professionalism between them. The tricky thing about finding yourself a professional paranormal expert is the fact that there simply isn't any. The truth is, if you pay attention to a season of TAPS or PARANORMAL STATE then you already have 90% of the technical language down. You would know what an Orb is, and that it should ultimately be discredited. You would know the difference between an EVP, EMF, and a GAUSS. In fact, the only thing that separates you and them, them 'experts', is personal experience. And that, I assure you, is where the top film separates from the rest of the pudding.

Personal experience can range from seeing the man in the top hat every night at 3:00 AM, having the strong smell of your aunt's perfume come over you within the hour that she passed, or having a ghost lash you from behind with a spectral whip. (Which I assure you, does happen) Friends, being a true expert means that you have taken your hobby and turned it into your biggest passion, explored it, scared your self to death, and then coming back every weekend. Being an expert isn't knowing how to work Frank's box, or even why it works. Being a paranormal expert is to be professional, kind, knowledgeable, safe, and hardworking. That's what truly sets a paranormal expert from a couch potato.