What to Expect

by: the Haunted NC/Seven team

Considering an investigation? Please read the information below to help understand what to expect and how you can help us help you. . Please don't hesitate to email with any questions! Please see our special note at the bottom.

1. We are a volunteer organization. What does this mean? It means every member and associate is doing this without getting paid a penny. Most likely these same volunteers are funding everything out of their pocket as well (gas, equipment costs, development costs, web site costs, etc...). All our current members have full time jobs (sometimes more than one!) outside the paranormal as well as families, continuing education and other day to day thing. The bottom line is that every case we work, and every bit of independent research or other contribution made has to be done by working around schedules and occasionally finances. Every member is serious about this field and spend the time gaining education through credible sources to best achieve our goals, but real life does get in the way some time (believe me... EVERY one of our volunteers would LOVE to do this full time!). Please be a little patient. We work as fast as possible, but also want to be able to be as thorough as possible.



2. If you are dealing with paranormal events in your home, business, etc. start keeping a log. This will go a long way when you contact us to help determine frequency of events, possible explanations, etc. It makes the time involved much more worthwhile (and more likely to be able to actually experience the events) if we know when and where things usually occur. If a ghost showed up once in 1967 and never again that's going to make it pretty hard for us to get any kind of data :-( Keep as much information as possible in your log - things such as time, day/date, where the event happened, exactly what happened (as many details as possible), who was present near by and/or witnessed the event. Any other note could be useful too. You can never write too many details!
   
   
3. When contacting us, let us know a couple of things like where you are located (If your not near us we may be able to refer you to someone closer), what's happening, if you are considering an investigation or would just like some ideas (we're glad to do that too), and if you have been physically threatened or otherwise feel unsafe. And please remember that patience thing :-) In a true emergency one of us will get in touch immediately.
   
   
4. Check our featured articles... it might answer your question or help your inquiry when you do contact us. We try to add to it fairly often with new questions or information.
   
   
5. We start considering possible locations by chatting with you via email or phone, asking lots of questions and making suggestions. The next step (if the first didn't solve the problem or answer your questions) is to do an on site visit and personal interview. The 3rd (sometimes done during the 1st visit) is to do a full walk through of the area drawing maps, taking basic readings and photographing the area. The 4th is to do historical and area research and the 5th to set up a time to do several hours of on site, fully equipped investigation work. As you can see - our investigations are not a one time field trip to whoop it up in a 'scary' place. A full investigation is very THOROUGH but very TIME CONSUMING.

Don't be afraid to email again - we really do appreciate the patience and flexibility on your part.