Jason Hawes - Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society

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Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman

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The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society

JASON HAWES AND GRANT WILSON WITH MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN

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Copyright 2009 by Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and Michael Jan Friedman

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hawes, Jason

Seeking spirits / by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman.1st Pocket Books trade pbk. ed.
p. cm.
1. Ghosts. 2. Parapsychology. 3. Atlantic Paranormal Society.
I. Wilson, Grant. II. Friedman, Michael Jan. III. Atlantic Paranormal Society. IV. Title.

BF1461.S378 2009 133.1dc22

2009025000

ISBN 978-1-4391-0115-5

ISBN 978-1-4391-5539-4 (ebook)

I dedicate this book and all of my work firstly to my wife, Kristen, who has given me the strength when I was down to stand on my feet again. I love you not just as my wife but as my best friend since the seventh grade.

Secondly, I dedicate this book to all five of my children, who have endured their fathers passion and allowed me the time to do everything I have accomplished. You all keep me young and have showed me how important every moment we spend together is. Our time together is priceless.

Last and not least, I dedicate this book to every T.A.P.S. family and non-T.A.P.S. family paranormal investigator out there. Your work has helped push this field into a respectable position. Your support is what has made us a success.

Jason Hawes

I dedicate this book to the hundreds of thousands of paranormal investigators who work tirelessly, dedicating countless hours, hard earned money, and much needed sleep in order to help those who are afraid in their own homes, and to those who are blazing new trails in the field despite pathetic ridicule and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Thank you for your hard work.

And, of course, to my loving wife and children, ever-present and unwavering in their crescendoing love, support, and importance in my life.

Grant Wilson

Paranormal activity is not supported by conventional scientists or by specialized equipment manufacturers, nor can it be re-created in a controlled setting. Therefore the field of paranormal investigation is populated by theory, speculation, and opinion. Due to these limitations, what is shared within these pages is what T.A.P.S. as an organization feels is closest to the truth. T.A.P.S. is not claiming these beliefs to be fact; rather, they are presented as educated theories and observations based on years of experience and research.

Ghost hunting, like a lot of other things we human beings do, has gotten a lot more sophisticated over the years, a lot more technological in nature, and a lot more demanding. If youre going to conduct a paranormal investigation in a professional manner, you need to be savvy in any number of specialized applications. Thats why it makes sense for you to have access to a team of experts.

When you see Jason and me on television these days, weve usually got a fair-sized crew working with us. Its a darned capable crew, too. You know them because youve seen them as often as youve seen Jason and me.

On Ghost Hunters, these people are fielding calls from prospective clients, loading up vehicles, and driving from one end of the country to the other. Theyre interviewing, setting up our equipment, and serving as our eyes and ears in various aspects of our investigations. Theyre packing up in the morning, spending long hours reviewing audio and video data, and conducting research in local libraries, town halls, and historical societies. And when the investigations over, theyre filing away the evidence weve collected so its available for future reference.

But it wasnt always that way. Back in the day, when T.A.P.S. was just getting started, Jason and I did a lot of that stuff on our own. We didnt have a big organization to fall back on. We were just two guys with a passion for ghost-hunting and a nave notion that we could help people in trouble.

Sure, we had some welcome assistance. We were seldom left completely to our own devices. But it was often just the two of us, relying only on ourselves and on each other, because there was no one else we could drag out of bed on a Saturday morning to make a six-hour drive up to Maine.

After all, paranormal investigation isnt just a hobby, though we know there are people who look at it that way. Its a responsibility, and a big one. When youre a ghost hunter, youre dealing with peoples lives. Youre entering their homes, listening to their most closely guarded secrets, going through their personal possessions, and maybe offering them a sliver of hope.

They might not place much faith in their clergy, their doctors, or their local police force. They might not feel comfortable confiding in their friends, their neighbors, or even the other members of their family. But for some reason, they feel comfortable placing their faith in you. If thats not a responsibility, I dont know what is.

One of the reasons people depend on us, I think, is that weve been where they are. Weve had our close encounters with the supernatural, been scared half to death by them, and been lucky enough to come out whole and sane. So when we sit down to talk with a woman who sees things other people dont see, or a man who hears voices late at night, we can appreciate their confusion and their pain.

We can identify.

If you read our first book, Ghost Hunting, you know how Jason first came into contact with the supernatural. At the tender age of twenty, he got involved with a woman who practiced Reiki, a Japanese relaxation technique that depends on the manipulation of a persons life-force energy. After six months of exposure to the technique, he started seeing thingsincluding full-body human apparitions.