Unhealthy Infatuations: An Invitation for Risky Paranormal Energies

If you believe it, it is true to you, regardless of popular belief.

Salem-News.com

(SALEM, Ore.) - Recently, I was contacted by someone who claimed to be in possession of a few haunted dolls. She said that she had been collecting them for years, and that recently a couple of them started “acting up”. She claimed that, among other things, the dolls attacked her psychically in her dreams at night. I had to ask her, “What made you decide to start seeking out and collecting supposedly haunted dolls in the first place?” She never really gave me a direct answer, just that she had came across a few over the years and recently, she had been finding and buying them on Ebay and other such online sites.

This piqued my curiosity, and prompted me to look further into this area of interest. I went onto Ebay and to my surprise, there were 142 listings of “haunted dolls” available for sale, and 11,453 miscellaneous items that fell under the “Haunted” heading... including everything from jewelry, dolls, vases to spells and books!

On Craigslist, a similar listing contained the words “I will have a few real, Certified Haunted Dolls available for adoption from my personal collection.”

Another Ebay merchant offered ‘positive energy’ blankets that “will comfort and protect your doll so that no dark energy will enter it.” It goes on to say, “wrap your beloved up (in the blanket), so the positive and comforting energy can surround them and wrap them in a blanket of love.”

Now, whether or not you or I believe in such things is not what is important here... what is important is that in many cases the individual who seeks out and buys these relics does believe that they are haunted, which begs the question... why buy them? I have at least one team associate who would assert that such things are possible, and they very well may be, but paranormal experiences seem to be, in most cases, closely related to personal belief.

So, if one believes that the souls of the deceased can inhabit an inanimate object, such as a doll, and one intentionally seeks out those items and brings them into their home, then wouldn’t the resultant activity be par for the course? Further, wouldn’t it be an indication that you got exactly what you wanted, and paid for?

As one who seeks to gather information in the field of paranormal studies, I sought (against my better judgment) to at least interview the haunted dolls client, to appease the situation or put her mind at ease, we set up a small investigation with minimal equipment and a couple of group members. A big part of what we do is to help people, even if that entails a couple of fruitless hours of investigation.

In this particular case, we sent two Team Members to the client’s home. We had her spread out the “problem dolls” on her bed and we set up two EMF (electro-magnetic frequency) meters with the dolls, and put a video camera near the foot of the bed to document any fluctuations in ambient energy fields might they occur. Members then conducted a 2-hour EVP (electronic voice phenomena) session which entails a series of generalized questions along with a few specific ones based on information provided by the client.

The client also provided us with a print out containing details about certain dolls in her collection, such as the names of previous owners and the circumstances surrounding how the doll supposedly came to be “haunted”.

Prior to having them go out, I had met with the client and felt that there was nothing paranormal going on, besides an overactive imagination, but still it is our duty to follow up on leads as they come in. As we had suspected, nothing was documented and there were no strange occurrences during our time with the client in the presence of her doll collection, but so it is with many investigative probes into these types of claims.

There is so little garnished from much of the hours spent on investigations, but that doesn’t discourage us as researchers... one anomaly caught on video or audio makes up for the hours of seemingly wasted time spent at various locations at our own expense.

As a society we are moving in a direction where more and more people are seeking answers, and in recent years television has certainly brought the paranormal field to the forefront of everyone’s consciousness, but is this a healthy thing? I mean, this is what I do and love, but is it good for everyone?

Can any good come out of curious teens playing with Ouija Boards or holding impromptu séances? Is it conducive to progress in the field for thrill-seekers and would-be paranormal investigators to go out and buy a $20 digital audio recorder and attempt to conduct practice EVP sessions in their homes?

Could they potentially be opening up a door that they are not prepared or equipped to close? Are we not potentially opening the same doors and inviting the same energies and ideas into our lives and homes when we intentionally seek out objects with morbid histories attached to them?

Whether the door to the unknown is actual, spiritual or psychological... or a combination of all three, it is likely that the resulting effects will be very real to those who are susceptive to and open themselves up to these types of experiences.

With what we have learned thus far and from the documented information and accounts that are publicly available today, no one should unnecessarily endanger themselves or their loved ones by exposing them to an unknown force. No one should take such risks, and no one can claim that they had no idea of what could potentially happen; there are just too many examples to draw from.

The energies involved can be volatile in many cases, and curious thrill seekers may be getting more than they bargained for when they collect things or engage in activities that may attract ethereal beings. Be smart and be safe.

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