Paranormal Encounters Quiz

What event caused the author's belief in ghosts to start to waver?

• Attending a paranormal conference

• Watching TV shows about the paranormal

• Being mistaken for a ghost in Gettysburg

• Joining a ghost-hunting group

What TV shows influenced the author's interest in the paranormal during their youth?

• Ghost Hunters and The Haunted

• In Search of... and Unsolved Mysteries

• The X-Files and Supernatural

• Most Haunted and Paranormal Witness

What did the author and their ghost-hunting group believe the anomalies in their photos indicated?

• Technical issues with the camera

• Presence of supernatural entities

• Problems with the film development

• Mistakes in photo capturing

Where did the author have a significant paranormal encounter in 1999?

• Eastern State Penitentiary

• A local cemetery in Philadelphia

• US civil war battlefield in Gettysburg

• An old mansion

What did the author initially mistake for a ghost that caused a group of people to drive away?

• A shadow

• A laser pointer

• Their own reflection

• A spotlight

Who is Joe Nickell?

• A medium

• A skeptic and science-based paranormal investigator

• A psychic

• A ghost hunter

What did the author learn about "orbs" in photographs?

• They are evidence of ghostly presence

• They are caused by camera flash reflecting off dust particles

• They are a type of energy field

• They are digital artifacts

What is the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry?

• A group that promotes psychic abilities

• An organization that investigates alternative medicine

• A committee set up to challenge claims of ghost and monster sightings and the efficacy of psychics and mediums

• A historical society

What does the author compare themselves to at the end of the text?

• A character from a horror movie

• A detective

• Velma from Scooby Doo

• A scientist

What technique did the author use to try and communicate with spirits during their investigations?

• Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) recordings

• Using a Ouija board

• Seances

• Automatic writing