Georgia Ghost Hunters

Cold Spots refer to areas of supposed psychic energy marked by a drastic drop in temperature, often said to indicate the presence of something supernatural, spirits, ghosts, or other unexplainable phenomena.

Paranormal beliefs
Cold spots are said to be unexplained paranormal temperature variances that are believed to signal that a ghost is present. It is thought that a ghost uses the energy in a particular spot to manifest itself, and by doing so, creates a cold mass. Ghost hunters often use hand held infrared temperature sensors to attempt to document evidence of hauntings.

“Cold Spots” is also the name of an article series written by Scott A. Johnson for Dread Central about allegedly haunted places in the United States of America. According to the series, only places with factual, verifiable histories that are thought to compliment the alleged hauntings are chosen. Among the places listed in the Cold Spots archive are:

Lake Jackson, Texas
Sloss Furnaces, Alabama
Hammock House, North Carolina
17 Hundred 90 Inn, Georgia
LaLaurie House, Louisiana
Robert, The Haunted Doll, Florida
Cheesman Park, Colorado
Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pennsylvania
Resurrection Cemetery, Illinois
Ladd School, Rhode Island
Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky

Skeptical analysis
Cold spots supposedly indicate areas where ghosts reside (a spooky place may give one “cold chills”). Modern ghost hunters employ heat sensors, such as digital thermal scanners which measure instant temperature changes — despite a lack of scientific evidence or theory to support equating the temperature with ghosts and the fact that temperatures can vary throughout a building due to normal causes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Spots

Special Assignment: Ghost Hunters
5:26 PM Feb 23, 2007
Reporter: Diane Cho
February 25, 2007

THOMSON, Ga.—Georgia and South Carolina are known for haunted activity everywhere, from ghosts and legends tours in Savannah, where pirates are believed to have settled and the site of the second bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary War, to Charleston, where they tell tales of the Civil War and the men who fought in it.

It all begs the question: is there really life after death?

Some people think so…but how do we know for sure?

In 1982, horror films took a new turn when director Tobe Hooper and producer Steven Spielberg made a motion picture blockbuster that sent chills down moviegoers’ spines with the famous line “They’re here.”

Poltergeist was based on a suburban family whose house is terrorized by the unknown. The film goes beyond the stereotypical idea of a ghost running around in sheets and explores a new realm of the paranormal world that even to this day is still hard to define.

“The evil ones are out to harm you like the poltergeist,” said Ginger Yarbrough, founder of Georgia Ghost Hunters, a group based in Harlem, Georgia. “They poke, prod, pinch, and they can start small fires on their own. They’re rare, but there are documented cases out there.”

Ginger started investigating the paranormal back in 1992 after her father died.

“Three months before he died, he told me he was going to die. I woke up crying. I didn’t know if it was a dream, but it was so real. After that I had many paranormal experiences.”

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When you take photos at night, make sure you have you camera set for night filming. If your camera has this setting, please use it otherwise your photos might come out to dark or fuzzy.

Always take photos of something and not just a clearing. Having a background image such as a tombstone, tree, building etc.

Take lots of pictures! Takes photos of anything & everything with a good background image. The odds are good that you will capture an anomaly if you take at least 50 pictures on your hunt.

When taking your photos, make sure to avoid shinny surfaces (Especially glass or mirrors)

Make sure you know where your camera strap & lens cover are at all times (its best to remove them). These can appear as a vortex or other ghostly images if left to dangle free from the camera and make sure your camera lense is clean.

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