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E.V.P.
Questions & Tips
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Fair warning
Although Q&A and provoking is used regularly during recording sessions, most of the conversational techniques that I've written for this page are not commonly practiced in the field (that I know of). I started using them years ago after taking some psychology courses, and they've worked well. If it's not your thing, that's ok. I've written a bunch of questions for you to ask, so you still may get some use out of this page. If you like the conversational style, and want to give it a try, I'd LOVE to hear how it works for you. Getting Started
When you're going to get involved in recording an E.V.P. session, you
have to decide what technique you're going to work with. If you're
going to just sit your recorder down and leave it to record, then there
isn't much preparation that needs to be done. On the other hand, If you
plan to actually engage the ghost, weather it be through questions, or
provoking, it may be a good idea to take steps to prepare yourself, and
whatever you may be communicating with.
Never forget to do your research. Having some type of idea of whom or what you're dealing with can help decide how to act, and which questions to ask. I mean, if you're investigating a location which is believed to have ghosts of children, you're going to want to ask questions as if you were babysitting, and trying to make friends with someone elses kid. At the same time you'll also want to realize that the whole 'ghost kid' thing is 100 percent conjecture, so don't put ALL of your eggs into that basket. The Introduction & Conversation If you plan on making your recording session interactive, you're going to have to choose how you want to go about it. Before making that decision, it's a good idea to keep things professional and conversational. Try to look at things as if you were going to be interacting with a living, breathing person. If that were the situation, would you just walk into their home, and start interrogating them? Of course you wouldn't. Think of yourself as a salesman. You're going in there to sell yourself to whom or whatever may be there. To get anywhere with people you HAVE to try to build a rapport. I know that that idea sounds a bit silly. I mean, how do you build a rapport with someone or something that doesn't respond to you? Hey, a lot of people talk to their car or other inanimate objects, and somehow those objects develop their own personalities within their owners imagination. With that in mind, is this idea really that far fetched? So, you walk into the room, and you start your introduction. Do it as if you could see the person that you're introducing yourself to. Go through your normal, 'Hi, how you doin'? My name's...' routine. Explain who you are, and why you're there. Be honest and friendly, and try not to sound rehearsed. Make sure that after you've completed a thought, you pause to give the entity time to respond. KEEP IT NATURAL! How painful is it to sit and watch a bad actor? Don't put the ghost through that torture. Also, keep in mind, that if you're following the rules, you should never be investigating or hunting by yourself. Introduce your partner to the ghost as well. I've seen a lot of people go into a situation as a team and they both ask the entity questions, and pause for the response. It works but it's a VERY one way conversation. Put yourself in the ghosts shoes. two people or more, barely talking to each other, are both throwing questions at you. It would probably be a bit intimidating. In theory, there are at least 3 conscious minds in that room. Try this. Make it a three way conversation. Have a conversation with your partner about things that you'd like the ghost to respond to, and while you're talking, throw out questions to the entity. Think about it. Imagine yourself on a bus or in a waiting room, and two people that you don't know are having a conversation. They seem very friendly, they seem to be interested in what you have to say, and they're also trying to involve you in their conversation. Who would YOU rather talk to, them or the two that are just barking questions at you? If you want to try this, the best way to do it is to decide with your partner ahead of time what you want to talk about, and what type of questions are to be asked. It may even be a good idea to write a small script and memorize it, naturally improvisation would be helpful, but it will help get your stories straight. Regardless, make sure you always leave a pause between questions and thoughts to give the entity time to respond. Questions Here's a list of questions that you may wish to ask while recording E.V.P. Oh, and NEVER ask, "Is there anybody here." They don't like that. 
Provoking WARNING: You have no idea what you're messing with! Do this at your own risk. Before getting involved in provoking an entity, you want to make ABSOLUTELY sure that both you AND your partner are prepared for the possible consequences. NEVER provoke without your partners consent. There are a lot of stories of angry spirits physically attacking investigators who engage in the act of provoking. Weather you believe those stories or not is irrelevant. Consider yourself warned. In case you don't know, provoking is taunting or saying mean things to a spirit in an attempt to make it angry to 'provoke' a response. It's a technique used by many investigators and ghost hunters to possibly capture some evidence from an angry spirit. There are other hunters who disagree with this practice, and feel that a bad idea all around. The conversational technique also works with provoking. Again, put yourself in the spirits shoes. If a couple people that you don't know start verbally attacking or insulting you to make you angry, what do you do? If you're anything like me, you shake your head, and walk away ignoring the idiots. I can tell when somebody is trying to piss me off, and it ain't gonna work! I suggest that you DON'T directly insult them. Start off as you normally would, introduce yourself as normal, start the conversation as mentioned before. Slowly move into a more negative topic of conversation. Again, don't forget to pause so that the entity can speak. As you go, come to a point in the conversation where you begin to openly doubt the existence of the entity. I mean if it really were there it would have the guts to say something. What kind of cowardly person would terrorize a family? Well obviously a big one because it doesn't have the balls to mess with us. Yeah right. Get the point? Talk behind it's back right in front of it, and be really mean. Swear. Use profanity. Be negative. DON'T BE OBVIOUS. People know when you're trying to piss them off. You gotta learn how to act a bit. Maybe try playing 'Good Cop, Bad Cop'. Argue back and forth to create negativity. Maybe after you've reviewed your audio, you'll find out that you got through to them. It's a good reason to go back and apologize. I plan to continuously add to the questions as I think of them. If you have any ideas, or if this page has helped you, let me know! Get me on Yahoo Messenger under the name BeyonderBill, email me, or even come to my MySpace page! |
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