Northeast Forensic Paranormal Research

For decades many serious paranormal investigators have work hard to dispel the stigma and stereo types of this research field. With the popularity of many television shows the "science" and "methodologies" used in these shows are flawed and poor at best. This past week a new "paranormal investigation" show has made its début. Extreme Paranormal is anything but a team of paranormal investigators. The so called methodologies and "Experiments" are not only not credible on any level, they are absolutely dangerous.

On the first show they used a so called "Blood Ritual" to "Summon" an entity. Specifically they found a location where a person died by fire. They then proceeded to make an outline of the body, poured a flammable liquid on the outline. The "Cult Expert" then proceeded to take a razor, cut himself and using his own blood drew makings in the area where the person died only to then ignite the flammable liquid.

First, when dealing with entities you are dealing with free will. An entity will make their presence known when it wants to. Using a superstition such as a blood ritual to summon an entity is just that, a superstition and has absolutely no place in any paranormal investigation. Second, there are many young investigators who routinely want to emulate what they see on television. Exposing them to this dangerous nonsense will create a situation where somewhere, a young team will believe that it is okay to cut yourself open. With the advent of deadly incurable blood diseases, this is a possible death sentence for a team member of a young impressionable team. 

In this episode the team then goes onto cause significant property damage in the name of "provoking" the entity. Again, there will be some young person out there thinking this is the correct way to investigate and they will cause property damage themselves. This will inevitably create a stigma that this is how all paranormal investigations are performed and people will not seek out or allow any investigative team onto their site. The three members of this team are reckless and the station that allows the show to air should be ashamed of themselves.