A Letter from the Editor
August 2020
Ed’s Letter
Anthony Kilner
Paranormal Paranoia The Paranormal world covers such a broad range of topics, from ghost tours to exorcisms and house hauntings, to understanding séances and so many other ways to connect with the spirit world, it’s truly incredible.
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n putting this issue together, we have covered as much as possible in order to inspire people to delve into the world of the paranormal, albeit some will say it’s all a crock, there’s no such thing as demons or spirits that attach themselves to humans, such paranoia! Many sceptics will tell you it’s all smoke and mirrors and yet, across the world, there are equally as many people with experiences that can’t be explained. James Randi, world famous sceptic, via his career as a magician and escape artist, has spent much of his 92 years debunking the paranormal. In 1996, he offered $1 million prize to anyone able to prove beyond doubt the existence of ghosts, paranormal activity, psychic or extrasensory powers and spiritual phenomena. However, according to the James Randi Educational Foundation website, that offer is withdrawn. Personally, I have seen and experienced too much spirit activity to deny its existence. So, proving it is not anything I am worried about. Let’s say that discernment and personal experience counts for a lot and there will always be 6
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believers and sceptics. That’s what makes life fun! If I could wish for one thing, it would be a way to capture what I see through my eyes on video; I just never seem to have a camera in hand at the right time! One example of this was with Gary Sullivan. We were walking around a haunted location, when we both happened to look up towards the roof of a building that had some pretty awful energy about it. We were just in time to see a pigeon slam into an invisible wall! With a ‘squawk and poof’ of feathers and in broad daylight, it fell out of the sky landing, stunned but alive, on the roof. It shook its head and flew off after a couple of minutes. To this day, we don’t fully understand what happened. It would have been amazing to catch on film! I have also had the pleasure to investigate many haunted locations and experienced some serious incidents over the years, many with Gary. They have left me intrigued and fascinated about the paranormal world. Sadly, we have also investigated many supposed hauntings, only to find out that the use of drugs had
