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Paranormal wind?

Tue 14 Jun 2011 06:30:05 | 4 comments

I was kind of surprised when I saw people talking about paranormal wind. I guess first I would like to know how you would know it’s a paranormal wind? I also was surprised to see talk of using a firefly wind detector to test wind in an air tight location. None of us would ever investigate an air tight location unless of course some science center reported a haunting.

Every home and building we investigate will have air currents, there is no air tight location. Every time a door opens or closes air in the home moves. A person walking creates air currents in a building. Your home moves air every time a furnace or air conditioner kicks on. Homes have chimneys, these have air currents, a temperature difference outside a home will cause air currents inside a home. These same temperature changes occur naturally in homes with the basement being cooler then the upper floors, THIS CREATES AN AIR CURRENT! The direction of the flow depends on the temperatures. If inside temperature is higher than outside temperature, inside air density is less than outside air density, and inside air will flow up and out of the upper parts of the building. Cold outside air will flow into the lower parts of the building.

If outside temperature is higher than inside air temperature - the air flow will be in the opposite direction.

Did you know most places have small air leaks around electrical outlets, baseboards, dryer vents, pipe and cable penetrations, attic hatchways, and ceiling light fixtures. So once again first understand naturally occurring wind before you call it paranormal wind.

Now knowing this information why not instead of a firefly get a Thermal Leak Detector they can be picked up for around $40.00 then learn how to use it. Start by setting a reference temperature by pointing the device at an inside wall, and hitting the "set" button. Then scan the sensor along a surface. When it hits a cold or hot spot, the LED light changes from green to red (hot) or blue (cold). The surface temperature is also displayed on the screen.

How about you teams that are on a tight budget? You can detect air currents with incense. (just be careful not to burn anything.) Hold a burning incense stick around electrical outlets and baseboards to test for air flow that hurts energy efficiency. Such an air current will cause the smoke from the incense stick to waver in response. You can get more accurate results from such a test by closing all fireplace flues, windows, and doors, shutting off furnaces, air conditioners and water heaters. Now if your like me I can’t stand the smell of most incense so you can buy an unscented, 100 sticks for under $5.00.

So before you call something paranormal wind make sure the wind your catching isn’t naturally occurring.

If outside temperature is higher than inside air temperature - the air flow will be in the opposite direction.

So before you call something paranormal wind make sure the wind your catching isn’t naturally occurring.

Comments

L.T. 11 months ago

Guilty... Gee thanks for bustin my bubble there Buddy ! lmao But thing is ... I can take it ! and still gonna try it ! lol Its my way of attempting to bring a fresh idea on a historical method ..Harry Price being the originator over 100 years ago.
Incased in a dome or lexan tube so the outside air sources are not as likely to set it off, as there have been numerous accounts of cold air reported and alegedly associated with activity, it is worth a try .
Now ... I challenge you to post a blog ...to let me know what YOU would consider a good method of potentially documenting paranormal activity.. I dare ya ! ;) I dont think you even believe in ghosts ! lol
Good blog my friend , even if ya did make me feel like an idiot for thinkin it ! lol

David Barnett 6 months ago

Paranormal wind......... Does it exist? Well before I get a reply let me tell you this story that happened to me about 4 yrs. ago. First off I would like to say that I am part of a paranormal investigation group; but in the recent past our activity as a group has nearly haulted, because of the nature of life and the responsibilities that come with it. Other priorities come first. Ok so lets get started. This is the short story. Our group shows up to a planned investigation site and our group goes through our normal routine checking out all of the so called hotspots for activity reported in the house. We had split up into 3 or 4 seperate groups at the start of this investigation. Somewhere in the middle of this investigation my group led by myself had ventured to a hotspot in the house. This particular location in the house was noted to be at the bottom of the main staircase. The story that was told to us by the owners is as follows: (Sightings of a young male child sitting on the second step of the staircase were a regular.) I sat down on the second step and began talking to the young child as if he were truely there. Equiped with a infrared temp gun, I found a spot on the baseboard that read 14 degrees f. The size of this spot was no bigger than a dime. The more i talked to the child the bigger the cold spot grew. So I called through the walkie for the investigation leader to come down to my location. I told him about what had transpired on the steps. He checked out everything for himself and vouched that he claimed to get the same readings. (I am refering to "He" which would be the investigational group leader). Next was a test to see if the coldspot was an airleak in the baseboard. I moved up and down the steps, a step or two at a time. Guess what? It followed me. I went up a step and it followed. So then I walked up and down the steps from almost the top to bottom and once again it followed. All while this was going on the cold spot grew; the more attention paid to the spot the larger it grew. Next He wanted me to come off of the staircase and walk towards the kitchen. I did so and the cold spot followed on my right hip like a sidekick or best friend. Then I stood in the middle of the room. At this point the whole group which was like a dozen or so people gathered around, one holding a camcorder. Everthing from this point on was recorded on video. So I'm standing in the middle of the room with this coldspot hanging on my hip. I invited anyone to come feel this spot for themselves. They felt it agreeing with what i was experiencing. Next, something that I didn't expect to happen of course did indeed happen. The cold spot started to move upward as a flowing current of air. No longer was it a stationary place of cold air. The current of air moved upward from my right foot all the way up to the ceiling, which was like 14ft. high. I can't explain the way I felt when this was occuring but I will try. It was like something was being sucked out of me. Maybe my soul. I definetley felt drained, I felt like I had lost hope. The best way to describe it as I look back is pure deppresion. Did I mention that it was winter at this point in time. So the place we were investingating was a functional residence with all the utilities as any other house. The furnace in the house was on. It was in the mid 30's outside and the temp inside was in the mid 60's. Oh yeah, just so you know. Since that day I have never felt the same. Did I also mention that since then my marriage has failed, I have lost my job, lost my house, and car. I know that i will receive negetive feed back on this post but, that's to be expected. Hopefully someone can help me figure out what happened that night. Or maybe someone has had a similar experience.

Debunk Founder 5 months ago

I take it you have all this documented with video? Are you sure your equipment was working properly? 15 degrees C converts to 60F.

David Barnett 3 months ago

I do not have the video. Another member of our group from up north in Ohio came down to our area for this investigation and I haven't been able to make contact but I will continue my effort to obtain this video. All of the equipment was working fine. New batteries. The area of interest (cold spot) was gauged by two or three different members with the temp gun. I know better myself to make sure that the gun is set on the proper read out setting. Any suggestions on what might have happened.