FIRST:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society will present
information pertaining to and involving ghosts,
poltergeists, hauntings and related information FREE OF
CHARGE to all who visit the website. We are not
trying to prove nor disprove anything related to ghosts
and welcome all information from sceptical to true
believer, from scientific to new age and everything in
between and around. We offer message boards and
ask for editorials and comments from our readers to add
to the information we present.
Although we don't ignore religious topics, we do wish to
present all possibilities and will happily display
information from all sources provided that the
information is about ghosts and hauntings and that the
information is not preaching conversion/preference to
any particular faith and it does not come across as
threatening in any way. As for story submissions,
we do have criteria that reports should fit but do not
make this information public knowledge to avoid possible
fraudulent claims.
Information on this site comes with either express
consent from the original witnesses/authors or from a
reliable and consentual source. Although ghosts and hauntings are usually
lumped in with other paranormal phenomena, GHRS sites
and GHRS groups specialize only in the study of ghostly
phenomena or phenomena related to hauntings. If you are
looking for information on cryptozoology, mythical
creatures, UFOs and related topics or any other
"non-ghostly" topics, we will try to help find a
resource for interested parties but we cannot promise to
be helpful with these topics which may not be in our
scope of research.
SECOND:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society primarily
focuses on the HISTORY, LEGENDS, MYTHS AND FIRST HAND
ACCOUNTS of ghosts and related topics. We are not nor
ever have claimed to be "experts", "psychics" or
"scientists". We are, however, researchers and do try
our best to gather the appropriate and correct
information and then distribute it via our website.
We do, however, reserve the right to come up with
hypothesis and look into all possible explanations of
ghostly phenomena from both an amateur scientific point
of view as well as a "supernatural" point of view.
Although we do not and never will "clear
homes" or "bust ghosts", we will attempt to track down
all the possibilities of any manifestation through any
means at our disposal that are agreed upon with the
original person(s) reporting the incident.
We will never break or "bend" a law (such
as trespass or "break and enter") to get a "better
story" or to do an investigation. We will always work at
getting and having the proper permissions and ensure
that we have the appropriate authority to enter and look
into a reportedly haunted spot. In turn, we will
actively avoid groups or people that do break legal
boundaries in "the name of research".
We will always ensure the protection of the
witness is our first priority with reports. Next is the
protection and care of a site that we have been allowed
to use. These two points are our primary concerns for
anything that is submitted or going on/in our site or
notes.
THIRD:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society will always
maintain the anonymity of anyone reporting an
occurrences to us. We will never give out or publish
exact addresses, e-mail addresses or names of people who
write into us unless it is with their authorization and
permission or unless the place/person has already "gone
public" or previously published that information in a
public forum.
FOURTH:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society will try to
offer those interested in examining and researching the
paranormal any assistance we can offer within reason and
will try to have open forums and public gatherings to
allow those who wish to meet other "ghost enthusiasts" a
chance to meet and speak to each other. Although money(s)
may be charged or asked for, all GHRS are non-profit and
any money(s) that are gathered will go towards paying
for the event itself, future events and support costs
(servers, domains, etc,).
FIFTH:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society will NEVER
charge for information nor will we charge for our time
when doing historical or amateur scientific research.
If
requested, we will put people in contact with psychics
or other consultants who may request payment but this
person(s) will NOT be part of the GHRS nor will a GHRS
member acting in this capacity charge money(s). We can
not and will not take responsibilities for any actions
or outcome once a person has contacted or consulted a
psychic or other consultant to assist with any aspect of
ghosts and hauntings even if the contact was made
through a member of the GHRS.
SIXTH:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society are not
claiming to be "experts" in the paranormal. We are not
professional parapsychologists. We are a group of
interested people doing our best at learning about the
unknown.
SEVENTH:
The Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society will attempt
to answer all and any questions to the best of our
abilities. For students, we do recommend, as we are not
claiming to be "the ultimate" experts, seek out
alternative resources with other points of views. If you
need some help finding other sources, please let us know
and we'll do our best to help put you in contact with
other paranormal researchers to help you out. Of course,
as stated, our crew will do their best to answer your
questions based on our expertise as well.
EIGHTH:
Although anyone is welcome to become a "member" of our
society, we do warn that only a small and select group
can go on most investigations and that the determination
of who goes on investigations and why will be determined
by the lead person of the investigation. All GHRSs have
a form online for those who wish to be more than just a
subscriber-member and this form allows us to choose who
will be coming out with us.
It is not uncommon for us to go months without an
investigation and therefore, only a small percentage get
the chance to accompany us to a site. As we do not like
to use psychics and sensitives on an initial
investigation (at least, we do not like to have people
acting as such,) we would ask that you understand that
special abilities and characteristics do not necessarily
mean that you will get a chance to help us out. We do,
however, still request you fill in the form because we
may use your abilities in a second visit or in another
capacity. We also ask that if you truly feel you
would be of great benefit to our team that you fill out
the help form and attend at least one or two of our
"open to the public events" so that we may meet you and
get to know you. Face to face meetings allow leads to
see how a team dynamic will work if you are on an
investigation.
The above represents our general mission statement and I
hope this does answer some of the more burning questions
about who we are and what we do.
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