Dan

In 2001, I attended the University of Lincoln to study Media Technologies. For one of my projects, I was given free rein to choose my own subject, and I decided to carry out a ghost hunt in a local haunted house. The finished film was shown to the entire year group, and it quickly became clear that some people believed what they saw, while others were convinced it was staged.

During the investigation, I captured a photo of a doorway with what looked like the silhouette of an old man and a child. I already knew that both an elderly man and a young child had died in the house years before, so seeing that image felt like a huge breakthrough. I was excited enough to show a few friends and even planned to submit the photo to a paranormal society as evidence.

Unfortunately, the very next day the computer refused to turn on, and all my coursework — including that photo — was lost. Ever since, I’ve been searching for the evidence I once held and have carried a deep interest in the paranormal. Then I met Nikki and realised we shared the same curiosity: what’s really out there, and how can we prove it? Must we not seek to demonstrate what is true?

Technology has come a long way since my original investigation in 2002, when my kit consisted of dictaphones, a digital camera, and camcorders. Now we have so much more, making it easier to debunk things — but I’m still searching for that ultimate piece of evidence. Maybe it’s something we won’t truly understand until our time comes, but until then, the hunt continues.