Halloween is long over, but for one MSU group, the passion for paranormal activity goes beyond the holiday.
These students are a part of a club called the MSU Paranormal Society, a Ghostbusters-type of group who discovers the things that go bump at night.
“Our mission is to find the ‘para’ in our daily lives,” international relations junior and club president Jared Gajos said. “And using deductive reasoning and our equipment, we determine if that whistle was the wind blowing through the hole in the roof or a ghost attempting to communicate their last message to you.”
The MSU Paranormal Society is an investigative group that collects evidence to prove and disprove paranormal experiences using special equipment.
The club uses a variety of equipment like a temperature gun, an electromagnetic field tester or EMF, a K2 meter and even a boo buddy — a bear that is said to better communicate with child spirits.
“The society allows for all types of beliefs,” Gajos said. “Whether you believe in absolutely nothing but like the fact that we go to graveyards, or you are a stone cold believer in everything paranormal, we have a spot for you.”
The paranormal society goes around to presumably haunted locations to find paranormal activity.
During a regular investigation, members split off into groups and walk around until their K2 meters or EMF detectors are set off. Once that happens, they start a session asking questions and taking notice to detail to figure out who or what could be there.
“Paranormal society is all about making connections with others, whether it be through fear of the unknown or shared experiences on investigations,” environmental studies and sustainability sophomore Tara Eavy said.
Last year, one of their groups did an investigation in Wonders Hall’s basement.
There’s a legend that claims in September of 1999, there were complaints of a rancid smell coming onto the first floor. After searching around, a student’s body was discovered in an unused refrigerator in the basement of Wonders.
After investigation in that location, the group’s EMF meters spiked up to 54.0, compared to it’s usual high of 1.5.
