PARANORMAL 2017

Are you ready for next year?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on 2016, and your plans for 2017.

You haven’t heard from me on my blog because—as usual—I have been extremely busy. This last year has been pretty eventful—new job, family and friend matters, and putting in studio time, and next year is going to be something special.  My friend and I have been working hard towards putting together a new show for certain public broadcasting channels, and next year we will start filming. As many of my friends are aware, I’m very into everything paranormal—especially when it comes to stories and legends of monsters and faerie folk. Long before ghost hunting and monster hunting shows became popular, I was out in cemeteries and deep, dark woods doing my own amateur investigations, and I have experienced more than my fair share of the supernatural. So, I’m taking some of these experiences, and many others that are not my own, and my team of camera, audio, and investigators out to film some very interesting and scary stuff.

I’m not ready to announce the name of our investigative team yet, or announce their names, but I can say that our team consists of three investigators: Lead Investigator/Interviewer, investigator/intuitive, and our investigator/hired gun, and of course a small crew of cameras and audio. I will be behind one of the main cameras, and you will hear me from time to time sharing some of the important information about each adventure. We will be using drones, night vision, and all the usual contraptions for documenting any evidence—and we will be using the CSI methods of collecting physical evidence.

One of our first episodes will be based on an experience I had here in Oregon, in the woods. I can’t divulge too much information about it, but suffice it to say, I already have some interesting photos for this that I have documented certain aspects of what happened. We will also be interviewing other local experts in various fields including: a volcanologist, and other local paranormal experts.

We won’t be focusing on ghosts, or Sasquatch, but more on local myths and legends of the North West. We will do a few ghost hunting investigations to get some practice in with the team, and I will post those on our website once it is up and running.

Stay tuned everyone—next year is going to be an adventure! 

The Most Important Object in the Universe

It’s no secret to my friends that I’m a sucker for all macabre things pertaining to the genres of horror and dark fantasy. So there’s no surprise one of my things is classic cars (and scary coaches, they make me drool). Stephen King had ‘Christine’, ‘Evil Dead’ had the 1973 Delta Olds 88, and television has the 1967 Chevy Impala on ‘Supernatural’.  What is it about cars that fascinate us, especially in horror? Perhaps it is the subconscious fear of the ever present possibility of a car accident. After all, we ride around in our little cages of love practically every day. I can’t even fathom how many hours in our lives we spend driving.

                Then there is the ever present spookiness of driving along a deserted road in the dead of the night—add some fog into that, and wah-lah!—the perfect moment to get your imagination conjuring the direst of fates. Where will the road take you? And, who’s that sitting in the back seat?! Oh, it’s just me … mwahahahaha!

                I had the pleasure of meeting some really rockin’ folks with the Cinema Classics Car Club, and they are a club I would be proud to be a part of (if only I had a classic movie car). Here is their link: http://www.juliehavelka.com/cinemaclassics.html

                They boast an impressive list of cars in their club: The Nova from Tarantino’s ‘Death Proof’, and the Mustang, and the ‘Supernatural’ Chevy Impala. How cool is that! So here you are folks, my photo opportunity to scratch off my bucket list:

Supernatural:

Death Proof:

Thank you Tod, Julia, and Vincent for a superb day with new friends!

...And I can't keep this photo out, 'cuase as a kid, I was a fan too:

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