Time to get into the meat and potatoes of this blog. As most of you have probably guessed, my name is Dan and I'm working on some different theories and ideas about supernatural occurrences. I really hate to say 'ghosts' because we don't really know what the heck we're seeing, hearing or feeling.
 If you haven't read my book yet, (Chasing Shadows : A paranormal primer) I would recommend you check out a copy of it for 2 reasons.
1. Because I would LOVE to get paid,
2. Because a lot of stuff I'll talk about here will probably be extensions and more details about things discussed in the book.
My goal by doing this whole thing is to try to finally answer some of mankind's oldest questions. Ghosts have been referred to in writing for literally thousands of years now, since way back in the first century A.D. ( even farther than that if you count the bible)
 People have been seeing these things for a LONG time. Supernatural happenings aren't all that uncommon either. If you haven't experienced something I will bet you that if you talk to 5 random people you'll get 3 of them that have seen SOMETHING they can't explain.
Guess what? That is WAY better odds than winning the lottery, but people still believe in that and claim not to believe in ghosts. (Well, except in Illinois, belief in the lottery has gotten a bit shaky here)
So, why do we have SUCH a hard time believing that something is going on that we don't understand? Well, the first problem goes back to when we were kids. Late at night when things are creepy and the veil between worlds thins a little, how many kids get scared and start yelling for mom and dad because there is a monster in their closet or a ghost looking at them?  Mom and dad are tired. They've been working all day, maybe they would like to spend a bit of quality time together. Mo matter, They want little Johnny or Sally to shut up and go to sleep. So they sigh, get up, walk into the room and turn the light on and then patiently look around and say "See? there's nothing in here. Go to sleep, there is no such thing as ghosts." Guess what? Kids remember that stuff. Mom and Dad can't be wrong about it, so there can't be any ghosts. Closed minds can rationalize ANYTHING.

The second problem is science. Science has advanced SO far in so many different areas that we've gotten cocky and arrogant enough to think that if our current scientific methodology can't find something, well, it just isn't there! But wait... Einstein's theory of relativity was just proven wrong.

http://www.livescience.com/50262-spooky-action-is-real.html

Oops. Maybe that total faith in our existing science has a bit of wiggle room after all? Could it be that we just aren't looking in the right places or with the right equipment? That's what I would like to find out.

So, here we are. Looking for something that, when viewed objectively, HAS to exist, based on the sheer number of people that have experienced it. (Scientific theory is based on repeatability, after all) even though the majority of the population doesn't want to believe it, science denies it, religions try to explain it with their own particular spin and no one can seem to work together to figure it out.
It should be a wild ride! I can't wait to see how the story ends.