I have an entire pack of the type of gadgets you see used on TV. None of which you probably want to get your hands on… entire thing set me back a few hundred dollars.
Tape/video recorders are always a good idea. How about checking your local pawn shops for a geiger counter?
A change of underwear might come in handy. 'specially if you’ve any nervous screamy types with you …
A tricorder.(seriously. Along with action figures a toy company{IIRC Playmates} manufactured regular and medical Star Trek Next Gen tricorders. There are also numerous unnauthorized tricorder model kits available)
A multimeter
Multiple flashlights
A glow lantern(empty large soda bottle. wash out soda residue thoroughly. Cut in half along horizontal axis (one half should be tube with neck and cap on top, the other half shoul be tube with support base. Line both halves with aluminum foil. Fiddle around to find best focal point in each halve. Stick 2 or so large glow sticks through the plastic and foil so that they pass through that point. Done properly these lanterns are surprisingly bright)
Atmospheric Thermometers(I doubt that’s the word I want. I mean thermometers designed to measure air temperature as opposed to ones designed to be used orally, rectally, dermally, or aurally on humans)
Magnets- if a hidden magnet is used to make an object move, you can detect and reproduce this with magnets of your own.
I would bring a flashlight for the ghost hunt. But I woulnd’t worry about them. I would worry about vampires! You might want to bring a garlic necklace just in case!
If you were really expecting to see some ghosts, I’d be packing these:
*Chainsaw (make sure gass tank is topped off)
*Shotgun
*Machete
*2 Ammo belts for the shotgun rounds, worn criscrossed across chest
*Boots
*Jumpsuit with utility belt and load bearing harness
*Infra red/night vision goggles
*pocket knife
*Holy water
*Stakes (just in case)
*Rope
*GPS (in case you are teleported to another dimension) (Yeah they have satellites there too)
*Satellite Cell phone (make sure its fully charged)
If youre out for a good time in a supposedly Haunted house, I would take these:
*Camcorder with steady cam feature, preferably with night vision.
*A good tape recorder and a high capacity tape that can record your whole evening without having to change it. Bring 2 recorders.
*Good running shoes. heh.
*Nice war tight fitting clothes. Nothing that can get snagged.
*flash camera for still shots. Highest speed film you can afford. Make sure you camera can use the film.
*Night vision goggles if you can get them. or just use camcorder.
*Infra red and ultraviolet scanners if you can rent them.
*walkie talkies
*cell phones with headsets.
The fun in this is actually recording yourselves while having fun. So do alot of the Blair witch thing and just have a blast. Keep the “i see dead people” impersonations to a minimum. watch your step, dont ever panic and listen to the sounds. and if anybody asks if you are a god…say yes!
back to the infrared vision goggles… if a ghost produces measurable cold spots, and infrared goggles produce images based on ambient temperatures of objects, then shouldn’t they allow you to see the cold spot locations, since they’ll be noticeable because they’re, well, colder?
man, that was worded badly. take #2 –
infrared goggles produce images based on ambient temperatures of objects in the range of vision. hotter temperatures appear brighter/whiter, while colder ones are darker. therefore, if an actual, measurable cold spot (theoretically due to ghost activity) is present, the temperature-sensitivity of the infrared goggles should enable the user to “see” the location as noticeably darker than its surroundings.
not that i’m a scientist or anything. but seems like it should be true.
Bring a freshly dug skull. Ghosts are attracted to the recent dead.
Hi Jack!
This thread reminds me of a Brother Dave Gardner story. He was talking about a guy who went to spend the night in a haunted house and brought a cooler full of beer with him. He sat in the front room waiting for something to happen when a pale little man appeared in the doorway.
“Ere yew waitin’ fer John to git home?” asked the little man in a squeaky voice.
The guy says “You ain’t no ghost, you just a figment of my imagination” and threw a bottle cap at the little man and knocked him out of the doorway.
Later, a grey looking man about 3 feet tall comes to the doorway and says “Are yew waitin’ for John to git home?” The guy says “You’re just another figment of my imagination” and throws a beer bottle at the short man and knocks him out of the doorway.
Later, a shady looking feller about 7 foot tall and making heavy steps like THUMP THUMP THUMP gets to the doorway and asks in a real gutter voice “Ere yew waitin’ fer John to git home?”
The guy says “If you ain’t John, I’m gone!” and runs out.
I would suggest a 1920s-style death ray. You might need it for self-defense.
Sorry, no weapons allowed. Their banned-items list is quite similar to an airport’s. I don’t know what good a gun would do against someone who’s already dead in the first place. Unless they’re zombies. And in that case, I’m outta there anyway.
Nor are we allowed walkie-talkies. Not that my companions are going out of my sight in the first place. I’ve seen too many movies about what happens when people split up.
Where a lab coat and one of those mirror head band things. Have a stethoscope around your neck and a thermometer in your pocket. Get jewelers glasses with the built in magnifiers.
Rubber hip boots, and cut off blue jeans.
None of it will be of any use (although you may think up uses along the way) but you’ll look great and be the talk of the party.
I would also suggest enlisting Cole Sear into your service. Not all ghosts may necessarily be visible, and you’ll want someone who can see all of the dead people.
You know, that’s pretty c;ose to my normal work garb, minus the thermometer and stethescope. (I work in a museum.)
The gun isn’t to ward off ghosts, it’s to ward off fellow ghost hungers!
Back, back I say! MY ghost!
Everything you could want for a ghost hunt: