I was having a discussion with my son-in-law and the subject of the paranormal and paranormal investigations came up. Now my son-in-law doesn't believe in the paranormal and I think that to be a good paranormal investigator you either believe or don't believe. Let me explain my reasons behind this.
If you have had a paranormal experience then you usually are a believer and want to investigate what happened or the sources behind it. You will use all the tools at your disposal to try to prove the existence of the paranormal. As a good investigator you will not tamper with the evidence to prove the existence of the paranormal or supernatural. I tend to follow the path set forward by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (T.A.P.S.), when they go on an investigation the first thing they try to do is debunk the claims. The evidence they cannot debunk is then used to prove the existence of the paranormal. Sometimes they cannot prove or disprove a haunting and will tell the client so when they talk to them. Jason even went so far as to admit that not all active locations can be considered haunted.
If you are a non-believer than you either never believed or never had an experience. These folks will usually be more dillegent while reviewing evidence and try to disprove a haunting. I would want a non-believer on my team just for that reason.
So what are you a believer or a non-believer. Leave a comment below and let me know. I really want to know.
You have made some really great points, either being skeptic or having had an experiance but still looking at it from a scientific standpoint is very important.
Have seen people who are so desparate to have an experiance they tell themselves that what they have seen or heard was paranormal but in the end turns out to paranormal, less the PARA, meaning NORMAL.