The Boo Buddy

Quite possibly one of the most anticipated new paranormal items in 2014 is the Ghost Stop Boo Buddy. The use of a bear for communication was first seen a few year's ago on the Show Ghost Adventures. After the show, I immediately had to get my hands on this investigation tool. After an email to the designer, Gary Galka, with a despite plea to buy one ended empty handed, we had to wait for the gang from Ghost Stop finally got it done. It began last year with the first Boo Bear (which is now Boo Bear Jr.) to the newest release of the new Boo Bear, and boy does this thing have potential!

Let's start with the basics, it has ability to detect motion, emf, temp, and vibration, which is great, but it may but the home run for this item is something else, IT TALKS! This bear has the capability to ask a series of questions, respond to changes in on any of it's sensors, and alert you to activity going on around the bear.="" span="" the="">

Ghost Stop has just started producing these bears as of October 2014. Find out more about the Boo Bear and Boo Bear Jr. at boobuddy.com. My team is eagerly waiting for delivery of our Boo Bear, and will pass along any results that we get.

Price: $149.95 for Boo Bear (shipping will put it near $170). Boo Bear Jr. is down to $99.95 but lacks the motion, vibration, and temp sensors. Both available at Ghoststop.com
 

Full Spectrum Head Mount POV Camera

It was just a few weeks ago when I was thinking to myself, man it would be nice to have a Full Spectrum POV camera! Ta-da! Just recently out for purchase, the Full Spectrum POV Camera. And if you think that the video might be a little questionable, check it out in action! This camera is a full 1080p HD camera with an on-board light for use in complete darkness. The battery in it can run a full 4 hours and it can hold a 32gb card which will easily give you over 3 hours of recording time. This camera also has built in audio capabilities that record audio when the video is recording. It has an easy to reach button for hitting record as well.

There are a couple different places that have this available right now including The Ghost Hunters Store as well as Gotcha Ghosts. Honestly, for what you are getting, the price is a little too high. Currently Sony nightshot HD cameras on amazon are going for less then this is but they, of course, are not full spectrum. But the convenience of having this POV camera could out weigh the cost. By the way, I have done some extensive searching for POV cameras online and have come up short. This product is for sure unique and it would be hard, if not impossible, to find something similiar.

Price: $360-$369 

The Autographer Camera

Wow! That is all I can say about the potential of this camera in the world of the paranormal. The Autographer is the all-in-one camera for investigators. This camera has five built in sensors that when active will trigger the camera to take a picture. The triggers include location, motion, color, light, and temperature. It's unclear if you can preset the triggers or not but it snaps photo's at 5mp and has 8 gig on-board storage!

I will be honest with you. If this camera has the capabilities that is being talked about this could be a game changer for the world of the paranormal. Just think, you could have a room with an ambient temperature of 71 degrees, you set it to shoot pictures, say under 50 degrees and over 90 degrees, it could potentially start snapping shots of those cold spots or hot spots in a room! The possibilities for this camera are endless!

The OMG Pic company is looking at a November release for this product in the UK. No word yet when It may be available in the States. There are a few websites talking about this from a non-paranormal stand including Discovery News and Engadget.

Price: $650 on release. Expect it to go down after a few months.

HTO Detection System

Trigger objects have become more and more a norm for the paranormal community but when a trigger object is used to get a response from an entity you would have to put a camera on the object to be able to tell if it has been moved. What if the entity doesn't move it but still plays with it? That's where the Haunted Trigger Object Detection System comes in. All you need to do is use the alligator clip and attach it to an object that is metal (toy train, jacks, etc.). It works off of static electricity and is fairly sensitive. The gang at Vortex Ghost Gear created this item which comes in different colors. Make sure to check out there website and watch the demo of this item.

Price: $135 plus shipping

Electric Charge Detector

Ever had the hair on your neck stand up at an investigation? Ever wondered if there was a piece of equipment that measures that? Well wonder no more, the Electric Charge Detector is an electronic version of a electroscope which can measure voltage. The detector responds to the movement of positive and negative electrical charges. When a negative charge moves towards the detector the LED will turn off and then turn back on when the charge moves away. When a positive charge moves towards the detector the LED brightens and then will turn off when it moves away.

On the developers website they discuss how this detector was able to pick up the static charge of a plastic bag 10 feet away from the detector!

Price: Expect this item to be in the $60 range and will be available for purchase in just a few weeks. My group (Paranormal Task Force) received one from P.O.S.T to test run.  We have an investigation coming up this weekend and will be using it at that time so we will let you know if we have any luck with it.

To find out more information you can check out there website.

Thermal Sense Resuable Pad

Forget the baby powder, here's the new way to get visual evidence of the paranormal. This is a multi degree ghost pad. The Pad will be purple at temperatures below 57 degrees then turning red/pink at temperatures between 57 to 87 degrees. Above 87 degrees and the pad will turn white. Great news about this is that the pad is large (12x18) and cheap! This product is on Amazon right now and can be used right out of the box. Easy to clean too, soap and water will take care of it.

Price: $27.00

Paranormal Ion Generator

 

The use of Ion generating machines have become more and more popular in paranormal communities as a sort of way to "juice" up potential entities at a location. If you are not familiar with the possible association between Ion's and the paranormal here is a little snip-it from a book that I am currently working on about ghost weather:

"Any time that water is displaced it releases negative hydrogen ions into the atmosphere. An ion is simple just and atom or a subatomic particle that has a net electrical charge. Displacement of this atom during such things like waves in the water, water crashing on a beach, waterfalls or even evaporation of water will take that atom and turn it into a negative hydrogen ion. The electrical charge that is created during this displacement could theoretically be used by an entity. If an entity can use this energy, which is becoming widely believed by the paranormal community, this becomes a potentially huge benefit for investigators."

Another example of the affects of Ions can be seen in the shower, yep, the shower! Research has shown that people are happier when they are taking a shower. Why? Moving water creates negative ions that our body absorbs. It creates (for lack of better words) an upper for our body! That's why people like singing in the shower. 

Negative Ion Generators are widely available (even at Walmart) and can be used in normal everyday use in your home. There are special paranormal related ion generators that are available for purchase like this one on Ebay.

A word of caution with the use of this product. Although these products say the produce Ion's it may be in your best interest to also purchase an ion detector for your arsenal. This will insure that the product you purchased actually produces ions and it can also be used to detect pre-existing ions in your location.

Price: Varies. Non-paranormal equipment can be as low as $20. Generators specifically made for paranormal application typically range in the $250 range.