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Paranormal Invention in Motion
By Sonoran Paranormal Investigations

(ARIZONA) Obtaining quality audio and video evidence is a prime responsibility of any great investigator. But there is a new device that has the capability to go where no other investigator can…literally. Under houses, tight spots in basements, crawl spaces, attics, or any other location that a human body can’t access. What is this extraordinary piece of equipment that has investigators and researchers so intrigued? It is the multi-terrain camera or MTC.

The remote control tank was designed by Paul Bradford, the co-founder of Sonoran Paranormal Investigations (SPI), to delve into places where the paranormal investigator can’t get to. It also contains a safety aspect since there could be much more than just spirits lurking in these confined spaces (snakes, rats, skunks and other nasty live critters).

This piece of equipment, designed for the paranormal community, has the following upgrades:

IR Extender/Strobe/Beacon - From the first run Paul found that he required better and clearer illumination in pitch black conditions. In addition to the IR Extender, the light has a setting that turns it into a strobe and has a number of different flashing light patterns.

Camera on/off switch - Originally the camera powered on as soon as a battery was connected, on that basis Paul was losing valuable battery power while the MTC was not in use or waiting.

Flexible Antenna — The original upgrade was a large three foot antenna, which if Paul wanted to use the MTC in a crawl space, he would have limited head room. Therefore he needed something that would cope with limited space.

3V Power Boost (Camera) — This is another camera quality upgrade. Now the camera has the option to run 9V, 10.5V or 12V giving better quality image and a further distance of video feed.

Spring Suspension — Under the camera lens housing is a spring, used to reduce wobble/vibration of the image while the camera is in motion.

Vocal Communication – Built-in is a walkie talkie receiver so that the tank can go into a location and the person monitoring can also attempt to get responses by asking EVP questions.

Turret — Rotates 270 degrees giving the viewer the ability to monitor an entire area while the tank remains in one spot.

Other equipment that Paul has designed for paranormal investigators includes the Infrared (IR) Strobe. When used in conjunction with infrared cameras, the strobe may capture any fast moving activity in a darkened room. The strobe has been picked up by many paranormal teams in the USA and internationally, as well as being used by Barry Fitzgerald of Sci-If channel‘s Ghost Hunters International.

A never ending hobby, Paul is already working on an upcoming invention called the “Ultra Night Shot” — a combination camcorder/night vision camera that will also act as a night scope.

“There still only a handful of tools specifically for the use of ghost hunting, what we do is take a device or object intended for something else and adapt it to our need. This tool that I’ve built is specifically for Ghost Hunting.” Bradford explains regarding the applications for his device.

Paul is continuously striving for connections with other than just spirits. His other achievements within the paranormal field include being the technical writer for a paranormal magazine, host of an Internet radio show called “Parazona Blog Radio” and has few other radio shows where he hosts a technical segment. In addition, he is an assistant coordinator of the International Paranormal Investigators (IPI). His team, Sonoran Paranormal Investigations, Inc. is part of the TAPS family network.
Paul also founded Creepy Hollow: Ghost Hunting Gear (www.creepyhollowgear.com), a place where others with the same passion as he, could purchase tools and experimental equipment without paying an arm and a leg — “By Ghost Hunters for Ghost Hunters.”
For more information on the multi-terrain wireless vehicle or other inventions, visit www.creepyhollowgear.com.

For more about SPI, check out the Web site at www.sonoranparanormalinvestigations.org.

About SPI: Sonoran Paranormal Investigations, a proud member of the TAPS family, is a paranormal investigation group located in and serving the state of Arizona. We have members from Flagstaff to Tucson and we are able to meet the needs of families and businesses throughout the entire state. Unlike many groups in the field, SPI does not adhere to an “investigate and forget” mindset. Rather an investigate, correlate, analyze and theorize mindset making SPI true members of the scientific community.

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