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P.I.R.E

Illuminating The Unknown

About Me

Paranormal Investigations Research and Experimentation or P.I.R.E. for short is a small non profit (that means that we do NOT charge for our Investigative services EVER!!!) , self started Paranormal Investigational Research team who has interests in Discovering, Investigating, Exploring and Experimenting with the Paranormal and with/at "HAUNTED" places and residences.
The way P.I.R.E. is funded for our upgrades and new equipment is through unsolicited donations and through SELF FUNDING. All money that P.I.R.E. receives through those two means is directly put into our equipment and fuel for our vehicles to bring us to an investigation site and nothing else. We do not get paid for our investigations and we NEVER ask for any form of a payment for an investigation.
P.I.R.E. is located on the South Shore (South Of Boston) Massachusetts. Our small team stems from various different backgrounds, ideologies, and personal as well as religious beliefs. Each team member also brings their own knowledge and interests in certain areas as well as their personal experiences to P.I.R.E. We feel that gives us the ability to look at everything we may or may not encounter from many different aspects before forming our final analysis.
However, we do not go into a location and base our findings on feelings alone. Personal experiences only count for so much by themselves and we rely on actual captured evidence that we can show and share with the property owner(s) as documented evidence.
Our team does not use or rely on psychics or mediums. Nor do we condemn any team or group that does.
P.I.R.E. was founded in June 2006 by Michael Papile and Dana Wilson. P.I.R.E. decided to set up our myspace page in August of 2007. Our team has always shared an interest in Paranormal Activity as well as "Haunted" places. We took on Kelly O'Connell as an addtional investigator in April of 2007. P.I.R.E. decided to dedicate more time and effort in Discovering, Investigating, Exploring, and Experimenting with Paranormal Activity and "Haunted" places beyond that of a simple "hobby".
In August 2006 we posted a Myspace page to share our findings (which we do as blog entries with the place we visited, the legend/lore behind the place, our findings as well as photographs of the place, any evidence we may find, and our Final Analysis of our experiences at the place visited) and to find and connect with people who share our interest in Paranormal Activity as well as our interest in "Hauntings" and "Haunted" places.
In January 2007 we started working on our web site which is currently under construction. But feel free to check it out. Click on the picture below to visit our home page.
We also set up a separate online blog to share and archive our investigations. Please feel free to check it out.
We are always interested in Networking with other Paranormal Research and investigational people and groups. As a way to share information and to share our experiences. Fell free to contact us. We try to respond to EVERY email we receive.
P.I.R.E.'s objective is to help ease the minds of people who may be experiencing Paranormal or "haunting" activity. We approach all of our investigations from a STRICT SCIENTIFIC standpoint.
Our method of proving or disproving the legends or lore behind a suspected Paranormal or "haunted" place is through STRICT SCIENTIFIC research and experiments. We use scientific equipment such as a Sony Digital8 Camcorder, digital voice recorders, infrared thermometers, emf meters, and digital cameras in an attempt to capture potential paranormal evidence. Any evidence that we may capture on audio, video, or in photographic instances will be CAREFULLY SCRUTINIZED to determine what we may or may not have found and it will be followed up with a post investigation visit to explore every possibility. We will try to find other alternative explanations first before concluding that a person or a place is being "haunted". After our investigation is finished and we have documented our findings we will share our findings and copies of any evidence we may find with the person or owner who requested our services.
P.I.R.E. also prides itself on our promise to be absolutely discreet before, during and after any investigation or request for an investigation. In the case we are asked to investigate a PRIVATE residence we do so in STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY. We WILL NOT disclose the location, evidence, our findings or anything else about the case to anyone unless we are given permission to do so.
We show up to EVERY investigation dressed professionally. We do not come dressed all in black or dressed out of the ordinary in any way that would separate us from a clients friends or relatives visiting from "out of town". When we are called to an investigation we make sure no one knows who we are but, the client. We take every precaution so that we do not attract unwanted attention tourselves.
We are very professional and we do not cause any damage nor do we take anything from ANY site other than video and photographic evidence. We leave nothing behind at a site except for our footprints. When doing any investigation the safety and well being of our entire team is held in the utmost of importance.
When P.I.R.E. does any investigation we do it in the strictest PROFESSIONALISM possible. When doing an "OUTDOOR" investigation we do not just "trespass". We will ALWAYS attempt to get permission before doing ANY investigation.
We are always trying to stay on top of new methods of investigation as well as new tools and equipment to use during our investigation. We will NEVER go into a location using a new technique or piece of equipment without informing the property owner/owners ahead of time that we will be using something experimental.
Please check out our EXTRAS section and let us know how we could improve our site. Any location suggestions or comments you would like to share with us.
ALSO, P.I.R.E. is not now nor have we ever been a part of or "associated" with any other paranormal groups or paranormal investigative teams and we never will be.Please NOTE: All images, and logos are property of P.I.R.E. and are not to be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without P.I.R.E.'S CONSENT!!

My Interests

Discovering, Investigating, Exploring and Expirementing with Paranormal Activity as well as "Hauntings" and "Haunted" places, EVPs , photographic and/or video evidence of paranormal activities. NETWORKING with other Paranormal groups and Paranormal Research people out there.

I'd like to meet:

People who know of and the locations of "haunted " places or places of Paranormal Activity. Places located in New England. Be it Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Newhapshire or Maine. People who share our interests in the Paranormal. We would also like to meet and NETWORK with other Paranormal groups and Paranormal Research people out there.

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Q. What Does E.M.F. stand for?
A. Electro Magnetic Field
Q. What is E.M.F. Detector?
A. EMF Detector - A device that measures and detects changes in the electromagnetic field. A common device used by ghost hunters. The EMF detector is also known as a Gauss Meter or a magnetometer.
(E.M.F.) In most houses, the highest EMF readings are caused by electrical equipment. EMF meters can easily detect these energy fields around electrical equipment. For example, televisions, light bulbs, computers, and everything with electrical wiring produces artificial EMFs. It’s easy to identify these fields, since they stay constant and are always around the wiring that causes them. However, in haunted places, the EMFs found can be very different.
At a haunted location, distinct, erratic, fluctuating EMFs are commonly found. It seems these energy fields have some definite connection to the presence of ghosts. The exact nature of that connection is still a mystery. However, the anomalous fields are easy to find. Whenever you locate one, a ghost might be present, although the environmental conditions will not allow the specter to appear to the naked human senses. When you find a strange, inconsistent EMF, that’s a great time to make a photo of the area. The developed print may show an apparition. Any other type of ghost detection, be it in the visual/audio, or other realms, is usually also most successful when these strange EMFs are present.
Q. What is EVP?
A. EVP - or Electronic Voice Phenomena - is a mysterious event in which human-sounding voices from an unknown source are heard on recording tape, in radio station noise and other electronic media. Most often, EVPs have been captured on audiotape. The mysterious voices are not heard at the time of recording; it is only when the tape is played back that the voices are heard. Sometimes amplification and noise filtering is required to hear the voices. Some EVP is more easily heard and understood than others. And they vary in gender (men and women), age (women and children), tone and emotion. They usually speak in single-words, phrases and short sentences. Sometimes they are just grunts, groans, growling and other vocal noises. EVP has been recorded speaking in various languages.

My Blog

What Is Happenign With Us

Hello All,Sorry for the long absence but , with the holidays and the rather bad weather we have been mostly researching and scheduling our 2008 investigation "season".With the loss of Lincoln Park we ...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:37:00 PST

Goodbye Lincoln Park

It's sad really that North Dartmouth Massachusetts will be losing what is left of the old Lincoln Amusement Park. Co -Founder Dana Wilson and I knew they were tearing down the old park to make condos ...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:09:00 PST

Peniman Street (Private Residence)

Case: 06-111507Location: Peniman Street (Private Residence)New Bedford, Ma 02740Date: November 15, 2007I was contacted by my friend Penny regarding some strange feelings and strange stories her son wa...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:00:00 PST

Happy Holidyas and a Brief Update

Happy Holidays to everyone. I am sorry I was not able to leave holiday wishes on everyone's myspace page but, I have been uber busy between holiday preparations and spreading myself very thin between ...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:48:00 PST

A Brief Update

Hello All,I  (Mike) being co founder of P.I.R.E.wanted to inform you all just as I have informed  the team that unfortunately as November 24, 2007 Trial team member Mary Cousino is NO LONGER...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:52:00 PST

Report: Fort Revere, Hull Massachusetts

Fort Revere Hull ,MaCase: 05-110407Location: Fort revereHull, MassachusettsDate: October 31, 2007 &      November 04, 2007 Legends/Lore____________________________________...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:18:00 PST

Fort Revere, Hull Massachusetts

With tonight being Halloween P.I.R.E. founders Dana Wilson and  Michael Papile took an "informal" trip to Fort Revere in Hull, Massachusetts.After driving around aimlessly for about an hour or so...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:44:00 PST

Return To Bare Cove

On Friday Dana and myself returned with a friend of ours to Bare Cove Park in Weymouth/Hingham, Massachusetts.We spent a few hours just familiarizing ourselves with the layout of the park(s) as well a...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:18:00 PST

Back in Buisness

Dana and I were FINALLY able to check out the site of the possible next Investigation site . With the direction of a friend we were able to locate Bare Cove Park in Weymouth/Hingham Massachusetts.We h...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:17:00 PST

Overtime

Well it seems like the fates are agaisnt us getting back in to the field. We had plans to be out in the field but, with our team members working alot this summer and some mandatory overtime we have be...
Posted by P.I.R.E on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:46:00 PST