Phenomena Encountered: The Magazine Issue 7 | Page 6

grandfather’s watch, I have a certain hat that I like to wear, and my Masonic ring. In my mind those things are items that enable me to protect myself.”

Despite all these protective rituals, we all know that things can still happen and entities still are able to follow one home. I asked if anything had ever followed him home. Mr. Turner explains that he does not feel that he has had anything follow him home or anything like that. He does explain that this past June after he and the team left Waverly Hill he had a great feeling of being drained and had no energy. At first he thought that he was just tired from the investigation, but the feeling did not go away. Ten days after Waverly Hills is when he got into his car accident. He doesn’t feel that the two are related in any way. However, with the great out pour of prayers, Reiki energy, and white light sent his way after his accident he feels that if he was being oppressed, that entity is now gone due to all the energy sent to him by his friends that range from across the religious spectrum.

With his work heavily based on a more studious approach I wondered aloud if there would ever been any room for a medium or psychic to work with his team when they are working a case on location. He states that he would love to have a medium or psychic to join him and his team, however he has yet to meet a person with said abilities in his area. He would like to sit down and speak with the person before they go on location to make sure they person would be a good fit with him and his team. He would embrace that opportunity if it were ever arise.

Mr. Turner is the real deal and a driving force in the paranormal field. His passion and commitment to his work in the field is inspirational figure in his own right. Speaking with him and how he carries himself and his team during investigations is fascinating to me. I do hope that he writes more books for the field. Namely a text book if you will on paranormal investigation in all is incarnates. I feel that his background in criminal justice has helped shape how he goes about his work. Although he didn’t himself make the analogy, I found myself comparing his techniques in going into a case very much so how one would go about going into a crime scene investigation. We did speak some about how cryptic hunters could make sure that they use latex gloves to make sure they do not contaminate any hair or other possible evidence that they find with their own DNA. After we ended our conversation I was left wondering if going into these cases in a more intellectual manner could help gain some respect from the laymen. Although investigating the paranormal can and is a very spiritual experience, those who are not in the field would not and could not understand that; that a more crime scene investigation approach would help develop the field more in the future.