Paranormal Activity

Auburn team chases ghosts, spirits - Aurburn Reporter

Vacknitz works his way through the museum’s main display rooms, measuring electromagnetic fields for anomalies.

“We always break out the EMF detector first,” he says.

In addition to measuring the electrical energy that might be put out by a spirit or ghost, Vacknitz explains, high levels of electromagnetic energy, such as that given off by old electrical wiring, often can have an effect on human perception.

“The human body has reactions to high EMFs and people susceptible to high levels,” Vacknitz says. “They can cause headaches or nausea or even hallucinations.”