The term “paranormal” is defined as not being in accordance with the natural or known scientific laws, or beyond the scope of scientific understanding. The suffix “-ologist” denotes an expert in a particular kind of scientific study. Combining these two, I came up with the innovative new title, “paranormalist.” When I first wrote this article in 2005 I intended to include the best paranormal investigators from around the world, however what I discovered after a great deal of research through some of the most credible sources (from the Parapsychological Association to Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints Office) is that one name excels and stands out far and above all others in such a remarkable way, it would be very remiss of me not to focus entirely on this investigator. Truly deserving of the title, “paranormalist”, Christopher Chacon is one of the world’s foremost authorities in the scientific investigation, research and exploration of the paranormal. It is because of Chacon’s extraordinary experience in-the-field and his varied professional and scientific backgrounds that lends him this unique distinction. In addition to being a trained parapsychologist, Chacon was a veteran scientific field investigator/researcher with an international scientific agency that specialized in anomalies. For nearly forty years now he has traveled to every corner of the world exploring phenomena that defies the known laws of nature and physics.
To better understand Chacon’s vast experience, let us briefly detail his incomparable background. First, there are his many years as a parapsychologist, conducting thousands of investigations into all manner of phenomena, also collaborating with some of the most prominent fellow parapsychologists in the world. A decade later, Chacon was recruited by a private scientific agency, made-up of an army of scientists, from astrophysicists to zoologists, equipped with a vast arsenal of super next-generation technology, investigating and researching phenomena around the world utilizing cutting-edge scientific methods and protocols. A dozen or so years and thousands of cases later, Chacon left the agency and has been taking-on clients and cases as an independent consultant for almost two decades now. In addition to the cases he takes-on, Chacon has participated on countless expeditions and research projects dealing with all manner of ancient and/or arcane discoveries relating to the supernatural and occult beliefs, extraterrestrial visitation and cryptids (i.e. unknown life-forms). And before all this took place, Chacon mastered the art of magic, performing internationally as a professional magician, giving him an insight into how many so-called paranormal experiences can be misperceived.
The term “paranormal” is an all-encompassing category that covers most extraordinary phenomena that is outside the normal understanding of nature and the universe. Chacon deals with every aspect of the paranormal including: hauntings and poltergeists, possessions and miracles/divine interactions, cryptid encounters, UFOs and extraterrestrial close encounters, all manner of psychic and parapsychological phenomena (i.e. clairvoyance, psychokinesis, astral projection, etc.), occult and metaphysical phenomena (i.e. witchcraft, reincarnation, black magic, etc.) and all manner of anomalous phenomena (i.e. crop circles, raining frogs, space/time distortions, etc.).
Chacon is quick to point-out that some 70% to 80% of all paranormal experiences in the world are not actually paranormal at all and have logical explanations. “The causes behind these cases fall into one or more categories, including psychological, physiological and environmental, just to name a few” Chacon says. Leaving some 20% to 30% of all experiences as authentic paranormal phenomena. Chacon adds that across the board a significant percentage of these experiences are actually being misinterpreted, “I have found case after case where the phenomena being reported turns out to be something entirely different. There are also countless cases of phenomena being reported as authentic, when in fact they are logically explainable, as well as phenomena being dismissed as explainable when they turn out to be authentic.”
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