<\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\nWhen two security officers discovered a shared interest in the unexplained, they formed an investigation team. Since 2006, Paranormal Wales has been operated by Christopher Rees and Richard Oliver, aged 27 and 36 respectively.<\/p>\nWhat comes across with the pair is the warmth of their friendship and the trust they have in each other. They\u2019re physically similar, both built with the strength you\u2019d want from two security officers, but their personalities are also synchronised. Richard grew up with a family background in mediumship, while Christopher spent his childhood obsessed with UFOs.<\/p>\n\u201cI used to watch The X-Files<\/em> when I was growing up,\u201d Christopher says. He laughs when asked if Richard is his Scully. \u201cSomething like that.\u201d<\/p>\nThe pair first met when they had a job protecting bus conductors in Newport for the same security company. \u201cWe used to talk about the unexplained and found it fascinating,\u201d remembers Christopher. \u201cAs time went by, we ended up working in empty buildings \u2013 and that\u2019s when things started happening.\u201d<\/p>\nThey can now be contacted to investigate any suspicions of ghostly activity, which they check using special apparatus. Their equipment includes an EMF detector (to measure any unnaturally high levels of electromagnetic fields), a laser thermometer (to see if any force breaks the beam of light) and a video camera (to document as much as possible).<\/p>\n\u201cNever do it on your own,\u201d advises Richard. \u201cIf something happens, everyone has to take your word for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAlso for health and safety,\u201d adds Christopher. \u201cYou panic, you might hurt yourself, and people don\u2019t believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0\u201cWith the EMF detector, we find that some people are sensitive to electromagnetic fields,\u201d says Richard. If there\u2019s a particularly high reading with no simple explanation? \u201cWhatever\u2019s left must be paranormal \u2013 and then I use my mediumship.\u201d Does he know who these spirits are? \u201cFor some of them, when they die, it\u2019s such a shock, they don\u2019t realise they\u2019re dead. Others want to check on their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThey\u2019re people who have the ability to come back,\u201d says Christopher. \u201cWhy do they keep visiting us?\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cYou could ask 100 people if this world is messed up and they\u2019ll all say yes,\u201d says Richard. \u00a0\u201cIf the spirit world is coming to us, imagine what\u2019s going on there.\u201d He explains that he once saw the ghost of an unattended five-year-old girl. \u201cIn this world, at least we have childcare, but they don\u2019t seem to have any of it.\u201d<\/p>\nRichard\u2019s wife is less of a fan, especially as, unlike Christopher, he considers himself to be a medium. He explains, \u201cShe doesn\u2019t like it because it frightens her.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIt frightens me!\u201d interjects Christopher.<\/p>\nRichard believes he\u2019s less afraid than Christopher because of his ability to communicate with the spirits. He says, \u201cThere were psychics on both sides of my family, so maybe it\u2019s passed on.\u201d\u00a0 He has a seven-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son, but he hasn\u2019t told them about his gift. \u201cMy boy\u2019s a bit curious about the paranormal, but I try to keep them away from it because they\u2019re so young.\u201d<\/p>\nChristopher believes the catalyst for Paranormal Wales was when they were guarding an empty retirement home in a 17-hour shift that started at 4pm. \u201cWe heard a noise around 2am, but there nobody in the building,\u201d he says. \u201cSo we thought we\u2019d experiment.\u201d They jammed a brush behind a radiator in the hallway, then left it for a few minutes. \u201cWhen we came back, it was tucked neatly in the corner. We didn\u2019t hear it move. We panicked and checked all the rooms, but there was no one there. Nobody could have got in because the place was locked down with CCTV.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe camera was facing away from the brush,\u201d adds Richard, shaking his head regretfully.<\/p>\n\u201cI felt as if I\u2019d walked into something I\u2019d never felt in my life,\u201d says Christopher, getting very animated with his hand gestures. \u201cThere was a whooshing sound that made my ears go pop, as if an invisible person was running past. I nearly collapsed, and it hit the brush \u2013 I ran screaming. But when we got back, the brush was nowhere near where it was.\u201d They both laugh. \u201cI thought we were going to be beaten up by a brush.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0\u201cAfter that, I did another experiment,\u201d says Richard. \u201cI whistled an old tune, and it finished it. I asked it to whistle it back, and it finished the song.\u201d<\/p>\nHowever, the damage can linger beyond these investigations. After one particular experience, Richard found himself infected with negative energy from a spirit. \u201cIt was from this horrible, negative boy,\u201d he shudders. \u201cAfter I saw him, this thing \u2013 I just had it.\u201d It took over him for two days. \u201cMy wife couldn\u2019t believe it. I was in a shopping centre and I was racist to someone. I\u2019m the most anti-racist person in the world.\u201d Chris nods. \u201cBut it took over me. The next day, I was driving my wife and kids to the Breacon Beacons. Someone tried to overtake me, but I opened the door and took a swing at him. On the third day, I could feel it lifting. The things I was doing \u2013 I just had no idea I was doing them.\u201d<\/p>\nIronically, Christopher admits his biggest phobia is if he was to ever witness a spirit. He confesses, \u201cI\u2019m researching it, but I\u2019m really scared of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI had a terrible phobia of spiders,\u201d says Richard. \u201cBut that stopped with meditation.\u201d His daily sessions suggest he is at one with his spirituality. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of The Bible or any of those books. I just believe there\u2019s a God who\u2019s trying to give us a message \u2013 we ought to listen to it a bit more. I also believe in ancient astronauts and extraterrestrials. You have to find a way to make science and religion fit together.\u201d<\/p>\nIt\u2019s clear that the pair are driven not only by a close friendship, but an obsession with the unknown. \u201cWe don\u2019t charge for the service because we\u2019re not in it for the money,\u201d insists Christopher, then laughs quietly to himself. \u201cThe equipment\u2019s not cheap, so it\u2019s quite an expensive hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s something strange in your neighbourhood, who are you going to call? Nick Chen meets the two men behind Paranormal Wales When two security officers discovered a shared interest in the unexplained, they formed an investigation team. Since 2006, Paranormal Wales has been operated by Christopher Rees and Richard Oliver, aged 27 and 36 respectively. What comes across with the pair is the warmth of their friendship and the trust they have in each other. 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When two security officers discovered a shared interest in the unexplained, they formed an investigation team. Since 2006, Paranormal Wales has been operated by Christopher Rees and Richard Oliver, aged 27 and 36 respectively.<\/p>\n
What comes across with the pair is the warmth of their friendship and the trust they have in each other. They\u2019re physically similar, both built with the strength you\u2019d want from two security officers, but their personalities are also synchronised. Richard grew up with a family background in mediumship, while Christopher spent his childhood obsessed with UFOs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI used to watch The X-Files<\/em> when I was growing up,\u201d Christopher says. He laughs when asked if Richard is his Scully. \u201cSomething like that.\u201d<\/p>\nThe pair first met when they had a job protecting bus conductors in Newport for the same security company. \u201cWe used to talk about the unexplained and found it fascinating,\u201d remembers Christopher. \u201cAs time went by, we ended up working in empty buildings \u2013 and that\u2019s when things started happening.\u201d<\/p>\nThey can now be contacted to investigate any suspicions of ghostly activity, which they check using special apparatus. Their equipment includes an EMF detector (to measure any unnaturally high levels of electromagnetic fields), a laser thermometer (to see if any force breaks the beam of light) and a video camera (to document as much as possible).<\/p>\n\u201cNever do it on your own,\u201d advises Richard. \u201cIf something happens, everyone has to take your word for it.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cAlso for health and safety,\u201d adds Christopher. \u201cYou panic, you might hurt yourself, and people don\u2019t believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0\u201cWith the EMF detector, we find that some people are sensitive to electromagnetic fields,\u201d says Richard. If there\u2019s a particularly high reading with no simple explanation? \u201cWhatever\u2019s left must be paranormal \u2013 and then I use my mediumship.\u201d Does he know who these spirits are? \u201cFor some of them, when they die, it\u2019s such a shock, they don\u2019t realise they\u2019re dead. Others want to check on their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThey\u2019re people who have the ability to come back,\u201d says Christopher. \u201cWhy do they keep visiting us?\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cYou could ask 100 people if this world is messed up and they\u2019ll all say yes,\u201d says Richard. \u00a0\u201cIf the spirit world is coming to us, imagine what\u2019s going on there.\u201d He explains that he once saw the ghost of an unattended five-year-old girl. \u201cIn this world, at least we have childcare, but they don\u2019t seem to have any of it.\u201d<\/p>\nRichard\u2019s wife is less of a fan, especially as, unlike Christopher, he considers himself to be a medium. He explains, \u201cShe doesn\u2019t like it because it frightens her.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIt frightens me!\u201d interjects Christopher.<\/p>\nRichard believes he\u2019s less afraid than Christopher because of his ability to communicate with the spirits. He says, \u201cThere were psychics on both sides of my family, so maybe it\u2019s passed on.\u201d\u00a0 He has a seven-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son, but he hasn\u2019t told them about his gift. \u201cMy boy\u2019s a bit curious about the paranormal, but I try to keep them away from it because they\u2019re so young.\u201d<\/p>\nChristopher believes the catalyst for Paranormal Wales was when they were guarding an empty retirement home in a 17-hour shift that started at 4pm. \u201cWe heard a noise around 2am, but there nobody in the building,\u201d he says. \u201cSo we thought we\u2019d experiment.\u201d They jammed a brush behind a radiator in the hallway, then left it for a few minutes. \u201cWhen we came back, it was tucked neatly in the corner. We didn\u2019t hear it move. We panicked and checked all the rooms, but there was no one there. Nobody could have got in because the place was locked down with CCTV.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe camera was facing away from the brush,\u201d adds Richard, shaking his head regretfully.<\/p>\n\u201cI felt as if I\u2019d walked into something I\u2019d never felt in my life,\u201d says Christopher, getting very animated with his hand gestures. \u201cThere was a whooshing sound that made my ears go pop, as if an invisible person was running past. I nearly collapsed, and it hit the brush \u2013 I ran screaming. But when we got back, the brush was nowhere near where it was.\u201d They both laugh. \u201cI thought we were going to be beaten up by a brush.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0\u201cAfter that, I did another experiment,\u201d says Richard. \u201cI whistled an old tune, and it finished it. I asked it to whistle it back, and it finished the song.\u201d<\/p>\nHowever, the damage can linger beyond these investigations. After one particular experience, Richard found himself infected with negative energy from a spirit. \u201cIt was from this horrible, negative boy,\u201d he shudders. \u201cAfter I saw him, this thing \u2013 I just had it.\u201d It took over him for two days. \u201cMy wife couldn\u2019t believe it. I was in a shopping centre and I was racist to someone. I\u2019m the most anti-racist person in the world.\u201d Chris nods. \u201cBut it took over me. The next day, I was driving my wife and kids to the Breacon Beacons. Someone tried to overtake me, but I opened the door and took a swing at him. On the third day, I could feel it lifting. The things I was doing \u2013 I just had no idea I was doing them.\u201d<\/p>\nIronically, Christopher admits his biggest phobia is if he was to ever witness a spirit. He confesses, \u201cI\u2019m researching it, but I\u2019m really scared of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cI had a terrible phobia of spiders,\u201d says Richard. \u201cBut that stopped with meditation.\u201d His daily sessions suggest he is at one with his spirituality. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of The Bible or any of those books. I just believe there\u2019s a God who\u2019s trying to give us a message \u2013 we ought to listen to it a bit more. I also believe in ancient astronauts and extraterrestrials. You have to find a way to make science and religion fit together.\u201d<\/p>\nIt\u2019s clear that the pair are driven not only by a close friendship, but an obsession with the unknown. \u201cWe don\u2019t charge for the service because we\u2019re not in it for the money,\u201d insists Christopher, then laughs quietly to himself. \u201cThe equipment\u2019s not cheap, so it\u2019s quite an expensive hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s something strange in your neighbourhood, who are you going to call? Nick Chen meets the two men behind Paranormal Wales When two security officers discovered a shared interest in the unexplained, they formed an investigation team. Since 2006, Paranormal Wales has been operated by Christopher Rees and Richard Oliver, aged 27 and 36 respectively. What comes across with the pair is the warmth of their friendship and the trust they have in each other. 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The pair first met when they had a job protecting bus conductors in Newport for the same security company. \u201cWe used to talk about the unexplained and found it fascinating,\u201d remembers Christopher. \u201cAs time went by, we ended up working in empty buildings \u2013 and that\u2019s when things started happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
They can now be contacted to investigate any suspicions of ghostly activity, which they check using special apparatus. Their equipment includes an EMF detector (to measure any unnaturally high levels of electromagnetic fields), a laser thermometer (to see if any force breaks the beam of light) and a video camera (to document as much as possible).<\/p>\n
\u201cNever do it on your own,\u201d advises Richard. \u201cIf something happens, everyone has to take your word for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso for health and safety,\u201d adds Christopher. \u201cYou panic, you might hurt yourself, and people don\u2019t believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWith the EMF detector, we find that some people are sensitive to electromagnetic fields,\u201d says Richard. If there\u2019s a particularly high reading with no simple explanation? \u201cWhatever\u2019s left must be paranormal \u2013 and then I use my mediumship.\u201d Does he know who these spirits are? \u201cFor some of them, when they die, it\u2019s such a shock, they don\u2019t realise they\u2019re dead. Others want to check on their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re people who have the ability to come back,\u201d says Christopher. \u201cWhy do they keep visiting us?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could ask 100 people if this world is messed up and they\u2019ll all say yes,\u201d says Richard. \u00a0\u201cIf the spirit world is coming to us, imagine what\u2019s going on there.\u201d He explains that he once saw the ghost of an unattended five-year-old girl. \u201cIn this world, at least we have childcare, but they don\u2019t seem to have any of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richard\u2019s wife is less of a fan, especially as, unlike Christopher, he considers himself to be a medium. He explains, \u201cShe doesn\u2019t like it because it frightens her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt frightens me!\u201d interjects Christopher.<\/p>\n
Richard believes he\u2019s less afraid than Christopher because of his ability to communicate with the spirits. He says, \u201cThere were psychics on both sides of my family, so maybe it\u2019s passed on.\u201d\u00a0 He has a seven-year-old daughter and a 14-year-old son, but he hasn\u2019t told them about his gift. \u201cMy boy\u2019s a bit curious about the paranormal, but I try to keep them away from it because they\u2019re so young.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christopher believes the catalyst for Paranormal Wales was when they were guarding an empty retirement home in a 17-hour shift that started at 4pm. \u201cWe heard a noise around 2am, but there nobody in the building,\u201d he says. \u201cSo we thought we\u2019d experiment.\u201d They jammed a brush behind a radiator in the hallway, then left it for a few minutes. \u201cWhen we came back, it was tucked neatly in the corner. We didn\u2019t hear it move. We panicked and checked all the rooms, but there was no one there. Nobody could have got in because the place was locked down with CCTV.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe camera was facing away from the brush,\u201d adds Richard, shaking his head regretfully.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt as if I\u2019d walked into something I\u2019d never felt in my life,\u201d says Christopher, getting very animated with his hand gestures. \u201cThere was a whooshing sound that made my ears go pop, as if an invisible person was running past. I nearly collapsed, and it hit the brush \u2013 I ran screaming. But when we got back, the brush was nowhere near where it was.\u201d They both laugh. \u201cI thought we were going to be beaten up by a brush.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cAfter that, I did another experiment,\u201d says Richard. \u201cI whistled an old tune, and it finished it. I asked it to whistle it back, and it finished the song.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the damage can linger beyond these investigations. After one particular experience, Richard found himself infected with negative energy from a spirit. \u201cIt was from this horrible, negative boy,\u201d he shudders. \u201cAfter I saw him, this thing \u2013 I just had it.\u201d It took over him for two days. \u201cMy wife couldn\u2019t believe it. I was in a shopping centre and I was racist to someone. I\u2019m the most anti-racist person in the world.\u201d Chris nods. \u201cBut it took over me. The next day, I was driving my wife and kids to the Breacon Beacons. Someone tried to overtake me, but I opened the door and took a swing at him. On the third day, I could feel it lifting. The things I was doing \u2013 I just had no idea I was doing them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ironically, Christopher admits his biggest phobia is if he was to ever witness a spirit. He confesses, \u201cI\u2019m researching it, but I\u2019m really scared of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a terrible phobia of spiders,\u201d says Richard. \u201cBut that stopped with meditation.\u201d His daily sessions suggest he is at one with his spirituality. \u201cI\u2019m not a fan of The Bible or any of those books. I just believe there\u2019s a God who\u2019s trying to give us a message \u2013 we ought to listen to it a bit more. I also believe in ancient astronauts and extraterrestrials. You have to find a way to make science and religion fit together.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s clear that the pair are driven not only by a close friendship, but an obsession with the unknown. \u201cWe don\u2019t charge for the service because we\u2019re not in it for the money,\u201d insists Christopher, then laughs quietly to himself. \u201cThe equipment\u2019s not cheap, so it\u2019s quite an expensive hobby.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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