Dan
      Valkos
      -
      Ghost
      Hunter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      S.
      Clow
     
    
   
   
    
     
      On
      the
      evening,
      of
      November
      the
      first,
      I
      entered
      the
     
     
      Barn
      with
      great
      expectations
      of
      electrifying
      ghost
     
     
      stories
      that
      would
      give
      me
      nightmares
      for
      at
      least
     
     
      a
      month.
      I
      was
      going
      to
      see
      Dan
      Valkos
      -
      the
      ghost
     
     
      hunter.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Needless
      to
      say,
      Dan
      didn’t
      tell
      ghost
      stories
      that
     
     
      would
      induce
      nightmares,
      but
      he
      did
      have
      lots
      to
      say
     
     
      about
      ghosts.
      Mr.
      Valkos
      assured
      the
      audience
      that
     
     
      ghosts
      aren’t
      harmful.
      In
      most
      cases,
      Mr.
      Valkos
     
     
      explained,
      ghosts
      are
      just
      pictures
      of
      the
      past.
      They
     
     
      are
      certain
      incidences
      which
      have
      already
      taken
     
     
      place
      and
      may
      continue
      to
      "happen"
      repeatedly.
      For
     
     
      example,
      he
      told
      the
      audience
      of
      one
      particular
     
     
      "picture
      of
      the
      past"
      in
      which
      a
      lady
      would
      walk
     
     
      across
      a’
      hallway
      in
      a
      house
      at
      same
      time
      every
     
     
      night.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mr.
      Valkos,
      also
      talked
      of
      ghosts
      which
      are
      bound
     
     
      to
      the
      earth
      by
      intense
      feclings
      whether
      it
      be
      love,
     
     
      hate
      or
      guilt.
      He
      spoke
      of
      an
      example
      where
      a
     
     
      young
      person
      might
      have
      intense
      feelings
      of
      guilt
     
     
      after
      having
      committed
      suicide.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      third
      type
      of
      ghost
      which
      Mr.
      Valkos
     
     
      mentioned
      was
      that
      of
      a
      living
      person.
      Some
      of
      us
     
     
      may
      have
      experienced
      astral
      projection,
      the
      body
     
     
      without
      a
      soul
      is
      technically
      dead,
      until
      the
      soul
     
     
      returns
      to
      the
      body.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Over
      the
      years,
      Dan
      Valkos
      has
      been
      in
      over
      400
     
     
      haunted
      houses.
      Mr.
      Valkos
      listened
      three
      reasons
     
     
      why
      people
      will
      haunt
      a
      house.
      Some
      people
      just
     
     
      don’t
      want
      to
      leave.
      Others
      don’t
      realize
      that
      they’re
     
     
      dead,
      and
      some
      even
      feel
      guilty
      because
      they
      may
     
     
      have
      done
      something
      like
      commit
      suicide.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      was
      another
      very
      interesting
      topic
      which
      Mr.
     
     
      Valkos
      covered
      -
      it
      was
      poltergeist
      activity.
      He
     
     
      explained
      that
      slamming
      doors
      or
      the
      like
      are
      not
     
     
      always
      done
      by
      ghosts
      as
      a
      person
      might
      suspect,
     
     
      but
      by
      the
      unconscious,
      uncontrolled
      release
      of
     
     
      energy
      of
      a
      person.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dan
      explained
      that
      these
      were
      releases
      of
      telekinitic
     
     
      energy,
      and
      that
      the
      person
      who
      is
      releasing
      these
     
     
      energies
      is
      usually
      not
      aware
      of
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      of
      the
      things
      that
      Dan
      Valkos
      does
      not
     
     
      believe
      in
      include:
      demons,
      possession,
      and
      Ouija
     
     
      boards.
      When
      we
      use
      Ouija
      boards,
      the
      information
     
     
      supposedly
      comes
      from
      our
      own
      psychic
      minds,
     
     
      according
      to
      Mr.
      Valkos.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      know
      that
      a
      lot
      of
      the
      ideas
      that
      were
      presented
     
     
      by
      Dan
      Valkos
      are
      hard
      to
      swallow,
      but
      he
      certainly
     
     
      seemed
      to
      believe
      in
      what
      he
      was
      talking
      about.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ’
      To
      sum
      up,
      Id
      like
      to
      include
      that
      Mr.
      Valkos
      is
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      psychic
      as
      well
      as
      an
      author.
      He
      teaches
      psychic
     
     
      development
      classes
      and
      has
      given
      lectures
      at
     
     
      numerous
      campuses.
      So,
      all
      in
      all,
      he’s
      a
      well-
     
     
      rounded
      person.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      FAR
      SIDE
      By
      GARY
      LARSON
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ee
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      The
      UPEI
      X-Press
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      8,
      1990