PSI of Oregon - Bill Brimer

PSI of Oregon - Bill Brimer: Senior Investigator/Tech Development

Bill returned to North Bend after a fourteen year absence when he retired. He has had a lifelong interest in the paranormal and has never been afraid of research, book or field. Over the years he has studied the worlds of paranormal and cryptozoology, but has ended up with a focus on the aspect of life after death. He has always been very particular about what he accepts as evidence of the paranormal, which has frequently put him at odds with others. He met the members of PSI a few years ago and began listening and learning from them. He has enjoyed his membership with PSI because within the team he has found kindred spirits. Since becoming a member of PSI, Bill credits the membership with increasing his ability to skeptically review evidence.

Bill enjoys tinkering and has worked on a some ideas with the team in enhance the usability of some of the equipment and is never embarrassed to say, "I don't know" and pass the question onto someone with a better knowledge than him.

Bill's motto about PSI when he explains who they are to interested people is, "We are not ghost hunters. We look for answers." Bill also explains to people that paranormal events are extremely rare and very hard to capture. If they weren't extremely rare, they would have identified, analyzed and catalogued and would be normal, not paranormal.

Bill looks forward to working with PSI to assist people who believe that they are experiencing abnormal events. "Helping a client find the source of their experiences, whether the source is mundane or paranormal, is the reason we are here."

You can visit Bill on Facebook and Twitter by following the link below.

The concept of a ghost, also known as a specter, is based on the ancient idea that a person's spirit exists separately from his or her body, and may continue to exist after that person dies.

In the first century A.D., the great Roman author and statesman Pliny the Younger recorded one of the first notable ghost stories in his letters, which became famous for their vivid account of life during the heyday of the Roman Empire. Pliny reported that the specter of an old man with a long beard, rattling chains, was haunting his house in Athens. The Greek writer Lucian and Pliny's fellow Roman Plautus also wrote memorable ghost stories.

Centuries later, in 856 A.D., the first poltergeist--a ghost that causes physical disturbances such as loud noises or objects falling or being thrown around--was reported at a farmhouse in Germany. The poltergeist tormented the family living there by throwing stones and starting fires, among other things.

America's own rich tradition of historical ghosts begins with one of its most illustrious founding fathers: Benjamin Franklin. Beginning in the late 19th century, Franklin's ghost was seen near the library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; some reports held that the statue of Franklin in front of the society comes to life and dances in the streets.