KAUKAUNA, WI (WTAQ)- Most people are familiar with the movie Ghostbusters from the 1980’s; a team of scientists join together to battle the supernatural in an effort to save New York City.
Well, it’s not quite as exciting or glamorous as the movie but a local group of paranormal enthusiasts are just as excited to examine the unknown in Northeast Wisconsin.
David Kedzior and Dee Viotto are members of the Kaukauana Paranormal Research Team.
They, among several others, help those affected by what could be paranormal activity.
They document the activity and educate the public on the paranormal, according to their mission statement.
But what exactly IS the paranormal?
“I understand the paranormal to be anything that’s not normal. What I mean as normal, there’s a…you know, for instance you can tell a light flashes for a certain reason, a computer operates a certain way. Then there area those abnormal or anomalies, that we experience with energies…also known as ghosts,” says Kedzior.
This may not seem like a weird field of interest in this day and age, with shows like “Ghosthunters,” or “Long Island Medium,” gaining popularity but years ago it was more taboo and perhaps considered bizarre.
“Now had you done this in the 70’s, they would have looked at you funky because back then nobody wanted to know about it, you know,” Kedzior said.
That’s not the case now. There are times where their team gets more calls than they can handle.
David and Dee both experienced the paranormal as a child and shared their stories with me. Here’s Dee’s recollection.
“I woke up in the middle of the night, went down to the bathroom and was coming back and it was a summer night, and I felt like someone was watching me. And I turned around and I saw Ray, was his name. I saw his silhouette standing in front of the window.”
David has had many experiences with the spirit world as well. This one he explains was quite scary.
“Probably the most traumatic incident I had was when I was living in Green Bay on South Oakland. We were residing in a property for eight months and we left because I got attacked by something…yeah, and I ended up in the hospital.”
In part two of this paranormal series, we’ll take a look at dust particles versus orbs and take you down some of the most haunted places in the Green Bay area.
Melissa Barclay, WTAQ News.
