The Team & History
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One of the things that has adapted and changed, since the Hereford Paranormal Group formed, is how we present and talk about ourselves. We have always believed that subject is much bigger than any individual and even the team itself. As a result you wont find bio pages or sections dedicated to about an individual. Occasionally you may find a team member crops up in the news, but you will always find this site is about the team as a whole and its association with you and Herefordshire. But here is a brief history of how the team was formed and why. One of the founders had been involved had grown up with the subject and attended his first investigation in 1993. He went on to work with other paranormal groups throughout the UK and received training in a specialist area. In 2001 he worked for the first time with what was to become a co-founder of the paranormal group. As the friendship progressed and more opportunities for investigations presented themselves to both, they found the passion for the subject grew as they worked on projects together. Even socially, one would just turn up and take the other off to investigate a venue and location randomly. One thing identified was the paranormal subject in Herefordshire was very much untouched. We appreciated the teenager/youngster had been exploring and using the term ghost hunt as they went on their own personal roller-coaster journey of excitement. But there didnt appear to be a team based in Hereford approaching the subject in a mature and professional manner. Also there was not an opportunity for the people of Herefordshire to get involved, or anywhere for them to display their stories and accounts on the ghost sightings in the County. At the time there wasnt even a comprehensive book available predominantly on the paranormal activity in the County.In May 2006 the decision was made to form the Hereford Paranormal Group. An advertisement for members went out in the Hereford Times where people were invited to apply to become involved. The response was phenomenal. In June 2006 the original website went live and we appointed a location manager and history researcher. Shortly after, BBC Hereford and Worcester ran several reports, which included the investigative medium being tested whilst being recorded for a morning show. The interest from the Herefordshire community continued to grow and we decided to facilitate this interest by holding monthly meetings and giving the community the opportunity to attend investigations. We still receive a substantial amount of requests to hold the meetings again. In January 2007 and after a few essential changes, the group expanded its team of regular team members. We are still very much a non-profit making group. We have in the past done the occasional project to assist with the purchase of new or updated equipment. However, any moneymaking schemes tend to be associated with us raising money through our charity events. Every year we undertake a charitable event and we have every intention of continuing to do so for the years to come.The website went through regular updates and changes since. In 2009, we launched the very much-needed Haunted Hereford Paranormal Database. We had owned the domain name since 2006 and it had just directed visitors to the Hereford Paranormal Group website. Although, the HPG had the first website to offer paranormal stories specifically associated with the County, we realised from the amount of emails we were getting from community of Herefordshire, these details needed to be collated in a structured and easy to navigate way. The press and local media offered a huge amount of support for this. Libraries, Tourist Information Centres and attractions throughout Herefordshire placed flyers in their premises promoting the group and the new Haunted Hereford website. This very much is a community project and it has been incredibly successful which is very much down to those who have submitted their stories for inclusion.People have come and gone, but we have found that many who have left have asked to return and be involved again. However, 7 out of the 11 regular team members have been with us since we formed in 2006. We are also pleased that other groups have recently formed indicating that an interest in the subject has grown or began. It is possible they have taken the lead from the HPG and we are pleased they are contributing by facilitating a County that was previously untouched. We may be the County's original group, but nobody owns the subject. We continue to encourage as many people to explore the paranormal in a non-selfish way which is why we still continue to invite guests where possible on our investigations through our reserve team scheme.These days we are still booking up investigation well in advance, with many venues requesting our services. We have been involved in the first paranormal convention type event in the County and have recently been requested to be involved in another. We receive weekly requests from people to be involved with us on an investigation. Particularly there seems an interest from Psychics/Mediums who are either experienced or developing and from others just keen to experience what a professionally led investigation is like.We have also found our relationship with other teams across the UK building and have several projects planned in the future where we will be working together. Our regular visitors to our websites will notice how often they are updated. A supporter recently said we were the most respected paranormal group in Hereford. We would never give ourselves this praise and whether you agree or not, we do what we do and will continue to do so. For many this is a subject that is a passionate hobby. But for some of us its a way of life and even for some a religion. The subject will always be the most important thing and our fundamental goal is to find that evidence that the afterlife does exist.Any achievement would not be possible if it wasnt for the support from the Herefordshire Community, the media and other teams. Thank you all so much and do please continue to get involved in any way you can.
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