National Paranormal Conference haunts PSU
By Caitlin Burnham Email
Collegian Staff Writer
A piece of roof slate from the attic of the supposedly haunted Old Botany building lay among a violin and several Ouija boards at the Haunted Exhibit portion of the UNIV-CON Seven The National Paranormal Conference.
"It's interesting that they would keep this stuff. I don't think I would just have this kind of stuff lying around," conference attendee Jaime Chandler said.
The National Paranormal Conference, the largest of its kind in the country, was held this weekend at the Penn Stater Conference Center, drawing an estimated 500 to 600 attendees.
"Basically we are trying to create a forum for people of all beliefs to discuss the paranormal," said Paranormal Research LLC media director Alan Urtz (junior-journalism) said.
The conference draws experts from all over the country to share their knowledge of paranormal activity and educate attendees.
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Paranormal legend Lorraine Warren visited UNIV-CON to discuss her past as well as answer questions from the audience.
The cast and executive producer opened up about the TV series, "Paranormal State," addressing several concerns such as the timing format, budget, case selections and more.
'The Daily Collegian' attended UNIV-CON's Masquerade Ball on Friday.
Click to see a photo gallery of the ball.
University Park, Pa. - (7:10pm) UNIV-CON SEVEN officially came to a close as hundreds of attendees gathered to celebrate the four-day event.
Chad Calek and Dianna Avena, this year's conference hosts, congratulated the crowd for a productive and unifying event that brought together a diverse crowd from around the country.
Founder Ryan Buell took the podium to also thank the attendees.
'Skeptic Magazine' founder Dr. Michael Shermer opened the conference on Thursday with a lecture on "why people believe weird things." Shermer also attended various workshops throughout the day, including Chris Moon's "Telephone to the Dead" (video about Shermer's thoughts developing) as well as the "Paranormal Congress" (video and transcript developing).
On Thursday night, host Chad Calek, Ryan Buell and Chip Coffey led a ghost hunt on campus where many of the attendees feel contact was made (video developing).
On Friday, the cast of "Paranormal State" took the stage to go over the entire first two seasons of "State," covering some of the evidence and controversies. They also announced that there will be an additional 13 episodes.
Friday night ended with a Masquerade Ball, packed with Belly Dancers, Jugglers and Entertainers. The Ball was an instant hit amongst guests (video developing).
Saturday saw a slew of workshops, panel discussions and Loyd Auerbach's lecture.
The "Paranormal Congress" made an enormous amount of progress over the four-days, with the group of like-minded investigators deciding to move forward with plans for a world-wide community focused on support, education and research (developing).
Sunday closed with Lorraine Warren addressing a crowd.
'Paranormal Insider' will continue to offer in-depth coverage of the conference throughout the next two weeks, including articles, lengthier videos and testimonies. Stay tuned.
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