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THE STRANGE OCCURRENCES PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS TEAM

Strange Occurrences team photo 1st August 2009 at Wellington Museum of City and Sea, New Zealand © J.Gilberd 2009

Mark Marriott, Karen Lee, Denise Durkin
James Gilberd, Alia Miller, Jo Davy, Helen Jones

The Strange Occurrences paranormal investigation team, based in Wellington New Zealand, was established in 2005.

This photo was taken during our first investigation of the Wellington Museum of City & Sea, 1/8/09. We all moved away after 5 or 6 seconds of the 10 second exposure.

"But at the last, what do we know?" - Arthur Machen.

We all have lifelong interest in the paranormal, in history and older buildings. None of us claims to be psychic or has the skills of a medium, but - like many people - we have each experienced things that are difficult to explain with current science. We understand and respect scientific method, and take the position that nothing in the world is absolutely proven; we just work with the best available theory until a better one comes along. We are all naturally curious, sceptical rather than credulous, and open minded to phenomena that lie beyond or outside current understanding.

Expanding the Team

While we are not looking to spread beyond Wellington and we already have enough investigators, we would be interested in maybe getting a videographer on board, and also someone with a strong background in psychology. There is already a range of science and arts degrees in the makeup, including a Ph.D. We are a friendly, easy going group in the age range of late 20s to late 40s. A sense of humour is essential.

"Who am I?
As a bird I fly about
Seeing things, partaking of things.
Let my heart be delighted with them."
- Aztec poem.

Strange Occurrences & Phoen-X PRI teams outside Inverlochy House ©J.Gilberd 2008
Strange Occurrences and Phoen-X PRI teams combined to
investigate Wellington's Inverlochy House on 13/12/2008.
Back: Jen, Buzz, Angelo, Alia, Clinton.
Front: Mark, Denise, James.

Strange Occurrences and Phoen-X PRI are strongly allied. You will see that they have a wide geographical spread as well as a great range of experience and expertise. Meet the Phoen-X team here.

Strange Occurrences team photo Nov.2006
The original incarnation of Strange Occurrences: "Campbell, Collington, Stark & Gray - Paranormal Investigators", established 2005. (L-R): Denise Stark, Karen Gray, Mark Collington, J.Duncan Campbell.

Once we began to get enquiries for our services we dropped the pseudonyms.

The photo above was taken in a place that no longer exists, as it now has a motorway offramp going through it.

Contact the Strange Occurrences team by emailing to:
j.d.gilberd@gmail.com - James Gilberd