The Paranormal Activity Group was created in 2010 by a family who, combined have had numerous amounts of paranormal activity, hence the name.  We wanted to document our experiences and invite others to do the same.  Our aim is to create a community of people who have either had a paranormal experience or have heard about them.  Most people who have had an experience usually keep it quiet, which means it goes un-documented, and is never investigated.  Some popular reasons for people not telling others, are, scared, afraid of being called names, prefer the illusion that it can be explained by other means, and sometimes, they don't believe in it.

The paranormal is 'beyond the normal' - phenomena for which there is no generally accepted scientific explanation. It's a good enough working definition but it soon falls apart when you examine it in any detail.

It is usually easier to think of examples of the paranormal rather than state a satisfying definition. For instance, a ghost is obviously paranormal. Or is it? If one assumes that a ghost is the 'spirit' of a dead person (see left) manifesting in our reality than clearly it is paranormal. There is no scientific evidence of the existence of such 'spirits' so it must be 'beyond normal'. However, that is taking a dictionary definition of the word ghost. Such definitions do not generally accord with what people actually experience.

Much of what people believe about the paranormal derives from fiction and tradition. When real cases are examined, they often turn out quite differently to tradition and frequently have natural explanations. The reason they are considered paranormal is usually because the witnesses expect them to be. Most cases of the paranormal, in fact, turn out to be xenonormal.