Some people immediately dismiss the term, assuming that because the existence of spirits and ghosts has never been scientifically proven, there couldn’t possibly be some sort of gateway to the other side.
One group of people knows the term only from movies and television, with media like “Ghostbusters,” “Ghost Hunters,” and “Most Haunted” helping to raise the idea of paranormal research to an international platform. People tend to think about one of three things when they hear the term “ghost hunting.”