First, look at belief as a reason to study the paranormal. There is no evidence or proof to deter some beliefs. Religion as an example, there is no physical proofs that God exists. Those that believe in God do not require seeing, only that their own ideas of living through his guidelines, which are views of the writer in books. Faithfully, those believing go to church on Sunday and study his practice. The writers of religious materials have reached many throughout time, with just a desire to believe to back it. In the article, “Let’s get metaphysical; Belief in paranormal rises in decade” Jennifer Harper of the Washington Times reports on the 2002 National Science Foundation’s gallop poll. Harper states,
“Beliefs in psychic healing, ESP, haunted houses, ghosts, aliens, communication with the dead and astrology has increase in the past decade. About 28 percent of us, for example, thought houses could be haunted in 1990. That figure has since increased to 43 percent” (2).