ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
Just what kind of person starts a ghost hunting group???
Read here to find out. I'm actually pretty normal... for the most part.
I know people are probably wondering what kind of freaky person would start a group that spent time and money searching for what can not be seen. I can understand the skepticism and even the occasional criticism there. But rest assured, I am as normal as the next person! I just find this field fascinating due to the personal experiences I have had with what I believe are ghosts.
About me: I grew up in a small town (Cisco, TX) with a ghost in my parent’s house. I won’t get into the details of that here, but it was interesting to say the least. I graduating high school in 1992 and attended Cisco Junior College. I received my associate degree from there in 1994 and had the brilliant idea of becoming a doctor.
So, I headed to Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. It was here that my common sense returned and I decided that being a doctor would be too hard and too much school. Instead, I chose physical therapy instead. After one year of partying too much in San Marcos, I was accepted into the Texas Tech Physical Therapy School in Lubbock. This was 3 long grueling years of work and a ton of mom and dad’s money but I got my masters degree in PT in May of 1998. I had my son in 1998 as well. This was a pretty busy time in my life.
As excited as I was to enter the real working world, when I got my first job, I hated it. It was nothing like what I had anticipated and of course the dream of making a ton of money just wasn’t coming true.
Much to my parent’s dismay, I quit working as a therapist a year later and decided that my love of science had led me to teach high school biology. (Apparently money wasn’t the big motivator in THIS decision!!) I went back to school… AGAIN…and earned my secondary teaching certificate while teaching at a high school near Dallas. I loved this at first, but I was shocked how much different high school students are now than they were when I was in school!!!
It was during these five years of teaching high school that I become an active paranormal researcher. (People have asked me if it was because the dead were more fun than the high school students…. I refuse to answer that question) I didn’t go to ‘school’ for it… I basically got into it because of a dream that I had. Again, I’ll spare you the details. But in 2001 I started our group, “Central Texas Ghost Search” with just a camera, a couple of friends, and a great curiosity.
Since then I have moved to Abilene (close to Cisco) where our group is based now. I returned to my old stomping ground to teach biology at my old junior college. Our group has grown tremendously, as has our knowledge of the paranormal and our methods of research. My son, now seven years old has even been somewhat active in our investigations. It’s amazing what can be seen through a child’s eyes when he has never been told he can’t see something. It’s too bad that adults have lost the sense of open-mindedness that would allow them to see what our group is always in search of.
I just completed my first year as a college teacher which brings me up to the present.
Where will we go from here??? I have no way of knowing what direction my life will take now. It has definitely been a winding road but it is a road filled with life’s mystery, pleasures, pain, and wonder.
So, as you’ve read… I’m not some psycho cult-leading ghost hunter or anything. I’m just an ordinary mother, teacher, and paranormal investigator. Now that you know something about me, go to our web forum and tell me something about yourself. Thanks for taking the time to read about the founder of Central Texas Ghost Search.