Spirit of the Appalachians Paranormal Research Society

"With Open Minds"
Spirit of the Appalachians Paranormal Research Society (SAPRS) is a paranormal research society dedicated to the objective, if not scientific research of the paranormal. We are located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Burnsville\Bakersville\Spruce Pine, NC area which of course is part of the Southern Appalachian mountain range.

Our mission is the objective observation and investigation of alleged paranormal events using whatever scientific and technological methods available to us. We thoroughly document, interpret and analyze all the evidence we collect from the locations we investigate. Our methods and goals are structurally academic and all evidence is analyzed as impartially and as honestly as possible. We look for truth in our evidence analysis and debunk what can be naturally explained.

Our secondary mission is the preservation of history. Personal and often times cultural history is lost as people die and families are not made aware how their loved ones and former generations lived and worked. Therefore we make every effort to document and record personal history, family stories, and ghost stories from every person we interview so those pieces of history are not lost.

We do not claim to know all there is to know about the paranormal or the research of it. There is much yet to learn but we hope with open minds and solid evidence gathering techniques we can contribute to answering some age old questions. If you would like to contact us regarding a case or our evidence uploaded to Youtube for review you can email us at SAPRS [at] yahoo.com or afordgh [at] gmail.com.