Oregon Paranormal Investigations Team
Tim-Founder
My interest in the mysteries and unknown begun at an early age. Spending countless Saturday
mornings, in a small town, at the local downtown theater. Watching on the big screen such actors as
Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing portraying creatures as vampires,
werewolves and other assorted Hollywood pumped up horror rampage. Looking back I am extremely
thankful that my mind was not permanently warped!
I’m sure my early repetitive religious exposure left an impression on me but at the same time I’m sure
my interest in religion and the spirit world was inspired by a deeper reality. While brought up in a
fundamental atmosphere, around the age of nine I attended a Pentecostal revival and was so
intrigued by what was going on that I was determined to know more about God’s interaction with man.
For the next fifteen years or so I was caught up with the constant struggle to understand our
interaction with God and the roles we play while on this earth. As a seminary student, minister in
training and an ordained minister, I always attempted to approach such with an open mind thus there
was always a conflict and challenge in accepting Christianity as absolute truth which as one can
imagine did not reinforce the ‘faith’ thing!
Now, as I look back, I can clearly see that it was another step on a path into the unknown and
eventually a glimpse into the light. For me I begin to understand that faith should not be our first
choice nor should we blindly accept the words of others that have a stake in self preservation or that
have strong ties in the affairs of an organization.
My interest into the unknown naturally evolved and I took my search towards other religions,
mysticism, and ancient mystery teachings. As a student of the Rosicrucian, Wicca, occult and
among several other fraternities I learned the principles that helped to explain and establish some
fundamental universal laws that most religions and sects seem to build on. Some people like to call
this the New Age movement but it’s really just about people drawing into knowledge and principles
that have long been suppressed and somewhat out of reach to the average folk.
My thoughts are that while learning from books and reading of others experiences can expand our
mental reach, it is our personal experiences that free us and without such personal experiences we
are dependent and at the mercy of faith and hope to transform us into the higher light.
While superstition, misinformation or the perpetual inclination for organized religion seems to appear
to take the ground that man is not sufficient of his own accord to communicate with God or the spirit
world, I must strongly challenge the belief that the common man does not have God’s attention or his
favor!
My personal conviction is that all of God’s mysteries are subject to laws that govern the universe and
that these laws can be manipulated as witnessed on countless times.
My background includes twenty plus years in the high tech field holding many levels of
responsibilities including Engineer until an early retirement. My assorted background has reinforced
my analytical, debunking and intuitive skills which are a basic requirement in the field of paranormal
investigating. I also hold a pilot’s license since the early 90’s.
Since my early retirement I am able to devote full time to the study and investigation of the
unexplained. I have no religious affiliations and find that there are many paths in communicating and
seeking solutions in the spirit world and paranormal investigating. My greatest pull is toward assisting
in the rescue and removal of entities that may be grounded without clear reason to themselves,
entities that remain to cause mischief and those that seek to create chaos and cause harm.
Regardless of subjective feelings that we may experience during an investigation my personal
approach is to only offer cleansing, blessing, eviction, removal or spirit rescue when physical
evidence supports and when OPI’s criteria requirements are met.
Cathy/Investigator
Dave/Investigator