If it seems unexplainable, he'll explain it.
Peter Jordan has proof that knives suspended in a kitchen wall, people spontaneously combusting, and stigmata are not just freak accidents.
He said they happen in real life over and over again.
On Monday night, Jordan brought his evidence for paranormal existence in photos and on film to the SUB ballroom. He had the audience of more than 300 screaming, laughing and jumping out of their seats.
Jordan began paranormal research more than 25 years ago and said he simply wanted to know if ghosts existed. Now that he knows, he said, his research has evolved and focuses on why they exist.
"The answer to this is a very simple one," Jordan said. "It's because ghosts are trapped. We're all curious about what (death is) going to be like. We just don't want to be there when it happens."
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The presentation, "Ghosts and Encounters: The Paranormal Caught on Tape," was sponsored by ASUNM Student Special Events. The lecture was part of the annual Halloween speaker series.
"We try and do things that are exciting and fun, and especially around Halloween time," said Keith Lopez, special events marketing director. "We know that this is something that college students will enjoy."
Debi Burnett, who went to last year's presentation, said Jordan was a lot more frightening.
"I'm the biggest baby you'll ever meet," she said. "Last year's wasn't too scary."
Jordan's real-life "X-files" include hundreds of documented cases involving hauntings, poltergeists, near-death experiences, religious miracles, demonic possession and spontaneous human combustion.
He said ghosts frequent places where there has been extreme tragedy, such as the Gettysburg battlefields. He said if people don't feel a ghost presence there, they are physically challenged.
"Many people that I have met who have actually encountered ghosts have actually reached out and tried to touch a ghost," he said. "And when they do, they find that their hand passes through, and they feel something cold and clammy, like that of a spider web."
Jordan has a master's degree in psychology from the New School for Social Research in New York City, and is a research director at Vestigia, a New Jersey scientific research organization.
Quonya Huff said she had heard a lot about the event, and wanted to see for herself what it was all about.
"I don't get creeped out that easily, but certain parts freaked me out a little," she said.
