What Is The Paranormal?

The Webster Online Dictionary defines the paranormal as "Seemingly outside normal sensory channels" or "Not in accordance with scientific laws". What this means to me putting it simply is anything that cannot be readily explained by conventional means. This basic premise is another reason I decided to pursue investigating the paranormal. I want to learn all I can, and experience these phenomena for myself. Some people who do not believe in the paranormal, are those who are not willing to look beyond scientific or as the definition stated "normal" senses. If a logical explanation is not available then the phenomena simply does not exist. This notion is interesting to me, because part of being an investigator is being somewhat of a doubting skeptic. Being a skeptic, allows you to go into an investigation free of preconceived ideas and images that would otherwise cloud the data you have collected. On the other hand one must be willing to go into any investigation with an open mind. When it comes down to it, I believe you must be willing to be on both sides of the fence when it comes to unexplained phenomena.