Interview Questions

What is the name, age, gender, and occupation of the witness being interviewed?

What was the date, time, and location of the encounter?

Where was the witness and what was he or she doing at the time the encounter started?

What was the emotional state of the witness immediately before the encounter?

Was the witness using any sort of medication, drugs, or alcohol at the time of the encounter? Does he or she have any vision or hearing problems, or any medical conditions that might be relevant to the experience?

How did the encounter begin?

What did the monster/ghost look like?

What did the monster/ghost do during the time when the witness observed it?

Did the monster/ghost seem to have any particular personality or show any emotions?

Did the monster/ghost seem to notice or interact with the witness in any way? If so, how?

Did any sounds, visual effects, odors, or changes in temperature seem to be associated with the encounter?

When and how did the witness first realize that the encounter involved something unusual?

What did the witness do during the time that the monster/ghost was visible?

Did anything else unusual happen immediately before, during, or immediately after the encounter?

Where other people present, and did they seem to perceive anything?

If there were other witnesses, what did they do immediately before, during, and immediately after the time when the monster/ghost was present?

Were any animals present during the encounter, and if so, how did they react?

How did the encounter come to an end?

Did the monster/ghost leave any physical traces behind?

Before this encounter, had the witness ever experienced, heard, or read about an entity anything like this?

Does the witness know about any other unusual events in the area that occurred before the encounter? When did he or she learn about them?

Has the witness ever experienced any other unusual or unexplained phenonomena?

Does the witness consider himself or herself psychic?

Does the witness know of anyone performing magical rituals, holding séances, using an Ouija Board, or engaging in any other sort of occult practice in the area?

Did the witness do any of these things (items above) before the encounter?

Finally, what does the witness think he or she saw?