Andrew David Laird
Born:
July 27, 1957
Occupation:
Gunsmith, Freelance AP Photographer, Private Photographer, Crime Scene Photographer
Education:
Graduate (High Honors), Cumberland High School
Graduate, Rhode Island College, B. S. Clinical Psychology
Graduate, Rhode Island College, B. F. A. Creative Writing
Graduate, Rhode Island School of Design Degree Photographic Arts
Graduate, Calamus International College, Doctorate Parapsychological Sciences
Life Student, The Rhode Island Paranormal Research Group
When not involved with group business (which is mostly every day), Andy's pastimes include photography, Model Rocketry, Rune casting, enjoying the outdoors, finding additions to his ever growing Native American artifact collection, making his own flutes (both bamboo and Native American) as well as other instruments, wood carving and playing any one of the other seven musical instruments he enjoys including the didgeridoo.
Although he is known to always shrug off the achievement, in the Autumn of 2003 Mr. Laird was awarded a doctorate degree honoris causa in recognition for over twenty years of unyielding devotion to the scientific study and documentation of paranormal phenomena. His crusade for better public awareness, understanding and acceptance of true paranormal research through education is unrelenting. Mr. Laird is recognized as a Doctor of Parapsychological Sciences.
Proud Member
of
The American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena
Evidence Photographers National Council
National Press Photographers Association
** FAVORITES **
Favorite Classic Ghost Movie - THE CHANGELING starring George C. Scott
Favorite Classical Music Piece (Listening) - Symphony #25 in C (W. A. Mozart)
Favorite Classical Music Piece (Playing Cello) - Canon in D (Johann Pachelbel)
Favorite Classical Author - Edgar Allen Poe
Favorite Modern Author - Jeff Belanger
Favorite Quote - There is nothing mankind will argue against more feverishly than that which he fears the most! - Himself
I'm often asked by our friends in the media and, most often, those who attend our lectures why I do love what I do so much. "Why chase ghosts?" as they put it, often with that skeptic's stare or smirk a seasoned speaker knows all too well.
This is at once a very simple and a complex question to answer so that it would make any sense to the novice seated in front of you. Obviously, there's that inherent draw of raw excitement that we all feel when facing the unknown and that right there certainly accounts for a lot of why we do this. No matter how old you get, you still thrill to getting spooked, even if sometimes that thrill has the potential of turning into shear terror. Lets face it, having a one on one conversation with someone who lived and died tends to make the heart beat faster and the spine tingle.
On the other hand, most investigators do this research as a means to answer that question we all have in common as mortal human beings. A question that mankind has been asking since it first became aware of its own mortality. We see death, we accept death and we can both clinically and scientifically describe the actual process down to the fractionalized second. Yet we know so little about this, as some would argue, most final of all human stages.
We ask, "What lies beyond the last breath and final sigh?", and the answers we've been finding are nothing less than absolutely incredible!
There is little doubt in my mind that there are more paranormal investigators with little or no fear of death than there'll ever be among our critics.
Andy's personal view on death: Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO . . . what a ride!" - Credited to John Candy
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