New Travel Site Seeks Paranormal Submissions and Skeptics

Oct. 24, 2008 - PRLog -- (Portland, Oregon) – A new travel site for the U.S. recently launched by BeachConnection.net is asking the public to submit their tales of the paranormal from either their hometown or from their own travels. It’s also set to start a bit of controversy and tension as it’s asking for not only tales of the paranormal, but it wants to hear from skeptics who would like to – or who can – debunk those tales.

TravelParanormal.com has recently hit the Net, with the subheading of “Paranormal Fun for the Traveler and the Skeptic.” It will feature some articles written by staff, but mostly submissions from travelers, residents and skeptics with an interest in the esoteric subject. There are also constantly updated travel and paranormal articles streamed in from a variety of sources, so travelers or fans of the paranormal can browse through such news stories on the U.S. or in each particular state.

The website is the creation of Oregon Coast Beach Connection (BeachConnection.net) editor and owner Andre’ Hagestedt. While BeachConnection.net is an online magazine about the Oregon coast, specializing in travel, tourism, science and entertainment news, its coverage of ghost tales of the Oregon coast has always proven extremely popular, snagging a lot of attention. TravelParanormal.com will take all that several steps further and take it around the nation.

TravelParanormal.com covers weird travel concepts and sites for all fifty states in the United States, with a special section for international travel, along with the constantly changing news articles from various media.

“People love to see their own stuff online,” Hagestedt said. “That whole user-generated content thing has been big for years. That’s one big advantage to this. Travel is huge online, especially if you have something different about an area to talk about. People also suck up the whole paranormal thing, and it’s fun to read about sometimes, even if you don’t believe in it. So there are three irresistible combinations right there. But if you also throw in the element of tension from those skeptics who can submit their explanations for what’s happening, I think we’ll have a monster of a time.”

Hagestedt says he’s especially anxious to hear from the East Coast – the very oldest parts of America. He wants to encourage visitor centers around the U.S. to submit stories about their area (must be at least 250 words long).

Contact Hagestedt at beachconnection@yahoo.com to submit paranormal spots you live near or have visited. Text must be at least 250 words long in order to be published. Photos are very welcome, but cannot be bigger than one megabyte. Full credit will be given and a link to the submitter’s website, if so desired.

The same guidelines are true of non-believers in the paranormal who wish to debunk a myth about an area or explain it in more conventional terms.

TravelParanormal.com reserves the right to edit all submissions for clarity, grammatical errors and unacceptable language.

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BeachConnection.net (Oregon Coast Beach Connection) is an online magazine about the Oregon coast. It also runs and owns other websites, such as TravelParanormal.com and DailyNewsOregon.com