While the methods of wizards and fictional ghostbusters remain weird to the layman, four enthusiasts run the one and only Estonian company dealing with research and control of poltergeists and hauntings.
The work of these Estonian experts in paranormal activity is based on practical experience and physical laws.
The Tallinn-based Noviko research center was established in 1992 by members of the nonprofit organization Univera, devoted to paranormal studies. The late professor Enn Parve was a well-known Estonian "UFOologist" and the founder of Univera.
Researchers from Noviko are not into publicity, and their service is free.
"Unfortunately, most of the calls we get are from paranoids. They think there's something in their house. But we would not take any payment even if we got 50 calls a day. It's not an industry for us. We want to help people and to study the paranormal phenomenon, not to make money," Valery Timofeyev, head of the research center, said.
Timofeyev's partners, Dmitry Kuraksa, Konstantin Tsigankov and Anatoly Smirnov, specialize in a different area. Kuraksa and Smirnov develop new methods of measuring and spotting paranormal activity, while Tsigankov is dealing with the mind's effect on objective reality - like telekinesis.
All of them graduated from technical universities, and their work at Noviko is a hobby.
"What is paranormal activity for us? At first, it is everything denied and rejected by modern science," said Timofeyev.
According to Kuraksa, Noviko is interested in actual, objective reality - not in someone's perception of what reality is.
Paranormal activity is present in Estonia, they say.
"Actually, it can be spotted everywhere, especially during the last few years. As for all the well-known places, like Haapsalu Castle or Neitsi Tower, they definitely have something paranormal going on inside," said Timofeyev.
The enthusiasm of Noviko researchers is undeniable, and they welcome every specialist interested in paranormal studies.
"We need an electrical equipment engineer right now," Timofeyev said.
One of the last projects of the research center was an expedition to Hiiumaa in Estonia, an intriguing island of beautiful landscapes, rare plants and some apparently spooky activity.
"We studied several cases there. The inhabitants were bothered by a dog which had died in 1905 but is still howling at nights. Other phenomena were the moving stones. They move very slowly, year by year, leaving deep tracks behind," Timofeyev explained.
According to Noviko specialists, a poltergeist is an active harmful spirit which manifests itself most commonly by moving objects or appearing as a ghostlike figure, usually disturbing the psychological well-being of the person who witnesses it.
Other paranormal phenomena, haunted houses for instance, occur when someone had experienced deep and tragic emotions.
"Haunting is a poltergeist that happens in one and the same place," Timofeyev explained.
Noviko's researches also say they have proven that a person who causes a poltergeist is interacting with another person, either dead or alive.
The practical work of Noviko occurs on two levels - spotting the poltergeist and getting rid of it.
Experts from Noviko use different instruments to locate and ascertain the presence of paranormal activity. Some of the instruments are normal industrial measurement tools, like a Geiger counter or magnetic field indicator. Others were created in Noviko, such as an indicator of entropy field changes and an indicator of temporal field changes.
"We also use a biotester, created long ago in Univera. The biotester helps us to find out the overall condition of man. It is useful when working with people who cause a poltergeist," Timofeyev said.
Noviko claims it created an instrument, called an indicator of temporal field changes, which is capable of finding the paranormal zone - a place where physical conditions have changed.
"The indicator can show the place where time runs differently. It's the place where paranormal activity is present," said Kuraksa.
This method of searching for the zone by measuring time using two watches is already known, but Noviko claims the instrument it developed is more precise and easier to use, because it uses generators instead of watches.
After the poltergeist is spotted, Noviko researchers say the way to eliminate it is to change the usual conditions of its existence. Timofeyev wouldn't say how, but he did reveal that special psychological work is done with the person who caused the phenomenon.
Timofeyev admitted that even though he has been studying paranormal activity for the last 20 years, his knowledge is far from complete:
"I have realized that it's impossible to understand any paranormal phenomenon without a thorough understanding of the general laws of nature, and considering them."
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