Dictionary

TAPS: The Atlantic Paranormal Society; a Rhode-Island based group that investigates paranormal activity and is the subject of the reality-television series Ghost Hunters.

tarot: A deck of 78 cards used to read and tell fortunes.

telekinesis: Also referred to as psychokinesis; a term that describes the ability to move objects or stop time with one’s mind.

thermographic camera: A type of infrared camera that measures heat levels and is sometimes used by paranormal researchers to hunt for ghosts.

UFO: Unidentified flying object; objects in the sky that cannot be explained and are sometimes attributed to aliens.

Uri Geller (born 1946): A British performer who claims to have psychic abilities in making predictions and the ability to bend objects with his mind. Skeptics contend that Geller is a fraud who uses misdirection and other tricks to fool his observers.