Kenny Biddle
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Kenny Biddle | |
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 Kenny Biddle presenting at CSICon in 2022. | |
| Occupation | Investigator of paranormal claims |
| Website | Facebook blog |
Kenny Biddle is an investigator of paranormal claims. He is chief investigator at the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a fellow of the same organization.
Initially interested in ghost hunting, UFOs and other fringe pursuits, Biddle gradually adopted a scientifically minded approach to the study of a wide range of paranormal phenomena.
Biddle grew up in a Catholic household where spirituality was a given. He developed a keen interest in paranormal mysteries watching television programs such as In Search of.... He made his first on-site investigation in 1997 and joined forces with other ghost-hunters inspired by television.[1][2][3] He founded a group called Paranormal Investigative Research Association in Pennsylvania.[4] An experienced photographer, he collaborated with the Mutual UFO Network.[5][6]
Biddle started to question his approach to investigations into paranormal phenomena when he attended a 1999 ghost hunting convention in Pennsylvania, where a group was claiming to have encountered a hostile entity the night before at the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield. From the description of the event, it became clear that Biddle himself was the ghost they were talking about. He had come out of the woods in the dark to chase a group that was disrupting a filming he was involved in; it became apparent they could not see him clearly and concluded he was a paranormal entity. That his fellow ghost hunters were not receptive to his version of the tale made him reevaluate his own attitudes.[7][8]