Feb 14 2009
Paranormal Expectations: A Look at Ghost Hunters
…or Whatever Happened to Heather Drolet? 
In the first season of Ghost Hunters, The Atlantic Paranormal Society included Heather Drolet, who often used divining rods to work with the paranormal world. In later seasons, Heather’s role on the show was to provide a pagan perspective on the paranormal activity encountered.
TAPS still includes Heather’s “Who’s Who of Demonology ” on their site. Heather concludes her post by relating that all major and minor religious systems tend to indicate an extreme fear of the infernal.
Also writing on the Tattwa , Heather describes her pagan perspective on balance and using the images to open and close a paranormal window.
Generally, Heather seemed to get along with the team and offer some helpful insight. Along with Heather, demonologists were frequently among the TAPS team. While the TAPS founding members remained skeptics first, believers second, they valued what these individuals had to say, and followed their inclinations by pointing their scientific equipment in certain locations.
My question is this: Why is Heather no longer on the TAPS team?
I understand their desire to be scientific about collecting paranormal data, but part of me wonders if the ominous sci-fi channel didn’t have an immediate desire to nix having a pagan on television. After all, I have a lot of Christian friends who either honestly do not think it is wrong to watch Ghost Hunters and think about the paranormal or think it’s wrong according to their beliefs and do it anyway.
What do you think? And whatever happened to Heather, anyway?
I too wondered why she was gone. I wish they would bring her back. She brought an interesting and welcome addition to the show.
That’s strange. I’ve only watched the show occasionally so I never noticed anyone from the team was gone. I would think opinions on the paranormal from ALL belief systems would be welcome on a show like that.
I always wondered what was the point of hunting ghost. What are they going to do when thy find one? The first couple of seasons of the original ghost hunter was to maddening. They never wanted to admit to anything. I think people got tired of this and this year they seem to be having some actual encounters.
I definitely wish they’d bring her back. I have a feeling that it was a Sci-Fi channel decision. At least they aren’t Fox (striking down good shows after one season), but still…they could be more open-minded. I guess they want the show to be mainstream. Some Christians seem to feel like it’s okay to talk about the paranormal, but once you mention paganism…done.
I don’t miss the drama on the show, so I’m glad they got rid of drama-inducing people also.
I feel like Grant in particular is open to seeing energy in a way more in line with a meld between science and paganism, and I like that. It’s helping me become more comfortable with my own abilities.