Every once in a while we get lucky. Not independently of my research, but during investigations I've been fortunate enough to witness some seemingly paranormal events. It's kind of a broad definition, but it's anything that falls out of the realm of normal science and sense perception. For example, clairvoyance is the perception of an event at a distance. Telepathy is the perception of another person's thoughts.
Psychokinesis is the ability to move objects at a distance without any known physical force.
And then of course we come across apparitions. I live for this phenomena, so when an apparition appears, it's one of the most exciting experiences there is in life. We're confronted by the unknown, something we've been taught all our lives cannot be, and wham, it's there right in front of us. We saw an apparition form in front of us part by part. We saw the head form, and then the shoulders, and then it extended all the way down as a body.