Investigation November 20, 2010

Private Historic Location in NC
Outdoors
time: 8-12
Present:
Sarah
Michelle
Kevin
William
Matthew
Moon Phase: 99% Full
Temps: 40s, cold and crisp air. No wind and clear skies.

Started the night with breaking into groups. First Group included myself, Matthew, Michelle and second group was Kevin and William. First group went to one location far away from second group so that no contamination was heard. We set up EVP session and started to ask questions. Matthew ended up taking a walk a little ways away from us. I saw what appeared to be a shadow person run from top of a hill down to a gully. It moved very quickly and it was similar to the shadow person seen last time at this location. The weird thing about it was how quickly it moved. It was at inhuman speeds. But it was clearly human shape form. Lots of noises outside during this time but I have to debunk them as animals. We thought we heard footsteps on several occasions but due to it being outside we had to debunk as something natural. Michelle saw what she thought was a shadow person peek out behind a tree on one side of us. Then later I saw a shadow person move out from behind a tree look at us and then duck back. Michelle ended up seeing the same thing later that night behind same tree. Hard to say if truly a shadow person or if our eyes are playing tricks on us in the dark or some other type of shadow. We thought we heard a voice with our own ears in this same area. Not sure what it said but appeared to be one word and hopefully we captured it on audio. We later decide to walk back toward where the cars are parked. We are trying to make contact along the route back. Matthew saw a figure of a lady standing at one point in middle of the road but she disappeared quickly so he wasn't certain he saw it or not. We went to this spot and again tried to make contact. This is same general area that last time we got an EVP of a woman saying hello and I saw her standing next to Michelle. We head back to where there are some graves at. We try and make contact with the people who are buried there. I head away from the group but still in sight. I get an overwhelming feeling that there are two people in a wooded area staring at me. I try and make contact with them. It was such an overwhelming feeling of being watched that I had the urge to get out of there but stood my ground and recorded and tried to make contact. I hope to have some EVPs to back this feeling up. We begin to walk further away and make our way to a field. Matthew and I both see in this field a shadow move down by a tree at the same time. Not sure if animal or paranormal in nature. We do EVP session in this area and make no other contact. We walk further away and end up meeting up with the rest of the group. We combine as one group and walk some more and try further EVP sessions. When walking back to the area where cars are parked I get a brief hit on my K2 meter. It flashed to the 3rd dot on the meter and then quickly stopped and I tried to make contact and it never lit up again in that area. The meter lit up after I made the statement I wish something would happen here! Then later on down the path I was making some statements about the ghost needing help and I could help it and Matthew thought he heard a voice respond. I tried again to make contact but no other contact was made. Once we get back to area where cars are and where I had strong feeling of something watching me in the wooded area I again tried to make contact. Matthew and Kevin walked on and left me, michelle and William there. I tried and tried to get something to happen, asking many questions and then I sat down and my k2 meter went off. I debunked it as just being movement of the meter but when trying to get the meter to go off with movement, it wouldn't. I sat the meter down on my leg and it was laying flat and not moving and it went off again. It didn't go off any more after that. We ended up having a long EVP session and hope to get something to back up the hits on meter. We met up with rest of group and slowly wrapped the night up. Will post more once evidence is reviewed.

Demons

I just recently finished up the book by Steven LaChance called "The Uninvited". Our meetup group plans to have a discussion this Sunday on the beliefs in demons. I have seen so many wrong doings in this area, so much that borders on bad morals and downright wrong judgments that I tend to shy away from ever using the word "demon". I come from a Baptist upbringing. I was terrified as a child of demons and the devil and everything that the church tells us to be afraid of. I would dream of burning in hell and the devil grabbing at my legs as I play to drag me down with him. Once I grew up and looked back I realized that scaring children into believing in a "God" is not really faith at all. Faith should simply be believing in something because you feel it in your heart and your soul. Not because you are afraid that if you are wrong you might suffer the consequences. I have found this to be so true in most Americans. That they only believe out of fear. To me that's not real faith.

I found the book to be very thought provoking. If the story he lays out for us in this book is indeed true then something major was going on in that house. It wasn't just one person experiencing these things - it was many people and they all saw the same types of phenomenon. Although the skeptic in me yells that they were sharing stories and that caused mass hysteria and therefore everyone saw the same things because it was pre-planted into their heads. So many scientific explanations can be thrown out for what was going on. But, what if it was more? What if it was so type of paranormal activity that we don't yet understand? To label something like the demonic just because it is negative seems a bit extreme to me. We have no proof that ghost exist, we have no proof that demons exist. How do we distinguish between the two things if we have no proof of either one? If the priests in the story were unable to help her and win the battle of good vs. evil then was it really a demon? or does that mean that demons are stronger than just a man with a title? I've seen a person who have achieved their degrees on the internet try and battle what they believe is a demon. To perform an exorcism on someone because they are hearing things and because they are seeing things without first getting medical opinion seems to me to be outright dangerous. Anyone who has these sorts of symptoms, who is experiencing hallucinations, needs to first and foremost consult a doctor. There are many practices like this going on in the paranormal field. People taking it upon themselves to label things as being demonic with no proof. Without even an investigation that shows that something is really happening and it's not all in the person's head. It pains me to hear of these practices, it causes me great distress to know that people are hurting others when they are at their weakest points in their life. I don't know if there are demons. I do believe there are things we don't understand, rather they be ghost, demons, or some inhuman form from another dimension. I don't know, nobody does. But, we must as investigators who are trying to seek the approval of the scientific community work to help these people and that means looking at all possibilities with an open mind. We must start with things that science has already explained and if science can not explain it then we are left with something we can label as paranormal.

Private Home Investigation November 13, 2010

Place: Private residence in NC, dates back to 1700's.
History: Footsteps, lights turning on and off by themselves, odd noises, sounds, voices.
This is the 2nd time we have investigated this residence. Both times have yielded some results. The personal experiences we had on this particular investigation included hearing what sounded like someone walking across the room we were in and actually caused the footboards to creak loudly. We heard a child's voice with our own ears on several occassions early in the night. All the activity seemed to happen early, from the hours of 8-10. After that the house seemed to quiet down and even had a different feel to the atmosphere. We got a couple K2 hits in the upper floor area. They seemed completely random and couldn't be traced to any electrical source. Then they stopped and never came back. This occurred on our first investigation also. Although it seemed to be answering questions through the K2 meter. Another investigator present with us who is not part of our team but just met us there used the flashlight and swears that the spirit answers questions through it and he has the EVPs to prove it. He is to send us those EVPs by email. I look forward to reviewing all the evidence and seeing if we have anything real and concrete to back up our experiences felt and saw and heart last night. It appears there is a child, old woman and possibly male spirit that might all be residual in their existence but that is yet to be determined thru the evidence. Will post more when we all have gone through evidence and have something to report back.
Temps: upper 30's
Moon phase: waxing gibbous
Investigators: Sarah, Kevin, Lindy, Machelle, Michelle, Sterling

November 6th Investigation

AMP traveled to Morehead City, NC for a paranormal investigation this past weekend. Present were:
Sarah
Michelle
Machelle
Kevin
William
Curtis

AMP worked very hard and broke down into two groups and switched out throughout the night. The location was mostly quiet throughout the night but there were a few incidences that included hearing a woman laugh, seeing apparition of a male figure in doorway, hearing a male voice in upper level room. There were a couple K2 hits but these were random and unable to be traced to any particular source. One member heard what sounded like movement of a book. A couple members heard footsteps in the same area of the building. One member heard a whisper directly in their ear but unable to determine what it said. The basement had odd happenings of causing pain in two different members head when one investigated stated they were staying until something happened. Pain quickly went away and was not felt again rest of the night.

Four cameras were set up and ran all night long in different locations of the building. Audio was recorded for most of the night. We will be reviewing evidence over the next week and hope to have caught some things on either video or audio.

Temps:
Upper 40's
Moon Phase: New Moon

a fallen soldier

I'm walking in the woods, darkness all around me. I feel as if I've stepped back in time, my dress drags the damp grass. The petticoat is all around me, straw hat in my eyes. The night is beautiful and the land has seen so much. I walk toward a figure that I spot who seems to be beckoning to me. I approach the figure wondering if he sees me. As I gaze upon him he slowly disappear into the darkness. I can no longer see him but I know he is still there. I can feel him and I feel as if he is watching me. I call out to him, begging him to appear. Wondering if my dress reminds him of someone he may have loved. I call to him and tell him to come back to our camp, that I can help him. That I want to help him and I see a figure dash in front of me. A human form that flows in front of my outstretched hand holding an instrument with a little green light. The meter does nothing but I saw him run directly in front of it. He was so quick, faster than any human can run. I turn to look and see nothing but the darkness. I call to him again and beg him to come with me. I know he is watching, I can feel his presence and I am not scared. I hear a whisper in my ear. A man's voice that causes me to turn quickly and find nothing but emptiness. This land has seen so many things, so much blood, so much life lost. I want to help him find his way home. I want him to be safe and able to move on. I feel no sadness only a gentle curiosity. He appears again from behind a tree standing there, a mere shadow in the trees. He slowly dissipates as if he is made of mist. Parts of him melting away into the darkness until there is nothing left of him. He plays with me, he follows me down the road. I hear the footsteps and again another whisper. Then I feel his hand on my back. A man who lost his life, I'm sure much too young. But who seems to still have adventure left in his soul. The most curious man I've ever met, yet a man who I can not seem to find. He is nothing more than a glimpse into the past, into a time so much different than ours today. When men were strong and fought for what they believed in. A time when they had to work hard and see sadness and pain around them all the time. To see their fellow soldiers fall in battle and see their families destroyed by war. I felt him there in that darkness while alone. I felt his presence and he mattered. His life mattered. Everything he had been through mattered if only for that mere moment in time. A moment that connected two worlds. Goodbye my new friend, goodbye my soldier. May you find your peace and may I find mine.