Investigation Date
and Duration: November 22nd,
2008Arrive 4:00
PM / Depart
12:00 AM
Reported
Activity: Talking and
singing could be heard with no
known source coming from within the house. Toys come out of
the playroom into the kitchen by
themselves, turn on by themselves and move around by unknown
causes. The
family dog frequently reacts oddly in the playroom and other areas of
the
house, going into an "attack mode" at unseen factors. An apparition of
a
little girl was observed in the house. The clients'
two year old son speaks often of playing with a boy named David and
claims he
saw a woman standing in an unoccupied room of the house. The family has
heard a
man coughing on the second floor and have had a blanket tugged on while
in bed.
Location Status: This
is a three story
farmhouse built in the 1800’s, currently occupied by two
adults and one child.
Equipment: DVR
System with four IR cameras Digital Cameras (2) Digital
Voice Recorders (8) EMF
gauge (5) PC
Computer Camcorders
w/ night shot (4) IR
Boosters (4) Flashlights
Motion
Sensor (2)
Laser
(1)
Investigators
Present: Mark
Lauren
Rich
Chris
Tim
Location
Weather: Cold
with on and off
snow
showers
Technical Notes: - Coal
furnace with hot water baseboard
heat created noise throughout the home.
- Livestock nearby could be heard from
the exterior of the house.
- Nearby Traffic.
EVP
(Electronic Voice Phenomenon) Audio:
VR1 (Digital
Voice
Recorder) No
physical evidence captured on this device at the time of the
investigation. VR1 was
stationary in the playroom on the
2nd
floor.
VR2 (Digital Voice
Recorder) This
device captured a possible EVP in the form
of a whisper, but only a part of what is believed to be several other
words that
coincide with the time and content of an EVP captured
on VR6 and VR7, located
in different rooms and on a different floor of the house. The EVP
sounds like a sigh on this recording and starts 11
seconds into the clip. It is best heard with headphones, as this one is
extremely low in volume. Investigator contamination was ruled out.
VR2
was stationary
in the son’s bedroom on the 3rd floor.
VR3 (Digital
Voice
Recorder) No physical evidence
captured on this device at the time of the
investigation. VR3 was stationary in the attic.
VR4(Digital Voice
Recorder) No
physical evidence captured on this device at the time of the
investigation. VR4 was stationary in the spare room on the 3rd
floor.
VR5(Digital Voice
Recorder) No physical
evidence captured on this device at the time of the
investigation. VR5 was mobile with investigators.
VR6(Digital Voice
Recorder) This device
captured a possible EVP in the form of a
whisper of
several words that coincide with the time and content of the EVP
captured on
VR2 and VR7, located in different rooms. The EVP sounds
like or may be “They might be wrong”, and
starts 7 seconds into this clip, right after you hear Lauren say,
"Better check out Mark and Tim". It is best
heard with headphones. Investigator
contamination was ruled out. VR6
was stationary in the living room.
VR7(Digital Voice
Recorder) This
device captured a possible EVP in the form
of a loud whisper
that coincides with the time and content of the EVP
captured on VR2 and VR6,
located in different rooms, and
starts 5 seconds into this clip, right
after you hear Lauren say, "Better check out Mark and Tim". It is
best heard with headphones. Investigator
contamination
was ruled out. VR7
was
stationary in the den just off the living room.
To
the left is the 3rd floor bedroom where VR2 captured a possible EVP. To
the right is the 2nd floor living room where the same EVP was also
recorded on VR6, but in a little bit better quality.
Video:
DVR
Cam1 - (Kitchen
facing playroom and stairs) No physical evidence
captured on this device at the time of the investigation.
DVR Cam2 -
(Playroom) No physical
evidence captured on this device at the time of the investigation.
DVR Cam3 -(Son’s
bedroom) No
physical evidence captured on this device at the time of the
investigation.
DVR Cam4 -(2nd
floor
storage room facing hallway) No physical evidence captured on this
device at
the time of the investigation.
Camcorder
#1 –(Kitchen facing
living room)No physical evidence
captured on this device at the time of the
investigation.
Camcorder
#2 –(Master
bedroom facing hallway)No physical
evidence captured on this device at the time of the investigation.
Camcorder
#3 –(Mobile with
investigators)No physical evidence
captured on this device at the time of the
investigation.
Camcorder
#4 –(Mobile
with investigators)No physical
evidence captured on this
device at the time of the investigation.
Photographs: No
photos of evidential value were discovered.
EMF (Electro Magnetic
Field): Standard
baseline readings were taken throughout the residence and outlying
areas with expected spikes near electrical appliances. No abnormal
readings were present during the investigation.
Investigator Feelings /
Experiences
Mark
– With Tim in
playroom on the 2nd floor and heard noises coming from kitchen. No
cause found.
Rich
– None
Lauren
– None
Tim
– With Mark in
playroom on the 2nd floor and heard noises coming from kitchen. No
cause found.
Chris-
None
Conclusion: During the course of
this
investigation, investigators were able to rule out some natural factors
that could
cause the family and the family dog to experience activity. All EMF
readings were
normal and this theory had to be excluded. Investigators did discover
some type
of rodent, such as a bat or mouse, making noise in a wall of the
child’s bedroom on the 3rd
floor. Investigators initially believed that this may be a reason for
the
family dog to appear to be barking at an empty room, but the dog had
spent quite
a bit of time in this room on camera with no response to whatever was
making
noise in the wall, nor did the dog give any indication that he smelled
a
rodent.
Two
investigators, Mark and Tim, were present in the playroom on the 2nd
floor and heard various banging and knocking noises coming from the
adjoining
kitchen that could not be identified or a source located.
A
possible whisper was picked up on three of the stationary audio
recorders placed in three different locations and on two different
floors of the house. The whisper sounds like a complete
sentence and investigator contamination was ruled out as a cause.
Based solely on the investigation from this
date, there is not enough
evidence to prove or disprove a haunting either way. ThePPA believes
the clients to be
credible witnesses to the activity and in no way discredit their
accounts.
With allof the information gathered from interviews and
investigative
means,
there does not appear to be anything negative or threatening happening
at this
location, however unsettling for the family. Based on the
report
of activity
and a possible EVP being captured, ThePPA believes future
investigations should
be conducted to establish the cause of the activity and will continue
to work with the family at their request.