Investigation into reported paranormal activity at a private home
We were contacted by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX because of ongoing events in her home that seemed to be paranormal in nature.
Reported Activity:
Just after moving into the home, they smelled what they describe as cigarette smoke at the base of the main stairs leading to the 2nd floor. Footsteps on the main stairs. See-ing shadows moving around the entire home. Multi-ple people reporting being bumped by something that was “not there”.
During the Halloween 2006 season, they had lights on the front of the home, they would always unplug the lights to make sure that there were no electrical problems. On several occasions the lights would be found plugged back in again.
During the same Halloween season XXXXX and her grand daughter both heard what they say sounded like a party in the kitchen of the home. There was nobody in the kitchen. XXXXX’s granddaughter has reported seeing “Shadow people” In the basement there is a room that has been
converted to a play-room for the grandchild.
XXXXX noticed a noise coming from the room and when she investigated she discov-ered that there was a toy cash register that was making the noise. The toy had never worked before. She attempted to remove the batteries from the toy but discovered that it is solar powered so she could not.
When the events first started happening she went to her church they recommended that she go to each location in the home that she was having problems in and pray, and tell whatever was in the home to leave her alone. While she was walking through the home praying, she went into the toy room and says that she heard what she describes as a “Loud growl” and then the toy cash register said “Thank you for shopping…. Good Bye.”
The Dining room
At this point
she con
tacted Psy
chic XXXX
and accord
ing to her XX said that there are the spirits of 2 children, a man who choked to death after lung cancer, the spirit of a mentally disabled woman ( the one who growled at her). A lady that owned the sewing machine cover that she now has, as well as several more. She contacted T.A.P.S. and has had XXXXX XXXX to the home and states that she has had several “Class 5” E.V.P.’s and that they were able to get more re-cordings than in any other home that they had been in. XXXXX says that she worked with XXX on the phone and that they “released” the spirit of the mentally ill woman that was in the toy room as well as the man who choked to death. She said that XX explained that the house is basically a Portal and the energy cannot be stopped but the bad entities have been removed. We talked to XX XXXX and she said that she has worked with XXXXX and that she cannot do a lot because of the dis-tance that she has to work. She stated that the home is most likely having some is-sues but there is no way to tell without going there what is actually happening. She says that she does not like to use the word “Portal” because she does not like that use of the word. She stated that she does think that there is activity in the home in the kids play room as well as the main bedroom. Other than that she stated that she did not really have any information about the activity.
The Master Bedroom
While we were in communication with XXXXX she contacted XXXX. for a second opinion.
They came out for an initial interview and told her that there was a “Portal” that needed to be closed. They scheduled a time to come out and do an investigation and a “Sealing of the Portal”
After the first investigation was done XXXXX said:
“The investigation with XXXXX was Sat.April 14. They spent about 8 hours get-ting video and audio. Stacie called meSunday 15 April and told me that every member of their team to include the techs. experienced something. As far as the portal goes they could not seal itcompletely as they believe there areroads leading into the main portal sothere is more to work do. I don't under-stand all of this so I have to go on what Iam told. I will let you know what theyget when we have the reveal. I reallythink you will be surprised at what activityis left even though part of the portal wassealed. There are so
many soulswho will re-main here for one reason or another. A lot of children I am told (ac-cording tothe EVP's that XXXXXX got.)”
She sent an e-mail later updating us:
“There is still a lot of activity. Not so much whisperingbut other noises. The Portal has not been sealed because there are roads leading into it. That is what I have been told. You will get a lot of EVP's.”
Then: “XXXXX is still working on the evidence.About 4 1/2 hours worth. Couldn't close the Portal so that doesn't come into playin your investigation. I am being toldthere is video as well as numerous EVP's. I haven't sat down with them yetbut will let you know how the reveal goes. Is it possible to haveyour sensitive come in the night before?Whatever works for you”
And then: “ I had been sensing two new spirits,young men or teenagers, that needed toget a message through so I asked XXXXand XXXX from XXXXX to come back & see what they could sense. We went into the toy room and sat on the floor. Almost immediately XXXXXX feltthe presence of a young man named Jo-seph and another named Erik. Both had died in alcohol related accidents. When she asked them to show a sign of theirpresence the DVD player in the toy roomimmediately started to buzz almost in aMorris Code. She would ask a questionand they would respond using the DVDPlayer. There were no cell-phones, thelights were out, and the DVD player andTV were turned off. It was quite amaz-ing. When we left the toy room andwent into the computer room XXXXXXturned the TV on to a "snow channel" to see if we could get more response.
As we were talking a white flash camefrom the toy room and when we went inthere we found they had turned the TV off (that is what the flash was). So there is a lot of activity in the house.No portal has been closed and when amedium/sensitive ispresence there is a lot of contact. I hopeyou medium is prepared for what he willget in this house. We stirred things up a bit. Do you have a K-II meter? I ordered one for me so there will be one here to use. “
Property information:
XXXXXXXXXXXXX Littleton, CO 80123
Owners:
XXXXXXXX
Year built: 1972
Parcel ID: XXXXXXX Design: Split-level Features:
1 Full Bath 1 Fix Bath 1 ¾ Bath 1 Evaporative Cooler 1 Fireplace 3 Bedrooms
Sq Footage:
Attached Garage – 462 Enclosed Porch – 180 Bsmt – 576 First Floor – 972 Second Floor – 676
Sales:
08/23/1973 $29,000 to unknown owner 11/09/1977 $49,500 to XXXXXX 06/25/1979 $71,000 to XXXXXX 06/17/1994 $178,000 to current owners
Previous activity:
After researching the history of the location we have been unable to find any other re-ported activity, deaths or other possible rea-sons for a haunting.
We contacted XXXXX three days before the in-vestigation to verify times and what we would be doing during the visit. XXXXX replied:
That sounds good to me. My husband is pretypatient and he will be going up to the neighborsto drink his scotch and relax. XXXXI got a lot ofEVP's and abour 43 instances of doors closing,footsteps, knocks and assorted other bumps inthe night. They got a lot of noise during theirremotes. Nothing on film, my ghosts are cam-era shy. Some odd readings from theback yard. EMF's? You can figure it out. Their sensitives got a whole lot of interaction but myghosts wanted me here so your idea is a good one. You will get an enormous amount of EVP'sso be prepared. you can bring as many sensi-tives as you want. My daughter and I will beable to contact and feed off your sensitive. Seems to work quite well. We are not trained enough to get all the messages on our own. I will try and tell you what I am feeling are here. I usually can pick up when they are here and amreally good with names but I need help. I am anxious for you to come a experience my home.It will amaze you. See you Sat. at 6:00.
On-site investigation:
We arrived at the location at 6:00 and met with XXXXX and see if there was any new activity aswell as start the on-site investigation.
She also had her neighbor and neighborsdaughter present for the investigation.
Members Present:
Bryan Bonner
| Carol Olivacz | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Baxter | |||||
| Viki Heikka | |||||
| Kevin SampronBrian Scheltz | |||||
| Kate Scheltz | |||||
Greg Robinson (A sensitive that we asked to come along because of the other “Psychics”that had visited the location)
We started setting up the equipment at 7:00 andcompleted the setup at 8:00.
Equipment used & Locations
3 - Sony Handi-cam 8mm Video recorders at-tached to remote monitors. One camera was placed in the dining room facing the 1st floorliving room area. One camera was placed at thetop of the 2nd floor stairs looking into the 1stfloor living room area. One camera at the end ofthe basement hallway looking towards thestairs, this camera was moved to look in theComputer room 1/2 way through the evening.
2 - Remote thermometers. One placed in theMaster Bedroom. One placed on the 1st floorDining room table.
1 - Cell Sensor E.M.F. Meter. Located in the Toyroom and left on to find E.M.F. changes.
1 - Tri-Field meter. Used throughout the locationto measure electrical activity.
2 - Natural Tri-Field meters. Used throughout the location to measure electrical activity.
1 - Apple i-Mac w/mAudio analog to digital con-verter and Yamaha analog audio mixer used with 3 microphones located in the 1st floor livingroom, the top of the 2nd floor stairs and the topof the basement stairs.
1 - Sony digital voice recorder. Placed on the table in the 1st floor living room.
1- Nikon D-70 Digital camera. Used throughoutthe location to document the area.
1 - Sony DSC-F828 Digital camera. Usedthroughout the location to document the area.
1 - Apple i-Mac with mAudio analog to digital converter, and 2 microphones. 1 Microphone located in the Toy room. One microphone located in the Master Bedroom.
2 - Macintosh Laptops w/2 - EyeTV receiversand 2 video cameras. One camera located in the Master Bedroom. One camera located in the Toy room.
3 - Sony Digital voice recorders. Moved aroundthe location throughout the location.
1 - Digital Tri-field meter used to document electrical fields in the location.
View of the “Toy Room” from the closet
While setting up the equipment baseline readings were taken.
It was noted that in the back yard the E.M.F. from the underground power line/Cable TV was very high (15-25 milligaus) and has an odd re-flection that occurs at a focus point that is ap-proximately 5-7 feet above the ground. This field is unchanging and caused by the under-ground wiring so it was determined to have noparanormal origin.
The home has consistent high E.M.F. readings. The main floor and the second floor both show major unshielded wiring along the walls as wellas a high field in the closed patio area becauseof the main electrical panel and meter being lo-cate indoors. The basement has several areas that have extremely high E.M.F. that seems to be wiring that was changed during remodelingof the basement. The Toy room has consistentlyhigh (10+ milligaus) from 5 feet above the floorall the way to the ceiling. All of these fields werefound to be naturally explainable.
E.M.F. readings were taken at predeterminedlocations throughout the house at 45 min inter-vals and there was no significant change duringthe evening.
E.M.F. Readings in the Master bedroom did notexceed 1 milligaus and did not change morethan .5 milligaus.
Temperature readings:
The temperature in the home was a steady 7072 degrees throughout the evening. The only change was in the patio area where we locatedthe equipment for monitoring.
Visual phenomena:
There was no visual phenomena seen duringthe evening either in the still or video images.
Audio phenomena:
During the evening there were a few oddsounds ( Bumps, Knocks ) but they did not occur with any other recordable phenomena.
During the evening XXXXX and her neighborthat was present went to the basement Toy room and tried to communicate with what theyhad talked to before.
They used the K-II meter that had been sug-gested by XXXXX and when they were using itthey said that they had previously and now weregetting responses on the lights of the meterwhen asking questions. They tried to ask ques-tions and use the meter while the meter was on the floor and not being held and there was noreply. It was determined that the meter is sub-ject to static electricity that is cause when theperson holding the device moves slightly, as well as the on/off switch being a momentary switch instead of one that will lock in the on po-sition, this can cause random readings due tothe pressure from the finger of the user.
We were given a copy of the E.V.P session that was initially conducted, however due to theconstant talking of the people involved it is impossible to determine if the voices in questionare of the people present or not.
XXXXI gave XXXXX a copy of their E.V.P. re-cordings. however both copies of the CD areunreadable in any computer. She did say that when she heard them with XXXX the recordingswere “not very good” and that they were notreally easy to make out.
View of the “Toy room” from the door
Report from “Sensitive”
While investigation the home, he said that hecould find little to no activity in the home. He didfind what he described as “Something Bad” thathad been left behind from someone who was recently working with the energy in the home.The main area the he was finding this was thecloset area in the Master Bedroom. This closet also backs up to the adjoining bedroom thatthey call the “Red Room”
The equipment set up in the patio
Conclusion:
We did not find any “Evidence” to conclude that the location had any activity while we were atthe location. This is not to say that there is no activity but while the investigation was beingconducted, nothing was recorded.
Due to the previous investigators attempt to“Close the portal” and not being able to. Oursensitive offered to cleanse the home to help XXXXX and her family.
We offered this to her but explained that if she decided to attempt to communicate with what-ever was there or invite more activity it wouldnot help. She accepted that she would not tryany further communication and the home wascleansed.
We will continue to follow up with XXXX to make sure that the activity is minimal and dowhat we can to help her.
The basement Computer room
The “Red Room” upstairs
Theories:
The Toy Room has been the main focus of both the prior investigators as well as XXXXX. Due to the extremely high levels of E.M.F. in the room, it is a possibility that two factors may explain some of the phenomena.
The entire home has areas with continuous ele-vated Magnetic Fields, this has been reported tocause odd effects on the human brain. There has been scientific correlation between highlevels of E.M.F. and reported sensory phenom-ena. The effects that have been reported range from A Ghostly presence, A religious experi-ence, An Alien abduction & A feeling of being watched. The reported effects were generally based on the background and expectation ofthe people involved in the study.
Due to the high E.M.F. fields it is possible that the potential exists for the person who is lookingfor a “Paranormal” explanation may actuallywitness one.
The electrical issues that have been reported inthe Toy room ( Toy talking, DVD player making odd sounds) may have a scientific explanation.With the E.M.F. fields as high as they are in the room, there is a possibility that when a person isin the room the Magnetic field is changed by ei-ther absorbing or reflecting the energy andcausing electrical devices that have switchesthat are electrically active even when the deviceis not on, to act erratically.
It is also reported that XXXXX her granddaughter and neighbor have psychic tendencies, sothey may also be more “sensitive” to any activitythat may be present around them.
Brian & Kate Logging data
This report was compiled by the team of the Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Soci-ety. June, 2007