Paranormal Anomaly Search Team (PAST) Update
We just finished up a second investigation surrounding a missing person case. Back in February we went to Mendota, Illinois to help with a very sad unsolved case. Veronica Jill Blumhorst left her job on 9/20/1990 and has never been seen since. Her car was found in the family garage the next morning, but there was no evidence to what happened to her. There have been claims or paranormal activity near her disappearance and at other locations in town. When we were contacted earlier this year for the first case we explained we do not normally search for missing people. We are not psychics that help police when the leads run cold. As we spoke to the brother of the missing woman, we felt we may be able to gain evidence that may help, or dispel the rumors of the activity. When we did the investigation, we covered many different areas around town. We did collect some good EVPs, but nothing definitive of what happened. We always said we would return as we felt we just touched the tip of the iceberg.
Her brother set up a memorial for her on the 20th anniversary of her disappearance on 9/19/10. They had an expo during the day with law enforcement and other agencies that help with missing persons. In the evening they had the memorial. We thought this was a unique opportunity to investigate with all the energy of her family and friends present. The emotional ties, love, and sorrow may help us communicate with Veronica. We hit a few spots we visited the first time, but we spent the majority of the investigation in the wooded area we got the most evidence from the first time. Within 3 minutes of beginning to ask questions we heard the response from a female that said "He hurt me". This was just the beginning. We caught multiple clear EVPS both male and female and even a clear name when we asked. What we can say is we were amazed at the things we caught. We hope the evidence may spark conversation to help bring answers and closure to this case. We may even need to go back at some point.
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Jennifer Lopez ‘Upsets Ghost on TV Set’
In 2009, it was claimed an angry poltergeist was haunting the house where the American Idol contestants were living. The spirit was named Phyllis, and was said to be angry she wasn’t getting a shot at the spotlight. Those familiar with the time are convinced Phyllis is back, and as irritable as ever.
“Many staffer think it’s Phyllis – and that she’s jealous of Jennifer,” a source told National Enquirer. “There’s no good explanation for what happened, and we all think it’s really, really creepy.”
Staff have vowed to keep a close eye out backstage, and make a note of any unexplained happenings so they can try to establish a pattern.
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Paranormal Investigators to Help Animal Shelter
wayneindependent - Mark and Lauren Keyes of Lackawanna County take their paranormal seriously.
They’re team leaders for the Pennsylvania Paranormal Association (PPA), featured on the Animal Planet TV show “The Haunted.”
Your chance to meet the members of the PPA team is Saturday at the “Spirit of Dessin” fundraiser being held at the Historic White Mills Fire Hall in White Mills, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The cost is $5 per person with all proceeds benefiting the Dessin Animal Shelter’s Spay and Neuter Program.
Event organizer Toni Lehutsky says it’s lining up to be an exciting evening.
There will be demonstrations of ghost hunting equipment, talks about paranormal investigations, and a chance to meet Ben the PPA’s K-9 Police trained mascot and ghost hunter.
A personal friend of her husband’s, Lehutsky said Mr. Keyes takes a scientific approach to researching the paranormal.
“Mark is into quantum physics,” she said.
“They don’t charge the clients,” she said. “They go into houses and debunk things.”
Though sometimes a noise might be attributed to a loose pipe, etc., Lehutsky said the Keyes have come across the paranormal.
In Delaware County, they went to a home where something went flying across the room. “You hear this thing and it was a quarter that went flying and no one was in the house,” Lehutsky said. “So they do have stuff like that that happens, but it doesn’t happen in every home.”
As for Ben, the ghost hunter, Lehutsky says, “A dog is more sensitive, in-tune to things. He’ll see things they don’t; he’ll hear things they don’t.”
Psychic readings and photos with Ben are available for an additional charge.
Lehutsky says the psychic will also check the historic fire hall to see if any old firemen are hanging around.
Saturday’s event is a way to get the word out about the PPA and raise money for the Dessin Animal Shelter’s Spay & Neuter Program, Lehutsky said.
Marlene Metzger, PA Humane Society Police Officer for Dessin, says the Spay/Neuter program has been around for years and has helped hundreds of people.
“The spay and neuter fund is strictly for the community ... It helps them spay and neuter their animals and that in turns helps the Dessin to prevent pet overpopulation. The less animals we get in the less animals that are homeless or eventually euthanized. There’s always far more animals than there are homes.”
Lehutsky says public response to the upcoming event has been incredible, with people stopping her on the street, saying, “I’m so exiting about your fundraising (event). I’m bringing a bunch of people.”
“It’s really been a group effort. We’re all very passionate and caring people who just want to help people,” Lehutsky said.
Lehutsky thanked Todd Stephens and the Dorflinger Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary for the use of the Historic White Mills Fire Hall.
“I’d like people to keep any open mind ...Check out the show and help the Dessin,” Lehutsky said.
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Ghost Hunt Brings Closure For Family
journalstar - The ghosts of Nebraska Wesleyan University didn't materialize Friday but a call to spirits eased one survivor's guilt.
Carol Ready of Scribner has carried guilt since two sisters died more than three years ago in a rollover.
The 18-year-old frets over little things -- why didn't she play with them when they'd asked?
Days before the accident, Carol told her tomboy sister Beth, 11, she'd teach her how to put on makeup "later."
Well, later was too late, Carol said.
The girls died April 14, 2007, en route to Concordia University for its "Gathering of Talents." Beth and Erin, 7, were to sing solos at the festival.
"I felt like they died because I pushed them away," Carol said. "I thought it was God's punishment."
Carol's mother, Ruth Ready, carries guilt for losing control of the Suburban that flipped twice on Nebraska 79 near North Bend.
Closure has been hard for the family. Carol said there's a void that can't be filled.
But those who say they spoke with Beth and Erin Friday have this message -- the girls are happy on the other side and want their mortal family happy too.
Carol was able to "talk" to her two sisters with the help of paranormal expert Chris Moon, who was at Nebraska Wesleyan University Friday night.
Moon claims to have the ability to talk to the dead through a spirit phone, a device he says uses sound waves to convey messages between worlds. He travels the United States going into historically haunted houses to talk to ghosts.
It's rumored that Wesleyan's Old Main building and Johnson Hall are haunted. Multiple people say they've seen, heard or felt paranormal activity there throughout the years.
And it just so happens that Carol lives in Johnson Hall.
She didn't really believe in ghosts until Friday, when Moon used the spirit phone to talk to ghosts on her floor.
Moon asked people to start asking questions. Carol asked if Beth and Erin were there. Through the phone they said, "Yes, here."
"Is there a girl that's 7?"
"Yes."
"Is there another girl that's 11?"
"Yes. We are at home. Safe."
"Beth? Beth Ready?"
"Me. Hi. This is odd. We're cool," she giggled.
Carol started shaking; tears streamed down her face.
"That was Beth's voice and giggle. I will never forget that sweet voice," Carol said. "I remember one morning I woke her up by putting my hand on hers and she said, ‘Hi!' That was the same hi I heard that morning."
Ten minutes later, the sisters asked for Carol. Carol hadn't said her name to the spirit phone, but a girl's voice asked to talk to Carol.
Carol asked, "Are you mad at me for not spending time with you?"
"No, we understand."
"Are you mad at Mom?"
"A little, because she is blaming herself and holding guilt."
"Every day Mom thinks about you girls."
Carol cried harder. Other students crowded around. Chris Moon teared up too.
Carol grabbed her cell phone and called her parents, who aren't big into ghost tales. But Carol didn't care, she needed to tell her mom to stop feeling guilty.
"It feels so good to know that they weren't blaming me for not spending time with them before they died," Carol said.
The idea that the dead can communicate with humans is weird until you've experienced for yourself, said Joe Pritchard, a Wesleyan student who stayed overnight in Old Main on Friday with about 30 people waiting for the ghost of Clara Mills to appear.
Brittany Gunther, another Wesleyan student, claimed she talked to her cousin and aunt through the spirit telephone.
"She recognized her cousin's voice right away, Pritchard said. "You have to be there to understand what we heard and saw."
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