Many believe the story to be authentic, but most historians believe it is a legend, similar to the story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree. Historians point out the story of the angelic vision was unknown during Washington’s life. It is first found in the writings of Charles Alexander (1836-1927) who wrote fictional “dream” stories about many famous Americans. Alexander wrote that in 1859, a 99-year-old man named Anthony Sherman, who claimed to have been an aide to George Washington, confided to the author. In the National Tribune, 1880, an article appeared giving an account of the "Vision of Washington" at Valley Forge. The article was reprinted in the Stars and Stripes on December 21, 1950.
The soldier mentioned as having a first-hand account of the "Vision," Anthony Sherman, was a soldier in the Continental Army. However, according to his pension application, written by him, he states that he was at Saratoga under the command of Benedict Arnold at the end of 1777 and only joined the main forces in 1778 in New Jersey just before the Battle of Monmouth.
Anthony Sherman wrote:
You doubtless heard the story of Washington's going to the thicket to pray in secret for aid and comfort from God, the interposition of whose Divine Providence brought us safely through the darkest days of tribulation. One day, I remember it well, when the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, though the sky was cloudless and the sun shown brightly, he remained in his quarters nearly all the afternoon alone. When he came out, I noticed that his face was a shade paler than usual. There seemed to be something on his mind of more than ordinary importance. Returning just after dusk, he dispatched an orderly to the quarters who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary conversation of about an hour, Washington, gazing upon his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone commanded, related the event that occurred that day.
THE VISION AND PROPHECY
"I do not know whether it is owing to the anxiety of my mind, or what, but this afternoon, as I was sitting at this table engaged in preparing a dispatch, something seemed to disturb me. Looking up, I beheld standing opposite me a singularly beautiful female. So astonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found language to inquire into the cause of her presence. A second, a third, and even a fourth time did I repeat my question, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of her eyes. By this time I felt strange sentiments spreading through me. I would have risen, but the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I assayed once more to address her, but my tongue had become useless, even thought itself had become paralyzed. A new influence, mysterious, potent, irresistible, took possession of me. All I could do was to gaze steadily, vacantly at my unknown visitor. Gradually, the surrounding atmosphere seemed as though becoming filled with sensations and luminous. Everything about me seemed to rarify, the mysterious visitor herself becoming more airy, and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to feel as one dying, or rather to experience the sensations which I have sometimes imagined accompany dissolution. I did not think, I did not reason, I did not move; all were alike impossible. I was only conscious of gazing fixedly, vacantly at my companion.
"Presently I heard a voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn,' while at the same time my visitor extended her arm eastwardly. I now beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance rising fold upon fold. This gradually dissipated, and I looked upon a strange scene. Before me lay spread out in one vast plain all the countries of the world -- Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. I saw rolling and tossing between Europe and America the billows of the Atlantic, and between Asia and America lay the Pacific. 'Son of the Republic,' said the same mysterious voice as before, 'look and learn.'
"At that moment I beheld a dark, shadowy being, like an angel floating in mid-air, between Europe and America, dipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand. He sprinkled some upon America with his right hand, while with his left hand he cast some on Europe. Immediately a dark cloud raised from these countries and joined in mid-ocean. For a while it remained stationary, and then moved slowly westward, until it enveloped America in its murky folds. Sharp flashes of lightning passed through it at intervals, and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American people.
"A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled it out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back to the ocean, in whose heaving billows it sank from view. A third time I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' I cast my eyes upon America and beheld villages and towns and cities springing up one after another until the whole land from the Atlantic to the Pacific was dotted with them. Again I heard the mysterious voice say, 'Son of the Republic, the end of the century cometh, look and learn.'
"At this the dark, shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an ill-omened spectre approach our land. It flitted slowly over every town and city. The inhabitants presently set themselves in battle array against each other. As I continued looking, I saw a bright angel, on whose brow rested a crown of light, on which was traced the word "Union," bearing the American flag, which he placed between the divided nation, and said, 'Remember ye are brethren.' Instantly the inhabitants, casting from them their weapons, became friends once more and united around the National Standard.
"And again I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' At this the dark, shadowy angel placed a trumpet to his mouth and blew three distinct blasts; and taking water from the ocean, he sprinkled it upon Europe, Asia, and Africa. Then my eyes beheld a fearful scene: from each of these countries arose thick, black clouds that were joined into one. And throughout this mass there gleamed a dark red light by which I saw hordes of armed men, who, moving with the cloud, marched by land and sailed by sea to America, which country was enveloped in the volume of the cloud. And I dimly saw these vast armies devastate the whole country and burn the villages, towns, and cities that I beheld were springing up. As my ears listened to the thundering of the cannon, clashing of swords, and the shouts and cries of millions in mortal combat, I heard again the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' When the voice had ceased, the dark, shadowy angel placed his trumpet once more to his mouth and blew a long and fearful blast.
"Instantly a light as of a thousand suns shone down from above me, and pierced and broke into fragments the dark cloud which enveloped America. At the same moment the angel, upon whose head still shone the word "Union," and who bore our national flag in one hand and a sword in the other, descended from the heavens, attended by legions of white spirits. These immediately joined the inhabitants of America, who I perceived were well-nigh overcome, but who immediately taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, amid the fearful noise of the conflict, I heard the mysterious voice saying, 'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' As the voice ceased, the shadowy angel for the last time dipped water from the ocean and sprinkled it upon America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled back, together with the armies it had brought, leaving the inhabitants of the land victorious.
"Then once more I beheld the villages, towns, and cities springing up where I had seen them before, while the bright angel, planting the azure standard he had brought in the midst of them, cried with a loud voice, 'While the stars remain, and the heavens send down dew upon the earth, so long shall the Union last.' And taking from his brow the crown on which was blazoned the word "Union," he placed it upon the Standard, while the people, kneeling down, said, 'Amen.'
"The scene instantly began to fade and dissolve, and I at last saw nothing but the rising, curling vapor I at first beheld. This also disappearing, I found myself once more gazing upon the mysterious visitor, who, in the same voice I had heard before, said, 'Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted: Three great perils will come upon the Republic. The most fearful is the third, passing which the whole world united shall not prevail against her. Let every child of the Republic learn to live for his God, his land, and the Union.' With these words the vision vanished, and I started from my seat, and felt that I had seen a vision wherein had been shown me the birth, progress, and destiny of the United States."
"Such, my friends," concluded the venerable narrator, "were the words I heard from General Washington's own lips, and America will do well to profit by them." - Anthony Sherman
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"Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
George Washington's Farewell Address, Sept. 17, 1796
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NOTE: many U.S. Presidents and military leaders had a prophetic nature...it's something that seems to go hand-in-hand with our nation's history. Much of what was said and conducted by our founding fathers has been lost to time but it is quite apparent that their esoteric beliefs, including Masonic rites and Rosicrucian ideals, demonstrate their mystic predispositions and the basis for which the United States was created. Judeo-Christian values are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the common culture of the American experiment...Lon
americanchronicle - According to multiple sources on two continents, the US National Security Agency (NSA) is back in -- or, perhaps, never left -- the psychic spy business.
In the mid-1990s, the US Central Intelligence Agency revealed the existence of official paranormal activity -- conducted by the US government -- at the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the US Army, USAF, the Navy, and other organizations.
Declassified documents from the DIA's STAR GATE program include several references to meetings attended by representatives from the NSA, who were interested in paranormal intelligence collection and psychic powers.
Early NSA interest in the paranormal arms race was discovered in a declassified CIA Office of Technical Services Memorandum for the Record from 1975. A few years later -- based upon thousands of STAR GATE files -- the entire Department of Defense Community appears to have been dabbling in paranormal activities, including tests of mind-over-matter psychokinesis-induced damage to electronic circuits and the use of psychic vision, or remote viewing, to collect intelligence on Soviet targets.
Some of the early US Army intelligence (INSCOM) activities involving paranormal intelligence were parodied in the movie adaptation of The Men Who Stare at Goats, inspired by the non-fiction book by British investigative humorist Jon Ronson. Examination of one 1981 INSCOM 'memorandum for the record' reveals that although NSA had been sending unofficial 'observers' to the Department of Defense paranormal program called GRILL FLAME, the Director of NSA requested an additional investigation by an NSA-sponsored committee.
Briefings for the NSA representatives were attended by CIA, DIA, SRI International, INSCOM (Army Intelligence), and Jake Stewart, of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Among those present from NSA were representatives for "Tech Applications & Advancement" and NSA's Scientific Advisory Committee at RAND Corporation.
According to INSCOM notes -- describing a personal briefing for LTG Lincoln Faurer, the Director of the NSA (given at NSA HQ on August 5, 1982) -- the Director stated that NSA's scientific panel had reviewed paranormal phenomena and were attempting to determine whether or not NSA would "cease all interest, pursue the subject within the agency, or join the DoD community."
If current STARstream Research sources are correct, NSA eventually decided to pursue paranormal and psychic intelligence collection deep inside a special compartmentalized or 'black program' within the agency.
According to one NSA source, mind-science research in support of the on-going NSA paranormal program is allegedly conducted at Johns Hopkins University. The alleged involvement of Johns Hopkins has not been confirmed by other sources at this time; however Johns Hopkins University was among the select institutions recommended by Office of Naval Intelligence representative Captain Jake Stewart [1], in a SECRET EYES ONLY report presented to the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.
Chris Robinson -- a British citizen known for predicting terror attacks -- also claims he had contact with US NSA representatives following a warning he sent to the CIA London Office just prior to 9/11.
Robinson's claimed foreknowledge of the 9/11 events was also confirmed to British television by Professor Gary E.R. Schwartz of the University of Arizona. Schwartz conducted informal tests of Robinson's psychic skills in August 2001.
Robinson's claim of having met with a high level NSA contact was later confirmed by another NSA-related source. According to Robinson, several of the US government representatives he met with following 9/11 were "extremely knowledgeable" about psychic remote viewing.
Based upon the historical record of US government paranormal activity prior to 1995, and the need for exceptional human intelligence collection following the terror events of 9/11, the existence of a compartmentalized NSA-based psychic spy effort cannot be dismissed out-of-hand. Information about previous paranormal programs leaked into the public sector in the 1970s and 1980s. The late Jack Anderson wrote about the DoD psychic spy program for the Washington Post, when it was still considered a national security concern.
STAR GATE documents from the DIA include official US government psychic spy tasking against targets that included terrorists, future terror events and threats, and drug smuggling operations.
An on-going paranormal program at the NSA would likely include tests of material psychokinetic effects; a search for a signal carrier for psychic information (one source claims the NSA considers psychic 'telepathy' to be a valid form of Signals Intelligence, or SIGINT); and operational tasking to collect information on targets of vital interest to the US national security. In addition, NSA would monitor foreign developments in paranormal intelligence and research and their potential impact against sensitive US locations, projects, and persons.
Clairvoyants Seize Economic Crisis in Finland, Worldwide
YLE - The increasingly hectic pace of life has sent people searching for answers. Uncertainty triggered by the tough economic climate is fostering a market—and demand—for fortune tellers and soothsayers.
A job ad for a clairvoyant was recently posted on the employment website of the city of Oulu. Within a week, some 200 people applied for the position.
Skepsis, an association encouraging impartial scientific investigation into claims of paranormal phenomena, says human nature hasn’t changed much despite advances in education and technology.
“People are perhaps seeking simpler solutions to their problems. Today’s world is perhaps too complex for some,” says Juha Vuorio, a spokesman for Skepsis.
He adds that the pace of change today is quicker than at any other time in human history.
According to Vuorio, people posing as clairvoyants are generally empathetic, allowing them to tune in to the mindset of the other party.
”It seems as if many people have a selective memory. If a person wants to believe something, he will choose to remember things that support his own beliefs.”
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Spirit Rescue International Case Log: South New Jersey Haunting
From Irene Block: The following post is the clients first explanation related to SRI of what is happening in her house:
I myself have been dealing with a sudden haunting that started on August 17th. I have to apologize in advance for the length of this post. There are just so many details and I want to give you as much information as I can. I have to start off by mentioning that we have never been interested in this topic and do not even watch movie's on the topic or read about it. This has always been a very big fear of mine. Maybe too many stupid scary movie's as a kid, don't know, but we are completely new to all of this.
My Husband and I moved into our new town house over 2 years ago with no problems. Our house was a model home and we purchased a lot of the furnishings with the house. We now have a one year old daughter. It all started with me seeing something floating around her on her baby monitor one afternoon. It was definitely a small white circular shadow and it glowed at night. It was only in the room when my daughter was sleeping and we only saw this on the monitor for 1 day. I completely lost it when we realized it was some sort of spirit energy or orb floating around her and we decided to video tape it. Once we started doing that, it never came back on the baby monitor. However, this started everything that happened over the last few months.
We started taking photographs and noticed various orbs in almost every photograph. I have hundreds of pictures. My daughter was suddenly frightened of the closet and would wake up screaming every night at exactly 3am. I had a very uncomfortable feeling in the house. This lasted a few weeks and I very sternly told the spirits to leave in the name of Jesus Christ and they seemed to leave that night, only to return stronger the next day. During this time, our TV would turn on and off multiple times a day, my Husband's computer would crash at exactly 9am every morning, my electric fireplace turned on by itself, a picture frame flew off the counter and we would hear knocking on our bedroom ceiling at night. I even once heard knocks at our front door in the middle of the night, from our 3rd floor bedroom! The list goes on and on. Someone suggested that we try to sage the house next. I did that and they left and came back even stronger. My Husband and I discussed calling a medium to come to the house. He was completely on board to do whatever we had to do. I found a local medium to come to the house that evening. When I went home to tell my Husband she was coming, he was suddenly outraged and demanded that she not come to the house. He was even punching himself in the head and walls in the house out of anger. He has NEVER acted in this manner and has no recollection of the event. I knew it wasn't him but was frightened and left the house to give him time to settle. When I returned about 20 minutes later, he was calmer and sitting on the couch with the TV off just staring at the wall. This was still bizarre behaviour, but by the time she arrived, he snapped out of it but looked and acted like he had been drinking the entire day. He did not have a sip of alcohol that day or night. Very bizarre. I knew that it wasn't him and that something did not want the medium there. When she arrived, she told us there were a few earthbound spirits at the house. She suggested I tell them to go into the light and talk to them, which I did. The medium also mentioned that she saw a dark shadow over my Husband and felt that something "wanted him out of the house". This frightened us and we needed to take immediate action and contact a more experienced medium. The woman we spoke to on the phone said that she saw the shadow over my Husband and that whatever was in him was not human and has never walked this Earth. She said that it is going after him because he is the strongest in the house. She then said she would virtually enter our house and take a look. She said that she walked through the front door and there was a large mirror to the left and a staircase to the right. This was correct and completely baffled us! She asked where the mirror came from and said it was a portal and had to go. The mirror was very old and we bought it with the house. She suggested we get a professional house cleansing immediately.
We then had a team come out and cleanse the house that week, the last week of September. During the cleansing there was a shaman journey on my Husband in which 3 entities were removed and destroyed. I have to also mention that a few weeks earlier, I tried a Christian ritual in my Daughter's room with two others and my Husband was in the other room working. The ritual was unsuccessful, as there were still orbs everywhere after we finished. We went in to tell my Husband what we had just done and he said that he just got finished vomiting. He said that he was fine one second, then had a sudden urge to run to the bathroom and vomit several times. He was unaware of what we were doing in the other room. This struck me the wrong way immediately, but I didn't really think it could have been related. Then, when we did the sage ritual, my Husband vomited the entire night. He said that the sage smell made him sick and he couldn't get the scent off of him. I thought it smelled nice, but just figured he had a weird reaction to it. Again, I thought it could be related but was in denial. Below is what the medium described she removed from him during the journey:
"One was now just leftover energy, like a goop, left in his stomach since he puked most of it out by the time we arrived. The next entity was inside his head that I pulled out from the top (the crown chakra if you will). That entity looked like the gremlins from the movie, but also covered in black goop. The last one was the one latched onto the middle of his spine. This one looked like a chameleon with a rounded head, like a sphere instead of a head or a face. And obviously, both those I threw into the candle fire to destroy them."
We then continued with the sage ritual after the entities were removed from my Husband and he liked the smell and did not get sick! We also created the light that night and I was told 6 earthbound spirits went into it. We had to get rid of a mirror, which we were told was a portal. My Daughter was also suddenly afraid of my Husband throughout the summer. She would immediate cry and turn to me when he would try to hold her and never go to him. I thought he was just working too much and never thought it was related. Well, she immediately returned to herself with him that night and loves to sit with him and play with him again. That was proof enough for me that something was in fact in my Husband and that my Daughter could see it. My daughter started to sleep again with no problems. Then we had a priest come to bless the house for an extra precaution. Everything seemed to be OK. Then a few weeks ago it all started again. We have orbs back everywhere, a strange dark pink object floating in pictures from another mirror and my Daughter is up again screaming in the middle of the night. A few weeks ago, a cup flew off the counter top and rolled across the room. There was no one in the room and no fan or open windows for this to happen. I waited a few minutes and went into the room and smelled a sudden scent of foul odour and dirt. This never happened before, so I took a picture of the area and there was a very dark shadow covering the wall. It disappeared in the next photograph. I am hearing the knocking again in our bathroom in the middle of the night and a few nights ago my Daughter's play piano was played at 4am and it woke me up. There were a few keys being played at the same time and it lasted about 10 seconds. It definitely got my attention. The pink object is now pictured in every mirror in the house and now seems to be on me in every picture. It is very dark pink, like a magenta and very bright and vivid. Does it sound like there is something attached to me now and why is it only seen in the mirrors? Does this signify something?
I am now at my the end of my rope and do not know what to do. Could we be dealing with Indian energy? I have to add that we are located in Southern New Jersey and I have recently found out that there were many tribes in this area and my development was just finishing construction this summer. Not sure if it is just a coincidence. Not sure why this would all suddenly happen out of no where. We also have a cell phone tower basically in the back yard. It's located about a 1/10 of a mile away.
I have been trying my best to ignore all of these things that are happening again and trying not to take pictures. Some people say to ignore it and others say never to ignore it. I am just very confused and don't know where else to turn! I just don't want to risk my Husband getting an attachment again or let anything harm our family. Please let me know your thoughts on what we were told was happening in our house. Is there anything we can do to finally clear our house? Does it sound like whatever is here is attached to the house or us? Thanks in advance for any advice!! Again, I apologize for the extremely long post!!
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From Lon Strickler: Irene and I conducted a remote view on this case today (Thursday, 12/2/10).
Irene set the target coordinates for me and monitored the session. We systematically executed 5 phases in order to perceive the target and to gather as much information possible.
In Phase 1, the coordinates (a set of two - four digit numbers) were given to me...from which an ideogram (a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept) was developed. The target was narrowed down to an open area with structures and people. By probing the ideogram, 'descriptors' (the function of describing) were used to determine the nature of the target. Several attempts with the same target coordinates were done in order to get a average assessment.
In Phase 2, the target vignette was narrowed by probing for sounds, textures, temperatures, colors, luminescence, contrast and smells. Through this information I was able to focus in on any verticals, horizontals, diagonals, topography, mass and energetics as well as my overall 'feeling' of the target.
In Phase 3, I made a rough sketch or drawing of what I was perceiving. At this point, the sketch included a gathering area (Native American encampment) that included people, dwellings and a long vertical pole. I also sensed a waterway nearby.
In Phase 4, I went into a deeper perception of the target. This included sense, magnitudes, emotions, physicals, subspace and concepts. There were other specifics used...but at this point there was no systematic procedure because the observations are starting to come together into a primary deduction.
The overall impression was that there was a group of Native Americans who had been through a very traumatic period, including a smallpox outbreak that killed many. There seemed to be other problems because the leader of this group (seemed to be the leader...though I would not describe him as a chief) thought that he and his people were cursed. I noticed this leader bury a small object during a ritual in order to alleviate the curse.
In phase 5, a timeline was established...Point A being the current time of the target and Point B and C previous significant events that occurred at the target.
This eventually resulted in my observation of an execution of what I believe to have been a British soldier (wore a redcoat) by this group of Native Americans. I sensed that this soldier was tied by his feet, hung upside down to the pole and burned alive. Not long after, a platoon of British soldiers killed many of the renegade group and moved the remainder to another location. (After reading the many references provided to me after the RV, I think that these soldiers may have been either Dutch or militia. I sensed red coats and assumed these were British troops...but the period seems to be mid to late 1600's, a period of early colonization in this area. These indigenous people also made and used a vast variety of smaller objects in the rituals and daily life...much more than I had realized before I read the material.)
The house haunting in question seems to have been the result of these events. I believe that the object (unknown what it is) that was buried by the leader is either in or near this house....specifically, this object was moved from it original location.
As a result of subspace perception, there are 2 entities that are tied to and now separated from this object. The first spirit takes the shape of an unusually large dog and roams the area outside the home. The other spirit is that of a small humanoid or imp...very dark in color and very mischievous. I also sensed that the heart or main area of the activity is the kitchen. (This entity, which we called an 'imp' or 'impish' just as a description, is really a dark astral spirit that is much less dangerous than a similar earth bound entity. I guess you could describe it as a 'familiar' that is intent on finding the object. I wouldn't be surprised that there are other residents in the neighborhood with similar phenomena...the spirit may simply realized that what it's looking for is not there and decide to move on.)
Irene and I don't feel that these entities are dangerous but are annoying in their quest to find the object. This coincides with information that the client told us after the remote view was conducted.
Stay tuned for more information in this case...Lon
NOTE: THE UNALACHTIGO OF NEW JERSEY - This link will take you to a pdf file that references the indigenous people who inhabited this part of south New Jersey
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Over the past several months, I have commenced to rejuvenate and hone my capabilities for gathering information on spiritual targets by using my subspace mind. In other words, I shift my awareness from one place to another or remote view.
There is a wide belief that all humans are composite beings, meaning that we have two fundamental sides...a body and a soul. In the language of remote viewing the soul is known as the ‘subspace aspect’ of a person...basically the non-physical component of a human being. When death occurs the physical body is no longer a composite being but continues to exist as a subspace entity. The physical realm of solid matter is both separate from and connected to subspace.
The subspace mind recognizes and processes data differently from the physical mind. You are not inducing an altered state of consciousness. Instead, you are following a set of procedures that allows you to shift your attention from one area of your perception to another.
Science, for the most part, does not accept remote viewing. Those who do believe and study remote viewing want to converse with scientists but often do not want to talk with the public. Scientists do not want to converse with those who study remote viewing but the general public does want to learn about remote viewing. Is it a paradox or a failure of perception?
The question, "Is the glass half empty or half full?” demonstrates the way beliefs can be perceived in different ways. In the case of visual perception, some people can actually see the form of external stimuli in their mind's eye. Those who are not picture thinkers may not necessarily perceive changes in the same manner. Each person’s knowledge creates their own reality as much as the truth, because the human mind can only contemplate that to which it has been exposed.
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SRI Investigation - Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
UPDATE - 10/30/10 - 8:30 PM EST: Irene was at the client's residence tonight attempting to gather more information and to possibly clear some of the spirits that have taken residence. She told me that the house felt somewhat better and 'lighter' and that the clients were feeling better as well. But, there is more work to be done...especially with the dominant entity. SRI always provides counsel and followup with clients after the spiritual services have been performed.
At this time, I'm going to describe some of the details of the remote view conducted last Tuesday. As you may remember, I administered the session while Irene monitored by way of Skype. I was given random location coordinates that were set to the target that were unknown to me. I proceeded to go through the phases used to gather information on the targets. I was able to identify several destinations and subjects that included a young girl, a tin or steelworker who may have been the girl's father and a church vicar. The locations included a mill, a tavern, an older towered church and the client's house. The scenarios where played out...but I am unsure of the time line and actual events, though I sensed three separate deaths that involved two of the individuals I perceived. I am planning to conduct another remote view session very soon because of new facts that have been learned.
The client was approached by a neighbor who has knowledge of six known deaths in the vicinity of the house. These deaths include that of a young girl....and that 'something bad' had happened in the house but the specifics were not given. We are continuing to research the history and facts pertaining to the location and the past residents....Lon
Message from Irene Block: After the clearing last night the two families slept well, the dogs were quiet all night and also slept. The daughter that had been the victim of some of the most terrifying happenings in the house came home in the early hours of the morning and noticed the difference in the atmosphere of the house as soon as she came through the front door, her words to me were that it felt normal.
This morning after talking with the family on the phone they are ecstatic at how the house feels and everyone involved said they were feeling physically better and much happier.
This clearing was done with the help of divine prayer and the archangel Michael, I performed a Christian clearing this time as I felt this was the type that in this particular case was needed, the ceremony I used is one of the strongest and I have always had good results with it. The clearing was filmed and I am still deciding if to post it or not, I haven't seen it and I am hoping I didn't look to fat in it or to dishevelled. LOL
Now I have explained to the clients that we are still not out of the woods, there is always the chance that I have missed something and at this point it is like a probationary period where we wait for a couple of weeks if there is anything left behind it will show itself during this period. I like to do what I call an aftercare program where I will monitor the family and the house for the next few weeks helping them to keep themselves and the house positive. Encourage them to lead a normal life, take walks with the dogs, etc. Most importantly keep all talk of this haunting away from the house and if they must talk about it to keep the conversation to a minimum.
Another RV session will take place next week as we had some very good results from the last one and hopefully this one will help to slot the last piece of the jigsaw together.
I forgot to mention before this clearing took place last night another investigation was done with locked off cameras and voice recorders the footage has yet to be gone over by Lon but if anything is found it will go up on the Astral Perceptions board.
Apparition Caught on Video During Paranormal Investigation
Photo Copyright 2009 by Doreen Hill
prlog - Investigator Doreen captures an apparition. She was up on the second floor of a home, she was in a room by herself when this was caught.
Barb King is the founder of the PA. Dept of Paranormal Investigations or PDPI, a non-profit investigative team based in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania vicinity. She describes Doreen Hill as "a strong investigator with good skills," then adds, "I trust her totally."
One evening in March, 2009, Doreen Hill and a handful of researchers from the Pittsburgh Paranormal Society accepted an invitation to investigate a rental property in East McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
The mother and her two sons living there felt threatened. The family witnessed shadow phenomenon in the stairway leading to the second floor. Vile odors wafted through the residence. They began sleeping on the living room floor before finally retreating to a relative's house since they did not have anywhere else to go.
When investigators arrived, there was a "TERRIBLE" smell in the home. They asked the tenant to check her refrigerator to see if maybe something had gone bad... nothing.
Two investigators immediately decided to check things outside.
Doreen escorted the mother upstairs to escape the stench, shoot video, and maybe run an EVP. Being somewhat "sensitive," she was drawn to a bedroom currently being used for storage. The mother returned downstairs to be with her children and to check on what everyone else was doing.
Doreen shot some video without incident.
Routinely checking what her Sony Handycam Hybrid DCR-SR45 had captured, her eyes more than likely popped out of her head reminiscent of some 1940's animated cartoon.
"I never saw that apparition in my view finder," Doreen explained. "After an hour or so, I wanted to check my video and that is when I saw her! I could not believe it and ran downstairs to show the tenant and the founder of the paranormal group what I caught. When I got downstairs, I found everyone in the basement because one of the investigators got pushed against a wall and they were making sure that she was okay."
The apparition can be clearly seen at 0:06 seconds as the camera pans slowly left and is really blurred at 0:16 seconds as the camera pans very quickly to the right.
We have three choices here:
1.) Deliberate hoax? Doreen Hill's integrity and her lack of technical savvy negate any hint of hoax.
2.) Mistake? To counter skeptical arguments that she merely recorded her own reflection or someone else in the house, Doreen says, "As far as the colors I was wearing....I know for a fact that I was wearing a black shirt with white lettering and jeans. The shirt I was wearing was the shirt I wore when I was with Pittsburgh Paranormal Society." This is no reflection or accidental capture of any living person present in that dwelling. The family is African American. No one in attendance dressed in the manner of this apparition. This is no orb or pareidolia.
3.) Real deal? Shawn Kelly, the Founder of the Pittsburgh Paranormal Society, states for the record, "The video is for real and it is a true apparition. It is the best piece of evidence out there to this day."
"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
insidenova - The sound of footsteps on the stairs when no one else is around and swirling candle flames are among the unusual occurrences Gloria Rouse has experienced at Rockledge Mansion in Occoquan.
For the first time — and for one day only — Rockledge will be included Sunday in the town’s ghost tours so others have the opportunity to experience the unexplainable.
While Rouse has not seen the Confederate soldier believed to haunt the 250-year-old building that looms over Mill Street, she believes he — or something — is there and means no harm.
“I never feel scared when I’m alone in here,” Rouse said. “I get a warm feeling.”
Rouse, along with her husband, Tyler, own Georgetown Caterers. They have catered events in the portion of Rockledge that includes a ballroom for years. That, and the rest of the mansion, had been the residence of Ron and Joy Houghton. But when Joy Houghton died last summer, her husband moved. Now the Rouses lease the historic building.
During a recent visit to Rockledge, Rouse lit some candles in a candelabra in the winter kitchen. “There is no forced air heat in here,” she said. “Sometimes the flames will swirl.”
While they didn’t do more than flicker during that visit, they have at other times.
Paranormal investigators recently spent quite a bit of time at Rockledge. While the results of their investigation, which involved scientific equipment designed to pick up sounds and thermal images and changes in magnetic fields, have not been finalized, they weren’t disappointed.
“We sat and watched the candle flames rotate for about two minutes,” Rouse said.
“We are still reviewing our data [about 20 hours of video and 20 hours of audio],” said Tara Ryan, who along with his husband, Max, founded the paranormal group PEPPR in Alexandria in 2005.
“So far, we have heard several disembodied voices answering questions and a lot of disembodied footsteps coming from the upper level of the house,” she said.
The footsteps are something Rouse knows well.
While the Houghtons were still living at Rockledge, they invited Rouse to spend the night if she had an event there that ran late.
She remembers one night when she was asleep in a second-floor bedroom. “I heard footsteps on the stairs, and it woke me up,” she said.
The next morning she ran into the Houghtons outside and told them she heard them come home the night before.
But they were just then returning to Rockledge. The footsteps were not theirs.
Rouse said she also has heard the steps during the day, but they do not frighten her.
“How can you be afraid of a noise?” she asked.
“If I had to guess who was going up and down the stairs, I would guess it was a man,” Rouse said.
And that “man” may well be the ghost of the Confederate soldier.
Rouse also recalled a story of a woman who was walking along the driveway in front of Rockledge and saw what she believed to be a Confederate soldier. Later, an examination of the front steps revealed what looked like wet hobnail boot prints, from the type of footwear a soldier would have worn at that time.
“When I’m here by myself sometimes I will hear someone knocking at the door, but when I go to answer it, there is no one there,” Rouse said. “Now I just look out the window.”
On Sunday, those attending the Occoquan Merchants Association’s ghost walks will have a chance to do more than look into the windows of Rockledge. It will be included on the tours given at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
“I believe it’s time for a new beginning for Rockledge,” Rouse said. “Let it be what it really is — an institution — and people should be able to see it.”
“Rockledge is one of Occoquan’s oldest buildings, and one that is inextricably linked to the town’s founding,” said Occoquan Mayor Earnie Porta. “It’s not often open to the public, so we’re all especially grateful for this rare opportunity.”
Kristyn Gleason, president of the Occoquan Merchants Association, said the group has had “constant bookings” for the Halloween tours.
“For people to have an opportunity to go inside the house for the first time is huge,” she said. “People want to learn more about the history of Occoquan.”
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Why Real-Life Ghost Hunters Hate "Ghost Hunters"
salon - In butchered Italian, Nick Groff tells the ghosts of Poveglia, a creepy island off the coast of Venice, Italy, to "use his energy." A faint rap is heard. Zak Bagans, his fellow ghost hunter, hunches over and grabs his stomach. It looks as though he may vomit.
"Wha, wha, wha ... what's the matter?!" Groff asks.
"I just feel ... weird," Bagans mutters.
A hiss-like sound -- the noise heard just moments before -- is played back. It was all the proof the two ghost hunters needed.
"I said, 'use my energy,'" Groff says, his tone now professorial, "and then all of a sudden your energy was drawn from your body at the exact moment. And then -- at the same time -- I heard that weeeird voice."
Bagans struggles to lift his head. "It's using my energy," he whimpers.
"Exactly!"
Bagans and Groff are hosts of "Ghost Adventures," one of the most popular programs on the Travel Channel -- and one of about a dozen similar reality TV ghost-hunting shows on television today. Over the past decade the ghost-hunting genre as a whole, led by series like "Paranormal State," "Ghost Hunters" and "Psychic Kids: Paranormal Children," has become a virtual fixture on cable television. The shows follow a basic formula: Everyday Joes -- sometimes aided by a psychic, sometimes not -- travel to supposedly haunted locations, wait for the sun to go down, and spend the night freaking each other out. It may seem hilariously contrived, but it's some of the most popular stuff on TV today.
Since they hit the air, these shows have raised the profile of paranormal investigation, turning series investigators into minor celebrities, and spurring a growing interest in hauntings around the country. But they've also made some unexpected enemies: real-life paranormal researchers.
Granted, it's never been easy for those who choose to seriously study ghostly or psychic phenomena. Mainstream science views them with deep suspicion -- a contempt fueled by what many see as a gaping lack of evidence. No definitive proof of otherworldly phenomena has ever been found. Yet parapsychologists -- a handful with Ph.D.s and fortunate enough to have found a home at an academic institution, the vast majority self-taught but equally dedicated -- continue to search for evidence that paranormal phenomena really do exist.
They've been at it for some time now, in fact. In the late 1800s men like Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James risked their reputations by studying oddities such as "crisis apparitions," prescient events where final farewells or messages from a friend or loved one are claimed to be received in dream form before it is known they are dead. In the early-to-mid-1900s, Joseph Banks Rhine helped to pioneer the study of ESP by founding a (now-defunct) parapsychology lab at Duke University. Today, laboratory-controlled random number generator tests -- experiments where a subject sits in front of a number generator and tries to "will" one number over another -- seem to suggest that the mind has an unknown ability to affect reality.
Parapsychology, its adherents say, is a little like alchemy before chemistry came along. Don't squash it. Interviews with multiple parapsychologists, however, suggest that reality TV ghost-hunting shows are doing just that by exacerbating the woes that have historically plagued their field.
Many parapsychologists derive a healthy part of their income, and research funds, from speaking engagements, but now those are beginning to dry up. Loyd Auerbach, a field investigator with a quarter-century of experience who has appeared on "Larry King Live," "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and "Late Night With David Letterman," is one of a number of parapsychologists who have felt the squeeze from the reality TV ghost-hunting shows. In 2006 he took part in and was paid for 14 events in the Halloween season alone. The next full year, that number dropped to five. The year after that, to two. And then, in 2009, to one. This is the new reality for Auerbach, a man once dominant in his field. So far in 2010 only one paying gig has come his way. "I was making a good part of my living lecturing and doing events. Now the TV stars are getting all the lectures," he said. "It's been difficult to pay my mortgage."
Dr. Barry Taff, an investigator who has consulted for the CIA and took part in a now defunct parapsychology lab at UCLA, has likewise seen a drop in the number of cases referred to him. "Since these shows littered the landscape, calls coming in for investigations have almost disappeared," he said. "We used to get 20 to 30 a year. And then it just dropped dead. Last year, literally, we did not go on one single case. Not one. It's depressing!"
But the effect of the shows may reach farther than the preexisting parapsychological industry. Dr. Andrew Nichols, a leading expert in poltergeists who researched the phenomenon for the U.S. Army and who co-received the only grant ever awarded to study alleged hauntings, believes that they also push questionable science on the TV-watching public. Nichols pointed out a laundry list of what he calls bad science in the series: Investigations always take place at night (Why would ghosts come out only then? How can you be a good observer in the dark?); investigators use unproven, "scientific seeming" instruments like magnetometers, which have ultimately failed to produce replicable results; they suggest that every odd sound, every "cold spot" and every "orb" (which have been explained away as side effects of digital cameras) are signs of ghosts. More generally, as Nichols put it, "they just run around like little girls."
Not surprisingly, the shows have also been accused of fakery. Perhaps the biggest pratfall in paranormal TV history belongs to the perpetually possessed psychic medium Derek Acorah, of the British show "Most Haunted," who was disgraced after a cast member tricked him into communing with fictionalized ghosts. Critics took aim at the genre's most popular series, "Ghost Hunters," after a 2008 Halloween special in which a ghost purportedly tugged an investigator's collar; many believed a trick string was employed. The incident prompted Buffalo resident Ron Tebo to found Scifake.com, a website that polices paranormal TV. "You had 5 or 6 million people glued to the TV and SyFy decides that they're going to pull a number on all of us," he said.
Furthermore, says Benjamin Radford, managing editor of the Skeptical Inquirer and a researcher who performs his own science-based investigations into supposed hauntings, the shows give people a template for inventing hauntings in their own house. Radford, who thinks most parapsychologists do shoddy research, has been able to find rational explanations for each haunting he's investigated. "I deal with people who are convinced their houses are haunted," he said. "They're ordinary people who for whatever reason believe that their home is haunted. And when I talk to them and when I do investigations, one of the things I ask is, 'Why are you interpreting what you're experiencing as a ghost?' Invariably the answer is, 'I watch "Ghost Hunters."'"
Parapsychology has always been hampered by a lack of funding and a shortage of academic departments dealing with parapsychological phenomenon. In the past there have been stabs at such programs in the United States, but they've had much more success in Europe, where there are at least a few, like the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh. In the '80s, for example, a short-lived parapsychology master's program existed at John F. Kennedy University in Orinda, Calif.
Without a strong body of degreed parapsychologists to speak for the field, parapsychologists worry that the shows further promote an image of the researchers as bumbling amateurs rather than rigorous professionals. "We get painted with the same brush," said John Palmer, a Ph.D. who runs the Rhine Institute, formerly affiliated with Duke University and one of the only parapsychological institutes in the country. It is the bumbling amateur image of the field that skeptics and mainstream scientists dig into. For some, the stigma is so strong as to dissuade any study in the field whatsoever.
Indeed, parapsychologists name the professional stigma associated with their field as one of the reasons it hasn't taken off (there are likely other reasons, of course). Without the support of academia, they say, young, serious-minded researchers interested in parapsychology struggle to receive grants, attain academic positions and achieve tenure. Harris Friedman, a professor at the University of Florida's psychology department, experienced the opprobrium associated with psychic study firsthand. He fell victim to what he calls the "reverse file drawer problem." "Many skeptics of parapsychology use the excuse that there's a 'file drawer problem' where all the negative findings get buried and only the findings that support parapsychology actually make it toward publication," he said.
As a doctorate student teaching in Fort Myers, Fla., Friedman conducted a study on psychic capacity in grade-school children -- a study that he says yielded compelling results: Children who claimed they liked each other had a better-than-odds chance of guessing cards than children who said they did not like each other. But he was grounded when he showed his findings to his dissertation professor. "He said 'Look, if you publish this forget having any sort of an academic career.' So I buried the data." Even so, Friedman, who has since gone on to have a fruitful academic career in alternative psychology, can see some benefits to the otherwise noisome ghost-hunting shows.
"They're tapping into a feeling of awe, a feeling people have that the world is not just mechanical," he said. "They open people up to deeper possibilities, and in this regard they have a good and bad relationship to parapsychology."
Awe is indeed what makes these shows tick, what keeps eyes glued to the screen: Ghosts are humankind's most popular and storied supernatural belief. We want to be scared, we want to suspend our skepticism; some among us even use the shows to make the leap into belief, and in this sense the shows possess an almost religious quality. The same ideas drive the field of parapsychology. For a number of reasons, the scientific hunt for the world beyond has remained a backwater discipline, and for a field of study strange enough as it is, parapsychology today finds itself in a strange position, stuck in between a set of uniquely American extremes: belief cheapened to the point of farce and a rigid, almost inhuman refusal to see anything beyond the material world. It's an odd thing. Or is it?
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Ghost Hunting, Pseudoscience and Skepticism
northern-iowan - I have a confession: I am a recovering believer in the supernatural. In the past, I've been prone to believing in and actively looking for ghosts and spirits. I used to peruse books on Bigfoot and the Bermuda triangle without really questioning whether their existence was even slightly plausible. I would stay up late watching shows about UFOs and wishing I was on a boat searching for the Loch Ness monster. And as someone who has now shed those beliefs, one of my greatest annoyances is that I cannot seem to convince everyone else to do the same.
I understand the appeal though. As a former paranormal addict, I was all set to embark on an exciting career as a paranormal investigator – a scientist really, just trying to convince a jaded world that ghost hunting is a legitimate science and a respectable profession. Thankfully my love of real science, and my hard turn towards a systematic rejection of any beliefs that were not supported by evidence, shook me of these nonsensical ideas. For those of you who still might cling to supernatural, paranormal or extra-worldly beliefs – consider this an intervention.
Specifically, I want to look at belief in ghosts. Cable television is heavily saturated these days with reality shows tracking the exploits of various bands of paranormal investigators. You've probably heard of the Syfy show "Ghost Hunters" by now. It focuses on a team of "paranormal researchers" who go to a location where people have reported paranormal activity, and covers in detail that team's use of expensive technology in attempting to catch that paranormal activity on camera or in audio. They provide the thrill of reality, but retain that fantastical promise of witnessing something otherworldly, assuming you squint hard enough at grainy video footage.
Here is the problem with what they are doing: it's not science. There's not a single shred of evidence to suggest that ghosts exist, or that they can be identified by cold spots. Why are ghosts cold? Why do they never seem to show up in visible light, but infrared cameras always find them? Why can you never hear them speaking, but finding them in garbled audio (what they call electronic voice phenomenon or EVP) is absurdly common? The answer is that it's easier to find whatever you're looking for in distorted or unclear video and sound. This is a profession that thrives on false positives.
The important thing is that there is literally no reason to believe that ghosts can be identified by cold spots, or magnetism, or any of those things. It's a total fabrication that is not based on any scientific evidence. Of course, many "ghost hunters" would tell you that when they find cold spots they are gathering "evidence" to prove that ghosts exist, but that's one of the most pernicious and corrupting things about the paranormal: it sets the threshold for "evidence" so low that it becomes nearly meaningless. If I call a ham sandwich evidence of fairies, am I using evidence in the scientific sense? Absolutely not. That "evidence" is not backed up by observable facts, and has no explanatory power when it comes to the phenomenon in question.
Paranormal investigators also tout their skepticism when beginning an investigation, but that too is a sham. They will try to disprove some claims, maybe finding a draft to explain a banging window, and that's a good thing, but their skepticism is quickly revealed to be superficial. One vase falling from a shelf, and suddenly you have "hard evidence" of a ghost. That's quite the logical leap, and a clear abandonment of the intense skepticism and scrutiny that characterize real science.
There is a lot more that could be said, but hopefully you can see some of the reasons that these beliefs are so ridiculous once you take a step back and examine them with a critical eye. The important thing to take from this is that beliefs should be based in evidence. They should mesh with our understanding of the world, as opposed to contradicting everything that science has already taught us. Beliefs should also be exposed to significant criticism before we accept them. Taking things at face value leads to the acceptance of absurd claims, which is clearly demonstrated by the popularity of "paranormal investigators." Put simply, there is more beauty and elegance in truth than in any superstition, and taking a stand against irrational beliefs is the first step in showing others that beauty.
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It is not often that anyone can find themself inside of a haunted house. But that was reportedly the case when CBS 21 News helped to document a paranormal investigation Thursday night.
The LaFonte Restaurant sits along the historic Lincoln Highway in New Oxford, Adams County. Built in 1858, the building has long served the community as an inn and pub.
On multiple occasions, investigators with PEER (Paranormal and Environmental Explanations from Research) have documented evidence of paranormal activity inside of LaFonte. The activity includes orbs, unexpected white "spots" that appear on digital pictures and video, and electronic voice phenomena captured on digital recorders. Paranormal investigators believe these bizarre occurences are evidence of ghosts.
Recently, PEER members invited CBS 21 News to witness and broadcast an investigation live on television. Our camera captured a flashlight, untouched by human hands, turning on and off at the request of a psychic medium, who claimed to be asking the ghost of a child to turn the light on as a signal of his presence.
Reported By: Barbara Lee Rowe, clairvoyant, medium
Project Manager(s): Steve and Tina McNaughton
Project Summary
Overview: Arrival and Brief Synopsis of Early Findings
Upon arrival, I, Barbara Lee Rowe, was introduced to the owner’s of LaFont Restaurant, including daughter, Eleanora. I was taken through the kitchen and into the dining room where I instantly began to feel a “presence.” Walking briefly through the bottom floor with the Eleanora and her mom, I was confronted by a startling and excruciating pain in the area of my lower back. The pain was so severe that it took my breath away as I entered back into the kitchen. At once, Eleanora’s mom stated that she quite often felt that pain while she was standing in the kitchen. I soon was able to release the pain which I ascertained was given off by the entity present.
· Presence felt of a female entity in dining room
· Sudden and severe “psychic” pain attached to psychic, Barbara Lee.
· Female entity concentrates between kitchen and dining room
Overview: Clairvoyant Investigation of Bottom Floor
Barbara Lee Rowe, accompanied by Steve M. and Eleanora, on a walk-through of the rooms of the establishment which dates back to 1858. The following results were determined:
· Activity already noted in kitchen and Dining Room*
· Bar area: a single entity is determined to be that of a male with further analysis unclear
· The front dining area (previously a parlor) is found to be active with spirit energy lingering from the original time period.*
The front hallway and stairway is determined to hold spirit activity/energy*
The front dining area (former parlor) reveals spirit energy from an earlier time period, original to the house, several “cold” spots are felt and psychic interaction between spirit energies which seem to be both male and female linger here.*
* denotes camera set up at these points
Overview: Synopsis of General Findings
· Second Floor: (1) Spirit energy felt on upstairs landing, in first room (originally where fire was) felt occupied by spirit energy of children, boy and girl, of illness and quarantine of some sort. A feeling of death is here within this series of rooms upstairs off the main corridor. (2) Mid-section of rooms holds spirit energy of male vibration and strong sense of illness, and (3) last room at corner has a “darkness” factor and again, strong feelings of illness including death. Information remains to be validated.
· Third Floor (attic): Spirit energy felt strong here from a very early period
· Cellar: Spirit energy felt here from a very early period
Overview: Clairvoyant Investigation of Second Floor
Barbara Lee, Steve, and Eleanora proceeded through the second floor rooms and nothing is felt until the middle room where Barbara Lee encounters the spirit form of an elderly lady with grayed hair atop her head and a black shawl draped around her shoulders. She is sitting in a rocking chair beside the window looking out. The energy is very sad here. Downstairs at the report of initial findings, Eleanora advises Barbara Lee that the woman in question, as described by Barbara Lee, is Eleanora’s paternal grandmother who is deceased.
Overview: Clairvoyant Investigation of Third Floor
Barbara Lee, Steve, and Eleanora proceed up to the third floor where Barbara Lee feels spirit activity/energy in the form of “men lying around,” and some type of “hidden agenda” which is unclear at this point but seems to target the hiding of people/persons or the possibility of punishment of some sort going on up here, perhaps children? Information is unclear and remains to be investigated and/or validated.
Overview: Clairvoyant Investigation of Cellar
Barbara Lee feels the strong vibration of people “trying to escape” and feels that there may have been “tunnels” down in this area at some point, which is later that evening confirmed by Eleanora’s mother. There is an instance where Barbara Lee is picking up a man and again, children, and is told by Steve that I seem to be reading the contents of a book he is writing but is not yet published. I inform Steve that it is possible a man who once resided in this house is telling “his story” and the story of the house through Steve.
Primary Project Objectives
Camera and Equipment Set Up in Areas Where Psychic Activity Present
Steve places Barbara Lee with Tina, two males, and Eleanora in the Dining Room where cameras and other equipment have been set up for the purpose of drawing out the “lady” which had turned out to be Eleanora’s late grandmother, her namesake.
· Contact is made with Eleanora’s grandmother both psychically and physically
· Information received from Eleanora’s grandmother is confirmed by Eleanora
Barbara Lee concentrates on the Dining Room and front entrance stairway where intense spirit energy is felt. At the stairway, Barbara Lee, Steve, Tina, and three others with camera and EVP devices proceed with investigation. Barbara Lee determines there are children present, playing about the stairway. Barbara Lee perceives that one child may have fallen to his death as a result of a slip or an innocent push, dropping down from the second landing through the hole and breaking neck. (At one point B.L. feels a sudden, severe pain in the neck region) The vision of a young boy dressed in brown knickers, with suspenders and a cap appears to be from the late 1800’s, early 1900’s era. He has brown hair and Barbara Lee receives from him that he is approx. 8 years old and then hears the name “Zack…”
· Psychic Phenomena is later produced on equipment in the areas of the landing and stairway where Barbara Lee had felt the energies strongest
· Other information, i.e. names, etc., is received by Barbara Lee but remains to be validated
Clairvoyant Analysis
Finding 1
· Spirit of female energy in kitchen and Dining Room is confirmed to be the paternal grandmother of Eleanora
· Spirit energies in stairwell/hall are believed to be children at play
· Spirit energies in remainder of house are from various time periods
Finding 2
· The house was used as a hospital of some sort; much illness and death here
· The house had been either an underground railroad or original owner had slaves
· House has many different associations of spirit energy of the non-family level
Finding 3
· LaFont Restaurant is definitely and without question “haunted”
· Intelligent spirit energies mainly confined to main floor kitchen, dining room, and front entrance hallway. These are reluctant to leave though are harmless. Found no “evil” to exist here but rather benevolent, intelligent spirit manifestations living ordinary former life existences amid the present energies, with emphasis on establishing contact, both advertently and inadvertently, with present inhabitants.
· There is also the presence of residual manifestations (place memory) in some areas such as the front parlor, second and third floors, and cellar.
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The activity in the house has increased....both mother and daughter were forced to sleep in the dining room on Friday night because of footsteps and loud bangs. They couldn't pinpoint where about in the house it was coming from but they were loud enough for her sister who lives upstairs to phone down asking them what in hell were they doing. This happened just after 1 am in the morning (10/23).
The sister upstairs said last night there was an awful smell in her place, so disgusting she couldn't describe it. She also heard footsteps coming up the stairs from downstairs...the stairs that are blocked off.
The client called Irene Saturday evening at 11:20 PM Wales local time because of the increased activity. The client also setup the tape recorder in the upstairs bedroom (directly above the bedroom Irene recorded) and left it for several hours. She played the recording over the telephone for Irene who described it as one of the worst haunting recordings she has ever heard. The loud groaning, moans, audible words, banging, footsteps as well as a disturbing buzzing she described as a 'large swarm of blue bottle flies.' Also, there was a heavy stench of sulfur in the bedroom.
NOTE: Irene and I would like as much feedback as possible on these EVP recordings - Upstairs bedroom 1℗ sound recording copyright - SRI and Upstairs bedroom 2℗ sound recording copyright - SRI - many discernible voices (terrible screams in #2) - recorded by client (background noise DB has been lowered a bit when I processed). We believe there are a bevy of spirits involved including at least one very malevolent entity
UPDATE:Upstairs bedroom 3℗ sound recording copyright - SRI - we've known that one of the entities reacts to the dogs barking...yelling after the 2nd set of barks. The 'tweeting' sound is Irene's pet bird in the background while she was transferring the audio to her recorder (speaker to speaker...no port on client's recorder).
We will start researching the history of the house and area this week. As well, I will be conducting a remote view (from the USA) on Tuesday which will be monitored by Irene. A full overnight investigation will be assembled on Wednesday by Irene and associates. Use the Astral Perceptions forum for future updates...Lon
