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The House in the Woods

Date:
February
22, 2008 -
April 2008
Time:
8pm
- 3am
Stats:
Active, Quiet
Moon:
Waning Gibbous
Temperature:
50 degrees F.
Wind Speed & Direction:
NE 3 mph
Barometer:
29.98
Humidity:
55%
Member’s Present:
Christy, Roger, Kendall, Joe, Sara and Bobbie
History:
This home was
built in the early 1980's and it was originally deeded as
farm land previously that was sold and divided into acres.
We could find no other documented history for this location.
We do know that this home has a lot of unique characteristics to it with lots of beautiful wood work,
fashioned after the old farm house style, Historical
records show no signs of any deaths within the home which
leads us to believe that whatever spirits are residing on
this property are from either the land and/or are transient
spirits which have wandered onto the property.
The
homeowners invited us to come out and investigate this home due to
activity taking place there. They had informed us that they had
just previously moved into the home a couple of months ago and shortly
afterwards, noticed strange activity taking place. The homeowner seemed
really concerned because she stated that herself and one of her children
had experienced nightmares and felt like they were being watched and not
alone. She stated that shadows had been seen moving throughout the
house and heard weird noises coming from the kitchen area, a lot of pops
and thud type of sounds, but when you would go into the kitchen, all the
noises would stop. The homeowner stated that they didn't
really understand what was going on and they asked us to come out and
help them.
We ended up investigating
this home multiple times and each time we learned something new about
this location. Our first initial investigation was unique because
we all witnessed strange popping and thud sounds coming from the kitchen
area of the home. These sounds seemed to stop whenever we would
enter the kitchen area and then start again whenever we would be in
another room. We set up a video camera in the kitchen area and
recorded these strange sounds. We weren't for sure where these
sounds were coming from but our thoughts was that perhaps it was from
the attic fan and possibly from small animals roaming about in the attic
near the fan. This theory would have made perfect sense since
certain small animals are noisy when a location is quiet and then they
quiet down when people or noise is present. Several of our
investigators went up into the attic to see if there were any signs of
animals and/or if animals could enter the attic from an open area.
Strangely enough, no signs of animals were present and we found no
visible openings where an animal could enter the attic.
Each team conducted their
sweeps which each one noticing very little activity taking place with
the exception of the strange noises in the kitchen and then an
uncomfortable feeling in the master bedroom and closet area. There
were several evps that were recorded during our individual team sweeps
which are listed below. Some of the more intriguing evp's recorded
were during the time we were conducting our sweeps. One in
particular was in the laundry room which was a woman's voice saying,
"Oops I'm sorry"
as if this spirit thought she was in our way. Another one of these
evps's was recorded on our 2nd visit when we were in the living room.
This evp is of a small boy saying,
"Miss you" and
then another unique one of a woman saying,
"Hi, hi."
In the kitchen/dining room area of the home, and during the time that
our group was setting up our equipment, an evp was recorded saying,
"Bad, bad, bad"
when a couple of our members was talking about a fatality they had
witnessed. Also during this time, a man's voice was recorded
saying, "Get Josh"
and also "Area 5." During the sweeps, one of our
stationary arrays began activating but we ruled this out due to the
battery going dead. A couple of our investigators began changing
out the battery on the array and strangely enough however, during this
time, our audio recorder picked up the voice of a little boy saying,
"Can I see?"
One of the most disturbing evp's from this location in general was one
we recorded of a man's voice saying,
"Take me a long time killing him."
Also during our sweeps,
team 2 took a strange picture of a light anomaly coming out of the
master bedroom from the closet area. There were no flashlights on
during the time that this picture was taken and the only visible light
source was one from a green LED coming from off of the stationary array.
We have had this photo analyzed by a few different people, all who have
given similar but yet different explanations for this photograph.
We cannot say for sure if this photo is caused by a "ghost" but what we
can tell you is this photograph does correlate with events that were
taking place during the investigation, particularly around and/or in
this closet and master bedroom area. What we find odd about this
photograph is how the one of the light streaks changes colors about 3/4
of the way. We will list both the comparison shot and the light
anomaly photograph below.

We conducted several
sit-downs during our investigations at this location in hopes that we
could get some more recorded evidence on our
equipment of this man,
woman and little boy that seemed to be present. We sat up
experiments in the house in hopes to record evidence of things moving,
etc. but unfortunately we weren't able to record anything on video. but
we did have things moved around us which the camera was not facing.
We also had a few strange experiences during our investigations during
the sit-downs which included movement of items and noises from objects
being touched. One in particular was when we were in the master
bedroom, (1st initial investigation.) It seemed like we would hear
an audible sound on one side of the room and then it would move to the
other side. The loudest movement sound was recorded on audio and
was heard by all members present.
"Sit-down knock
in Master Bedroom" There were also other sounds recorded
during this sit-down.
"Sit-down click
in Master Bedroom" The master bedroom on our first initial
investigation night seemed to be the most active area and it was also
close to the kitchen where all the strange thuds, clicks and pops were
heard coming from the kitchen. Again when we tried to find
the source of the strange sounds in the kitchen area but each time we
entered the kitchen, the sounds stopped.
Interestingly enough,
during on of our sit-downs in the living room area, we had a camera set
up and heard a couple of strange knock sounds. It was during this
time that Christy picked up on the female spirit named Anna who when
asked if she could make her presence known by making a loud sound
and/or by moving something, After about 30 seconds after the
request, a "tink" sound was heard. All group members looked for a
logical source for the sound and we found one that we could recreate
coming from the brass lamp on the end table but only if done a certain
way which is not by any means the way that it happened. Ironically
enough when we listened back to our audio, we heard the "tink" sound
from the lamp and then a woman's voice's voice saying, "hey."
Audio Clip of "tink"
sound on lamp"
We wrapped up the
investigation in hopes that we would be able to learn a bit more through
our recorded evidence when we reviewed it. Later after contact
with the homeowner for a follow up, she reported that things had seemed
to have settled way down since we had left and the activity didn't seem
as intense as it had to begin with. She said that she felt like
our investigation too had given her a better understanding of what was
going on and it helped ease her mind having the information we presented
to her.
Psychic Investigator's
Comments:
- Christy Selfridge -
I didn’t know what
to expect whenever I first entered this house to do our initial investigation.
The homeowner gave us a description of the house and we then began our
walk-through where we labeled the rooms in prep for our sweeps. When I entered the
master bedroom, I was struck by a strong energy source, which left my head
feeling a bit dizzy and my body a bit off balanced. I entered the walk in closet
of the master bedroom and was confronted by a dark shadow that quickly got up
close and personal and in a deep male voice said, “Don’t @#%$ with me!” I stood
my ground and told it to back off as I wouldn't be bullied by him. The shadow
disappeared and I then made it my determination that night to find out who this
shadow was. Throughout the night I tried to confront this
spirit to get more information but it seemed to keep running from me
and as the night continued, we seemed to play a game of cat and mouse. I did
however get this spirit’s name as David and that he had committed an
act of violence in his past that he felt people were after him.

After doing our sweeps of the yard,
I felt very drawn to the wooded back area and I felt like we were being
observed from a distance and I couldn’t help but feel like I needed to go walk
through the woods to see what I could pick up on. I did find out however that
there was a major creek that ran through these woods making it nearly impossible
to get to the other side.
It seemed that throughout the night as we did our investigation, this “shadow”
kept taunting us as if to say, “Catch me if you can!” Strangely enough after the
investigation we left and one night I had a dream which showed this same house
and then a woman appeared to me and showed me an incident that had happened to
her and her boy which had caused their death. She showed me that she had been a
mistreated wife and that her and her son had suffered the wrath of their
husband one evening. She showed me a view of a man (her husband) across
the river digging 2 graves. I then saw 2 graves with the fresh diet being
patted down. It was then that I knew what had happen to her and her son
and I knew that they had been murdered by this man and that he was keeping them
hostage even now in the spirit world.

Later during
one of our sit-downs, I saw this woman & small boy. She told me
her name was Anna and her son's name was Joshua. Her face appeared
worn and she looked much older than her actual young age. She
admitted hiding her son in the house and out in the woods to keep him
from her husband. When I asked her if she would give those in the
room a physical sign that she was there, we all heard a "tink" type of
sound on the brass lamp along with a "hey." I thanked her for
validating her presence.
Audio Clip of "tink"
sound on lamp" Then I told her that they didn't
have to remain with her husband if she didn't want too. She became
very fearful that she would be punished for talking to me. It was
at that point that her husband David appeared and made her leave the
room. David was angry with me but I stood my ground.
I really
feel like Anna and her son Josh are victims still trapped by a cruel
fate that had also imprisoned them in life. The homeowner asked me if
I thought they would ever cross over to find peace. I told her
that it was possible but it would take some work since both Anna and her
son were still living in a state of fear. I also told her that I
didn't know if Anna would be able to muster the courage to leave her
husband and cross over but that I hoped that she would. I can only
hope that Anna took my advice to which would help her be able to take a
step forward for both her and her son.
Evidence Collected
  
Photographs:
There
was only 1 unique photo from
this location

Video:
No confirmed positive video from
this location
Evp:
There were 33 evps recorded from this
investigation.
"Oops I’m
sorry”
“Smart one”
"Much better right here"
“Can I
see?” “Oh wow”
"Run, I'll deal with it"
“Hi,
hi” “Why
won’t you talk to me?”
"Hmm, whatever"
“Bad, bad,
bad” “Get
Josh”
"Who lives here?"
“Take me a long time killing him” “I’m still here”
"Cold"
“Miss
you”
“Hey, don’t
let….”
“Area
five”
“Come”
“Not
anymore”
“Yeah right”
"Look away"
“Yeah”
"Help me buddy”
“Punishment”
“And pick up”
“Silent”
“Humming 1” “Humming 2”
“Woman whispering”
“Unknown 1”
“Unknown 2”
“Unknown 3 & knock”
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