Anatomy of a Successful Paranormal Investigation
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Loading ...Few homeowners live as comfortably with ghosts as a family in Weymouth, Massachusetts does. For over fifteen years, the couple and their two sons have shared their 200-year-old home with three ghosts. A little girl who haunts a second floor bedroom. An old man who walks out of the woods, across the yard and checks the front door almost every night. A man murdered on the second floor landing.
The family called Para-Boston, a leading paranormal investigation group, not of out fear but from curiosity. The family had grown accustomed to hearing noises and voices and seeing forms cross rooms. According to by one resident, “We have always known there was nothing negative or malevolent about the ghosts living in our house. My sons have grown up with them. We called Para-Boston partly to prove that we are not crazy. And partly to know once and for all who these people were.”
Eager to help, Para-Boston sent an advance team to the their home. They gathered as much information as possible from the homeowners, and conducted a walk-through of every room and area of the house and the grounds. They determined the house showed strong signs of a possible haunting.
Over the next week, the group conducted its own research to discover property ownership beginning from the year the house was built. They gathered information on the circumstances that led to the hauntings. The old man used to be the groundskeeper in the late 1800s and is seen still roaming the house, making sure all is secure. A little girl had somehow died in the care of a nanny in the 1930s and a man had been murdered mysteriously in 1971 in the home.
On investigation night, 10 members of Para-Boston arrived at 6:30 in the evening and immediately three began taking baseline readings to measure the everyday state of the house. They spent time in every room, space and corner of the house and grounds with EMF (electromagnetic field) meters, non-contact thermometers, digital voice, still and video cameras.
Next, they turned off the electricity for the entire house and repeated the whole process. Taking base line readings without the presence of appliances, lights, active electrical wiring in the walls. The group now knew how and to what degree electricity and electrical devices affected the energy, electromagnetic properties and temperature inside the house. Device and meter readings were calibrated accordingly for the utmost accuracy.
The investigation began with three teams of three assigned to different sections of the house. One team focused on the first floor. One on the second. One out in the backgrounds. Each team, comprised of three technicians spent 45-minutes performing tests, and taking readings. Then the teams moved to a new location so each spent time in the three appointed areas.
When the cycle was complete, the teams had separate experiences and findings in each of the three areas. Always mindful of an investigation’s integrity, the groups did not discuss their experiences with one another until this phase of the investigation was complete. Then, they compared notes to see if there were any similar readings and findings. There were.
The group now knew the most active areas of the house and grounds. The group focused on trying to communicate with the little girl by EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena). Using a hypersensitive digit sound recording device created by Para-Boston associate and colleague Mike Baker, they asked several long sessions of questions. Occasionally, the red indicator lights lit very faintly registering a response that the investigators could not hear.
Close to 11 p.m., and wrapping up the night’s activities, the investigators gathered to discuss the highlights of the evening’s work.
- The energy in the little girl’s second floor bedroom was intense, hot and thick, and 15-20 degrees hotter than the rest of the house, even with the air conditioner on. Some investigators had to leave after a few minutes because of the profound feeling of a presence.
- The second floor bedroom closet was even more intensely energetic, and provided a strong indication of a possible presence.
- But the most compelling evidence from the investigation came a few days later after all the voice recordings were monitored and the digital still photos and video were inspected.
- Several minutes of EVP recording revealed conversations between a child and an adult woman. Truly startling evidence.
- Digital photos captured possible orbs of light in the backyard.
- Digit photos captured a long string of light in the basement.
In the world of paranormal investigation, this house is remarkably active for a reasonably small structure. Para-Boston plans to return to continue conversing with the experiences there and try to take more readings.
Courtesy: Para-Boston
Para-Boston is a paranormal investigation team based in Boston Massachusetts. Not in the least bit shy of the paranormal, they will expertly investigate any type of haunting. Para-Boston can be reached at its web site: http://www.para-boston.org/
Scott Trainito
Phone: 857-363-0298
Sal Pigantone
Phone: 617-543-5819
http://www.para-boston.org
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