Investigators:
Scott wolf – Lead Investigator; Calvin Ansted – Asst. Lead Investigator; Faye
Navarro – Case Manager
Our team has
been incredibly busy the last couple of months. We have been on some incredible
investigations. It seems like each case brings us something new and exciting.
Many of these cases leave us with more questions than answers. This case was no
different!
Wheatland,
CA is a relatively small town of about 3,400 people located 40 miles north of
Sacramento, CA.
The Investigation
On a typical
case we would usually send out a small team to conduct an interview and a short
preliminary investigation to attempt to collect any evidence that would suggest
to us that a larger investigation is warranted. This case was a little
different. Our client was extremely eager to determine if we could find answers
to the activity they had been experiencing. We were also extremely busy with a
case just about every weekend so, we decided to conduct a more thorough
investigation. We knew it may be difficult to get back out to conduct a full investigation,
after the preliminary, with all the other cases we had pending. We always
attempt to reveal our findings to our clients as quickly as possible after an
investigation.
After
sitting down with our client and conducting an interview we spread out over the
house and began collecting readings to determine normal levels of EMF (electromagnetic
field) and temperatures throughout the house. This allows us to determine if
our readings during the investigation are normal or possibly the result of
paranormal activity. This also allows us to determine if there are any devices
or areas in the home that are giving off high levels of EMF.
Some older
appliances tend to give off a high amount of EMF. It is also possible to have
high EMF readings in wiring within the walls if the wiring is older or if there
is a potential spot where electricity could “bleed” out through break downs in
the protective coatings of the wiring.
These high
EMF areas are extremely important to note since they can cause dizziness, hallucinations,
paranoia, and nauseasness. If activity is reported in these areas it could be
due more to the high EMF and not paranormal activity.
While we
conducted our sweep we observed relatively low EMF levels throughout the house.
As I moved into the kitchen I did notice that I suddenly began to feel dizzy
and sick to my stomach. When I investigated further I found that I was getting
high readings from my KII meter near the refrigerator. In order to determine a
more precise measurement of the EMF from the refrigerator I used my MEL meter
to take a reading. The MEL meter is a more advanced and precise meter that is
able to measure exact amounts of EMF as well as temperature at the same time.
The readings were very high.
I then asked
Faye to come over to the kitchen and stand next to the refrigerator without
telling her what I experienced. She reported the same feelings that I had.
We had to
keep in the back of our mind that any experiences taking place around the refrigerator
could be the result of high EMF. Although, the client never mentioned that the
activity was taking place in this area.
With our
sweep completed we turned out the lights and began our investigation. We
started out in the living room conducting an EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena)
session. We all sat in sort of a circle around the room.
I began
asking questions and within a couple of minutes our KII meters started going
crazy. Sometimes they would go off right after I asked a question and other
times they would go off randomly. It seemed rather odd after a while.
As I looked
across the room I noticed several lights blinking near the computer and
determined that the cable modem for the computer was on. In order to ensure
that the modem wasn’t causing the KII meters to light up I asked our client to
turn it off. Even after the modem was off we were still getting the readings
from our KII’s.
During our
session it seemed as though whatever was causing the KII’s to go off was almost
moving around us. Faye’s KII would go off, then mine, and then Cal’s. For most
of the time it seemed like the focus was around me.
Before we
started our investigation I had set up a video camera in the hallway to the
bedrooms to attempt to capture the little girl that the client reported seeing.
About 30 minutes into the investigation I had to go and change the DVD in the
camera so I moved into the hallway.
When I
reached the camera I realized there was still about 2 minutes left on the DVD
so I decided to sit down and wait until it was finished. As I sat quietly waiting
I began to hear what sounded like 2 people whispering in the hallway right in
front of me. I could hear 2 distinct voices but I could only make out what one
of them was saying.
As soon as I
heard the whispering I called out to Faye and Cal and asked them if they were
whispering. We make it a point to train our investigators not to whisper on
cases because many of the evps we capture are in the form of a whisper and it
makes it difficult to determine if what we are hearing is an EVP or another
investigator. I will admit it is a very difficult thing to control because it’s
just natural to want to try and be as quiet as possible during an
investigation. In this case they informed me that it wasn’t them. I quickly
went out to the living room and told them exactly what I had heard. I have to
admit that it’s really cool when you hear something like that with your own
ears instead of later during your audio review.
We continued
our EVP session for a bit longer and then we decided to break up and position
ourselves throughout the house. Faye and Cal stayed on one side of the house
and the client and I moved to the other side.
The client
and I positioned ourselves in the single bedroom on the other side of the house
to conduct an EVP session. We were in there no more than a couple of minutes
when I started getting this feeling like whatever was in the house either didn’t
like that room or just didn’t want to follow us in there. I told the client
what I felt and suggested we move.
There was an
additional living room area on our side of the house so we sat down on the
couch and began our EVP session. Aside from a couple of strange “thuds” that we
couldn’t explain we didn’t experience much in the first 10 minutes or so. I wasn’t
even getting any readings from my KII.
I began
moving my KII around to see if I could get anything. As I did my KII started
lighting up when I moved it around to my left. The lights only came on when I
moved it and never very long in one spot.
I then began
to focus on the area right next to me on the couch. Each time the lights would
light up in an area that matched the exact outline of where a person would be
sitting. It was almost like someone was sitting next to me! If this was
actually a spirit sitting next to me or not I can’t say for sure. I do know
that it was really cool and it got the attention of our client.
Something
strange I noticed throughout the night was that as I walked around the house my
KII would light up as though something was following me. I wanted to make sure
that it wasn’t just a problem with my KII so I asked Faye if we could switch
and see what happened. The same thing happened when I used hers. At one point
of the night Faye was videotaping and asked if the spirit liked following me
around and my KII lit up all the way.
At the end
of the night we decided to conduct a “spirit box” session. A “spirit box” or “ghost
box” as it’s also known is a radio that has been specially modified to
continually scan radio frequencies. The theory is that the spirits are able to
communicate via the white noise in between the stations. The continual scanning
makes it nearly impossible to make out a sentence much less a word from a radio
station. We typically have our “spirit box” set to the AM frequencies due to
there being less stations on this band.
I won’t go
into a lot of detail, in this section, about the outcome of our session. I will
talk about that in the next section. All I can say for now is this was the most
amazing session I have had in all my time using the “spirit box.”
So, after a
couple of hours investigating we wrapped up and thanked our client for the
opportunity to come into their home and investigate. I know our client was
excited about what he had witnessed because he told us he would now be sleeping
with a nightlight on!
The Evidence
We all went
home and reviewed our audio, photos, and video. Aside from some dust orbs we
didn’t capture any photo evidence. We also didn’t capture anything on video. I
did share the portion with our client of when I heard the whispering in the
hallway. The whispering was difficult to hear on the video but I was able to
capture it on my voice recorder. My main goal was to show the client my
response and provide proof that it wasn’t Faye or Cal.
As for the
whispering in the hallway, I distinctly heard a man whisper “I don’t want to.”
After I had asked Faye and Cal if they were whispering I went to the living
room and told them exactly what I had heard. While it wasn’t the best quality
on audio you can still make out what he said.
We captured
a male voice after I asked if it was still with us say “yes”, what sounded like
a female say something that was difficult to understand, and an additional
female voice saying something to the effect of “papa won’t let me in.” Her
voice was so clear it sounded like she was standing right next to us. A classic
class “A” EVP. All in all some good EVP evidence.
Now for our “spirit
box” session evidence. We got two excellent responses during our session. One
was absolutely incredible! It was by far the most amazing response I have
personally heard from a session.
The first response
came after I asked the question, “did you die in this house?” Several seconds
after I asked the question we got a clear response from a female that said “yes.”
My next question was, “what year did you die?” Again, several seconds later we
got a response from what sounded like the same female say “January 1 1968.” At
first it sounded to me like she said 1958. When I asked everyone if they heard
it I was surprised that our client spoke up first and said he heard it and
thought she said 1968. Usually our clients don’t know exactly what they are
listening for so they don’t hear what we do. It is very rare to get a response
to a question that is that long.
The Reveal
A couple of
weeks after our investigation we sat with our clients to go over the evidence
we had captured. They were quite impressed at our evidence and couldn’t believe
that we had found something to verify the activity they had been experiencing.
They were rather shocked after hearing some of the EVPs.
After
reviewing all the evidence they had only two questions that they wanted answered,
was their house haunted and if it was is there any indication that they needed
to be concerned about the spirits. It didn’t take us long to come up with our
answers. We all agreed that the house was definitely haunted and that the
spirits were harmless.
Judging from
the evidence we were able to determine that there were three possible spirits
active in the house. We had heard a man, a young girl, and a woman on our
audio. It seemed the woman had the most energy and we all agreed it was
probably her who had been following us around most of the night.
Before we
met with our client we did some research to attempt to determine if there was
any record of anyone dying at that location. We also checked to see if there
were any young girls or middle aged women that may have died around the time of
the date given on the spirit box in Wheatland. We found that the only women
that died were very old and the date of their death was before the house was
built.
The house
was built in the early 60’s. We have no way of knowing what was on the property
before the house was built. We do know that there were several ranches located
throughout Wheatland. It is quite possible that the spirits may have died on
the property before the house was built and when I asked if they died in that
house the spirit may have been referring to the house that existed at the time
of their death.
It is
believed that when a person dies and their spirit remains in the location they
died in they are almost suspended in time. This is why, on investigations, you
can sometimes hear what sounds like boots walking on a wooden floor in a house
that now has carpeting. At the time the person died the home may have had
wooden floors.
Our client
expressed an interest in having us come back at a later date to investigate
further to try to identify who the spirits were. We let them know that we would
enjoy coming back but it may not be possible to identify the spirits.
We have a very busy schedule of investigations
coming up in the next couple of months but we are hoping to be able to get back
in sometime soon.