Cameron Park Investigation HPI 9/3/11

Hi Everyone!

I had a wonderful opportunity to investigate 2 apartments in Cameron Park, CA this past weekend.

Boy, was it a long drive (over 3 hours). But, I just felt like I wanted to be there. We started off getting debriefed about the area (read HPI official blog for the background HPIBLOG).

We decided to walk to a cemetery and visit some possible haunts along the way. We came to a tree where a jogger had died. I did get a mist. I have 2 pictures (no flash) and you can see it moves up a bit in the 2nd one.

I lightened up the pictures a bit:

While I was walking down the street, I just kept thinking something was following us so I did capture a really bright blue orb.  It could be dust.  But, here it is:

I did get a few evp's at the graveyard. It's hard cause there are cars coming down the street.  Best to listen with headphones. They are definitely not class A.   But here they are: 

Voice.  I have no idea what the spirit is trying to say but there is a voice in there Response. Here's another one that's two syllables but I can't make it out. Voice2. There's a breathy response after Paul's first question (almost sounds like a what) and then at very end there is something whispered. But again, not class A. Voice3 Not sure what to think of the next one cause there is a motorcycle in the background. I do hear Aaron. But, who knows. Voice4
 

That was it from the cemetary. Wish the voices would have been clearer. I did feel like something was watching an snapped another picture of a blue orb.

You can see all of the pictures from the night here: Photos

Now, the first apartment we went to seemed to have a lot of energies walking through.  I didn't get a lot of evps, but I did get a mist and another interesting anomaly.

A few us were in the hallway before the investigation began. I snapped this picture.

Immediately after that, one of the other investigators felt really cold and the hair was standing up on his arms so I snapped a picture.  There appears to be a mist there which didn't come out in other pictures.

I don't remember when I got this evp. But, I heard it. In fact, the entity says 3 words (listen also at first camera noise). I then remark that someone said heah. It's a female voice. Heah. There were a lot of personal experiences here.

 We did get this evp in the living room. Paul had tried several times to get a response. There is a lot of whispering (none of us were whispering), and then one of the investigators asks what is that crackling noise. Another investigator answers back and right after that sounds like someone says distract them.  Voices. There were a lot of personal experiences here.

We made our way over to the 2nd apartment. The residents have been getting a lot of activity. The weird thing that happened in this apartment is that I recorded a lot on 2 different recorders and most of it is not there. I even listened to it in the room. We asked questions, then listened. But, when I got home, the recordings were gone. You can say user error, but I've never had that happen before and it happened on 2 recorders. I had no problems before that.

We went into one bedroom and didn't get much so we moved to the master bedroom. It really felt heavy and was hard to breathe in there. We were all feeling it. I ended up leaving and going into the living room but I left a recorder in there (which was on when I left but didn't record a thing). I was talking to a few other investigators about the fact that this entity was definitely attached to the occupant who stays in the master bedroom. And the occupant actually was getting messages from it while I was in the living room (love how my recorder decides not to work for that). Of course it wanted us gone. I honestly didn't feel well until I left there. One of the other investigators may have been scratched. Her head hurt after she had left the bedroom. She had tried to snap a picture of the closet and said she saw an evil looking face in the viewfinder and she snapped the picture but nothing came out. I'm not totally convinced she was scratched because I did see a little scab. So, I'm wondering if it was an injury that was already there.

Bottom line, is that it was a very interesting investigation and I would love to go there again some day.

San Leandro Investigation

Hello everyone,

I went to a private investigation with HPI & Global Paranormal Society in San Leandro, CA.  The tenants had some spirits follow them from a 100 yr old house.

Immediately upon walking in, you could feel that something was going on in the house.  Alot of the baseline EMF readings showed that due to their electronic equipment throughout the house, it was pretty high.  We did take that into consideration during the investigation. Here is the youtube video with all the evps from below in one file YouTube

Paul split us up into groups and I was with Karen from GPS.  I used to be in a different group with the GPS team, so it was wonderful getting to see them again.  First, we did an investigation outside (which was noisy).  But, we used the dowsing rods (Karen) and got a lot of responses.  In fact we asked if there were more than 10 spirits and less than 15 and another group got that there were 12.  I did pick up that the spirit who was interacting with us was male and the grandfather which was confirmed with the rods.  But later, we weren't convinced that this was the case.  I know none of us said No in this evp because the answer from the rods was Yes.  It's possibly that one of us whispered Yes, but it was so faint and from listening to this over and over you get to know human vs spirit.   NoYes. Then Pam asks a question and sounds like a no. No. Then, Karen was asking the homeowner if she could come over and join us but sounds like a spirit answered instead. Yes. We start asking if he can stop scaring the occupant and if he can ask other spirits to leave. Yes. The occupant asks if this spirit knows names of other spirits (she has heard these names in her house). I'm not sure why it says oh no. Answers. I asked if they could talk into the recorder towards the end. There's a word, but I can't make it out. I say I know you can and it sounds like don't. Answers2. I'm surprised we got as much as we did outside.

The two bedrooms were connected by a bathroom.  So, Pam & I went into the 2nd bedroom and Karen and the rest of the group stayed in the main bedroom.

Pam had to go downstairs so I was in the room by myself for a while.  It was really really creepy in there.  I almost felt claustrophobic. We got a lot of stuff in this room. First,  as Pam and I were setting up, you hear a woman sigh.Sigh. Then, there were fans on and I was trying to turn them off and I ask how many fans are in the room and someone answers "there's four". And also, as I say there you go as I found the plug, you hear a sigh "there". There. Pam says you ready. I say mmhmm. And the someone else says amen. Amen. I grab my recorder to make sure it's on and someone says go. Go. Pam's head hurt and I was feeling nauseous right after that. We start the evp session. Here are a few responses and whispers. Whispers. Some more whispers and the last one I can only hear the 2nd word "window". Whispers2.

Due to noise contamination (especially in the main bedroom, we did a joint evp session with us staying in the 2nd bedroom and the doors open between the 2 rooms (via bathroom). Pam asks if they can you come and go as you please and sounds like someone says I can. ICan.

We then all went into the main bedroom to combine our efforts. That bedroom really was weird energetically. We'd all just feel this wave and people were feeling light headed and nauseous all at the same time. It was crazy! Here's what we got from the main bedroom. I thought it was saying noooooo but now I hear a popping sound (which was interesting cause that happened quite often before I got responses), and then let's go. LetsGo. We did an experiment with the occupant because he said he'd be walking between the two rooms, through the bathroom, talking on his phone and a spirit would speak through his phone. A male voice talking over Karen that says bedroom (sounds like through the occupants phone). Bedroom. We then moved to the frank box (quickly scans radio frequencies. Spirits use it to communicate). Here's a portion of it. Frankbox We did an evp session after that. Nancy provokes a little and you do hear a male voice say hello right after the male occupant speaks. Hello

In all, it was a great investigation. It was great seeing old friends. And, I can't wait for the next (which will be at the USS Hornet this Friday night). Until next time!

Investigation - Virginia City, Nevada Part 2 Dueling Rosies

Hi Everyone,

This is part 2, if you haven't seen part one click here. Also, if you don't want to have to click on everything, here is a youtube summary of all evp's captured. youtube

We decided to do a ghost tour led by Bats in the Belfry.  They basically start out at the Silver Queen hotel and you walk around the town at several hotspots of activity, and end up at the Old Washoe Club.

The tour starts out in the wedding chapel in the Silver Queen.  And then, we were able to go upstairs and visit a few haunted rooms.  It was really hard getting evp's in a group like this.  There was a lot of contamination. But, I will post what I got anyway.  We visited a room and were asking Rosie to talk with us.  The guide wanted to switch out people from the rooms to the hallway and I got this male voice. Male. The guide thinks Rosie might be in the hallway and there is a faint male voice that says behind. Behind. Then, the guide asks if Rosie can say hello.  Hello

I did take a picture (without flash) in the room we were in.  It is kind of strange.  Seems like there is something overlaid on the person in the photo.  It appears to be a woman to me.  Click on the photo to see a larger version.

I didn't get anything else until we got to the Old Washoe Club.  There is a crypt area where they used to keep dead bodies in the winter until the ground thawed so they could be buried. It was still rather loud back there because people were talking in the room right next to it.  I did see a light at one point (others saw it as well).  One of the ladies in the group (who was really scared), said she could see the person.  The interesting thing is that she asked two questions back to back and it does say a name and it might be the same person that we spoke to at the mine earlier. It sounds like he says Hector.Hector

We headed to our room. But, not before stopping at the mine for a quick evp session.  It was really creepy.  We didn't go all the way up cause Bev's knee was bothering her.  But, she was a trooper and went 1/2 way up there.  I saw really weird light in the sky.  It flashed (like a pulse of light) and then shortly thereafter, there was a shooting star.  There is some response right before I say shooting star.  That is the only thing we got.  Response

We went back to the room and started listening to evp's. Then, we started hearing all of this noise in the room I was going to sleep in. Movement Bev caught a great evp but she's fumbling with my recorder so listen carefully. Sounds like Rosie says Yes, I am. Yes. The noise settles down and I go to bed. I didn't get a lot of sleep. I think I was anticipating that something was going to happen so I kept waking myself up. Bev says twice it sounded like someone was shutting a door (to the bathroom) and moving around. She got up but I was asleep. I never felt or heard anything. However, I did have two small stuffed animals on my bed and I kept feeling like they were moved. I'd wake up and they were further up then I remembered. But, who knows.

In the morning, we decided to do another evp session. Bev asks if they kept me up and there's a faint yes. Then, I asked them to knock if they are in the other room (we are in the bedroom at this point)and I hear a knock. Knock.

In this evp, there is a lot of whispering. I can hear a male say a name, but it sounds like Chris, and a female whispers yes. Sounds like the male says come over here right now. Then I ask were you walking around in here last night before we went to bed. The woman responds yes.Yes. This is interesting. You hear a male say maybe Chris. A female says heah. And then it sounds like he says come over here and sit down. Whispers. We switch to the living room but leave the recorder in the bedroom. We get some small responses. There are knocks (sounds close to the recorder) and there is a response from the female but I can't make it out. Response.

We went up to the mine again before we left. We didn't get a whole lot. It felt very different. We both noted the heavy sad feeling. It was quite a bit noisier too. These are all I got. Sounds like he responds by saying alot. Alot and American.

We only had a short visit to Virginia City, but we had a lot of experiences. The town definitely is haunted! If you have the chance to visit, I would definitely recommend it.

Investigation - Virginia City, Nevada Part 1 - Cemetery & Gold Hill Mine

Hello everyone,

Sorry I'm so late posting this but I had a family emergency. I'm going to do this in parts because there is a lot to report.

Virginia City did not disappoint! I was so excited to travel there and find out if it is indeed haunted. I invited my friend Bev to come with me. She had never done a paranormal investigation before, but she really wanted to try. We only stayed one night. I definitely would travel there again.

As we drove into Virginia City, we noticed a sign for a cemetery. It was too early to check into our room so we walked around it and took some pictures. Unfortunately, we were unable to return at night.  I did get something that sounds like a hi after I say I'm leaving. Hi. A female voice comes out of nowhere. Noone was around me and has an accent. I think she says where is the gun. Female  This one is hard to hear cause of the darn wind.  But, you hear a female voice possibly saying I'm right here.  Then in the middle almost seems like she says I'm here.  I then ask if anyone is here and there is a yes. Female2. I asked who's here and I think a man says Walter  Walter.

We stayed at the Gold Hill Hotel which is haunted by Rosie & William. There is also a mine behind it that collapsed and 37 miners died. We stayed in the Blue Room (a guest cottage across the street from the hotel). While we were checking in, the couple who was staying in room 4 (the room where Rosie supposedly haunts), spoke to us. I made some quip to them to enjoy Rosie and turned to my friend in complete envy. All I can say, is that Rosie must have heard me because she didn't disappoint(I'll get back to that later).

We checked into the room and decided to get a bite to eat and walk up to the mine and see if we can do some evp sessions and take some pictures. You basically walk up a path (stairs) and then walk up another steeper dirt road and there is a railroad and you can see parts of the collasped mine. We got some really strange pictures. I'm not sure what to make of them. It was a clear dry day. There was some wind. These anomalies are not on all pictures. There are points in between where they don't appear. Here is what I got and then I'll post some of Bev's pictures. Oh, and there is no metal around the shoot. It's wood. We checked.

I don't know where that purple is coming from.

For Bev's, we were trying to figure out if something was wrong with the camera.  But, there are pictures before and after (even in between) where there is nothing.  I just can't explain it. 

 Ok so we are taking pictures of the skyline.  And this pops up in between photos on bev's camera.

Here are the evp's we got from that session:

The wind was blowin but we still got some wonderful responses. These are best heard via headphones due to the wind.

I say, is anyone here. I think he's saying a name. Name.

There were railroad tracks that Bev crossed over and climbed up a little embankment and there was a hole.  We're not sure where the actual entrance was but it did seem to curve around to a bigger area.  Here's a hello.  Hello.  I have no idea what this miner is saying.  Whisper

I wish there was no wind in this clip because I believe Hector/Victor is trying to have an interactive conversation with us. In fact, I believe he followed us elsewhere (see part 2). He responds yes a few times and the name sounds like Hector or Victor Fitz. An awesome evp. Name.

You can hear someone responding with one word and then saying a sentence but between the wind and the motorcycles, I can't really hear what they are trying to say. Hello.

So, that's part 1. Stay tuned for Part 2.  It gets even better.  I will have a youtube summary evp video when I'm done all the parts.  For now, either open the evp files in a different window or you'll have to use the back button to get back to the page.

Investigation - Fairfield 2011

Hello All!

Had a great time investing a private residence in Fairfield California. It was a great opportunity to catch up with my HPI family!

The house we were investigating was built in 1989, but there were a lot of people killed of small pox back in the 1800's on the land. Many Suisan Indians were killed on the land as well.

Next to the house was a very old mansion called Stonedene Mansion. It was the house of Samuel Martin and it was built in 1861.

If you want to listen all of the sound files on a youtube video, it's on the right side menu. Also, here is a link to the photos I took. PHOTOS

A few of us were really drawn to the upper left window.  It was very interesting.  I do believe we caught a Heah. It's a weird sound at first I thought it was mechanical but I don't ever hear the sound again and I recorded a lot. So, I don't think it's a camera. It's after she says delivery person.

We headed back to the house because it was chilly. The house had a very interesting energy. The daughter has seen an blacked out apparition a few times in her bedroom door. The house buzzed with energy. I got a lot of whispering recorded that I can't explain. Also, there was a lot going on in the house noise wise the entire night. So, that made it very difficult to get clear evp's. But, I did the best I could trying to decipher it all.

I didn't really get much in the first room we were in. But, there was some interesting energy upstairs. I could really feel it in front of one of the bedrooms.

We were in the kitchen and we finally got some k2 hits so I started another evp session. First, there was some whispering I can't explain. Whispering. There's alot going on in this one. You will also hear that we captured a spirit saying Paul's name.

Then, I got some very faint responses to some questions. Some of these are better heard with headphones. But, they are there. Kitchen2. There is a whisper in the beginning after I ask a question. Then, after someone says "say your name loudly, we know you're hear", a male says a name. I can't make it out though. Then, there is a sigh later that I actually heard. KitchenName. Here is amplified version of the male name. MaleNameAmp.

I ask is there anybody here with us right now. After you hear someone in the next room say right here. There is a female voice and it sounds like she's saying a name. I just can't make it out. KitchenFemale.

Someone else in the group got this photo that looks like the family's uncle. It's in between 2 pictures that are on the wall. There is a blank space where it appeared, and it looks exactly like their Uncle with sunglasses on. When I get a link for that picture, I will post it.

The last things I got were in a session with me using dowsing rods upstairs in one of the bedrooms. I use dowsing rods for communication. If they cross, then it's a yes. If not, it's a no. It's a great way for instant communication.

The first one is a heah. BedroomHeah. Another one BedroomHeah2 One more.... Bedroom2Heah's

And last but not least, there is this no and there is a male in the room with us. So, I can't say that he didn't say no. But, the rods hadn't moved yet based on everyone else's response in the room. And there is another no on the 2nd question. And the rods didn't move that time and someone says I think it's not here anymore. So, I don't think it was the male in the room saying no. If it was, Chris, fess up lol. BedroomNo's

I had a wonderful time with the HPI group. Here is Paul Dale Roberts live blog on the investigation.

USS Hornet 4/2/2011

Hello All,

I had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer on the U.S.S. Hornet again.  It was a beautiful warm day so the ship wasn't as cold as it was in the winter.  Heidi & I led a group around the ship.  It was a pretty quiet night compared to other nights, but I still got some responses (more than I thought). You can also listen to them all on youtube.

First, we went to the war room.  We got a series of knocks Knock. Knock2Knock3.

Then, I asked what the rank was and got a great response.  Rank.  I think he says crewman.

Heidi asks are there more than one of you there and it sounds like someone says look back.  Then there are some knocks. Lookback. Then we got a Hi. Hi Then a knock and a heah. Heah. Some more knocks and a No! Knock4 Knock5 No

The foscle area has these giant chains. There are stories that someone hung themselves in there as well as some accidents. We thought it was pretty quiet.

There was a lot of sounds and knocks. Here we got a yes. Yes A second yes to a question. Yes2. A noise. Noise. There is some noise and whispering in this clip and someone repeats the word Christmas. Christmas. Here's another response Voice.

We didn't have much luck in the admiral room. We did seem to get a yes in the sickbay. Yeah.

Ok, so the Mess hall was interesting. After first question, there's a yeah or here and then Jeff says, "My name's Jeff" and you sounds like someone whispers I'm ..... Then I say did you get a bloody nose and I think it sounds like it's cold (a voice - not mechanical but I can't be 100% sure). MessHall. The voices talking are in the next room. here's a heah. MessHeah. There's also this voice I can't make out what they are saying though. MessVoice.

So, I did sleep over that night. It was pretty crazy. We finished around 3 am. I was in this back room all by myself towards the middle of the ship. Most of the rest of the teams were in the sickbay or crew bunks. The other staff were in private rooms as well. I have to admit, I had to go to the bathroom on the way there and had another staff member walk me. It's pitch black and while I have a flashlight, it's spooky. I got back to my room and honestly, I started off with the light on and the suitcase propped up against the door cause the door didn't lock. I felt really jumpy so I was not getting any sleep. I finally just said screw it and turned the light off. It was so pitch black. I finally fell asleep and I had a nightmare. Someone was trying to get into the room and then I couldn't get out and we needed to evacuate the ship. Maybe I was making noise or something cause someone, in real life, yelled something in my ear and snapped me completely out of the dream. And mind you, I had earplugs on. Luckily, I didn't sit up and rolled out of the bed and turned on the light or else I would have totally hurt my head. I had the light on the rest of the night. The interesting thing is that the other women staff reported that they had nightmares too which is unusual for them.

I don't know if I'll sleep over again. I'm not sure. It was really really weird. Maybe if I sleep over next time, I'll sleep in the common areas with everyone else. I just don't like being touched or freaked out when I'm trying to sleep.

I love the Hornet. It never disappoints me. I always come home with evps and have a wonderful time. If you have been there and your in the Alameda area of California, you have got to check it out!.

Ione Hotel - March 19, 2011 - PZTV

Hello Everyone,

I had the opportunity to investigate the historic Ione Hotel in Ione California with the Paranormal Zone TV team.  The hotel has a rich history.  It's been around since the early 1950's.  According to their website, the hotel was originally built to house miners and serve as a stagecoach depot for supplies and every day commerce.  There was a fire in 1910 and the hotel had to be restored.  There was a 2nd fire with birthed the hotel as it stands today.  We also were told that at one point it was a brothel.

The people who run the hotel were very very nice. The weather was insane.  There was so much wind and rain.  There was a lot going on in the hotel including someone singing karaoke.  So, we had to wait until later in order for it to really quite down.  During dinner, we were told there was a well in the side dining room that had a native american origin.  They had a table top on it and we were lucky that they allowed us to lift it and peer down into you. There was still some water down there and it was very deep.  We were told during one of the fires young boy either fell or was pushed into the well.  Of course, we decided to have a seance on that table later that night.

You can listen to all the files except pantry orig on youtube if you like. It's easier:   Youtube

We officially started in room 7 which was above the karaoke bar.  We used dowsing rods a lot.  We did get some K2 hits as well.  I didn't get much on the recorder.  It was a bit difficult with the music and the wind knocking the sign out front.

Pam wants to ask a question and there was a whisper. It was really weird cause I think it's saying Suka which is Russian for a not so nice word but I'll see what you think. Whisper Here it is amplified. Whisper Amp

Pam, Karen, & I went down to the pantry. Supposedly, someone was killed there.  I immediately was thinking something happened from the back. Like someone came up behind the person and Pam got that he was shot in the back. Karen joined us and was feeling the energy in the room as well. So, we did an evp session.  People were talking in the kitchen next to us, so it was difficult sometimes to hear.  But, we certainly were feeling spirit around us.  Here is what we got pantryOrg I isolated what I found in that. This sounds like two heah's. pantryHeah and this sounds like hello pantryHello This sounds like a name but can't make it out pantryname We had a K2 that was going off and after Pam says can you confirm you got shot, it sounds like a voice says make it shine yes pantryshine. Then, we are talking about whether the person was stabbed or shot. Karen is talking and then you hear the spirit gasp and I think says happened pantrygasp

We did an evp session in the front part of the restaurant. But, I didn't capture anything. We did a seance over the well. We were getting a lot of knocking and movement. It was really interesting. The first thing I caught was when we introduced ourselves. As Nancy saw arrived there is a male voice. It sounds like he says Que Pasa maybe, but it's over top of her voice so hard to say. But it would make sense. Then after I say my name, a male voice says Nikki. So, first is the entire file and then amplified versions. Intro and QuePasa and Nikki

Ok, so it's a little creepy having them say your name lol. But, it's all good. Next, someone sings the words It's not unusual (not the Tom Jones one). Not sure where that comes from.Nancy says can you come closer and talk to us and then it's there. There is also a faint No in there. I'm also including an amplified version. Unusual and UnusualAmp

In the middle of the seance, we hear a chair moving at some other tables in the room. Norene was very excited lol. There is a lot of knocking the whole seance. Chair

After the seance, Pam went back into the pantry and saw a full bodied apparition. It was a man in a flannel jacket. She was freaked out but excited.

We went back upstairs into room 9 where Karen was staying. I had left some stuffed animals because supposedly a woman and her 2 kids died in a fire in that room. And I left a recorder. I don't have anything conclusive on the recorder. There was some whispering but hard to tell where it was coming from, so I didn't include it. But, we did do the dowsing rod in that room and got some interesting answers. Here is the evp I got in that room. No. It's weird cause I don't hear Pam say oh wait at all. But, you clear hear a whispered No. NoAmp

Well, that is what I got at our stay. Hope you enjoyed it. Check out paranormal tv. We usually have some kind of broadcast on Saturday nights. You can watch on www.pararocktv.com