Case # RED2882

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Site History

This frame cape code style house was built in 1949. It is aprox. 1464 square feet consisting of 4 bedrooms (2 upstairs, 2 downstairs) living room / dinning room and kitchen. This property is situated on a wooded 1.83 acre lot. Ownership records are as follows: (ownership information is being kept confidential)

Reported Paranormal Phenomena
  • Seeing of an apparition
  • Cold Spots           
  • Unexplained footsteps
  • Seeing a figure of a man.
  • Seeing figures outside in “period” dress
  • Sound of tappingStrange mass in basement
  • Child in basement
  • Feeling of being watched
  • Figure of woman in upstairs window 
Folklore

It is believed that this site was once the meeting house of the shakers. It has also been reported that there is a portal of some sort located in the rear yard.

Investigators Present

Team A: Joy Naylor & Marie Peterson
B: Michele Hale, Matt Hoskins & Sarah McEvoy 

Rotating teams in half-hour shifts through out the property.

Investigation Conditions

Average Temperature Inside: 81° F
Average Humidity Inside: 51%
Weather Outside: At 9:00pm EST, dry with a temperature of 81° F, humidity is at 58%, winds are calm, sky is clear.
Solar X-Ray*: Normal
Geomagnetic*: Field: Quiet
*Solar X-Ray and Geomagnetic Field activities seem to affect the amount of paranormal activity. Researchers have found that during periods of heightened solar x-ray activity and geomagnetic activity in space, paranormal activity increases.
Moon Phase*: Waning Crescent – last quarter moon
*Research has shown that the magnetic fields are the strongest on the days around the full and new moon cycles. Spirit activity is found to be more prominent during these times.
Investigation Duration 

Start 9:06pm EST 07/26/08
End 12:53pm EST 07/27/08, Temp 68° F, humidity 67%, winds are calm, sky clear

Equipment Used

Multiple hand held digital audio recorders and cameras. Four digital recorders place at each IR camera location. Four Aptek IR stationary cameras, DVR deck with quad switcher, K II EMF meter, Lutron EMF-822A, multiple thermometers from ambient to non-contact, five remote temperature monitors, motion sensor with audible alarm.

Investigation Report

Set up of investigation – IR cameras, digital audio recorders and remote temperature gages are placed in the following rooms.

Pack #1 basement on the NW wall camera is shooting toward the SE wall.
Pack #2 is located in bedroom 4 (upstairs bedroom NW side of home) the camera location is on the N corner shooting W – SW (closet alcove area and window).
Pack #3 is located in bedroom 1 (located on N side of home downstairs) shooting S out of the room.
Pack #4 location in the living room / dinning room on the SE wall shooting NW down the main hallway. Base is located in the living room area on the NE wall.

Baseline readings for the various rooms were as follows:

Room 

EMF

Ambient Temp

Basement

 1.1

72 F

Living Room

1.7

79 F

Dinning Room

1.9

79 F

Kitchen

2.8

79 F

Bedroom 1

1.0

88 F

Bedroom 2

1.8

79 F

Bedroom 3

.7

89 F

Bedroom 4

1.8

88 F



Multiple EMF and temperatures readings were taken through out the night. High EMF spikes are noted in the kitchen (over 14 mG), these are along the SW wall. Also in bedroom 2 (over 5 mG) on the SE wall. The basement had high EMF readings between 11 mG – 14mG. All of these high reading are due to the electric meters and panel boxes.   

Throughout the investigation there were multiple EMF spikes.  However, they dissipated and are at this time inconclusive. There was a cold spot felt in bedroom 4 at the closet but further review of said spot concluded that there is a air current from the AC that is moving around in that area. Temperature data is also included on a separate form of the entire investigation. No visual phenomenon was captured on any digital cameras.

Event Review

 
Room
TimeEvent
Basement8:40Investigator in setting up camera hears a child giggling
Base (LR)09:33Investigator at base has a weird sensation of being tugged on arm at the same time that the walkie at base beeped on its own.
Bedroom 409:33Team A feels heaviness in room. Battery drain of hand held equipment. Investigator goes into closet feels a pressure and stumbles backwards.
Base (LR)09:43Base hears a door shut somewhere close – nothing on recorders
Bedroom 409:00 - 09:43Temperature fluctuations occur with drops of 6 degrees. AC at this time is not on. Team A hears sounds of footstep on stairs – no investigators on stairs. Team A also feels the cold spot.
Base (LR)09:49Temperature changes from 76 to 81 after investigator asks for a temp change.
Kitchen09:57Unidentified noise –Investigators try to determine the cause but are unsuccessful
Bedroom 309:57 – 10:00Team A hears a sound from downstairs as a wooden chair is being moved on the wooden floor. Radioed to base for clarification – all chairs are on the carpet. Also hear a tapping noise on NW wall of bedroom. Later determined the bathroom door was the cause of sound.
Stairs (2nd  floor)10:06Investigator sees a shadow at the top of the stairs with a cold spot moving down stairs from 82 to 75.
Base (LR)10 :06Unidentified noise
Base (LR)10:11Black cloud is seen on basement camera by two investigators upon review of footage later there is no cloud captured.
Bedroom 410:35Team B has a heavy feeling in room hears a rustling noise, trouble breathing. Can not locate noise source.
Bedroom 411:58IR’s go out on camera – cables are check and camera is operating fine.

Investigation Conclusion 

We have obtained audio phenomenon that is called EVP’s that will be presented to you at the time of our review we will also provide you with a copy on CD. At two different times all investigators went outside to let the home “rest”. During this time we obtained multiple EVP’s of undetermined noises in the home. Although there was recorded audio phenomenon, we cannot reach a final conclusion about the reported paranormal activity. All investigators had some sort of experience of which they could not determine the cause. It is in our opinion that due to the high EMF fields in certain locations that this could lead some people who are sensitive to these fields to experience what they would perceive as “paranormal activity”.  It is in our opinion at the time of the investigation that there was (and is) unexplained activity in this home that could be deemed paranormal in nature. As to the property having a Shaker meeting house on the premises at this time this in inconclusive. The Shaker village located outside of the Dayont area wa the Watervliet Shaker Village this village was located on the Montgomery/Greene County line (The property is now part of the Miami Valley Research Park and the Bergamo Retreat Center.) John Patterson and his family provided the land on which the Watervliet Shaker Community Community was founded in 1806. The original 80 acres of the Bergamo Retreat Center was purchased by the Marianists in 1910.

EVP

 

thuds - this recording was in the property when there was no one in the property, all hvac was turned off

childs giggle - no children were on property