Mwgh case 3011-a
Private residence, Southwest Mo revisited
For several weeks after our first investigation of this private home in southwest Missouri, all paranormal activity fell silent. However, it quickly ramped back up and to the residents, seemed "different" than before. We were asked to perform another thorough investigation of this home to see what was going on.
As a refresher, there are now 3 adult residents of the home (one of the adult children moved out due to the activity) and a 2 year old female child. Unlike paranormal claims before of knocking and catching glimpses of shadown figures, this time the homeowners say the entity is very aggressive and walks right up to them. There had even been full bodied apparitions (in full color) seen. The yound child has been seen seen sitting near her closet doors answering questions (the questions cannot be heard) and has become increasingly apprehensive about sleeping in her own bedroom, which is believed to be the center of activity. At one point, the presence essentially chased the homeowners out of the home by assualting a barrage of noises behind them until they left.
During our investigation, one of the most intriguing and annoying issues we ran into constantly was that whenever we would leave a room, our video camera would be turned into the "off" position. This happened almost 2 dozen times, 100% of the time. Minutes after we would leave a fully charged camera with full memory card running in an empty room, we would return with it in the 'off' position; there were no exceptions. That being said, our video captures became difficult, but we did manage to catch a couple that occured when we were investigation near the cams (they wouldn't turn off until we left the room[s])
We were prepared for an investigation similar to our last visit to this home, but were quite surprised how different our experience was this time. After reviewing our evidence, be sure to read our conclusion of personal experiences at the end because this investigation ended with us being frantically chased out of the home in a terrifying moment and we did NOT return.
Audio evidence/EVP's
This was one of the first home investigations we have performed where we actually felt that "thick air" feeling and just a very strong overall feeling of being unwanted. Our first visit to this home was just the opposite. That overall feeling actually became stronger and stronger as the night progressed (especially when we were upstairs in child's bedroom). We started out investigating in the basement.
Our EMF meter had been placed on the pool table (when the lights were on) and suddenly fell off. It was pitch dark, so we all just figured it fell off via normal reasons. Upon hearing THIS strange sound we captured right before it fell off, we started considering the fact that maybe it was physically manipulated (occurs right after Chris says "this green light here....." at :33)
While in the basement, we had placed an audio recorder near the top step of the stairs which lead to upstairs living area (seperated by a door). After several attempts at asking the entity to "make some noise" or "walk around" this recorder captured definite footsteps which were coming from the upstairs area which can be heard HERE at :42.
We eventually moved the investigation upstairs to the child's bedroom and while asking EVP questions, John (our photo/video guy) freaks out a bit saying that something breathed into his left ear (breathing in ear/face was one of the claims). While we were discussing it, at about :27 we picked up what sounds like a growl or bark (this sound was not made by any investigators, we confirmed via video). You can hear the evp HERE.
Minutes after the "breathing" incident, Chris was standing in the doorway of the bedroom near where the breath was heard/felt by John. Keep in mind that it is in this bedroom where the girl claims something is in her closet and frequently has been seen talking to her closet (the sliding closet doors are right behind the bedroom door and would 'bump' the door if they were opened while the door was in an opened position). At :06, you can hear the door push into Chris who then also freaks out and tells fellow investigators (all were in the room) to "come on, come on". ALL investigators exit the home (you can hear the home alarm beep signalling that the front door is closed) then at :30, you can clearly hear the closet door slide back closed. This, to us, was by far our strongest audio capture of the night because the home was 100% empty when this occurred. You can hear it for yourself HERE.
Later in the evening, we placed an audio recorder in the main living room and captured THIS evp of what sounds like ice cream truck or music box sounds. There were no toys that made these sounds and no music boxes nearby, so we're not necessarily classifying this one as paranormal, but definitely unexplained. This home is VERY rural, so to consider that it may have actually been an ice cream truck would be incorrect; there were no cars passing by the home during the entirity of the investigation. You can hear the music begin at :14.
EVP #1 - EMF detector had been placed on pool table. When we asked "entitiy" to walk up to it to make it light up, it suddently got pushed several feet onto the floor. You can hear the preceding evp here at :33 which sounds like a growl.
EVP #2 - While investigating in basement, audio recorder was placed on top step of stairs leading to main living area (near the closed door). We had asked spirit repeatedly to "make noise" or "walk around" and finally recorded this definite evp of footsteps upstairs (all investigators were in the basement, stationary at this time). You will hear the steps begin at :42
EVP #3 - During investigation in child's room (considered the paranormal hotspot), John felt/heard a breath in his left ear. After his response to this sound and the conversation that followed among investigators, you'll hear a bark or growl at :27 which we cannot explain.
EVP #4 - Only minutes after above evp following the "breathing" incident (still in child's room) Chris goes to open door to the room where John heard/felt the breath. at :06, you can actually hear the closet door open and bang into the bedroom door which pushed into Chris almost knocking him over. He is then heard saying "f'ing door...come on, come on" to get everyone out of the room (you can hear the investigators exit the home when the door alarm beeps signalling that the front door is open then it closes). At :30, you can very clearly hear the closet door slowly slide back to closed position. There were NO investigators in the home when this was captured making it our strongest piece of evidence backing the claim that this room is occupied by a presence.
EVP #5 - This one was captured by an audio recorder in main living area upstairs and is included here only as a "wtf?" becuase it sounds like music from an ice cream truck or music box, but there were neither anywhere near during our investigation. We don't necessarily classify this one as "paranormal" but it is definitely unexplained at best.
Video evidence
VIDEO #1 - This video was shot in the main living area of the home.at 8:47, there is a strange blue light that temporarily illuminates the room. There were no investigators/flashlights near when this was recorded and cannot categorize it as "paranormal" but it falls into the unexplained category (no cars/headlights passed by the residence during the investigation....VERY rural home). You will have to forward the video to this point as we didn't want to "edit" the video since it is still up to interpretation.
at 9:36, Chris and Dustin are talking about the smell of smoke. Chris says "I smell smoke, is that what you mean?" you'll then hear another voice whisper "yeah" or something similar. THIS voice sounds exactly like the vocal responses we caught during our last investigation of this home so we're not sure if maybe the initial entity has been overcome by a possible new one (because the other, "new" voices we captured were all consistently the same and NOT like this one). It was almost like the "old" entity was answering the question "yes, you are experiencing something different" but not in so many words. It's up for interpretation.
In this same video at 11:45 you will see the computer in the corner of the room turn on/off 3 times (last time at 14:23). We checked the computer and there is no timer or motion sensor on it. All investigators were at least 20 feet away from the computer when this occurred, which is also one of the claims by the homeowners.
It's important to note that we don't exit an area "just because" there is paranormal activity. In the above instances, we left mainly due to the very, VERY heavy air in the home and an overall sense of not being wanted in the area at all. At one point, Chris told the other investigators "If were going back to the girl's room, you may have to force me back in there" this was before the door-closing incident.
When we were getting ready to wrap the investigation,we were overcome with the negative feeling in the home (it was honestly a heaviness we had never experienced) and as we were gathering our equipment from back to front (John, our photo/video guy, was already outside doing inventory of his equipment), Dustin and Chris (the only two investigators left inside) started hearing crashing noises coming up the hallway like someone was kicking/banging pots and pans and advancing towards us. We started moving very quickly at this point and right about the time we got to the kitchen area, we both heard a very loud voice speak (what was said was up to interpretation given the scene playing out, but Chris believes he clearly heard the phrase "where ya going?"). Both Chris and Dustin acknowldeged the fact that a voice had spoken and moved even quicker as the sounds were advancing and getting louder.
Once outside, we felt like we had had enough of whatever game this entity was playing and decided as a group to end the investigation, conduct our evidence review and depending on the results, contact Reverend Crabtree to perform a cleansing. To be 100% honest, we're not sure what is going on in this home now, but we do know that it has taken on a much different personality and is not afraid to make its' presence known. We have never been "chased out" of an investigation, ever. But this one did not want us there and relayed that message in a way that was strong enough for us to respond by getting out.
Reverend Crabtree will be performing a cleansing of this property on 3/26 and we will report back with his experience. Again, for the record, we NEVER bail just because a door closes or because we hear a voice. There was much more going on in this residence on 3/15/2013. Stay tuned for updates.
The Reverends Ed and Ann Crabtree's full synopsis of their experience can be read here
Private residence, Southwest Mo revisited
For several weeks after our first investigation of this private home in southwest Missouri, all paranormal activity fell silent. However, it quickly ramped back up and to the residents, seemed "different" than before. We were asked to perform another thorough investigation of this home to see what was going on.
As a refresher, there are now 3 adult residents of the home (one of the adult children moved out due to the activity) and a 2 year old female child. Unlike paranormal claims before of knocking and catching glimpses of shadown figures, this time the homeowners say the entity is very aggressive and walks right up to them. There had even been full bodied apparitions (in full color) seen. The yound child has been seen seen sitting near her closet doors answering questions (the questions cannot be heard) and has become increasingly apprehensive about sleeping in her own bedroom, which is believed to be the center of activity. At one point, the presence essentially chased the homeowners out of the home by assualting a barrage of noises behind them until they left.
During our investigation, one of the most intriguing and annoying issues we ran into constantly was that whenever we would leave a room, our video camera would be turned into the "off" position. This happened almost 2 dozen times, 100% of the time. Minutes after we would leave a fully charged camera with full memory card running in an empty room, we would return with it in the 'off' position; there were no exceptions. That being said, our video captures became difficult, but we did manage to catch a couple that occured when we were investigation near the cams (they wouldn't turn off until we left the room[s])
We were prepared for an investigation similar to our last visit to this home, but were quite surprised how different our experience was this time. After reviewing our evidence, be sure to read our conclusion of personal experiences at the end because this investigation ended with us being frantically chased out of the home in a terrifying moment and we did NOT return.
Audio evidence/EVP's
This was one of the first home investigations we have performed where we actually felt that "thick air" feeling and just a very strong overall feeling of being unwanted. Our first visit to this home was just the opposite. That overall feeling actually became stronger and stronger as the night progressed (especially when we were upstairs in child's bedroom). We started out investigating in the basement.
Our EMF meter had been placed on the pool table (when the lights were on) and suddenly fell off. It was pitch dark, so we all just figured it fell off via normal reasons. Upon hearing THIS strange sound we captured right before it fell off, we started considering the fact that maybe it was physically manipulated (occurs right after Chris says "this green light here....." at :33)
While in the basement, we had placed an audio recorder near the top step of the stairs which lead to upstairs living area (seperated by a door). After several attempts at asking the entity to "make some noise" or "walk around" this recorder captured definite footsteps which were coming from the upstairs area which can be heard HERE at :42.
We eventually moved the investigation upstairs to the child's bedroom and while asking EVP questions, John (our photo/video guy) freaks out a bit saying that something breathed into his left ear (breathing in ear/face was one of the claims). While we were discussing it, at about :27 we picked up what sounds like a growl or bark (this sound was not made by any investigators, we confirmed via video). You can hear the evp HERE.
Minutes after the "breathing" incident, Chris was standing in the doorway of the bedroom near where the breath was heard/felt by John. Keep in mind that it is in this bedroom where the girl claims something is in her closet and frequently has been seen talking to her closet (the sliding closet doors are right behind the bedroom door and would 'bump' the door if they were opened while the door was in an opened position). At :06, you can hear the door push into Chris who then also freaks out and tells fellow investigators (all were in the room) to "come on, come on". ALL investigators exit the home (you can hear the home alarm beep signalling that the front door is closed) then at :30, you can clearly hear the closet door slide back closed. This, to us, was by far our strongest audio capture of the night because the home was 100% empty when this occurred. You can hear it for yourself HERE.
Later in the evening, we placed an audio recorder in the main living room and captured THIS evp of what sounds like ice cream truck or music box sounds. There were no toys that made these sounds and no music boxes nearby, so we're not necessarily classifying this one as paranormal, but definitely unexplained. This home is VERY rural, so to consider that it may have actually been an ice cream truck would be incorrect; there were no cars passing by the home during the entirity of the investigation. You can hear the music begin at :14.
EVP #1 - EMF detector had been placed on pool table. When we asked "entitiy" to walk up to it to make it light up, it suddently got pushed several feet onto the floor. You can hear the preceding evp here at :33 which sounds like a growl.
EVP #2 - While investigating in basement, audio recorder was placed on top step of stairs leading to main living area (near the closed door). We had asked spirit repeatedly to "make noise" or "walk around" and finally recorded this definite evp of footsteps upstairs (all investigators were in the basement, stationary at this time). You will hear the steps begin at :42
EVP #3 - During investigation in child's room (considered the paranormal hotspot), John felt/heard a breath in his left ear. After his response to this sound and the conversation that followed among investigators, you'll hear a bark or growl at :27 which we cannot explain.
EVP #4 - Only minutes after above evp following the "breathing" incident (still in child's room) Chris goes to open door to the room where John heard/felt the breath. at :06, you can actually hear the closet door open and bang into the bedroom door which pushed into Chris almost knocking him over. He is then heard saying "f'ing door...come on, come on" to get everyone out of the room (you can hear the investigators exit the home when the door alarm beeps signalling that the front door is open then it closes). At :30, you can very clearly hear the closet door slowly slide back to closed position. There were NO investigators in the home when this was captured making it our strongest piece of evidence backing the claim that this room is occupied by a presence.
EVP #5 - This one was captured by an audio recorder in main living area upstairs and is included here only as a "wtf?" becuase it sounds like music from an ice cream truck or music box, but there were neither anywhere near during our investigation. We don't necessarily classify this one as "paranormal" but it is definitely unexplained at best.
Video evidence
VIDEO #1 - This video was shot in the main living area of the home.at 8:47, there is a strange blue light that temporarily illuminates the room. There were no investigators/flashlights near when this was recorded and cannot categorize it as "paranormal" but it falls into the unexplained category (no cars/headlights passed by the residence during the investigation....VERY rural home). You will have to forward the video to this point as we didn't want to "edit" the video since it is still up to interpretation.
at 9:36, Chris and Dustin are talking about the smell of smoke. Chris says "I smell smoke, is that what you mean?" you'll then hear another voice whisper "yeah" or something similar. THIS voice sounds exactly like the vocal responses we caught during our last investigation of this home so we're not sure if maybe the initial entity has been overcome by a possible new one (because the other, "new" voices we captured were all consistently the same and NOT like this one). It was almost like the "old" entity was answering the question "yes, you are experiencing something different" but not in so many words. It's up for interpretation.
In this same video at 11:45 you will see the computer in the corner of the room turn on/off 3 times (last time at 14:23). We checked the computer and there is no timer or motion sensor on it. All investigators were at least 20 feet away from the computer when this occurred, which is also one of the claims by the homeowners.
It's important to note that we don't exit an area "just because" there is paranormal activity. In the above instances, we left mainly due to the very, VERY heavy air in the home and an overall sense of not being wanted in the area at all. At one point, Chris told the other investigators "If were going back to the girl's room, you may have to force me back in there" this was before the door-closing incident.
When we were getting ready to wrap the investigation,we were overcome with the negative feeling in the home (it was honestly a heaviness we had never experienced) and as we were gathering our equipment from back to front (John, our photo/video guy, was already outside doing inventory of his equipment), Dustin and Chris (the only two investigators left inside) started hearing crashing noises coming up the hallway like someone was kicking/banging pots and pans and advancing towards us. We started moving very quickly at this point and right about the time we got to the kitchen area, we both heard a very loud voice speak (what was said was up to interpretation given the scene playing out, but Chris believes he clearly heard the phrase "where ya going?"). Both Chris and Dustin acknowldeged the fact that a voice had spoken and moved even quicker as the sounds were advancing and getting louder.
Once outside, we felt like we had had enough of whatever game this entity was playing and decided as a group to end the investigation, conduct our evidence review and depending on the results, contact Reverend Crabtree to perform a cleansing. To be 100% honest, we're not sure what is going on in this home now, but we do know that it has taken on a much different personality and is not afraid to make its' presence known. We have never been "chased out" of an investigation, ever. But this one did not want us there and relayed that message in a way that was strong enough for us to respond by getting out.
Reverend Crabtree will be performing a cleansing of this property on 3/26 and we will report back with his experience. Again, for the record, we NEVER bail just because a door closes or because we hear a voice. There was much more going on in this residence on 3/15/2013. Stay tuned for updates.
The Reverends Ed and Ann Crabtree's full synopsis of their experience can be read here
Premonition or coincidence? 05.21.13
In the transcript for video #1 above, you can see that Chris and Dustin are talking about the smell of smoke. Chris says "I
smell smoke, is that what you mean?" you'll then hear another voice whisper "yeah" or something similar. THIS voice sounds exactly like the vocal responses we caught during our last investigation of this home. To us, this voice sounded like the "friendlier" voice we heard during our last visit to this home (and very unlike the much less accomodating voice we captured repeatedly during our more current visit on 3/15/13). Given recent events, the possibility exists that this entity was trying to give us a heads-up as to what was to come.
Several days ago, the homeowners (in their new Springfield home) decided to burn the ouija board which may have been the root cause of the problems. Only days later, this home (while vacant) burned to the ground. Possibly lightning strike or electrical issue? The cause can't be 100% confirmed, but this home was completely engulfed in flames and the only structure left standing was the fireplace.
In the transcript for video #1 above, you can see that Chris and Dustin are talking about the smell of smoke. Chris says "I
smell smoke, is that what you mean?" you'll then hear another voice whisper "yeah" or something similar. THIS voice sounds exactly like the vocal responses we caught during our last investigation of this home. To us, this voice sounded like the "friendlier" voice we heard during our last visit to this home (and very unlike the much less accomodating voice we captured repeatedly during our more current visit on 3/15/13). Given recent events, the possibility exists that this entity was trying to give us a heads-up as to what was to come.
Several days ago, the homeowners (in their new Springfield home) decided to burn the ouija board which may have been the root cause of the problems. Only days later, this home (while vacant) burned to the ground. Possibly lightning strike or electrical issue? The cause can't be 100% confirmed, but this home was completely engulfed in flames and the only structure left standing was the fireplace.
While we would like to say that a move to a new home and the burning down of the problem home has resolved the issue, unfortunately, this family continues to be plagued by similar activity at their new home too. 417PRS will be performing another very thorough investigation of this new property in June 2013. Check back for details.