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Special Edition: Where Evil and Innocence Reside(Extended Version)
Bethlehelm, NH
Written by James Paradie (With Special Guests: NEPI-Anthony Ardolino, Nicole Ardolino, Nancy Fortin, Michelle LaFontaine, Lewkis Gates, Dustin Starr)
Online/Extended Version
"Did the little girl spirit die here?"
"Is there any evil in this house?"
"Is this house a portal to Hell?"
Lights out time came and it was time to see if what the countless people have experienced in the house was going to happen to us and we would not be disappointed. First, we went down in the cellar which was quite spooky in itself. Earlier in the night, when we were setting up our infrared cameras, the camera down in the basement was actually moving by itself. When Anthony, Nicole Ardolino, Lewkis Gates, Dustin Starr (returning NEPI investigator) and myself went to investigate ourselves, the camera wasn't even moved. But yet, according to those watching upstairs, it looked like it was moving; this camera would end up playing mind games on our eyes for the rest of the night. Since this kind of activity was happening we wanted to see if we could provoke any spirits down there to come out.
One team went downstairs into the basement and another team went into the upstairs. I was apart of the team that went to the basement. First off, going down those steps even when we had the lights on was a task (there narrow and by the end of the night I started to refer to them as the "stairs of death") imagine going down them in pitch black? They weren't fun, but a few interesting details happened when we got down there:
First, it wasn't warm down there, but at the beginning it was edging somewhere near 60 degrees; we also closed the door to the basement to get lesser contamination (noise interference). We start out every investigation with an EVP session. EVP or Electronic Voice Phenomena, records spirit voices in the white noise frequency and captures it onto a audio recorder. In order to do this, an investigator has to ask the spirit questions. We start out by saying who's down there, naming of all our names, then we start out with the questions; the most typical are: "Can you tell us your name?", "When were you born?", then after awhile you can get into the "How did you die?" But make sure you respect them just like you would any other living person.
One thing that did happen was that we kept hearing pounding on the walls, as if there was something right next to us. Also, Nancy Fortin (co-founder of NEPI) felt a cold breeze as if something was passing threw her and the sound of something gliding past the pipes over our heads. The temperature went from the 50's down into the 20's, dropping nearly thirty degrees while we were down there according to our handheld thermometers, it was freezing cold down there when before it was bearable. Even though we were making progress, we heard the other group coming down the stairs and decided to rejoin them. Fortin, however, stopped at the middle of the steps, feeling dizzy and had to stop. She then regained her composure and went back up the steps. In one of the photos taken by Nicole's camera, you will see a blue figure, almost like a mist, going past Nancy and up the stairs. Was this what made Nancy feel dizzy on the steps?
(Look to the left side of the photo by Nancy, you will see a blue figure. Some can actually see this spector holding her hand. Can you? Also, others such as myself, can see a more translucent figure on the landing of the steps.)
We would then go out to the living room and would not be disappointed. While we were sitting on the couches, Anthony's movements went still as he pointed to the kitchen and said with a stern excitement, "Shadow just walked from the kitchen into the bedroom!" Going in to investigate, we found no evidence of anyone who could make such a shadow; Anthony explained that it even blocked out a green light on a cabinet. No one else was down there with us as the rest of the team went upstairs.
We then all decided to go down into the basement, all nine people (including those who joined us during the investigation) to see if we could somehow corner the spirit. We would not be displeased with the results we got. First, nine people in a small basement, we didn't have much room to play with, but it ended up being a good idea. First interesting note to make is that we kept hearing something being thrown in back of Nancy, Nicole, Lewkis, and myself. When we looked, there was nothing, at first to pinpoint. The second time it happened, we looked, and to our astonishment there was a can on the floor that wasn't there before. We decided to use it as a trigger object and propped it onto a table to see if the spirit would knock it off again.
Another thing to note was every time we heard something being thrown in back of us, my K-II EMF Meter would spike. To those who don't know, an EMF Meter measures the electromagnetic fields which ghosts are said to disrupt when they are around these devices, so essentially the EMF Meter can be used as a "ghost detector". This is why we shut off all power when we conduct an investigation, so appliances with electricity won't interfere with our devices. Other handheld devices such as a cell phone going off or a walky-talky can make the EMF spike, so keep that in mind. But, when it spikes, and there's nothing giving off electronic vibes around, could it be paranormal? The mischievous spirit was definitely there to play with the many new faces in the house. Keep in mind, a little girl spirit is allegedly been spotted in this house before.
Anthony was about to come face to face with one of the alleged spirits as he was doing an EVP Session; on the audio tape you can hear him talk and then suddenly he stops and Nancy asks, "What?" Tony then says, "I just saw a face right there in front of me." When we were done and heading back up he said it was scary coming face to face with a spirit who he said had a white face and even facial hair features. Even though it came and gone in a flash, the image will surely stay implanted in Anthony's thoughts for years to come. Another interesting thing to note was that not only did Anthony saw the ghostly face, but also one of the guests of the night got scratched by an unseen force on the neck. One of our photos actually shows two distinctive red marks on his neck. These spirits meant business tonight.
The next session we did upstairs is called a Pendulum Session. There are many various types of Pendulum's, but in most paranormal groups who do use them-it's a chain with a stone at the end to simply put. You ask for the spirits to show you a "Yes", a "no", and a "maybe." Most times YES is counter clockwise, NO is back and forth, and MAYBE is clockwise. The spirits were definitely here and there was a touch of fright in the air. Here's some highlights of the session:
"Did the little girl spirit die here?" and we got a YES. "Do you want (one of the guests) out of your house?" and we got a big YES for the response. When we later asked if the little girl wanted to be with her parents we got two big NO's. During this session we would keep hearing pounding noises coming from the upstairs; the owners do own a cat, but it was downstairs the whole time. When we asked if the spirit was making the noises we got a YES. We would then ask if this is the same spirit who scratched (the other guest) earlier in the night, down in the basement, we got a MAYBE. It was asked if the spirit was ever going to be honest and we got a NO. It was then asked if we should feel threatened in any way-YES. Did the spirits mean us any harm that night?-We got a huge YES. The chain was spinning so widely that it was hitting Nancy's fingers. Was their a murder committed in this house?-We got a YES right away. Not only was this an interesting paranormal investigation, it was also turning into an episode of CSI: New Hampshire. When we asked if the little girl was murdered here-it said YES. After we heard something that sounded like a rock being thrown at a window, we shifted back to the former owner of the place when we asked if they moved the can downstairs-YES.
(Photo taken from the Pendulum Session.---Photo will be up soon)
We then decided to try a technique we used at the Sugar Hill Inn called Glass Swirling. Glass Swirling is where you take a drinking glass, put it on a table with a nice smooth surface, just barely put your index finger on the top of the upside down glass; you would then envision yourself in a bright light, and tell the spirit to use everyone at the tables energy freely as long as they meant you no harm. After you get a response (the glass moving), then you can ask it questions.
Could it be that we are moving the glass not knowing? Unlikely, as in some points of the session we could actually feel the glass turning in place with all our fingers not moving at all; this also happened to us at the Sugar Hill Inn investigation back in April of 2010. The questions mostly revolved around if there was evil in the house, each time the glass almost went crazy.
We then decided to write down answers on pieces of paper to see where the glass would land. "Yes", "No", "I don't understand", and "Infinity." These helped us out immensely and maybe the spirits as well. The main questions that we got were great, but down right frightening. Here's some highlights:
"Who makes you the angriest in this house?"-The glass would always, no matter how we put the question, go to one of the two occupants of the house at the time, and at one point it even came as fast as it could and smacked the person right in the arm and fell of the table into that person's lap almost. Every time we asked if there was any evil in the house, or demons, it would go to YES. We would then ask how long the identity has been here and every time we asked, it would go to Infinity. We would then ask if there is an afterlife and to our shock it started making 8's on the table; 8 means eternal life, but the big reason why this shocked us the most was because this also happened at the Sugar Hill Inn. This was starting to get deep and when we thought things couldn't get more creepier, but they did; Nancy then asked if this was a portal to Hell-YES. In unison, all our fingers came off the glass and we just all stood there with our fingers in the air and our thoughts and adrenaline rushing.
After this, we decided it was time to leave. We have been invited to go back to this residence for a future investigation, so look out for that within the next few months. But until then, if you have a house that you think is haunted and want North Eastern Paranormal Investigations to come in, call Anthony Ardolino at 444-7142 or email him at tony@northeasternparanormal.com and tell him what's going on and maybe you can witness these strange occurrences as well. Until next time, this has been a special edition of Scared Sheetless. Happy Hauntings my fellow Graveyard Disciples.
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E-Mail: scaredsheetlessncn@hotmail.com
Website: scaredsheetlessncn.blogspot.com
James Paradie is a paranormal columnist as well as a paranormal investigator who has been seen in such newspapers as the Northcountry News, Littleton Record, the White Mountain Shopper, and the Trendy Times. His stories can also been seen on paranormalnews.com where he is a regular contributor.
Great job James wish I could of been there..
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