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26th Ave North first visit 1.01

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Below is an area in the garage that seemed "heaviest." This may be the spot where a suicide was committed 26 years ago.

Karen and Lee: Digitals:

Photographs:

Small attic orb above, bigger orb below (bottom).

April 3, 2002: Vina (resident in home investigated), post ghost hunt: At approximately 10:24 this morning, the pugs started to whine. I thought it might be because they were on the deck as I worked in the house, and they were bored. I got up to give them some bread (distraction). As I went out into the living room, I saw this floating wisp of smoke....very similar to incense. I looked around, because it's 10:30, I have been home alone since 7:30 this morning, I do not burn incense often, and never in this part of the house, I had not burned any in the house for months. I looked around, and there was NO incense burning. The front window was open, but nothing was smoking, and the window let in a nice breeze. This patch was about two inches wide, and floated IN PLACE for a moment, despite the breeze. I looked away to find the incense, and check the window, and it was gone. I got a chill (could just be me, though), and said, "If this is "you", (any potential entity) then where were you last night? I only got some light orb images! But, that's OK." I smiled and went out to give the pugs their bread, came back, no smoke. The chair was reflecting some light, but I am certain this was a 3-D patch of smoke about 5 feet above the table, slightly in front of it (towards the TV!) Time: 10:24 (made note, still haven't walked, and need to do so before I eat!)

I called SPIRITS member Karen who told me that she had just had a similar experience with her cat, Angel (SP?), and she was writing it down just as I called. (About 10:30 by my clock, 10:27 by hers). As Karen worked on e-mail this morning, she noted her cat, who was sitting behind her on the chair, looked back and forth from window to wall. Karen spoke to her, asking, "What do you see? What is going on?" Angel did not look up at the voice. She did look at her for the third question (How many are coming in?) The cat looked a couple more times, then stopped. No incident since then.

Brandy's Report

House built in 1945, several families have lived in it, including a succession of adult children and parents. 2 bedroom 1 bath house that underwent construction in several different phases. In one, the deck was enclosed into a dining room. In another, a third large bedroom was added. The current family had much of the house remodeled, especially in the third bedroom, upon moving in 10 years ago this April. In 1975, the son of one of the house's former owners committed suicide by shooting himself in the garage. He shot himself with the door open, an act witnessed by several neighbors. The garage, allegedly, was used for an illegal casino for a time by later home owners.

Reports of activity include: Unusual dreams by Vina, accompanied by movement of blinds in one window (same window each time). Vina was uncomfortable in her mother's bathroom, particularly taking a bath, for the first few years of living in the home. She does not feel she is closterphobic, and could not account for the sensation of feeling smothered. Images seen out of the corner of her eye, particularly of "white ladies" crossing in the area of her bedroom closet and bathroom. The sensation of being "nagged" if working late in the house on a computer by a "hag" entity. When she first moved in, Vina dreamed an entity that looked like her mother (though pastel in color, and without a face) stood at the foot of her bed and watched her three times over the first 9 months, then said "goodbye" and left. The entity has not been seen since. She has heard someone say "hello" to her, heard what she thought was her mother calling her, though her mother had not. She has had a series of dreams about ghosts in the house. Her grandmother, upon dying, came to her in the form of an aroma and a sense of calmness to say "goodbye." However, photographs do not pick up any unusual images, and the SPIRITS prior investigation found little activity. Two people outside of her family, however, also reported seeing smokey figures in her home.

Vina lives in a back bedroom/bathroom; her mother stays primarily in the other end of the home.

Hunt information:

EMF found in Vina's mother's bedroom. Orb images appeared. However, much of the EMF was attributed to two electric panels on either side of the walls of the bedroom. The panels seemed to create an EMF current between the two of them and were in nearly a direct line to one another.

Strange atmosphere in garage, with small to no EMF. Orb images appeared in the garage.

Rainbow images in apartment, and slight EMF was detected, though lights and electrical appliances had been turned off.

Signs of construction in the area next to the kitchen. Vina and her mother had never seen this before, and did not know what had been there. Whatever it was was prior to their moving in.

The day after the hunt, Vina reported seeing a puff of smoke in the living room (as she got up to investigate why her pugs, on the deck, were whining). The smoke did not come from any source that Vina could find, and hovered in the air, about 5 feet over the coffee table, for 3-5 seconds. Vina scanned the room to see if she could determine what might have created the smoke, but when she looked back at the puff it had vanished. She spoke out loud, asking the potential entity where it had been the night before during the ghost hunt.

The following day, while sitting and working in the study, she thought she heard a voice whisper that this was "her room"....as in, the entity's former bedroom.

Additional Research: Interviewing the Neighbors --

04/06/02 Interview with "Dawn" the woman who lives in the house across the alley, directly behind Vina's home. The woman has lived here since the late 60's.

House info: The man was tall and thin. He had dark brown hair when younger, but it did turn gray. He did shoot himself. He was very angry and in an anagonistic relationship with his mother. He opened the garage door (outside) before killing himself. Dawn said she saw him in the garage, heard the shot. He "crumpled like a garbage bag"....was wearing green, she remembered.

Overall, he and the mother were described as being like siblings, and he HATED being her caretaker.

His mother was frail, thin, blonde, and looked like all the color had been washed out of her. ("Very thin, almost transparent").

Note: The "hag" image described in interview also was a pale white woman, with bony hands, long thing hair, thin features, and stooped.

In the corner of the narthex by the kitchen were indications that something had been removed from the ceiling and wall. It was a curio cabinet. She displayed her glassswares in it.

Note: Interesting that the family currently displayes an antique glasswear cabinet, filled with depression glass, there now.)

Dawn remembered that the son was a night person, whereas the mother was not. According to Dawn, "You hardly ever saw her (mom) at night." It was also something the two bickered about.

Note: Interview statements include Vina feeling nagged at night by the hag for "staying up to late...." This particularly happened around 11 pm to 1 am. The sensations are akin to simply being glared at to having someone "hover" over her in impatience.

Vina and her mother also disagree about nights and mornings. Vina is a night person, Mom is a morning person.

The son died 1/3 to 1/4 towards the front (outside door) of the garage, not in the back as indicated.

Also interesting: Between ownerships, the house as leased. After the suicide, a family rented it... two sons, stepfather, mom. Stepfather was not very nice...pretty hard on the sons. Not abusive, but often put one stepson down as a "dreamer." Dawn used to play with him and recalled that he liked dragons and magic.

She also knew the kids liked to play in the attic of the apartment (remember, there

was a loft up there, removed under the current owners, so the attic was easily accessible from the loft). The younger son loved to play in that attic and spent a lot of time there.

Evidentially, this boy also told Dawn that had seen a RED BALL OF LIGHT in the garage. His stepfather didn't believe the boy, but Dawn did.

The stepfather moved the family out of here, much to the boy's dismay. He died shortly

after moving. Dawn remembers being told about his death because they were so close in age (I'd estimate early teens), and she was upset someone so young should die.

Is he the male presence in the attic? Is he responsible for the "rainbow" images?

Additional research, 4/28/02

Interviewed neighbor, Adele. She moved into the area in 1973 with her mother. She remembered the lady who lived here. She recalls that the woman was slightly stooped over, perhaps with osteoperosis.

(Note: "Hag" image often reported as being stooped over by Vina).

Her mother was walking in the alley and saw the body of the son in the garage. She did not hear the gun, and did not realize he had killed himself. She thought he was drunk and passed out.

The man was very snide and offered comments to anyone walking in the alley. (Adele's examples: What are you doing here? Trying to sneak up on me?) He was very unhappy. Adele remembered he was possibly being sued by an ex-wife. She thought he had been married twice, and that the second wife was a "gold digger" who married him for the money. She thought that she remembered the wife was also not allowing him to visit a child....

Adele described his mother as a "terrible nag" who harped on her son all of the time.

Adele remembered that the event took place in the mid-70's but could not specify a year.

Recheck reports

26th Avenue North

St. Petersburg, Florida

04-02-02 6:30 P.M.

Report by Lee & Karen West

FACTS:

Home built - 1948

Resident: Vina, her mother and several pugs

Moved in - 1992

OBSERVATIONS:

We did not observe any unusual odors. No unusual markings on walls, ceilings or floors during the walk through.

Mother's Bedroom

This area had high EMF readings and EMF spikes however, it was discovered that the spikes were caused because there are electrical panel on both the north & the south exterior walls of this room. There was still a feeling of a presence in this room and one digital shows a splattering of small orbs on the north wall and baseboard. There was also a digital picture that showed a large and small orb on the same wall.

Hall & Bathroom

We both sensed an energy at the door of the bathroom and into the bath area.

ATTIC

Lee opened the attic access and felt there was a shy entity there - hiding behind the chimney and peering out. He saw a wisp of smoke like incense burning. When Lee opened the attic access there was a spike in the EMF reading 2-3.5. There was another spike and drop when the access was closed. There are two digital pictures of orbs in the attic area.

Kitchen

We received several spikes in the kitchen and adjacent room but were able to explain these spikes. The spikes were due to electrical wiring.

Back Porch & Garage

This area was active with EMF and sensations. Both of us felt energy in the garage and actually felt there was pain & hurt at the back of the garage near the ceiling. Lee was so overcome with bad feelings that he had to leave the area. There were digital pictures taken that showed orbs and string energy in the garage and on the door of the back porch.

Apartment

We both felt energy in this room, specifically towards the ceiling over the closet and in the attic area. The attic access was opened and Lee sensed energy from that area. Digital pictures in this area produced an orb, unexplained light over the bookcase and strange discoloration over the sink.

CAR

The car was a very curious area. Karen felt a presence at the wheel and felt it was a young man with dark hair. There were no results from digital pictures and there were no EMF spikes.

OCCUPANTS INPUT:

According to Vina she has seen and felt presences in the office and hall outside the office - like an older white haired bent over woman telling her to go to bed. She has also had sensations of hurt & anger in the garage to the point that she doesn't like to go in the garage especially at night and unsurprisingly her dogs also avoid the garage. She has experienced several lucid dreams. Three of these dreams have centered around the east window in her apartment. When she awoke from one of these dreams the blind on the east window was moving and banging. She has also felt like someone comes up behind her from this window when she is working at her computer. Vina shared with us that she was driving in the area of an accident where a young man, artist, was killed. Subsequent interviews with neighbors done by Brandy also shared that one middle aged man, full of hate and anger towards his ailing mother, committed suicide in the garage and that a young male child had died in the house.

RESIDENTS HISTORY:

Vina is very open to the paranormal and spirit realm. Her mother is not. Vina has had numerous experiences starting with the death of her grandmother.

IMPRESSION & CONCLUSION:

We did not sense any evil or dangerous situation during the investigation. However, we felt a very strong presence in the hall and attic access area. It is our opinion that there are several possibilities. We feel the entity in the attic is very young and shy and could possibly be the young child who died in the house. The garage is definitely full of anger and hate but to our surprise the man who committed suicide committed it in a different area of the garage then where we felt the preponderance of the anger. And the man used a gun but we had a feeling of a hanging. The car could quite possibly be the young artist who died in the accident - it seems to be a guiding helpful entity and seemed to be elated that we acknowledged his presence. It is also possible that the residence is on a "path" - especially seeing how there is a funeral home near by.

VIDEO & DIGITAL:

149 Digitals taken - 8 with orbs - 1 with fog - 1 string energy - 3 questionable

38 minutes of Video taken - no results

26th Avenue RECHECK: Article

It is the nature of ghosts to be elusive. However, though challenging, it is this aspect that also makes paranormal entities so fascinating. What makes them manifest, and why?

That was the questions asked at the recent SPIRITS investigation, in which the team returned to a site explored nearly one year ago.

The area in question is the private residence of a mother, Gayle, and her daughter Vina. Gayle is open to the possibilities of the paranormal, but remains skeptical of any activity in her home. Vina, an artist, writer, and teacher, believes in the supernatural.

The SPIRITS found little activity in the prior investigation done in October 2001. The garage was the center of activity with minor EMF fluctuations and the sense of heaviness in the area.

It was Vina's recent report of unusual activity that brought the SPIRITS back to recheck the house. In recent months, two separate individuals had reported seeing a smoky figure during visits to the home. Vina, herself, continually felt as if unseen eyes were watching her, particularly late at night.

"I noticed that during my nightly writing sessions that at 11:00 p.m. my eyes would involuntarily look at the doorway. Though I saw nothing physically, my mind's eye saw thin, pale, stooped old woman. I sensed that she wanted me to go to bed; she didn't like me working this late at night," Vina explains.

With this new information, new equipment, and a few new team members, the SPIRITS returned in April to examine the house.

The area near the computer, in the exact location Vina sensed the spirit, had an attic entranceway above it. Upon entering the attic, the team sensitive immediately "saw" a smoky form recoil back, as if in surprise. Several photographs taken by different individuals also resulted in orb images in the attic.

The garage, again, proved to hold the group's attention. The atmosphere inside the garage remains palpably different from the rest of the house, possibly because it was the site of a suicide committed in the mid-1970's. No EMF was recorded and there were no temperature fluctuations. However, one photograph produced a light orb image in the northwest section of the garage, which subsequent research revealed was the area where the man killed himself.

Vina's bedroom also produced surprising images. Though the power was turned off, low EMF levels persisted. The upper area of the room, above the walk-in closet, and near a second attic entranceway, produced rainbow-like auras that have appeared at other haunted locations.

Intensive interviews were conducted with neighbors who had lived near the home and had contact with prior owners. They verified that one prior homeowner was an older lady, often heard arguing with her son who often worked late at night. Her physical description matched Vina's image: she was tall, thin, and very pale. One neighbor described her as being "so white that she looked washed out."

The interviews revealed that at least one other set of residents reported activity in the garage. After the suicide a family of four, mother, stepfather, and two teenage sons rented the house. One neighbor, who was also a teenager at the time, played with the boys. She recalled talking with the younger son, who she described as "really into dragons and magic," told her he saw a large red orb floating through the garage.

This same son later moved with his family out of the house. He was devastated by the move, as he was very fond of the home and loved to play in the attic area located in Vina's room. A short time later, the boy died of unknown circumstances; a shocking revelation to the neighbors who knew him.

The SPIRITS believe there are possibly three ghosts in the home. The one in the main house is the old woman, who still shuns the night. The second, found in the garage, may be the residue energy of the man who shot himself in the garage. Vina's room might hold the spirit of a playful boy who returned to the home he loved after death.

Now that the spirits have been caught on film, at least one seems a little less shy. The morning after the investigation, Vina reported some very strange activity. Once again working in the house, she heard her dogs whining. She got up to find out what was wrong. As she left the computer area and crossed through the living room, a small puff of smoke, suspended five feet in the air next to the coffee table, caught her eye.

The windows were closed; Vina was home alone. It did not move with the air currents created by the fan. Where, then, did the smoke come from?

"I stared at it for several seconds, then looked around the room to see if I could find what it might be coming from. I saw the windows were closed, before looking at the area with the smoke again. It was gone. In ten years of living here, this was the first time I have directly seen anything possibly paranormal in this house," Vina said.

"I've not given up working at nights, now, but I do try to accommodate the old lady by leaving before midnight," she adds.

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House on 26th Avenue: First Investigation

Haunting on 26th Avenue North. Jan. 2001

This is a house with some history. Built in the 1940s, it has exchanged owners several times. The first owners were a couple with a young family, who lived in it a short time. The house was sold to an elderly woman and her adult son in the 1950s. They converted the home's garage into a bedroom and built a new garage on the property. The son, according to a neighbor, could be very "creepy". He felt trapped by his mother's dependence on him and may have been abusive towards her. In one instance, the neighbor recalled a time the mother had two black eyes and refused to discuss how she received them. The son, additionally, developed emphysema and his movements were further restricted to the house. He reached the point where he was unable to even go outside to get the mail, nor could he easily care for his mother. He committed suicide in the new garage in the mid-1970's. The neighbor heard the shot and saw the body under the tarp during the investigation.

The house again changed hands. The new owners were an older couple, both of whom served on the local city council. At one point, they held an illegal casino out in the garage and the neighbors called the police to complain of noise and alley parking violations. The house was again sold to the current owners, a mother, "Gayle" and adult daughter, "Vina". The mother lives in the front of the house, the daughter in the back. The daughter has recently graduated from USF with a Masters degree in Religion and currently works while applying for a PhD. The mother works in a not-for-profit organization that benefits the elderly.

The daughter describes an attraction to this house when she first saw it.

"It has a magic about it. It seems very small outside, yet is very large inside."

She also describes a constant sense of dislike for the garage, though she feels comfortable in most other areas of the home.

"I knew about the suicide, but initially we were told that it happened in my room, the old garage. I never felt afraid there. To my surprise, it was the current garage that felt, and still feels, very creepy. It is hard to go in at night. I feel as if I was being watched. I attributed my feelings to the fact it was a garage, filled with stuff, or as some sort of place memory/feeling from the time the garage was a casino. I figured it had to be charged full of energy -- especially when anyone lost money!

"Occassionally, I feel uncomfortable in my mother's bathroom. I do not like to shower in her tub as I feel as if something is ready to drop down on me. The third place I felt an uncomfortable presence is sometimes on the deck, outside my door. This is also usually late at night, and it could simply be that I am tired and my imagination has gone into over drive."

"I have had at least one other unusual encounter while being here. Two years after I moved in, and after the initial remodeling was done, an image of my mother appeared to me 3 times in a year. Each time she appeared, she had the form of my mother, was wearing an outfit Mom owned in real life, and even wore Mom's glasses. The odd thing is that the entity had no face, and its "skin tone", for lack of better word, was very pastel. It appeared only in early morning hours, when it was gray outside, and I was in a "gray" state. I did not fear it, but noted its unusual abilities. One time, it bent its back at a 90 degree angle BACKWARDS to get a better look at me as it stood near the foot of my bed. One time it turned off my TV. The third time may have been a dream; it offered me some sort of rawhide chew toy for my pug, and told me something which I can't remember fully, but may have been along the lines of "goodbye". When I woke up, I did NOT have the toy it gave to me for my dog, Odie. I have not seen the entity since.

The mother, too, has heard the doors on the deck opening and closing late at night when no one is up. These noises occurred in the early morning hours, between 12 am and 2 am.

Both women have heard her name called by the other, to find that no one said anything.

Photos taken of the garage and apartment turned up little information.

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Note: No images or reports saved from first investigation of 26th Ave. North. Scroll down for REVISIT, images and reports from the second investigation at 26th Ave. North.

1. What was your role in this investigation? (Please check one)

Sensitive/Psy

20.0%

Technical

20.0%

Researcher

20.0%

Investigator (general)

40.0%

Other

0.0%

Other (please specify)

2. What equipment did you use on this investigation?

Thermometer

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Thermometer IR

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Barometer

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Digital camera

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Film camera

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Video camera

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IR video camera

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Polaroid camera

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Computer

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Audio recording devices

40.0%

Electro Magnetic Field Meter (EMF meter)

80.0%

Compass

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DC gauss meter

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Other (please specify)

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answered question

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3. What phenomena did you experience on this investigation? (Please check all that apply)

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Temperature related phenomena (hot or cold spots)

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Sensation of energy

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Sensation of being watched

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Peripheral vision manifestation

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Full manifestation

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Physical contact

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Odd behavior of equipment

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Battery drainage or power outage

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Electrical phenomena (lights, equipment acting up)

20.0%

Observed odd behavior of animals

0.0%

The detection of aromas (olfactory)

20.0%

Hearing/auditory

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Other (please specify below)

40.0%

Other (please specify)

answered question

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4. In review of the footage, recording, or photographs taken at the location, which of the following did you find? (Please check all that apply)

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EVP (electronic voice phenomena) on video

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Rod images (video)

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Mist images (video)

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Shadow images (video)

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Full apparition (video)

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EVP (electronic voice phenomena) on audio/recording

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Orb images (digital)

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Mist images (digital)

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Shadow images (digital)

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Full apparition (digital)

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Orb images (film)

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Mist images (film)

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Shadow images (film)

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Full apparition (film)

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Nothing that cannot be explained naturally

20.0%

No unusual occurrences at all

40.0%

Other (please specify below)

40.0%

1.no orbs but we did get some unexplained EMF spikes

2.Debbie, No unique technical experiences to report

5. What technical observations did you note during the investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.

Cheryl: High EMF readings when standing in front of the sink at the kitchenette. Could be related to the A/C unit/fridge/electrical box.

2.Evie - unexplained EMF spikes that we could not verify or repeat

3.Only during the garage evp session did equipment fail twice. The equipment belonged to a prospective member.

4.Kimberly: No meter spikes. However, did not attempt investigation in garage. Mon, 5.Jeanne During the EVP questioning in the garage, my EMF meter spiked many times. Some were large, multiple spikes. This is unusual for this meter. Also, the I-phone that we used to time the questions shut off several times.

6. What sensitive observations did you note during the investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.

1.Cheryl: Negative feeling in the garage. Bad smell in the garage that I've not yet determined the best way to describe. Ominous feeling under the "beer" light in the garage

2.Evie - I did not pick up any additional energy in the room, if anyhing, I experienced an energy drain

3.Debbie - a pretty steady current of energy that seemed to hold just off center of the room. A triangle can be drawn from the shelf that holds a Spirit house to just before center room and back to the desk in the corner. Plus a "trail" that runs diagonally from the corner of the wall containing the Spirit house to the opposite corner had the feeling of a well travelled pate.

4.Kimberly: One very transient cold spot at about 3 feet off the ground in front of the small window where the two small animal cages are stacked.

5.Jeanne When we entered the garage, Cheryl felt like someone had died there, possibly from hanging.

7. What researched/historical information did you learn about this location? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.

1.Chery: Only got historical info from Brandy after the investigation

2.Evie - the homeowner gave us a brief history of the house including the fact that someone had committed suicide in the garage.

3.Have investigated this structure twice in the past and the homeowner has relayed the house history, including a suicide, that has been documented. I'm giving this location a haunted scale of 4 because this establishment tends to "invite?" drop in entities.

4.Kimberly: As per homeowner, there was a suicide committed on the property, as well as some contentiousness between the mother of the person who committed the suicide and his mother, who resided there with him.

5.Jeanne We learned that a previous owner had committed suicide in the garage. He used a gun, not hanging.

8. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the haunting of this location? Note on scale: 1 represents "no haunting", 5 "moderate haunting" and 10 "extremely haunted"?

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9. What issues does the review team need to address with the occupant (homeowner, business owner, resident)? What aspects of the investigation need to be re-addressed, retested, or clarified?

1.Cheryl: I'd like more late-night work done in and around the garage with at least 2 members.

2.none

3.Debbie - Homeowner is experiencing increased headaches of late. Perhaps her psy powers are trying to break thru.

4.Possible re-investigation when the temperature is cooler, there are fewer animals (inadvertent noise factors and energy disturbance).

5.Jeanne- I think that we should try another investigation later in the evening, as that is when most activity seems to happen. Maybe leave a recording device in the garage for a longer period of time.

10. Is there any other information that you would like to add about this investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.

1.Cheryl: Next time I'll bring my DAR and camera. Poor planning on my part. Will not happen again.

2.Evie – none

3.Debbie- none at this time.

4.None.

5.Jeanne- I made a digital recording of the EVP session. I listened to it twice, and could hear nothing unusual on it.