Clauser's Bed & Breakfast
201 Eask Kicklightr Road
Lake Helen, FL 32744
www.ClauserInn.com
(386) 228-0310
Clear DayHi Everybody,
Lee & I are going to see if we can do the same thing David did (kudos to you
David) to send a video clip. In the interim.... here are the video results. 1
hour, 14 minutes & 7 seconds:
Third Floor - family room area - rainbowing effect over light switch to right
attic area.
Third Floor - landing - out of focus where Brandy got an orb.
Second Floor Office Closet - Orb at closet after rod session
Second Floor Office Closet - while David was standing in closet - 3 separate
orbs
Second Floor Office Entrance Door - Rainbowing effect.
Outer House Patio - Out of focus where Vortex was pictured in a previous visit
Karen
Clauser Inn, Lake Helen, FL
May 19, 2002 AD
Report by David R. Modica
Written May 19 & 20, 2002
THE SETTING
Clauser Inn is a beautiful bed and breakfast located in Cassadaga, FL. The surrounding area is full of dense woods, beautiful lakes, and lots of nature. Cassadaga is also known for its paranormal activity, being home to several psychics and the central location of an alleged large vortex.
The ghost hunt began at 6:30 PM ET, but I arrived nearly an hour and a half early. I spent that time at a nearby state park. While I was there, I "tuned up" my supernatural gifts. My "scanner"-the part of me that senses spiritual and supernatural things-is not always on and alert as it is with some people. I successfully tuned into it and did some basic exercises to prepare for the hunt later. In my experience, all places-buildings, cities, maybe even countries-have a unique "vibe" or "energy" to them. Cassadaga was no different. The overall sense indicated a higher level of spiritual activity in the area, as one would expect knowing Cassadaga's reputation, so I calibrated my scanner accordingly. This would help me be able to tell the difference between normal and abnormal spiritual activity for this area.
THE SITE
Around 6:15, I arrived at the Inn, where I met the rest of my team. When I first pulled on site, I saw two buildings. The first one, closest to the road, was an older building-it also attracted my scanner's attention significantly. The other house was set farther back. I didn't sense much abnormal activity in that building, by looking from the outside. Quickly glancing at the surrounding grounds, I felt certain spots of high energy. I even believed I located a couple small vortexes.
THE SEARCH
We began at 6:30, starting with the older house. Starting from the highest room and working our way down, we used a combination of our equipment and personal sensing abilities. The top room registered some EMF readings, but we determined it to be caused by electrical wiring. There were some attic spaces where others senses something abnormal, but when we attempted to make contact with any present spiritual entities, any communication was brief and inconclusive. However, both Sandy and myself (at different times) sensed some presence in the stairway that lead to the upper room. Sandy sensed "him" at the bottom of the stairs, looking up towards us. At another time, I thought I sensed "someone" just outside the window, on a small porch, looking up the stairs towards us. We took some pictures of the stairwell, but at the time of this writing, no known supernatural images appeared on film. If there was a spiritual entity present, it was very shy around us.
Working our way down the stairs, we started searching through the other rooms. The team started in one room, meanwhile, I had my camcorder filming as we walked around. I did a broad sweep of the area, and when I looked into the room opposite of where we were, my scanner "spiked" again when I looked at an open closet in that room. Shortly after, I invited some of the other team members to see if they felt anything odd about it, too. Sandy walked to the closet and almost immediately felt very uncomfortable. She sensed something strong enough to motivate her to get herself away from there. This closet, and the immediate room, turned out to be the hot spot of the evening.
Those of us standing in the room frequently felt shifts in temperature, but Lee's digital temperature meter showed that the room temperature had not changed. We also felt tingling sensations from our feet to just below our knees. Some of us even felt there was some kind of vortex inside the closet. We attempted to make contact.
Using a type of dousing rods, we invited any spirit present to communicate with us using the rods. When the pair of rods were held straight out, it was considered a "base line"-the default setting. We'd ask a series of yes-no questions. The crossed rods meant yes, and the uncrossed rods meant no.
We asked several questions, trying to learn the spirit's identity, purpose, and more. Apparently the spirit entity wanted Brandy to stand in the closet. Sandy felt the word "safe" had particular meaning for the spirit. But when we asked if the spirit felt in danger, or if Brandy standing in the closet made it feel safe, we received uncertain answers. When we asked it questions about its age, death, or general sense of time, it failed to give us clear answers. Sandy, myself, and others felt that the spirit was very confused by our questions on those topics. Perhaps it had no sense of time or no understanding of its death. We attempted to gauge its age based on things it was familiar with. Apparently it didn't recognize cars, but it remembered riding horse and buggy. Based on a few relative questions, we determined it was from somewhere around the late 1800's, maybe early 1900's. Florida was slower to develop, and Cassadaga itself it still to this day not highly developed. (Many of the roads are still unpaved.)
Eventually we got tired, especially Lee who was holding the rods. We wanted to take a break and end this session, but the spirit confirmed that it did not want us to leave. Finally we came to a compromise where we promised to come back and initiate conversation again.
After leaving that room, we regrouped and collected our thoughts while thinking of new questions. I didn't realize how draining it was staying in that room. I was able to quickly "recharge" my own spiritual energy once outside that room, but everyone confirmed feeling the same energy drain while in there, too.
Later, in another question-and-answer session with the spirit, we were able to narrow down its identity. We tried asking it questions if it was somehow tied to the land, a friend of the current property owners, etc. I got the idea to ask if it was related to George Colby, founder of Cassadaga. It said yes. We asked if it was Colby's kid, but it said no. When we asked if it was Colby himself, the spirit responded with a yes.
I'd like to note something here. Throughout this yes-no interview, I listened to my own "truth-detector" that confirmed the responses we received through the rods. My "truth-detector" is a part of my scanner-it's something that simply confirms or denies the truth of something that I hear or read. It's not always active, but when used, it's proven to be highly reliable from past experiences. Everything the spirit was answering so far, my truth-detector confirmed with a "yes, that's right." But when it said it was in fact George Colby, founder of Cassadaga, my truth-detector said, "no, that's not right."
It could be that I misheard my truth-detector, or some personal bias might have interfered. I mentioned my experience to the others anyway. Someone suggested that maybe the spirit was just getting tired and frustrated, and said it was Colby just so we'd move on to the next question. However, to the best of my knowledge and understanding, all other clues and evidence support the claim that the spirit could be Colby. Everything seems to point to the high probability that it could in fact be the man himself. Until better evidence is available, I have to acknowledge that it probably was indeed Colby that communicated with us.
Another interesting side comment, when we were asking about his age, date of death, and so on, I got the sense that the "1930s or 1940s" had some significance. I didn't know if that's when he was born, died, or if it was just my brain desperately looking for some-any-answer. According to my research, George Colby died in 1933. (Some history of Colby and Cassadaga can be found at http://www.cassadaga.org/timeline.htm.)
Eventually "Colby" grew tired and his answers grew weaker. He seemed to want to stay, but for some reason, was unable to. I'm curious why this happened-obviously there is much of the spirit realm we have yet to learn and understand. When Colby finally left, all of us simultaneously felt a sudden drop in the room's energy level.
I'd also like to note that during the session, Sandy mentioned that "we have an audience." Immediately I scanned the area she pointed to, and I felt the presence of three, possibly four, other spiritual entities lined up in the doorway, watching from a safe distance. I easily counted three heads, but after I did, it felt like I saw a fourth, smaller individual (female) that came from the other room to join them. She appeared very young and shy to me. I suspect it was the same shy individual that we started sensing in the top room.
Throughout the evening, my eyes played tricks on me several times. Perhaps it was simply my imagination, but several times I thought I saw individuals looking at us through windows across from the other building. (For the first few hours, we were the only persons on the property that I know of.) I even felt an adult female watching us from the front porch of the newer building a couple of times. These instances were brief, kind of like catching someone in the corner of your eye. Once it looked like someone walking through the hallway from one room to another. Sometimes the person was just standing there looking at us. Usually it was there and gone-passing by just long enough to catch my attention. Occasionally it stayed in place and I was able to stare in its direction to verify that it was more than a glitch in my peripheral vision.
As evening came, we walked the outside grounds to get any readings there. It was starting to get dark, but still had some daylight. I followed the lead of my scanner, taking me to a spot of a very weak-possibly old and dead-small vortex just behind a gazebo. Brandy confirmed it for me. It was very faint, but strong enough to be differentiated enough from the rest of the surrounding ground energy. When I had first arrived earlier that afternoon, I thought I had also seen a second small vortex, but when we were searching the grounds that evening, I was unable to find it again. By the time it was dark, we all commented on how low-energy and peaceful it was on the property. I'm told that energy usually increases at night, but for whatever reason, it seemed the opposite for this location. The general energy around the property seemed to fade as the sun went down, and by nighttime, was completely null and level. It might explain why I was unable to find the second small vortex that I thought I saw earlier. The one weak vortex that we did find was stronger when I first arrived, if memory serves correctly.
THE REST OF THE STORY
We then met with and spoke with the property owners for the first time. Karen and Lee were the owners' contact persons, so they knew some of the history of the property, but the rest of us were not told anything until now.
We learned that this property has had some paranormal activity in the past. The older building, the one with the closet and high-energy room, had not been added to or subtracted from since it's original design. It was originally owned by George Colby, and was passed on through several owners over history up to the current owners.
We learned that this property was originally part of Cassadaga, but has since been annexed to the neighboring town, Lake Helen. It was annexed by the owners of the time for political reasons-apparently they wanted to be involved with Lake Helen instead.
Ann Stevens was a friend of Colby's, as I understand, and she had bought this property from him. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the older female entities I sensed might have been Stevens, as well. From what I understand, she was a major figure in the early history of founding Cassadaga.
This house has apparently been a type of bed and breakfast before, or at least, has served as lodging for multiple people and families at once.
Guests at this bed and breakfast have reported some of the paranormal activity. One guest (who stayed in the room immediately on the other side of the wall of the closet) felt someone come and sit on her bed one night, and tuck her in. Half-asleep, the guest thought it was maybe the owner. Another guest thought he/she heard a girl calling "Mommy, Mommy," in the night.
The owner described one event-the only event that I know of-of objects moving on their own. She was discussing the idea of tearing out a wall and expanding the front of the building. A hanging glass vase with a candle in it started swaying left and right very violently-much too strongly to be influenced by any wind. The owner was afraid to show us how much the candle was swaying because she was afraid it would fall and break. After witnessing that event, she felt that the "house" was saying "no!" to her idea of changing its structure. She has since left the house according to its original blueprints.
Another person, a spiritualist, who visited the house also commented on seeing a woman sitting in a rocking chair on multiple occasions.
As for Colby, this house is one of two known houses that still have one of his pictures hanging on the wall. More interesting still, Colby's grave is in a graveyard across the street from the owner's private house. And an additional note, it was originally believed that this house was Colby's house when he lived in Cassadaga, but research since then has indicated that Colby owned this house, but did not build it. It is believed he lived in another house in Cassadaga.
SOME FINAL COMMENTS
After interviewing with the property owner, many of us were tired and ready to go home. A few of us, myself included, went upstairs to the particular room and closet for some final pictures. Now that it was nighttime, the rooms were very dark. Just looking into the room through the hallway was scary. I wasn't alone in my fears. But we went in, turned on the lights, and took some last pictures and mental notes.
I'd like to mention that the wall, just aside to the closet, had a few cracks and minor breaks. Brandy mentioned that it was almost as if the wall couldn't hold all the energy in this room. None of the other walls or rooms in the house had any noticeable cracks.
While interviewing with the owner, we learned that the closet had been a spot of high activity throughout its history. Once a girl moved her bed in there. It was used as a computer room. It was used as a sowing room. And so on. This was not a walk-in closet, and not large by any means. It was big enough to have two, maybe three adults stand it in comfortably. I find it odd and interesting that so many people would turn it into a private little cubby to spend their time.
As one additional note on that, when we were communicating with the spirit, it had asked to have Lee stay in the closet-alone. The rest of team refused to let Lee potentially endanger himself, so he never did. But Lee admitted that he was willing to do it. Personally, I felt a pulling into that room too, and was willing to be in there alone as well. I didn't feel pulled into the closet area so much as the room. Apparently the spirit wanted Brandy and Lee in the closet area, but not anyone else. I'm curious why it chose them. When Sandy stepped into the closet (when we first inspected it), she felt pushed out. There was a time when I was standing in there (with others present, outside the closet). I felt like I was permitted inside the closet temporarily, but when Brandy and Lee were ready to continue the communication, I felt a gentle and polite nudging out of the closet, almost like it was saying, "Okay, please move out of here now" Many of us sensed a vortex inside that closet, and interestingly enough, at the exact same spot.
What do I think about all this? I'm not sure. I went in with an open mind, not knowing what to expect, but hoping we'd find something. The entire experience was highly enjoyable for me. I look forward to working with this team again. Did we contact Colby's ghost? Maybe, it seems like it. Were there other spiritual entities present as well? Definitely. Is the place "haunted?" I wouldn't go that far. There may be some increased spiritual activity on site for a variety of reasons, but there were no reports of any violent or unpleasant interactions with any spirits. Any interactions have been peaceful and harmless. Does that make a place haunted? No more than any other place that has both physical and spiritual guests-which I believe is almost everywhere.
I only wish we had a better means to communicate with spirits. I've tampered with things like Ouija boards before, and based on what I've learned in those experiences, I'd rather not continue to tamper with them. The rods were an easy way to ask yes-or-no questions with, but there's still room for error. The person holding the rods could unknowingly accidentally affect how the rods moved, or a draft could move them, and so on. There are people who serve as mediums, allowing a spirit to speak through them. I'm uncomfortable with this practice, as is the rest of the team, for various well-founded reasons.
There needs to be a low-risk, high-accuracy way of communicating with our intangible friendssomething that can say more than "yes" or "no." But to date, I'm not familiar with such technology. Until such technology develops, we have to rely on our limited scientific instruments, dousing rods, and personal spiritual gifts of sensing and scanning.
Many thanks to the owners of Clauser Inn, the entire ghost hunting team present that day, and any and all spirits that cooperated with us. It was a highly enjoyable, interesting, and exciting evening for me. Next time, I hope to learn more about the great and mysterious realm of the supernatural-a field that science is only beginning to explore.
END
David R. Modica © 2002
This closet had A LOT of activity in it. It is next to a room where ghostly activity has been reported. Cold spots and temperature fluctuations ran rampant. Orbs were caught in this area on digital and video camera (so far). Two of my digital images, taken during the three trips to this closet during the whole investigation, revealed one mist, another image (not shown) of a light mist towards the top of the closet, and a mist with an orb in it (below). --Brandy
Lee and Brandy walked into this area and Brandy immediatly reported cold. Lee also felt something, and heard noise (later attributed to tree branches tapping the roof). The orb at the top of the image appears to be genuine. The second image, circled beneath Lee's arm, is a stain on a white sheet and is NOT a paranormal image. --Brandy
An orb moving out of the way of my camera; caught just the bottom part of it.
Brandy
Karen caught this orb next to the gazebo. David continually felt "called" outside, though EMF and plain eyes saw little activity. This image showed up in the post hunt review.
Rainbowing images appeared. This is one of four taken in the area nearest the closet, where activity was recorded. Rainbowing has appeared in areas where other signs of haunting appears. The rainbowing appears to the right of the doorway, behind the fellow in yellow. --Karen
Below: A vortex image taken at the Inn during a prior visit. Participants are celebrating a Hallowe'en party.
The investigators: Karen (top) Brandy and Sandy, front, David and Lee, back.
The Inn Keepers, aka The Clausers.
ORB ON VIDEO????
David Modica caught what we think is an orb during the third, and final, trip to the area of activity (closet). View the image and give us your opinion. Is it an orb, or is it something else?
Claussen Bed & Breakfast
Lake Helen, Florida
May 19, 2002
Present: Lee/Karen West; David Modica; Brandy Stark; Sandy Bard
History:
George Colby was deeded the land to what is now Cassadaga in the late 1800's. He sold the property of
the current B & B to his close friend Anne Stevens around the same time as the two were prominent
members of the spiritualist camp. The B & B was opened in the early 1990's by the Claussers, with the
carriage house being built in the mid 1990's. The original house is on the National Register of Historic
Places and has been featured on several TV shows. The building is also unchanged since it was first built
around the turn of the century.
Activity:
Mrs. Claussen witnessed the swinging of a hanging candle one afternoon as she discussed tearing down a wall in the house. No one was near the candle and there were no windows open or air conditioner running that could have caused the swinging.
A guest reported having the covers pulled over her in the middle of the night as is someone were tucking her in. She asked the owners the next morning if they had come in to the room and both said no. No one ever claimed responsibility for the action.
An older woman has been seen sitting the rocking chair in the sitting room several times.
A female guest reported hearing a young girl crying in the night and calling out for her mommy. There were no children staying at the B & B at the time.
Investigation:
Upon leaving the carriage house I felt a male presence staring down at us from the two windows of the white room/home office located on the second floor of the main house.
While in the loft (third floor) of the main house I felt the presence of a male standing at the bottom of the stairs looking up at us, watching what we were doing.
In the white room/home office I stepped into the closet and felt a strong energy force me out and away from the door of the closet. I got the image of a woman in a long blue dress with long sleeves and long, dark hair. I got the feeling I reminded her of someone she knew in life and she didn't like me very much. I was so uncomfortable I had to actually leave the house and sit outside on the stairs until called back in by other team members.
I feel that the spirit we communicated with needed Brandy to stand inside the door to the closet to act as a safety barrier between he and the vortex that was contained within. During the communications session the date of the early 1900's popped into my head. I also felt the presence of three other spirits join us in the room and others out in the hall. We had an audience on several occasions.
During the second communications session my legs felt heavy and weak and I had a wave a dizziness pass over me as I filmed the room.
You could feel the difference in the first and second floors of the main building with the distinction being at the landing of the staircase. The upstairs felt heavy and I had a pressure in the middle of my chest while the downstairs felt fine.
While downstairs in the sitting room I felt the presence of a young child looking through the spindles of the staircase at us.
Conclusions:
I feel the spirit we talked to in the white room/home office could very well have been that of George Colby, founder of Cassadaga, due to several precise questions that were asked. I feel there are many spirits roaming through/around the B & B due to the vortex in the closet there. Other than the annoyance from the woman I felt no ill will from any of them. The B & B is said to be sitting in a direct line with the vortex in Cassadaga, which adds to the energy of the place.
Other Information Concerning the B&B:
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 11:02:51 -0400
Subject: ghost story
Hi
I read your story relating to Clauser's Bed & Breakfast
I recently stayed there in the newer building ( the Lexington room )
I believe I have a ghost story for you...
My mother gave me and my boyfriend (by the way my name is Sara and my
boyfriends name is Loren) a gift certificate to a free night at Clauser's
and we went just a few weeks ago
we went out for dinner and came back to our room around 8:00
a few hours later while we were watching TV (it was late because we were
watching Saturday night live) the lamp started to flicker on and off ... I
freaked out and clung to Loren, he not thinking anything wrong laughed at me
and told me to turn the light off but i told him I was scared and asked him
to do it, he did and told me it was probably just some electrical thing but
I pointed out that none of the other lights flickered he was still convinced
it was just something electrical
However, usually I do not get afraid that easily but I felt very scared when
the light flickered and again I felt it was something more then electrical
because we had more lights on and none of them flickered it was just the one
next to the bed so i believe it may have been a ghost
my mother believed me and recommended I share my story with you, she was the
one who gave me your web site
thanks for letting me share and if you wish to contact me you know my email
address
Thanks ~Sara
5/31/02
You can put it on the site you can include our names as well I
don't mind, but I would like my email address unavailable for people to see.
Thanks.
sara
Florida is a most eclectic state. Though it is thoroughly modern, with a population explosion that took place in the 1970s, hidden throughout its landscape are pockets of antiquity.
Clauser's Bed & Breakfast is one such pocket. Located in Lake Helen, Florida, it stood as one of the earliest homesteads in the area. It was built in the late 1800s by Ann Stevens, a settler in the small spiritualist community of Cassadaga.
As time progressed, the home had a variety of owners, eventually evolving into a bed and breakfast. With its peaceful setting and remote location, Clauser's is the perfect getaway for anyone looking to leave the rat race behind. Even its resident ghosts agree.
The site was first brought to the attention of the SPIRITS by two of its members who had come across this charming place and spent some time there. Photographs of the vacation, however, developed unusual images. One was an electric blue fog descending a staircase. Another captured a black cloud, and two others showed lightening-like orange energy coming from a woman attending a party there.
Curious, the SPIRITS contacted the owners of the establishment, who agreed to an investigation.
Almost immediately various members of the team underwent unusual sensations. The investigation started on the third floor/attic level, where several orb images appeared in a storage space. An orb of energy manifested through the camera lens next to the stairwell exiting the third floor, as if it was patiently waiting for us to move on.
It was the second floor that captured the most interest. A closet, located in the back of an office, was filled with energy. One SPIRITS member, sensitive to the paranormal, was attracted to the closet and felt a strong presence there. Another was repelled away from the area. Still, a third felt compelled to stand in the closet doorway, as if called to be a barrier between the living and the potential entity inside.
Photographs of the area produced strong results, including fog and orb images. Another teammate, participating in his first investigation, caught an orb image on video. It is seen hovering over the head of one person before gliding out of camera range. Close inspection of the orb reveals a changing shape to the image: a notch in the side of the orb moves up and down, as a black line crosses the bottom of it, then disappears.
The SPIRITS conducted an EVP (electronic voice phenomena) experiment with the entity. The sensitive members attempted to attune themselves, as well, to the phenomenon that was occurring.
"I remained in the doorway during this time, since that is what I felt I was supposed to do. I turned around and faced the others, and I was asking questions for the EVP session. A few times, I felt as if something was lightly moving against my back, around my spine," Brandy explains.
Other teammates recorded goose bumps, particularly around the legs. However, the EVP session did not produce results. Those attending, however, felt that the entity was familiar with the home. When asked if the entity was George P. Colby, Cassadaga's founder, whose photo is posted in the inn's hallway, several felt a strong sense of affirmation.
Photographs of the room next to the closet, the "Peaches and Cream" room, revealed other orb images. At least one photograph appears to show an orb dodging the camera: it is cut in half, its lower section visible at the top of the frame.
Interviews with the Clausers filled in many details. The room where the half orb image appeared was one area of activity. At least one visitor reported being checked on in the middle of the night, her covers pulled up and gently draped over her. A little girl was also heard calling out in the area.
Though registered as belonging to Lake Helen, Florida, the building, in its incarnation as Ann Steven's home, was initially part of Cassadaga. Though Ann owned the house, the founder, Colby, held the deed to the land beneath it. However, the two shared a platonic friendship, and Colby often visited her home.
At least one death was recorded on the property: one owner died in the extensive back yard, from natural causes associated with old age.
The SPIRITS feel as if the building's physical nearness to the geomagnetic vortex of Cassadaga is one reason why it holds so much activity. Ann, who loved her home, may still reside there keeping an eye on things. If the spirit in the closet is, indeed, Colby, perhaps he still comes to visit Ann, maintaining their friendship even beyond the boundaries of death.
REPORTS AND MISC INFO (Scroll down)
Brandy's Report
Lake Helen, Florida
This investigation was pretty unusual. The area itself seemed to be charged with energy, perhaps because of its nearness to the Cassadaga Geomagnetic Vortex. (The inn is on a diagonal with the vortex).
Of the two buildings, the older building, Ann Steven's home, was the one with activity. On the third floor, where we started to investigate, Lee and I went into an attic area. I immediatly felt cold, and told Lee. We took a couple of pictures in the area, and of those I believe we got a light orb image. The EMF meters picked up electrical interference from wiring. Also learned that the walkie talkies produce a large amount of EMF energy that inhibits our equipment.
On the way out, Sandy felt that there was someone on the stairwell. Several of us took photos. I got another image on film of a solid white orb; I could even see it in the camera's viewscreen.
The second floor was strange. Noted candles in the windows (later learned that is an inn keeper's tradition). The whole team was drawn into the office...particularly the closet. It was strange there. Heavy atmosphere, unlike anything I've experienced in a while. Lee felt drawn to the closet, that the entity that was there wanted to pass on a message. David felt a similar notion, though Sandy felt as if she was being pushed out by a female presence. I stood in the closet and unconsciously remained in the doorway. I guess I was compelled to stay there, for when we tried the EVP session, the entity did not want me to move. At times, I was covered in goosebumps. I also felt a tickle against my back a few times, around my spine. Similar to a light finger-only-touch. The questions and answer session provided some information; evidentially the entity believed itself to be George P. Colby. Lee kept feeling ompelled to go in and communicate with the entity, that it wanted to have a message passed on, but the team did not feel that wise. We broke after the first session, though the rods indicated the entity did not want us to, and promised to come back.
The second attempt, again, had the confirmation that the entity was Colby. Something about his being tied to the lad. I felt that I was there because of communication skills or because of my desire to learn, others felt it was because I served as a shield for the entity...that it was uncomfortable. (Figures).
Cold spots were felt several times in teh room. EMF didn't really register much, though equipment did go out of focus several times. The Peaches and Cream room, next door, was much more calming. Less draining. At one point, Lee felt that he was being held around the legs, or that his legs were very heavy; I experienced almost constant goosebumps around my legs.
The remainder of the investigation turned up little. One closet, located near the dining room, had a letter written by a previous tenate, describing her love for the home and wishing others well who lived there. The letter was written in plaster and thereby a permenant fixture in the home.
The other building did not have much feel to it. It was newer than the other, however, and had reports of paranormal activity, too. It is the place where an image of a descending fog was captured on the staircase.
At one point, a door slammed shut. I think it may have been a momentary gust of wind, though others thought differently. No EMF accompanied the door slamming and it happened near a time when we opened a second door to the outside.
The interview was interesting. The history of the house does include a time when it belonged to Cassadaga (horse lovers annexed the property to Lake Helen for voting rights), and that Ann Stevens was its original owner. The house is one whose main structure has not been changed since it was built in the late 1800s. Ann may still be around. At one point, Mrs. C reports that she witnessed a lantern begin to swing on its own into a nearly horizontal line. Colby, evidentially, visited the home when it belonged to Ann and held the deed to the land beneath it.
The closet area upstairs has been a constant focus for activity; it has been a computer office, a bedroom, and a gift shop. It seems to be in constant use. The Peaches and Cream room, which butts up against the closet, has had activity, including a child crying out and a guest reported someone coming from the area of the bathroom, tucking them in, and leaving. The room also had at least one orb image -- a half orb that appeared to be attempting to get out of the camera frame.
Interestingly, on the third and final trip to the closet, David may have gotten an orb on film. The orb is large and white, almsot looks like a flashlight. However, I did not have mine, and Lee's light is red. Here, the image is clearly white. Its center is also bright, wereas flashlights have a dark center. A notch on the left hand side of the orb moves, and a line crosses the bottom of the orb as it glides off screen.
I think that Colby probably is the one checking over htings there. Ann is probably also keeping an eye on her home. The remainder of the entities...I'm not sure. The area has enough natural energy that it may be able to attract entities without difficulty.
