Unfortunately, in Michigan, we get some crazy weather. The winter months can be unpredictable, but it's usually very cold and very snowy. We would love to be able to investigate all year long. However, our investigations usually require us to sit outside with our equipment and team members. With the cold and snow, that is unsafe for both us and our equipment. We are willing to investigate, especially for emergencies, with some conditions..
Residence - The only way we can conduct a normal investigation for a residence is if the home has either an attached garage that we can set up in, or the house is big enough we can properly set up somewhere inside.
Business - For a business, again, as long as we have somewhere out of the elements to set up, we can investigate. An office, breakroom.. somewhere far enough from the active areas that we won't interfere with the investigation.
For emergencies, please just contact us and we'll figure something out.
Thanks for understanding!
Location: Owosso, Mi - Date: 07/24/2010
Start Time: 11:00 PM - End Time: 4:00 AM
Moon Phase: 100% of full
Solar/Geomagnetic Activity: Normal, Quiet
Weather: Warm, humid - Temperature: Around 65°
6 investigators present.. Amy Herald, Ward Delbridge, Felicia Rodriguez, Ron Dankert, Cris Valenzuela, Dan Moiles (for a while)
3 guests present, contest winners.. Amy Tottingham, Sibyl Hartley, Shelly Rodriguez
Has heard music. Wife, piano. Husband, ragtime, big band and one time, progressive rock. Seemed to be in the 3 rooms below an old bedroom. Hears groups of people chatter. Had a strange incident with a lamp on a table and a picture that was on the wall. Also, husband sometimes thinks someone is calling him, and when going to investigate, finds that everyone is asleep or such.
This residence is a beautiful, big and old two-story house. 4 bedrooms upstairs. And a livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, piano room, and bath on the main floor. Also has a basement.
We had 5 cameras recording.. IR cam 1: in the livingroom facing a corner and the bathroom where we recorded activity before, IR cam 2: in the diningroom spanning the piano room and into the living room, IR cam 3: in the master bedroom facing a lamp that had some mysterious activity, IR cam 4: in one of the kids' bedrooms. We also put another nightvision camera in the basement, covering as much area as we could.
We put 4 voice recorders, one by every IR camera, and the 5th was carried around by teams as they investigated. We also had 2 EMF meters, a digital thermometer, a baby monitor in the basement, and digital cameras.. along with our other usual equipment.
We met at a nearby restaurant first, as this was also our contest investigation where we invite 3 of our contest winners to join us for a night. So we got there around 8:30 and had a small meeting before the winners arrived at 9pm. We talked with them and discussed what was going to happen. We then hopped in the cars and headed to the location, which is a whole 2 blocks down the street!! The contest winners got a tour of the home (we've already been there, as it is home to our researcher!) and we started to set up.
We set up "central base" in the nearby carriage barn, and that was such a treat for us since we're usually stuck outside with no protection from the elements! Once we were all set up and running, and all readings/photos were taken.. the first team of 3 went inside for their 1-hour session. Since we had contest winners with us (2 this time, usually 3), each winner was placed with a team of 2 members and got the chance to investigate with them.
Ward Delbridge, Cris Valenzuela, Amy Tottingham (contest winner)
Investigated: Basement
Approx. Time Inside: 1 hour, 15 min. / Personal Experiences: Questionable
All 3 people experienced cold chills or spots in the basement. Behind them or in front of them. A drop in temp. didn't register on the thermometer, however. The biggest drop noticed was from 76° to 69°. Ward describes the chill as being compared to standing in front of an open fridge, for brief moments. And Amy says that along with the cold chills, she felt as though someone was watching them..
Felicia Rodriguez, Shelly Rodriguez, Sibyl Hartley (contest winner)
Investigated: Livingroom, Piano Room, Kitchen/Dining Area
Approx. Time Inside: 1 hour / Personal Experiences: Questionable
Felicia shared her teams experiences...
"Things were pretty calm and quiet most of the time. Peaceful, didn't hear a whole lot in the way of unusual noises. Shelly felt cold spots several different times and it gave her actual chills, but the thermometer wouldn't register a drop in temps. About half way in, I was sitting in the livingroom looking out into the other rooms and I saw a shadow 'in the shape of a person' cross in my line of vision.. looking to have come from upstairs, and then disappear. When radioing to the team outside, they noted something on that same camera just before so we'll see if we caught anything on video!"
Amy Herald, Jenn Dankert, Amy Tottingham (contest winner)
Investigated: 2 Bedrooms Upstairs
Approx. Time Inside: 1 hour / Personal Experiences: Yes
Contest winner Amy shared her teams experiences...
"When I went upstairs with Amy and Jenn, things started to happen. First we went into the parents bedroom and sat for a bit. I heard a little girl singing while we were in there and a couple of sounds like metal hitting against metal kinda like a tink sound. But most of the activity came from the oldest son's room. We heard a lot of unexplained noises, one noise we believe was made from the computer but seeing it was off, we don't know why it would make the sound and it seemed to only make a sound when we mentioned the posters the son had on his wall. Then I heard a man grunt or groan, which was also heard by the other two girls with me. Then we heard a loud whistle like someone trying to get someone else's attention and it got our attention. That night we found that most of our experiences came from the son's room."
After 2 investigations at this location, spread out over a year or so.. Catching what sounds to be the same young female that we came across the first time, along with a male voice that one of the homeowners may be hearing.. we do believe there's something there. No one, including team members have ever felt anything bad there, it's always calm and peaceful. So it doesn't seem, to us, that there's any distress or harm. But this case will likely remain open until we can get some names or other answers!
