Update on Villisca...still reviewing

A few friends have asked if we have any video evidence from Villisca. Matt and I are close to the end of reviewing the video, but there are a few interesting things. It is hard to top a camera spinning around while no one is in the house. That was caught on our first investigation there. Here is a link to the video:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWKYp13Sls

 I think the only way we could top that would be if we saw a man with an axe over his shoulder walking toward the camera first.

I am still trying to figure out a wind chime. It is one of those tiny ones you can buy at Walgreen's that hangs on a closet door in the front bedroom. That door is said to open and close by itself, even in daylight (we all know the ghosties are out all the time, so no surprises for many of us there). I have only 2-3 hours to go on the video, and the door has yet to move...or has it? Sometimes those wind chimes move. It is hard to tell as they are tiny, but they have a metallic piece on them that twists and reflects the IR light. Is the door moving them? Is air flow moving them? Is a spirit moving them? Is energy moving them?

The disturbing part is that since the house has been tonally empty (we are all now snoring or sleeping somewhere), the chimes aren't moving. Now this is the hard part of being an investigator that really is authentic. A skeptic would say we were somehow influencing that wind chime. It may be airflow or making the house move somehow with the movements of several people. Maybe it moves when we open the door downstairs.We will be returning next month, so we can do some experiments to see if the back door or movement downstairs effects the chime.

Most people who are into "ghost hunting" would say "It is paranormal!!! No one is near there!! That door is noted to open and close!!!"

I am somewhere in the middle (and where a good investigator needs to be). I have seen the chime moving when no one was on the second floor and the back door was firmly closed and locked. Yes, there were six of us in the house moving around. Is that enough to make the chime move? Assuming the chime movement is paranormal, does the catalyst for that movement only effect the chime when people are in the house? Does it want to be noticed? The house is over 125 years old, it has settled long ago, the house isn't moving, well not by any "normal" means. We have had the house shake like a truck hit it with no evidence of anything influencing it.

I have seen the chime move when my husband was setting up the camera. He walked out of the room , causing a "breeze" and the chime moved. However, that being said, it doesn't move as drastically on its' own. It is moving when no one is in the room and moves for quite some time. There is no air conditioning nor heat on in the house (there is no furnace or central air), so it isn't an HVAC issue.

I have spent hours just watching that darn wind chime. I have not been able to correlate its' movement with anything in particular, so I guess the weight of the argument goes to paranormal, yet I am not entirely comefortable with that yet. For the evidence I have so far, I may have to call it "unknown". Now, if it moves in the next few hours before we reenter the house, it will have to be labeled "paranormal".

I can always hope that the last couple of hours include a door opening and closing. Then I can forget about the wind chime attached to it. The closet is pretty spacious in 1800's terms, and comfy for a little child spirit. It could be in there. Maybe hiding from the murderer who seems to like hanging out in the attic, just around the corner. It is a room where four children were brutally killed with the blunt end of an axe. It almost HAS to be haunted!  I have seen evidence of the door opening and closing, many have caught it on video, i do believe there is something going on that is paranormal with the door....which makes the wind chime puzzle even harder.

I know everyone is hoping I hurry up and get through it...me too. It is hard to stare carefully at a video of an IR camera for 10-12 hours, in a room where for most of the time, there is no living humans. Stare a "still life" painting on your wall for 5 minutes and you will "get the picture"...pun in tended. You start to see things that really aren't there, and if you get sleepy, you may miss a shadow going down the hall. This is the hardest part of investigating for me.

That said, I PROMISE it will be finished this week...because I SOOOO want to get to the Mc Pike video. We saw several things on the monitor that we can't explain while at the mansion, and one that needs some careful review. So I know that won't be a fruitless endeavor. Meanwhile, I really need to get that done and on to a home investigation, because next month we revisit Villisca with a team of our best investigators! These will all be folks with many investigations under their belts, and they are all fearless. They are smart and don't see "ghosts" around every corner. We will be packed to the gills with equipment, and know some things to check out (like the back door and the chimes). Hopefully some energy will be kind enough to swing open that closet door for us!

Now on the "positive" side of things, two investigators caught shadows on still cameras last trip. One I may have to call a black mist, and it is quite possible it is a shadow person, but it is SOMETHING paranormal for sure! I have EVPs, and we had experiences, so we did have things happen, although not as much or as drastic as the first time.

So that is my update, I know it isn't much, but it is the way it is. Paranormal investigating must be much like police work....great excitement followed by hours of evidence review.

Still hoping for something spectacular to happen!!!
I will keep you updated!




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