Samhain 2011 Investigation

I had the perfect plan for Halloween this year, since the veil is at its thinnest between our realm and the Other Side, I decided that I was going to do investigations in Yorktown. I have heard all the stories about the Battlefields lending themselves to residual sounds of fighting and battles that occurred here. The plan was to head out and set up with a digital recorder and just let it run and see if anything popped up.

So as soon as it got dark, I headed towards Yorktown but when I got there I decided to head down the Colonial Parkway a little bit and set up at Brackens Pond. This was such an interesting place since there are stories of a carriage that ran into the swamp and killed the horse and some of the family members that were riding. So I set up and get about 10 minutes into the EVP session and it actually starts to rain on me. This seriously dampened my spirit and my equipment as I had to pack it all up. After reviewing the session, I did capture what sounds like a horse's hoof on the road... I am however planning on running a few experiments on this just to see if I can debunk the sounds or if it is indeed the residual sound of a horse drawn carriage.

Once I got home, I decided I would go ahead and do a session in the bedroom since I know there are tons of activity present in my house. Half and hour later, and at about 5:30am, I finally decided to call it quits. During the whole time, I had 3 pieces of equipment running; the recorder, the K2, and the Mel Meter. I had a pretty steady EMF base line the whole time except for a few spikes that were quite odd. The K2 was my best piece since I was getting interactive lights that would light up in response to the questions. It would only light up when a question opted for a "yes" answer. As the K2 would light up, I would respond for the recorder as "yes" or "it lit up". During review of the recorder, I found that I had a very clear direct response to a question I had asked. My Uncle was killed when I was 13 and I wanted to know if he was around me. So I asked, and I got a response... Here is the actual recording taken from the session.



This is not my voice as I had just asked the question and was inhaling to continue. It also has an echo to it. I have analyzed it in my audio program and broke it down to the finest wavelength and the voice print does not even begin to match mine. It is a completely different voice print.

So that was my night and I have to say that I am pleased with the results and hope I get a better day to head back out to Yorktown but til then, I have plenty to keep me busy.