Date: Wednesday, February 10 1999
Time: Started at 8:00 PM and ended at 10:15 AM
Location: Mill Creek Farm
Equipment: Camera -- Cannon Snappy AF (Auto Focus) with the strap removed. Film -- Kodak Gold 400 speed. Tape Recorder -- Sony Portable Cassette Recorder with external microphone.
Weather: The outside temp was around 25*. The sky was clear. Inside temp was around 65*
History: At this time we have asked that the owners hold back on telling us about any haunting activity until after all our investigating at the Farm is complete. Once we complete our investigations and reports, we will then conduct the interviews with the owners and compare notes. However, I can say that the house itself dates back to the mid to late 1800's and poltergeist activity has been said to happen on a daily basis between 2 and 3am.
Those Present: Lew & Sharon G., Kenny B., Bob R., Rachel G., Danny & Nancy S., Jen J., and the two owners of the House.
Report: We arrived to the house at about 8:00pm. We then walked the entire house to get a feel for the place. We did this for at least 20 minutes. Well, After about 40 minutes of walking around and taking pictures at random (do to the lack of any impressions and results with our equipment), we (Rachel and I) found a room at the end of the hall on the third floor that had been closed up. We opened the door and entered the dark room. Once inside, we left the door to the bedroom open so that we could utilize the light from the hall. We needed to see what we were doing while we scanned the room for natural EMFs. It was at this time that our first incident occurred.
As we walked the room scanning for natural EMFs, we did note that both closet doors were closed completely. The bedroom had two closets. One was right next to the door that leads into the bedroom and the other was directly across the room. After scanning we decided to hit one of the other rooms on the same floor. Well, as we were about to leave we noticed that the one closet door (one across from the main door) was now open about 2-3 inches. We thought that was strange for a couple of reasons. For one, neither Rachel or I opened it. Two, we never seen or heard it open. Three, the rug in the room was thick and it took a rather hard push to open the door. We knew that it couldn't have been opened due to a breeze because a breeze wouldn't have been strong enough and there were no breezes. It was at this point that we decided to just stay put to see if anything more would happen. We also left the closet door open.
After deciding to stay, I shut the bedroom door just enough so that it was left open about 6 inches. I then sat in the chair next to the door and Rachel took the chair next to me (to my left). One other note we made when we had first entered this room that it was extremely cold. Of course this could have been due to the door being closed when we first entered as well as it being such an old house. However we didn't just blow it off. We made note of it and also got a thermal reading of about 63*. Ok no biggy right? Well, we would have thought that also except that this room continued getting colder. I will admit that it wasn't a constant coldness in the room. Yes, the room was cold but bearable for most of the time. However, there were times that the already cold temp of 63* dropped even colder (about 10-15*). This "extra" temperature drop would come and go and wisp past us. We took many pictures.
Aside from the temp change we were able to see an orb with our own eyes zip past us. Both Rachel and I witnessed this. After a while of just sitting and watching, it appeared that nothing more was going to happen. It was at this time that we heard some of the others coming up to the third floor so Rachel and I decided to head on down the hall to another room. Just as we were leaving Nancy and Jen had entered the room. They asked us if anything happened and we told them that we would talk about it later. We didn't want to influence their time in the room. As Rachel and I headed out of the room, we heard Jen say to Nancy that she thought it was odd that the one closet door had been open. Especially odd because everything else in the house (including closet doors) had been closed up and kept very neat. She then proceeded to close it. Rachel and I just looked at each other and kind of laughed. If she only knew.
We then headed back to the second floor. We had just made it into the first room when we could hear Jen and Nancy asking for us. By the time they reached us, they had already started asking us what we had experienced while in the room on the third floor. We asked them why they wanted to know that information. They replied that while they had been in the room they felt as though they just couldn't stay there and that they should get out. We told them that we never had those feelings while we were in there but that we would go back up with them if they wanted to. They said no.
After checking out the second floor Rachel and I decided to go back to the third floor and to that room where we spotted the orb. But before that, we checked all of the other rooms first. We found them all empty. We had been the only ones on that floor so we continued down the hall to the room we were in earlier. We couldn't have been there more than 15 minutes when we were joined by Bob and Kenny. Kenny took a seat on the floor right in front of the closet door (the one next to the main door) and Bob stood across the room from the rest of us taking pics with his digital camera. We all noted at how the temp seemed to be dropping once again. To Rachel and I this was nothing new.
About 10-15 minutes later, I myself thought I saw an orb over by Kenny. At that point Bob snapped off some pics and said that he had just seen an orb over in Kenny's direction and Rachel chimed right in with the same claims. We couldn't believe it. Bob immediately reviewed the pics that he had just shot. Now is where I say that I have some good news and some bad news. The good news -- Bob was able to capture the orb that the three of us had seen with our eyes! The bad news -- Bob accidentally deleted that batch of pics from his digital camera. I just wanted to state that before everyone starts e-mailing us asking where that pic is. Sorry people.
After the orb incident, Bob said that he was going back downstairs to get another disk for his digital camera. Kenny also said that he was leaving to go explore the house some more. So, once again, Rachel and I were left there all alone. We didn't mind at all. We were thrilled to be in there with all of the results we had been getting. We didn't want to leave.
We sat there for a good 10 minutes and still no show of Bob. As we waited, we couldn't help but to notice how extremely cold it was getting. We definitely felt as though there was a presence in the room with us. Many pics were taken. In the absence of Bob, we were able to see the same orb a few more times. This was just unbelievable. Soon after Bob returned and so did Kenny, Jen, and Nancy.
Once again everyone seated themselves and waited and watched.
At this point Bob was now speaking to the presence that was in the room with us. We knew something was there because at this point, we had all seen it and/or felt it. He said out loud to the presence that we meant it no harm and that we were not there to chase it out of it's home. He explained that we were there to study him or her and that that was it. The more Bob spoke, the more he was able to capture this presence on film in the form of an orb. It was just incredible. Not only was Bob able to get this orb on digital camera, but a few of us in the room were able to witness the orb with our own eyes. The digital camera just backed up what we were seeing.
In the midst of us seeing the orbs, and the orb photos, Bob had a strong feeling that the closet door next to the bedroom door needed to be opened. Maybe it was because that's where a few of us saw the orb and also the general area of which most of the orb photos came from. I really don't know. Either way I agreed to open the door since I was the closest one to it.
Before I opened the closet door, Bob had positioned himself so that he could start snapping pics as soon as the door was opened. I carefully made my way to the closet door and opened it halfway (so that in case someone came into the room, the bedroom door wouldn't hit the closet door). I then moved away from the closet door and found my seat once again. I wasn't in my seat for 2 seconds when the closet door slammed all the way open pushing the bedroom door completely shut. As I mentioned above, the carpets in that room were rather thick and it took some force to even open the doors to begin with. So, whatever swung this closet door open did it with enough force that it was able to actually slam the other one shut.
We sat there in awe. All we could say to one another was "did you see that?", "did you hear that?". It totally took us all by surprise. All the while Bob was taking pics. At that point everyone was a little freaked and the feeling in the room became very intense. I myself felt paralyzed as if I couldn't get up out of the chair to move. But that was probably due to the fact that I almost got hit in the backside by some unseen force. I really can't say for sure. I do know that at least one other member had this same feeling. Either way I stayed put, waiting for the next thing to happen. Bob was able to get the orb on film a few more times before his luck ran out. After the orb photos stopped and things calmed down, we all decided to head back downstairs for a break. Once down there though, we decided that it had been rather late and didn't want to hold up our hosts any longer. We then packed up and called it a night.
Impression: As you have probably gathered by now, I believe that this location is definitely being occupied not only by the living but also by the dead. We had too many results for me to believe otherwise. Besides that, our experiences were continually backed up with our equipment. This investigation was by far one of our better ones (and it's been a while since we've had one of those). It ranks right up there with our Bolton Mansion and Fort Mifflin investigations. And, if you've read those reports, you know how well they went.
On behalf of the PGHA I would like to thank our hosts who were kind enough to allow us the opportunity to continue our research and also for the invite back. Thank You!!
*Note: After packing up I decided to head outside to take some pictures. When I reached the door I saw that Bob had already been out there himself. He quickly told me to hurry and follow him. I asked him what the rush was and he told me that when he first came outside, he heard someone talking and when he looked he saw a figure step behind the side of the house. We quickly followed. We found no one in site. Nonetheless we did take pictures. Turns out that Bob was able to get an ecto with his digital in the general area of which the "figure" had been seen. He also got some orbs.
I would also like to mention that although it had been cold outside (obviously), Bob (and I took the necessary precautions while taking photos. This means that we made sure to hold our breath for at least 3-5 seconds before, during and after the pic was taken. In addition, the pic in which the ecto was captured was taken while Bob held the camera at arms length. Even so, his breath was still held. In addition, we made it a point to stay about 5 to 10 feet away from each other. And, even when Bob took pics and I wasn't, I TOO held my breath until he was done and vice aversa. Additionally, Bob conducted a test immediately after obtaining the ecto picture. He took pictures while holding his breath for various amounts of time and also while not holding his breath. During each test he was unsuccessful at re-creating the ecto that he had captured with his digital.
Sharon G.
Vice-president
PGHA
2/11/99