Arrival
After waking up around 9 am and grabbing breakfast, the group started to work on evidence review from the prior night’s investigation. They worked on it for about two hours, and then headed into Iron Mountain, Mich.
Upon returning to the hotel around 2:30 pm, the group continued to work on evidence review. At 5 pm, they took a break for dinner, but first headed to the Ballroom space to do some preliminary resetting for the night’s investigation.
When the group was done with dinner around 6:30-7 pm, they headed back to their room and grabbed their equipment. While in the room, at 8 pm the power went out, which would not return until 9:38 pm. They grabbed their flashlights and headed to the flight of stairs that would take them to the Ballrooms since the elevator was out.
Once the group had all equipment back up (now utilizing power packs for some of the lights they use) the group decided to get the night’s investigation started.
Investigation
After waking up around 9 am and grabbing breakfast, the group started to work on evidence review from the prior night’s investigation. They worked on it for about two hours, and then headed into Iron Mountain, Mich.
Upon returning to the hotel around 2:30 pm, the group continued to work on evidence review. At 5 pm, they took a break for dinner, but first headed to the Ballroom space to do some preliminary resetting for the night’s investigation.
When the group was done with dinner around 6:30-7 pm, they headed back to their room and grabbed their equipment. While in the room, at 8 pm the power went out, which would not return until 9:38 pm. They grabbed their flashlights and headed to the flight of stairs that would take them to the Ballrooms since the elevator was out.
Once the group had all equipment back up (now utilizing power packs for some of the lights they use) the group decided to get the night’s investigation started.
Before they started to do any type of EVP session, they wanted to experiment to see if someone running up from the downstairs sports bar up to the 1st Floor could be heard – while setting up the group thought they heard loud noises coming from the Ballroom level at 9 pm.
Gravy headed down to the bar and ran up the stairs, radioing Noah with their two-way radios to see if he could be heard. It was confirmed that yes, if he ran up hard and fast enough, he could easily be heard.
Summer Salon – 9:20 pm
All group members were spread out in the space as they took a few minutes of silence to observe the sounds of the building as the power was out. Voices were easily heard and the sound of people going up and down the hallway of the 1st Floor could also be heard.
Karen picked up on a “female” energy she had been noticing throughout both days, but wasn’t sure if it was initially her imagination. The group tried aiming questions toward this “woman” in the hopes she would respond.
No activities occurred during the group’s EVP session at 9:35 pm, and they headed into another part of the floor.
Autumn Salon – 9:38 pm
Before the group had time to settle in the room, the power came back on. They went around and rechecked all equipment and covered any other lights that weren’t covered previously.
They regrouped and got back into the room at 10:02 pm and started an EVP session. While asking questions they thought they heard someone come up to the Ballroom level. They stopped the session at 10:11 pm and went around making sure there was no one else around – earlier in the night several hotel guests came upstairs to look around while the group was investigating when the power was out.
After finding no one was there, the group went back into the room at 10:19 pm and continued the EVP session. When no activities occurred or were reported, the group concluded the session at 10:37 pm.
Spring Salon – 10:40 pm
Deciding to head back to the Spring Salon, the group was hoping to see if they would be able to contact any spirits who might be in the room.
After no activities occurred, the group concluded the session at 11:15 pm and decided to take a break in the Autumn Salon.
While in the room at 11:39 pm Gravy felt there was pressure on his ears at times. It was noted that this could have been caused by the air conditioner if there were changes in pressure.
At 11:42 pm the group decided to head to the 1st Floor. They took a little while and sat in the Library for a little while, but then wanted to find the housekeeper they talked to the night before to see if they could be let into Lillie’s for a little bit to investigate.
Lillie’s Ice Cream Shop – 12:00 am
Karen quickly went around and did an EMF sweep of the room and found that behind the counter the EMF levels were extremely high. The group then sat out on the porch area and continued the night’s investigation.
They asked questions that pertained to Al Capone in the hopes that any spirit that might have been associated with him might respond. After no activities occurred the group headed to the History Room at 12:19 am.
After trying to ask other questions about the items in the History Room, Noah started not to feel well. No activities occurred during this time, and the group headed back upstairs to continue investigating.
Spring Salon – 12:54 am
Deciding to try one last time in the room, the group spread out in the space. As they continued to ask questions, the group noted there were no activities. They spent a lot of time in this room as the last tribute to the investigation at Four Seasons, and concluded their session at 2:22 am.
The group then decided to break down their equipment for the night. They returned the Ballroom level to how they found it – turning lights back on and removing any tape they placed on any lights. They left the space at 3 am and headed back to their room.
After getting about five hours of sleep, the group woke up around 9 am and then packed up their vehicle. They would leave Four Seasons a little after 10 am.
Conclusion
This was a wonderful investigation at a very historic hotel. The claims of activity are varied, and the venue was a slight challenge sometimes. Unfortunately PIM was unable to capture any evidence of the purported activities at Four Seasons. Since this was PIM’s first visit there is definitely more that can be done to try and capture evidence of what may be happening at Four Seasons. We were able to debunk some of their claims, but others we could not find an explanation for. PIM would relish another opportunity to continue our study of this location and hope that we may return in the future.
PIM would like to immensely thank the owners of Four Seasons as well as the hospitable staff they worked with during this investigation. We look forward to the opportunity to be able to investigate this historic location again in the future.
