Arrival

Noah, John and Jann arrived at 7:00 pm and let themselves into the house. They unloaded gear and set up a base camp in the dining room area and placed personal items in the living room where Gravy, Jann, and Noah would be sleeping. It was established that John would sleep in the Northeast Bedroom as he had had a personal experience while sleeping upstairs during a previous investigation.

Jann went outside at 7:12 pm to take readings of outside conditions using the Kestrel 3500 weather station while Noah and John began to unpack gear and determine where it would be set. Gravy arrived at approximately 7:45 pm and he, Noah and John set up gear while Jann took indoor EMF and Temperature baseline readings using a MEL-8704REM meter for temperature and the Magnii DSP-523 three-axis EMF Detector.

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The house on Willow Creek Farm is a beautiful old farmhouse with fabulous woodwork and a great wood burning stove in the Family Room. Despite its reputation for paranormal activity, this is a very cozy and comfortable home. Willow Creek is currently being renovated by its owner, so rooms are in various stages of remodeling.

When entering through the door from the garage, one is in a large open area comprised of the Kitchen, Dining Room and Family Room. There is a Laundry Room off of the Kitchen, and a hallway off of the Dining Room. The hallway leads to the Old Basement and this is also where the downstairs bathroom is located. There is another basement that was added in the 1970s when the house was added on to that is accessible at the bottom of a small stairwell off of the Family Room. This basement is called the New Basement.

There was a Sony HDR-SR5 camera placed in the Family Room directed at the Dining Room and Kitchen. A Zoom H2 audio recorder and an Extech temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure datalogger were set on a small table in the Dining Room and a single-axis MEL-8704REM EMF detector was on the Dining Room table. EMF detectors such as the MEL-8704 detect changes in the electromagnetic field which are hypothesized to be indications of possible paranormal activity.

In the Living Room a geophone, which is used to sense vibrations, was placed on a side table on the west wall, as was a negative ion generator. The release of negative ions into the air has been reported to occur when paranormal activity is increased. We use the negative ion generator in hopes to create an environment more suitable for paranormal activity to occur. A motion detector was placed in the entryway between the Parlor and Living Room and a Tri-Field Natural EMF meter was placed on a chair in the Parlor. A Sony HDR-SR5 camera was set up in the Living Room to capture the motion detector should it go off. A Zoom H1 digital audio recorder was also placed in the Living Room.

The upstairs of the house contains four bedrooms and a bathroom. The bathroom is to the left of the staircase when you reach the top, and contains a toilet that is operational; however the room is being renovated and is mainly used for storage at this point. Across from the bathroom is the Northwest Bedroom. The renovations are mainly complete in this room and it too is used to store items such as paint and tools that are being used for the remodeling. A Zoom H2n digital audio recorder was placed in this room as well as a Sony DCR-SR85 video recorder. A small ball was placed on the window sill on the west wall with a touch activated flashlight within the view of the camera. The ball was a trigger object as it is believed that a male child entity named Robbie resides in this room as well as an adult male entity believed to be named Dr. Archibald Graham.

Down the hall and on the same side as the Northwest Bedroom is the Northeast Bedroom. This room has been remodeled and has a full sized four poster bed and a dresser. There is a tiny rocking chair with stuffed animals on it near the foot of the bed. Across from the foot of the bed is an empty closet. A Sony HDR-SR7 camera was placed next to the head of the bed, aimed toward the closet. A Zoom H1 digital audio recorder was placed on the dresser with a toy horse, a doll and a slinky for trigger objects as the entities in this room are believed to be Lily, a four year old girl, and Mary, an eleven year old girl. On the first night of the investigation there was also a MEL-8704-R Vibe EMF detector in this room which in addition to detecting temperature and EMF also detects vibration.

Across the hall from the Northeast Bedroom is the Nursery which contains some bookshelves and two wooden rocking chairs. A second door to this room leads to the Master Bedroom. A motion sensor was placed in the doorway between the Master Bedroom and the Nursery to capture any possible movement between these two rooms. During the investigation when the owner was not sleeping in his bedroom, the Spectercamcorder was placed in the Master Bedroom as was an Extech temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure datalogger. When the homeowner was using his room, these items were moved to the Nursery. A third datalogger and an Olympus WS-500M audio recorder were placed in the Old Basement of the house.

Once equipment was set up, everyone gathered at the dining room table and John went through his impressions after which everyone went upstairs. Al went into the Northeast Bedroom to say hello to Lily and Mary before the investigation got started and then went into the Master Bedroom.

Investigation

2nd Floor – 10:41 pm

The group began the investigation on the second floor of the house. Noah was in the hallway with the FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera. Jann was in the Northwest Bedroom, Gravy was in the Nursery, John was in the Northeast Bedroom and Al was in the hallway as well.

Shortly into the investigation at 10:48 pm, Gravy stated that he felt a pinch on his arm. At this same time John said that he heard a noise coming from the wall between the Northeast Bedroom and the Nursery. Noah asked if someone pinched Gravy and there was no audible response.

An EVP session was started with Noah stating that we did not want to hurt anyone or make them leave, and that we just wanted to communicate as is standard procedure. Noah went on to talk about the toys that were brought for the children, and told them about the touch light that they could touch to let us know they were there.

After several minutes, Noah used the Inductive Amplifier which is a device that converts EMF into sound. At 11:04 pm, Jann heard what sounded like a voice at the same time Noah experienced ringing in his ear. The voice that Jann believed she heard was most likely the same high pitched noise that Noah was hearing as it was picked up by her recorder. Noah and Jann also heard a tapping sound however, when they asked if the sound could be repeated there was no response. Shortly after this, at 11:11 pm, Gravy felt another pinch on his left arm. At 11:28 pm Jann and Gravy switched rooms.

At about this time John began describing a girl that he sensed in the closet of the Northeast Bedroom stating that he noticed her once the closet door was open. His impression was that this girl was very miserable and resented Lily. John and Noah repositioned the trigger objects in the room to try to draw attention to them. Al asked John what the girl’s name was and John said possibly Sophie or Mary. Noah asked if she would like him to come in the closet with her and John stated that she did not want anyone in the closet with her.

At 11:43 pm what sounded like the bark of a small dog coming from the kitchen was heard by several group members. This noise was caught on Noah, John and Jann’s recorders, but it is very faint. At 11:55 pm, Al heard a growl; however it was not heard by any other members, or captured on any recorders.

The EVP session ended at around 12:00 am. The group went downstairs for a break after checking that upstairs batteries were still charged. Noah set a motion sensor outside of Al’s room and Al went to bed.

END TIME: 12:00 am

The group held a passive investigation on the first floor until 12:50 am when they decided to head outside to continue the investigation.

Machine Shed – 12:52 pm

All group members went to the Machine Shed to investigate. A passive investigation was conducted until approximately 1:35 am when the group decided to move to the Barn. No audible responses were heard or recorded during this session.

END TIME: 1:35 am

Before moving to the Barn, Jann went into the house to retrieve her clipboard. She then joined the rest of the group and they all went to the Barn.

Barn – 1:43 am

The group went up into the Hay Loft to do their investigation. During the control silence, it was noted that there were some sort of animal moving around between the wood of the old barn roof and the metal of the new barn roof. The group then started an EVP session. The group investigated until 2:00 am with no observable responses. At 2:06 am, Gravy commenced an experiment using a touch flashlight. This is a more reliable experiment compared to a commonly used flashlight experiment where a flashlight that is activated by turning an end is turned almost to the point of lighting. This is an unreliable test as movement, or changes in temperature within the flashlight can cause it to light when the end is turned to the point immediately before lighting. The flashlight that Gravy used is activated by touch and therefore if it is lit, it is done by activating the light by the intended method.

Gravy stated that if anyone touched the light that it would turn on. The experiment ran until 2:14 am with group members encouraging anything there to turn the light on without any noticeable result. The group then decided to go back to the house.

END TIME: 2:14 am

The group headed back into the house. At 2:21 am the group did battery checks on all equipment that would be left running during the course of the night. At 2:57 am the group moved to the Old Basement.

Old Basement – 3:01 am

The group spread out in the Old Basement with John sitting on the stairs, Noah sitting on the group just to the left of the bottom of the stairs, Jann sitting in front of Noah, and Gravy sitting near the shelves of paint. A brief EVP session was started when Noah noticed something coming from the wall that was 70 degrees with her thermal camera. Upon examination it was determined that this was a wasp nest that Al had sprayed earlier, but apparently there were still wasps living inside. The group decided to continue in the basement because it was assumed that it was cold enough that the wasps would be inactive. A short time later, Noah felt something land on his chest. He shined a light on it and Jann saw that it was a wasp. The group decided that it would be wise to move to a different area.

END TIME: 3:20 am

1st Floor – 3:23 am

The group investigated the first floor of the house. At approximately 3:28 am, Gravy stated that he saw something briefly block light in the Kitchen. This was not captured on video. No other events occurred during this session and the group decided to move to another location.

END TIME: 3:31 am

The group decided to move upstairs for one more EVP session.

2nd Floor – 3:41 am

The group headed upstairs. Jann was in the Nursery, Gravy was in the hallway, John was in the Northeast Bedroom, and Noah was in the Northwest Bedroom.

The group conducted a passive investigation until 3:41 am. No replies were heard or recorded and the group decided to end the investigation for the night.

END TIME: 3:41 am

The group then went to bed. Jann slept on the first floor in the Living Room as did Gravy and Noah. John spent the night in the Northeast Bedroom.

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