When
you have lived in a haunted house for most of your life, one of the hardest
things to do is find evidence you can present to people. Like any other mystery,
people want proof that what you are telling them is true, especially with
something as unusual as a real true full-on haunting.
Our
house has been haunted from at least the 1930’s, as my mother often told me
about her experiences in the house from the time she was a little girl. If
there was paranormal activity before that, she (and I) were not aware. Who’s to
say when it all started and what the very first incident was? My mother’s
mother never reported anything prior to that so it is really hard to say when
it all began. On the other hand, just because something was never talked about,
didn’t mean it wasn’t happening.
If
you’ve read any of this blog, you are well aware this house has all of the
typical characteristics of a haunted house. Ghosts/spirits (and a few other
paranormal oddities) have been seen, heard, and felt. We’ve also had phone
calls from ghosts. We’ve had things disappear into thin air. We’ve had things
return again, usually in very strange places with no explanation. We’ve also
had atypical things happen, too, such as phantom cars in our driveway on
several occasions, children’s footprints on floorboards when no children lived
here, mysterious lights in the backyard and even a visit from a very strange
individual that I am convinced was not from this planet. This is just the tip
of the iceberg. Please read back through the blog if you want to get a good
picture of what has gone on here throughout the years.
One of the most interesting aspects is that I
am not the only person to have experienced the paranormal on our property. There
have been plenty of other family members and friends who have had the crap
scared out of them here. A few were innocent children who knew nothing about
our paranormal history. A few were level headed adults who are still afraid to
visit. There are several who would never stay in this house alone for even five
minutes, or spend the night.
So I am
not alone in experiencing this. I am completely thankful that a lot of other
people also experienced some of the same things that I did. Even though I spent
most every night of my childhood from the age of 5 on afraid to go to bed
because I never knew what was going to transpire that involved the afterlife,
there was some relief in the fact that I was not singled out by some weirdo
ghosts or entities. Was I glad others saw and heard ghosts? You’re damn right I
was. Even a few skeptics turned into paranormal believers after spending some
time here.
Another
interesting point is the fact that even though most of our family members have
experienced some ghostly activity here at some point, there are also a couple
who have never encountered anything. There is also at least one person in the
family who never experienced anything until last year.
This
brings us back to the ‘maybe everyone is not ‘open’ to the whole ghost concept’
theory. I don’t necessarily believe in that. I have known a few people who
would give their right arm to encounter a ghost in my house (although I have
tried to dissuade those people from offering up any of their favorite
appendages just to see my dead grandmother come waltzing down the staircase
late at night). I also know believers who have never experienced anything
paranormal and it is not for lack of trying on their part. I know believers who
were total skeptics until they had an encounter in my house. And I know the few
who say, “There are no such things as ghosts”.
To those
people, I say, with all due respect: Then what have I been living with (minus the
twenty + years I lived elsewhere) for most of my life? What have my siblings, their
children, my child, his wife, my mother, my assorted relatives and friends
exactly been experiencing under this roof since at least 1930?
As
mentioned on other blog posts, they attribute it to 1 of 4 things usually:
1.The
house settling.
2. The
wind.
3. Vermin,
such as mice or squirrels.
4. A wild imagination.
I have
written about these, and explained why these are never the reason.
You can
re-hash that here:
So back
to the point of this particular blog post…
A few
months ago I wrote about a very mysterious encounter I had while home alone one
day. You can read it here:
To sum
it up, I was home alone working. The cat was asleep on a chair near me. The
house was very quiet. The windows were not open. Suddenly, I heard what sounded
like hammering on the far end of the house. I went to check it out but could
find nothing responsible. Luckily, I recorded it with my phone because I
figured very few people would believe me.
A few
days ago, completely on a whim, I replayed those videos (there were 3 as each
one only recorded for a short time). I wanted to upload the first video in a
family Messenger chat so they could hear the mysterious hammering but Messenger
was being difficult and would not load the video. I decided to record on my
phone IN Messenger from the original video on my computer (by hitting record in
Messenger and putting my phone near the computer speaker while the video was
playing).
I
figured this could shorten the duration of the video somewhat, and I could post
it in the Messenger family chat. This was successful. However, when I listened
to the playback of this new recording (of the original recording) I noticed a
voice just before the end.
A
VOICE.
A voice
that did not belong to me or the cat and we were the only ones here.
To quote
ghost hunters everywhere, I believe my reaction was, “What the f*$# was that?”
I replayed it and replayed it and replayed. I pointed it out in the family chat
and to a few others I knew who would find this particularly intriguing.
It
seems to be a man’s voice, sort of whispery. He seems to be saying, “Listennnnnn”,
or possibly some other word followed by “Listennnnnn.”
The
voice is NOT on the original recording. This means when I recorded from the
original video a few days ago, whoever or whatever, was standing very near to
me while I was recording and decided to speak up.
Here is
the audio clip—the voice chimes in around the 20-21 second mark. Turn your volume
UP and make sure you are in a quiet place:
There
is lots of background recording (white) noise because once again, this is a
recording of a recording and that is just the nature of attempting to do that.
When I made the original recording, the house was very quiet except for the
hammering. When I recorded the second recording the other day, again all was
quiet in the house. I was home alone at the time. Earlier that morning, Winston
and I both heard a couple of noises in the dining room but we shrugged it off
thinking it was probably something ghostly, as usual, and didn’t investigate.
If I investigated every single noise I hear, I’d never get any work done.
Right at
the beginning of this audio clip, you can hear the hammering/banging. Yes, it is
similar to someone knocking on a door but as I have mentioned, I went to the
door and even outside around the house and no one was there. Also, it went on
for HOURS. In the 3rd video (not converted to a shorter vid yet),
the hammering really gets going and you would swear someone was building an addition
on the other end of the house. Yet, in real time, nothing was visible.
Does
the voice freak me out? Not really. I find it intriguing. I consider it further
proof that spirits and ghosts exist. How is it NOT proof? The thing spoke right
into my phone! I would really love to know who it is.
I consider myself lucky for being able to
amateurishly investigate ghosts AND capture a ghost voice on a recording. This
is not something that is easily done. Most ghost hunters spend countless days
and nights with crazy amounts of equipment trying to achieve what I just did by
accident with very simple and basic gadgets. I can’t say if the places they
visit have real ghosts or not, but I can say with 100% certainty that my place
does.
File
this under Proof That Ghosts Exist.
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