Ghost story and question
Jim
My personal experience with ghosts/spirits etc: is that they exist, or
at least something does. I grew up in a house that was haunted here
in Edmonton albeit it was not a bad ghost. I have many stories I
could tell but I'll list just a couple.
The house that I spent the first 12 years of my life in was a small
single story located in the North side of Edmonton, it was fully
finished including the basement. As early as I could remember, at
night laying in bed, I would here furniture shift(drag) across the
basement floor. As the floor in the basement was tiled, it made a
distinctive screeching type sound. My parents would also hear this
and my dad would go downstair to check that no one had broken into the
house. Of course, the basement would be empty and the furniture would
be shifted slightly. This happened at least a couple of times a week
and would occasionally wake us up. It happened enough that my dad
would stand at the top of the stairs and gently ask that "they" quiet
down. The interesting thing is, this would actually work and the
night would once again become silent.
As for my relatives, it was quite funny that when we first would tell
them that our house was haunted they would laugh. My uncle for one
was not one to believe in ghosts (my father's side of the family are
all farm boys and tend to only believe something that they can either
see, touch or taste). One night, my uncle was staying at our place
and slept in a bedroom that was located in the basement. It was in
the winter and the weather was quite chilly, he went to sleep normally
but ended up waking up a couple of hours later freezing. The window
in the bedroom was wide open. He got up, closed the window and went
back to sleep, only (you guessed it) to wake up sometime later with
the window wide open again. Anyway, he went back to sleep once again
and was woken up around 4am (he remembers the time) hearing pool balls
rolling along the pool table and crashing into one another. He was
quite upset about being woken up yet again thinking that myself and my
younger brother were awake and playing around. However, when he opened
his bedroom door he seen that all of the lights were off, he flicked
on the lights and seen several pool balls on their own rolling along
the table. No one else was around. He then promptly ran upstairs,
turned all the lights on and watched TV until everyone else woke up.
He refused to ever again sleep in the basement.
There are many many more instances of activity that happened while we
lived there. I've had an RC car move on it's own while the remote was
turned off, When I was about 5 years old, I was spanked by the ghost
(I know.. I cringe when I tell this one as it sounds very weird but my
mom can attest. If you want to hear about this, let me know), I've
heard the bathroom being used, TV's would turn on by themselves etc:
My parents also had many other experiences (for instance my mom swears
that she seen a man in an early 1900's suit and tophat walking through
our yard)
We moved out of the house when I was 12 years old in 1987 and since
then have had only very limited "strange" encounters, though
interesting.
My question is: Although I do believe that something exists, I am
also a strong believer in ruling out possible reasons before reaching
a conclusion that a paranormal act has occured. I sent an email to
your team asking if there was a possibility that my wife and a friend
may join in one of your investigations (we will supply our own
equipment) but have yet to hear word back. Do you have anything
upcoming that we may attend? (I also know of one location approx 1
hour west of Edmonton that I would like to investigate.. A small
abandoned church and grave yard that was used from the 1890's to
1950's I believe).
thanks
Jim
paran...@shaw.ca
other jobs - so we cannot reply as soon as we would like.
We get about 50 requests a month to join an investigation - and right
now with the research we are doing, we really have to stick with the
members that we have for now. We will however be looking for video
and audio people in the future to join our team.
As far as ruling out all other possibilities (natural and
environmental factors) - thats what separates us from the numerous
other teams cropping up in this city alone. What also separates us,
is we are really dedicated to the research - this isn't a fly by night
operation. I myself have researched the paranormal for 15 years, and
am currently looking into getting my parapsycology certification.
Anyone can buy the equipment nowadays and proclaim themselves
investigators, most are ghost hunters. But it is refreshing to know
that there are people out there like you that are looking for other
factors as well. Too many times we have seen on other sites, obvious
reflections and equipment malfunctions stated as an actual paranormal
fact. Whats sad is that it reflects bad on the true community of
paranormal investigators that are searching for the truth (I blame tv
shows like Most Haunted and Creepy Canada - and numerous others).
WE will be in contact with you maybe to see future possibilities with
our team. We have a strict code of conduct that we follow for every
investigation, and anyone that joins us, are expected to follow it as
well.
Thank you.