The Long Drive to the Unknown

From: Paul Dale Roberts (jazmapika@cs.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: Herald, CA
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Tue Mar 17 20:02:59 2009

The Long Drive to the Unknown

By John Fredericks

On this particular late winter afternoon, I am heading towards a rendezvous with the unknown. It is in a little town south of here called Herald. I am driving in silence in the verdant countryside. The first thing I notice on my journey is the two twin cooling towers of Rancho Seco.. A nuclear power plant now dormant a once mighty symbol of power in a bygone era. I arrive after a slight detour (having gotten lost the first time) and finally am guided to the rancheria by Paul Dale Roberts via cell phone.

When I finally get to my destination, the meet and greet aspect of our evening is already under full swing. I introduce myself to a few of the scouts that are there and say hello to some people I have already met.

The owners of the residence have a nice spread made available for us- hamburgers and hotdogs. I choose a couple of hot dogs...

As the evening finally commences, Paul Dale Roberts (lead investigator and scout master of HPI International) informs us that the movie studio Lionsgate – producers of the upcoming “A Haunting In Connecticut” as well as the Saw franchise and others has taken an interest in our paranormal research group. They have been informed of several VERY interesting paranormal activities and want to be made aware of any strange goings on for tonights investigation. After a round of paranormal trivial pursuit wherein we are awarded some very nice notebooks provided by the studio as promotional materials for the upcoming film. These will actually be sent back in to Lions gate as details of our investigations.

The DETAILS OF THE HAUNTING

The owner, a very nice lady named Theresa, steps up to inform everyone that her family has been subject to some very outlandish behavior by a dark malevolent entity. This unknown force has seen fit to bully their daughter and actually touch the woman of the house in a very inappropriate manner. Mysterious bangings could be heard in the garage and even a dark mist has been seen floating around the house. Also, the spirit of a young child has also been seen at the foot of beds and unknown, unseen whispering and humming.

Team Work Begins

After the breifing, we are broken up into teams. I have been assigned to Team 3. We first begin our analysis by examining the outside perimeters of the property. I have my EVP recording software on my phone, and my trusty Evario hard disc based camcorder. AS I am walking along with my team mate as the crickets and frogs are busy making a cacophony of sounds, I ask the question “is there anyone there?” Using the proven McCabe method of gathering EVPS, I immediately I get a cryptic response saying “Please Go Back” at least, that is what I think it says. Paul and a few others say they are not sure about the validity of the EVP as the phone could have picked up some people talking from a nearby group... Not so sure about that one.

Anyway, later on the “fun” really begins. Not SO fun for HPI Scout Christina George. As Paul Dale Roberts is showing us a VERY interesting EVP captured on his recorder. He asks the question “is there Anyone there?” and gets the response “I AM HERE.” a VERY evil sounding male voice.-- Christina is attacked or faints! Everyone rushes to her side and she is out for a good 5 minutes. The most peculiar aspect of this event is that I don't even recall her fainting. It was as if events that transpired were blocked out.

We are called back into the house for a debriefing as people were unaware of the events that transpired.

Paul wants to perform a “knowledge gathering circle” as he calls it. We gather in a circle in the living room and Paul begins the Circle with a Hedge of Protection Prayer. This is a VERY important aspect of the circle.. A couple of balls are placed in the middle and Paul begins by saying that we are very interested in knowing if the entity can move said ball. NOTHING happens- every one is obviously disappointed but spirits or entities do NOT perform on schedule or demand.

We take a break and then proceed into the computer room which used to be the bedroom of the now deceased Grandmother of the family. THIS is the room that actually gets results, not with the ball being moved but with a very UNEXPLAINED and UNNATURAL cold spot moving around to each member of the team, passing over their bodies and as with the case of PAUL actually leaving a very odd DOUBLE M on his lower back in a scratch mark... The very weird aspect of this was that the occupants SISTER who passed on was named Mary Margaret. Perhaps she was trying to communicate?

After another break to move to another room of the house, we hold a circle in the owner's bedroom where the Lady of the House was touched inappropriately. She asks for a sign of the entities presence and immediately, my camera springs to life. It starts cycling through the demo mode continually and going through my pictures on my camera- which a team member notes that most demo modes do not cycle through your own pictures but sample pictures stored on the camera's internal memory. It does this not once, but TWICE and I assure every one that you have to actually PHYSICALLY go into the menu system and activate the demo mode...

Later on as we are decompressing over the events of the night, I sit by a fire and talk with a very nice lady who works for the Department of Justice. I find that I am bothered by twinges in my side and she informs me that the horse is indeed pregnant and very close to giving birth. Am I suffering from sympathy pains for the mother horse?

I conclude the evening by saying my goodbyes to every one and the very Gracious host who opened her home for us and allowing us to investigate what she has had to endure since her time living there.

Naturally, on the way home I get lost but finally succumb and use my GPS on my android phone to finally find my way back down the darkened country lanes to 99 North and make my sojourn home. A light rain begins to fall...

END.