Game Changer

7/10/11

Tonight’s adventure proved to be a game changer for my husband.  On an earlier post I mentioned that he had a profound experience and this was it.  In all of our time out with the spirits we had never had a night quite like the one in store of us.  I was excited to go because my youngest son Cameron had agreed to go with us and I wanted to share the experience with him and show him what a wonder it really is.

We began our evening at the cemetery.  It is a wonderful place to allow someone to become familiar with the experience and explore their own way of talking to the wind. The area is remote, quiet and relatively snake free so they can safely venture off and the experience becomes uniquely their own.  We handed him the recorder and sent him off into the darkness.  My husband and I snapped some photos and just relaxed on the bench by the trees and enjoyed the blanket of stars above us.   As I looked off into the distance to where I knew he was, I silently sent a message to the spirits.... be kind, but don’t be silent.  

After a time he re-appeared with that familiar smile on his face.  He had clearly enjoyed the time he spent alone with them.  I decided that he and I should see what we could get together so off we went.  My husband stayed behind to see what the Ghost Speaker might yield.  As I trailed behind Cameron, I said very little and allowed him to lead the EVP session. I was content to snap photos and just enjoy the night. I was so proud of the respect he showed them, the kindness in his voice and he was asking some darn good questions.  A later review of the tape would also show the humor he brought to it as well.  As he began his solo session, he made sure to tell them he meant them no harm and just wanted to talk to them but did clarify that he would appreciate “good spirits only please.”  He did an awesome job!

Our next stop would be Dead Man’s Cut under the bridge. This area had proved prolific for us in that this is the spot where we had gotten the amazing “Joe White” and “dog and porch” EVPs.  In short order they made their presence known.  As we were walking to our usual spot, my husband began reacting to the energy in the air.  He could feel someone close to him and the hair on his arms stood up.  I took that as a good sign, and I could tell that it really got his attention.  He had been saying for some time that he was ready for some undeniable thing to happen to him so that he had hard proof.  What happened next was a good case for the old adage, “be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.”

Cameron did a short session by himself and my husband and I took pictures.  My husband decided to use the Ghost Speaker and went and sat on a big rock in the middle under the bridge.  I kept the recorder going and my son and I listened as Lance began to speak to them.  We reminded them that we had heard them before and would love an encore. We spoke directly to Joe White and asked him to tell us more about his dog and porch and invited anyone else around to come and speak to us. As the words began to flow forth, we asked questions, and acknowledged what was being said and on occasion, Cameron and my attention would be drawn to a rustling in the brush off to our right.  What happened next was something none of us was ready for. My husband began to say “whoa whoa whoa” as if trying to stop a horse.  He bolted up and said “someone just wrapped their arms around me!”  As he hurried over to where we were he was clearly shaken.  He would later explain that he had decided to go off away from Cameron and I because he felt that the spirits that particular night were a little more active than we were used to and wanted to draw them away from us to protect us.  He said he had felt something close to him and then he distinctly felt someone envelope him with their arms and press up against him.  While he was not afraid and did feel that he was in control, he was certainly not prepared for that either.  As it was happening he quietly said “that is enough” and it immediately released him. The thoughts that flooded his mind were initially, “is this really happening?” and then that he needed to pay attention and take this seriously. He said that he inexplicably got the feeling that this was something he was meant to do.  He was completely drained of energy but also wholly in awe of what had just transpired. Things would never be the same for him.  That cold hard proof he was wanting had just wrapped it’s arms around him.  He snapped a series of photos immediately following this and he caught something very interesting....it appears to be a spirit.  

Much to my surprise, he went back to do another ghost speaker session after he had recovered somewhat from the experience. That session did lighten the mood a little because as we were trying to figure out why the word bananas had just been said, the next word was bored.  We all got a laugh out of that, because I am sure it is boring for them sometimes.  And perhaps after the excitement of earlier, this was rather anti-climatic.

Our focus was quickly turned to something that was clearly from this realm. The rustling in the brush just beyond the bridge was starting to sound closer and at first I assumed it was a deer or at worst a hog.  Then it became clear that whatever it was, was approaching us in a stalking manner, it would move closer then stop for a while and then inch closer.  Lance had gotten up from his place on the rock and moved between it and us when he could see that I was clearly uneasy.  I can be heard on the recording saying, “There is something over there.”  We had distinctly heard an audible sound that at first we assumed was from whatever was in the brush, but a later review of the tape would prove otherwise.  While Lance was kicking himself for not having brought a weapon, we all made a swift beeline for the safety of the car.  There is a cougar or mountain lion in the area as evidenced by the prints and carcasses he leaves behind but he had never ventured this far over to our knowledge.  I personally don’t care to know what it was that night, because with certainty would have come a face to face meeting.

Below is the list of words from the Ghost Speaker.  We did capture several EVPs but we could not make out what they were saying. We are going to share the clips with you. What we think is a voice with a much higher, more mocking tone says “die”. This is the one we believe was audible. We are not taking it as a bad thing because if we had stayed in that spot we might have had a situation on our hands that lead to death.  Either way that night will be forever in our memory.

** Cemetery**

bushes  (may be relevant because there were bushes just to the right of us when this was said)

**Under Bridge**

interest  (we had told them we were interested in telling the story of what really happened there)

delay (we think he might be reacting to us saying we want him to tell us)

key
bananas
bored          

Shot 1

Shot 2

Shot 3

Shot 2 NEGATIVE