By Shawn Hank
My first investigation with Delaware Paranormal Research Group occurred at
a residence in Hartly, Delaware in February, 2015. I came with a flashlight and
digital camera. I arrived half an hour
early, and spoke with both homeowners.
The husband, a skeptic, did have a few interesting stories to tell. Some
of his experiences included having heard a piano playing three notes in rapid
succession. And after an initial investigation, the couple found that the
drawers of a dresser were pulled out barring their entrance into their infant
son’s bedroom. When they finally got
into the room they found the boy tightly
wrapped in a receiving blanket.
My first investigation proceeded without influence from the
homeowner’s perceptions. My approach was to take photographs randomly during
certain questions that were asked or repeated; and to observe, which is quite
familiar to me because I have a degree in Chemistry; and I am working on a
Master’s in Accounting.
The Investigation Begins
The members included Robin, Gene and myself. We started
upstairs in the “Man Cave” and art studio. Gene monitored and recorded
temperatures. Robin asked the questions. I took pictures with my new digital
camera. The second room was a storage room across from the baby’s room. Nothing
out of the ordinary occurred, although Robin’s dowsing rods appeared to cross several times in response
to Robin’s requests. The third room was the daughter’s room. Robin continued
using the rods, and was getting responses to some of the questions she asked by
prompting the rods to be crossed. It is in this room where I experienced a
brush on my pant leg.
The investigation continued to the living room and furnace
area. Robin was filming at this point. Gene continued monitoring temperatures.
Nothing out of the ordinary seemed to occur until Robin was near the furnace.
She started receiving EMF readings from one particular wooden post and no
readings from the other posts. It was around this time frame where the digital
camera I used captured what looks like a mist taking some sort of form. The
mist was not present in any other photograph.
My analytical side allowed my participation to be unbiased
even though I had heard the owners’ personal experiences. The mist taking form
remains unexplained. Robin captured two EVP’s. Gene did not capture unexplained
differences in temperature, but verified the EMF readings on the wooden post
near the furnace. A scientist like an investigator wants to deal with tangible
evidence. However, the evidence collected appears to go beyond the current
scope of science, logic and math. My personal experience prompts me to state
that there is a realm that remains invisible to all of us, yet can choose to
interact with us, or not. I feel that unbridled interaction with this realm can
be potentially detrimental. Anyone or thing that will attempt to harm a baby
has the ability to inflict harm on adults as well. Though my first
investigation went well, the evidence captured is not conclusive or definitive.
The scientist in me wants everything to be beyond a reasonable doubt. The
accountant in me wants the phenomena to fit nice in charts, graphs and tables.
However, maybe the best evidence is that which is randomly captured in an
environment unknown to us in the course of our time in that environment. It
will be this kind of evidence that will support and substantiate further
investigations into the unknown.
“We
dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and
knows.” (Robert Frost)
