On friday night about 9:30pm, the LIPS team took off to conduct another investigation at our most favorite place...Tillie Creek Campground. In the past, we have picked up alot of activity in that area alone, more than any other place in the valley. Come to find out, it is the actual site of the Whiskey Flats Massacre, where a group of Indians were all killed under the command of Captain McLaughlin. They were all burried at that site, which is now a local campground. During the investigation, strange things occured, and I mean strange. My son was able to feel the pain of one victim who was shot in the back, that also had to do with Gold during the Gold rush era. I channeled in on a little girl by the name of Loretta who was only 7 years old when she died. She was cold and scared, and wanted so much to find her mother. My daughter and Som who was doing the EVP, picked up the sound of that little girl saying..."Can You Help Me?, at first the girl was giggling and laughing, which soon turned to tears of fright. Mikel, one of my team members was video tapping and getting audio of the investigation, he would stop and take pictures, then video tape. There were 5 different videos that were taken. After our investigation of Tillie Creek, we headed 3 miles away to the 1800's cemetery. That was a short investigation, as someone on the hill not far away was watching our every move. It was only obvious to see the flash of cameras in the middle of a dark cemetery. We could see the glow each time this person took a hit off his cigarette. So we made that investigation a very short one as we didn't want the Sheriff showing up. We had all left, and headed back home, awaiting to see and hear what we possibly captured. After downloading all the pictures, video, and evp. Something very strange took us all into shock as we heard the audio of the video that Mikel had recorded. In the first audio was the sound of a drum beating, and in tune. Almost the sound of drums when someone was about to be executed by firing squad. Or the sound of drums as if soldiers going into battle. The first evp recorded, the drums were loud, as if they were just a few feet away from the group. In the second evp, the drums were still there, but just a slight more distance this time. Then as we were all walking away, you could still hear the drum sounding off in the background but slowly fading off. Then on the Cemetery evp, it must have followed us! because you can clearly hear the drum. And this cemetery was 3 miles away from the campground! Each and every team member there that night...not one team member heard the sound of a drum...Not one! Only the distance barking of a dog and a few birds in the trees that we woke up during the investigation. But surely no beating of a drum. Was this the haunting of a Soldier from Captain McLaughlin's Calvery? Was it possibly a drum beat as the soldiers marched into battle? or the beat of a drum before the execution of 35 men, women and children from a Indian tribe that was massacred in the area back in 1863 by Captain McLaughlin and his men? We maybe will never know the answer, but rest assure..that was surely one night we will never forget. To read up on the history of this terrible massacre you can find it by going to http://www.nuuicunni.org/History.html . Further readings can also be found at http://vredenburgh.org/tehachapi/data/mclaughlin.htm and  http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/keysville.html

This area of the Kern River Valley is alive with history, and surely a dark secret of the dead that remain here. It is our job of the Lake Isabella Paranormal Society to research these findings, and investigate these areas. Even the dead can tell tales, and give the living the understanding that they do indeed exsist. We've got the proof. Welcome to the Kern River Valley!!!

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