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MIDWEST PRETERNATURAL RESEARCH/KETTLE MORAINE PARANORMAL CO-INVESTIGATION REPORT


Date Of Investigation: Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Investigation Site: Elsing's Second Hand Shop, Stoughton, WI

Investigators Present: Amanda and Matt (Midwest Preternatural Research), Michael, Dave, Mike, and Kellie (Kettle Moraine Paranormal Investigations)
Clients/Visitors Present: Client (V)

Equipment Used: Trifield Standard EMF Meter, CellSensor EMF Meter, Digital Cameras, Dual Infrared Non-Contact Thermometer/Air Probe Thermometer, Sony Handycam Camcorder, Digital Voice Recorders, Motion Sensors

Report written by: Matt

Background: This was Matt's third time investigating this site. You can read about the other two visits here and here. On his first investigation with his former group (HPI), he had his voice recorder set in a little closet under the basement stairs and recorded this sound. Another investigator recorded the same noise at the same time on his recorder which was set close by, which is why Matt thinks it was probably something in the building. Matt recorded the same sound on the second visit. It may even be what people are mistaking for the sound of a little girl crying. However, the source of the sound has yet to be found. Another group suggested that it could be a cat, as neighbor cats have been spotted outside.

On the second investigation, Matt again had his recorder set under the stairs when he recorded this sound. Is it the same thing again? Or something else? It sounds sort of the same, but a little different. The first sound was higher pitched. Is there a malfunctioning toy somewhere in the store such as a doll that's making these noises?

On the same investigation, another investigator recorded this on his recorder while he was sitting alone with one other person. They both had voice recorders running and they were right next to each other, but the other person didn't hear anything on her recording.

Our Investigation: We arrived at about 6:30PM, and V gave everyone a walk through of the building. Since Matt had been here before, we didn't take baseline EMF readings again. After the walk through, we decided to split up into two groups. Matt, Amanda, Kellie, and V were in one group together, and Michael, Mike, and Dave were in the other group. Matt put motion detectors in the Furniture Room downstairs, in one of the aisles in the Tool Room, and one at the top of the basement stairs. Video cameras were set in the Tool Room in the same aisle as the motion detector and in the furniture room. We got started at about 8PM.

Each group took a floor and we rotated about every half hour, hitting on the spots where activity was reported. We took some EMF readings, pictures, and asked EVP questions. At about 10:30PM, V left the building to let us split up into groups of two and spread out. Amanda and Matt were together, Michael and Kellie, and Mike and Dave. We wrapped up our investigation at about midnight.

Findings/Personal Experiences: When Amanda, Matt, Kellie, and V were doing their first EVP circle in the Furniture Room in the basement, Kellie and V heard what they said sounded like a bead or something bounce across the floor. They turned on their flash lights to see what it might have been, but could not find anything.

Then when the same group was on the main floor doing an EVP circle in the Tool Room (we each sat in one of the aisles, and V sat in the Toy Room which was right next to it), we heard something move on a shelf. Everybody asked each other if they had made the sound, and nobody had. We pinpointed the sound to being in the aisle that Kellie was sitting in. We looked around but nothing seemed to be out of place. However, it could also have just been something on the shelf settling.

Later, after V had left and everybody was in their small groups, Kellie was in the hallway in the basement, between the Book Room and the Holiday Room, when she says she heard that noise again that sounded like a bead bouncing along the floor. She looked and could not find anything on the floor.

When Matt and Amanda were upstairs alone on the third floor, Matt tried provoking the spirits and then we heard some static on the walkie talkie. We radioed the others to see if it was them and they said no. However, it could easily have just been someone in the neighborhood playing with a walkie talkie.

When analyzing his video at home, Michael said he heard some noises on his video camera that he had set up in the Furniture Room, however the same sound reoccurs periodically so he thinks they're probably just noises from us or the camera.

Final Analysis: All in all it was a quiet night. We wouldn't call anything we heard or experienced paranormal. However, the previous two investigations and all the experiences documented by other groups already lead us to believe that this site has potential for paranormal activity, and we'd love to come back again if the client permits.

Tags: Elsing's 2nd Hand Shop Ghost Hunt Report Elsing

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