Thiefs and Ghost

A new low for human kind: I thought I’d seen or heard it all, every low thing one human can do to another and in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t rank near the top as far as the destruction one human can wrought on another but this is right up there with the lowest. At our last wedding the florist delivered the flowers but instead of finding someone to let them know or setting them up in the designated places, she left them in two boxes in the foyer. While there, she encountered a man and what appeared to be a teenaged girl, who were looking for another wedding but when told they were in the wrong place, did not leave; they just walked on in to look around. Unfortunately the only person in the main house at the time was setting up the cake and she too soon departed. Well Mr. Blue Van (loaded with pew bows) and his accomplice, after making comments on how lovely the flowers were, decided they were so lovely they would just take them along when they left. The bride’s mother rightly thought the flowers were never delivered until she noticed the containers they were to go in and thus the search began. There is no doubt in my mind that she will find out who confiscated the floral arrangements; she has been to check out wedding licenses for any Miller who was married the same weekend with the same lovely lavender colors; someone will talk, they always do.
Now for the surprise: Have you ever heard of GHOSC? Neither had I until we were contacted a couple of weeks ago asking for permission to come down and research the “sightings” and noises we and guests have encountered in The Halls. GHOSC are paranormal investigators from South Carolina with sophisticated equipment that picks up energy sources sometimes not visible to the human eye or, in our case, the source of the tinkling bells, the invisible piano player, the mischievous spirit who moves things around or the lovely lady that wanders the top floor of Rosemary Hall.
There is difference between Mark, Amy, Mike and Jeremy and the paranormal researchers you see on television; GHOSC look for scientific reasons for occurrences. They set up four infra red cameras in Lookaway, all in specific areas that have reportedly had happenings. They also used EMF Detectors, Electro Magnetic Field, that are hand held and pick up unusual sources of energy. Hand held cameras, digital cameras and audio equipment were also in use. During the evening’s recordings and explorations there were a few unexplainable instances and one that was debunked right after it happened, that is until the following day. Three of the four of them heard a little girl laughing and singing along with what sounded to be the definite growl of a dog. The camera in the attic picked up movement so off they went to explore. While in the attic something definitely moved from the outside entrance to one of the closet doors across the path of Mike who told me he felt a tingling sensation in his arms as it passed. Mark tried to get the little girl to play but all she did at the time was laugh, later on she played tricks on him by closing the door to his room whenever he left it open or when he was in the room. I had made the comment that I felt uncomfortable in Lookaway therefore when the next thing happened they thought they had found the reason. Just before dark the EMF spiked and the alarms went off in a particular chair in the gentleman’s parlor. The spike was higher on the floor so in order to rule out the paranormal they went to the basement directly under the chair and it spiked so the conclusion was electricity in the conduits had caused the spike that is until they took me over on Sunday to show me. No electrical activity, not in the parlor, not in the basement, nothing. While we were all sitting around discussing this the EMF was laying quiet on the sofa in the space between Mike and Amy. All of a sudden it went wild; it spiked and alarms sounded. When Mike spoke angrily and told whatever it was to get off the sofa, it slowed down a bit then he angrily told it to move and the alarms sounded again. It was cool to say the least. That same night there were thumps in the basement when Mark spoke to whoever was there. They have a lot of film footage to review as well as audio and digital and I for one can’t wait for the results. When I left they were at Rosemary in the room where Sandra died to see if there was any activity. No sign of the walking lady upstairs however something or someone blocked the camera in the Parson’s room for a few shots. They will be back, GHOSC, and I hope I am around for the second adventure of forensics of the paranormal.