AN UNEXPECTED GUEST...

Let me take you into what my blog is really about...hence it's title!

I for one believe that the loved ones who are deceased are not really gone from our lives and I like to think that they join us whenever they are needed and I have a nice story to tell you if you are willing to believe that it could be true....


Sat. Sept. 3 was the wedding day of a guy who spent many hours growing up with my kids. My son and him were in the same grade and were best buds for awhile.

It was great news hearing that he was tying the knot and that we were invited as he and my son had drifted apart...but then this is a small town so people really don't drift that far...

Anyways we had all decided to attend the wedding which meant dragging my son [all of us] to the church part! My kids were not brought up with a religion and have thanked me many times for that fact of not having to face the Sunday torture of having be preached over. But I do believe that if someone needs to get married in a church then THAT'S their prerogative but we should honor it and so we did...

With a lot of squirming and fidgeting and we all must of suffer from A.D.D but that wasn't our fault either...have you ever sat through a wedding that held a service too and that was officiated by someone who had a hard time with the English language?

All I kept hearing was him call the bride Allicia when her name was Alyssa and go on and on about someone named Sarah? Those whom I talked to afterwards said that they were used to his lack of English skills and normally he speaks through a mike...but that wouldn't have mattered anyways when one couldn't understand him period!

We did sit at the back of the church so we weren't bothering anyone with our in attentiveness.

I was also sitting on the aisle seat so I could take pictures of the bride/groom as they came in and this kept me busy for awhile until sermon time. I don't quite know how to explain this next part because I know the majority of those reading this will shake their heads and say that my mind is slipping again...but then why should I care what they think!


This is what happened...

A very loud thought came into my head and said "look up and take a picture"...so I did


Right above me in the 16th shot of the day was this large Orb! It was very bright on my camera and shocked me and something told me to look back and take another one...

I took lots more of the ceiling and everywhere in the church after those two but captured nothing...not even dust motes!

I also got the feeling of who it was too...

The grooms dad, Gord!

The feeling that this was him increased as the evening went on...the next questionable shot is #37 when they were cutting the cake.

We were only invited to the dance, so I wasn't able to take shots of the supper festivities but through these next shots it may show you some questionable spots that I like to call Orbs. The below photo shows them very faint although the one above the bride has a brighter edging to it.

The shot right after the above one came out all blurry EXCEPT for the Orb, which seems to be fairly clear looking. It also has a strong aura ringing it too! This took lots of power to show it this clearly and the fact that the camera focus on IT!

If any of you have been following my Orb quest most will know that this is a rare one with lots of definition to it! You will also see that this same Orbs shows up lots more in my photos.

The shot below which was #39... shows the size as smaller and what might be matrixed as a smiley face? I think there is someone there from her side as well, just not as strong as Gord's Orb. I think he really wanted to be seen as most of my shots after the cake cutting was from inner urgings that cannot be explained.


The next shot [#44] below is what I would call dust mote orbs and moisture orbs from the fog machine but who knows what Orb might be hiding amongst them dancing the night away....;}

As most know at weddings there is a lot of pranking stuff going on like; all the women have to dance with the groom and the guys for the bride. A normally shy guy did very well on the dance floor and seem to be having a great time and


Was also being watched...

This is another strong Orb behind the groom and has that same strong aura as the large one...was his dad on the dance floor too?

Keeping a close eye on him?

The bride had some of her followers too...

Although it did look like the large orb hung around too...

My last shot of the evening captured these three Orbs trying to get in on the photo action too?

The final largest Orb seem to match the one in the 4th photo from above and both of them has a bright aura around it that is quite thick.

As far as I am concerned the groom's dad suffered much in life with MS and lost his life because of it. It's fitting as far as I am concerned that he got to float around his family, to be there in spirit and hopefully they felt him there like I did!


And thank you Gord for the privileged of showing me what I have suspected all along!


PS:

Must add that my family and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening! I got to dance with my daughter and grand children and watch BillyRoo [son] hide whenever we got the urge to jump around.

This wedding also confirmed to him that he'd elope to Vegas before going through what he just watched his friend go through..."a walking nightmare" in his eyes!

Little does he know...that when the "love of his life" wants what she wants and it's a big wedding....I foresee trouble in their future...;}


But not to worry there doesn't seem to be any "love" interests hanging around...
him or me....:)

ADD HOAR FROST TO HALLOWEEN DECOR...

Wished my camera was of better quality because the hoar frost made the webbing look real cool.and kind of creepy like this morning.

Kind of an eerie orange glow.

This could be my entry to Blue's color thingy...Pumpkin Orange...;}

PoD said she found it to be cool and soft when she touched it.

It felt odd to me.

I love the look of it!

 Speaking of "Orbs"...;}

Notice the big orb on the left side window, by the spider lights [I forgot to blow it up]...

Different shot, but orb in same place but a little higher?

No...it's not dirt on my lens, or it should be in all the shots

Back to the decor thingy...


I like that hoar frost look in the webbing, so I'm going to use that artificial snow stuff to copy that look. Would work good in the indoor haunts.

The hoar frost did in the poor sunflowers who were struggling to live...

It was too sad to take pictures of the poor frozen sweet peas...;(

On the Halloween side...






WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK THE HAUNT TONIGHT!!!!!




YIPEE!




We are FINALLY going to enjoy a haunt put on by someone else!

Will be kind of weird to see all my stuff being used by someone else and how they will utilize it.










IS IT TIME TO GO YET.........:}

INTO THE UNKNOWN ONCE AGAIN!

It's finally Saturday [pretend] and it's time to do what I love to do for fun!

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My quote:

Some get off on riding roller coasters...
That scares the crap out of me!

I get off on the thrill of the unknown...
All that goes bump in the night!


Early Saturday morning saw me doing more building on grad/wedding decor.
The problem of the moment was the archway...something that would suit both functions. Both need one for entrance and one for photo op. Happily I came up with solution to both!


Next thing I knew it was Garage sailing time! 3 places! Not bad for a small town! Got lots more NEEDED stuff [spent 4.00 on my project & 16.00 on PoD's family].....:)


Moving around helped with the aches & pains [be happy you didn't have to put up with all my crabbing like I had to] and made me tired enough to take a nap...needed to be ready for the long night/morning ahead!

Nap turned out to be sporadic because the PHONE kept ringing!





Next thoughts were of excitement.....is it time yet?

Got all of my supplies/equipment [camera]/snacks, ready for the night's adventure by the time PoD arrived to pick me up at 3:00. We spent the next hour pumping up ourselves for the evenings events by watching the videos taken by the kids last weekend. They both did really good with their filming...better than I would have done!


Our group for this weekend is the Saskatchewan Ghost Hunters Society out of Saskatoon [http:/www.saskghost-hunterssociety.ca]. They were here April 17 and are coming back to accumulate more data and clear up some questionable sounds from the last time.


Not being able to wait any longer we decided to wait at the courthouse and maybe get the "feel" of it before they arrived.

I didn't feel apprehension like I normally do when entering this time.

I did feel like it was waiting and the being "watched" feeling was still present.

PoD & I did some clearing of space in the "Council Chambers" where the command post was to be set up and removed most of the huge chairs to the front foyer. Before we knew it, they had arrived!

It was great seeing the familiar faces of: Miles, founder/lead investigator, Jen, pr/research/investigator, Chad, investigator/research, Yancy, investigator/researcher.

PoD and I got our first look at the process that involves setting up to record our court house "Phantoms"....

First, the unloading of equipment...more stairs...;[

Next, was discussion on where to set up which involved MORE stairs...

Leaving that with PoD [she's our techie], I thought I'd conduct a little experiment on my own, with this rubber ball that they had brought with them.



The foyer in front of the main staircase seemed to be a great place to place it, hopefully out of the way of any traffic. I made sure that there wasn't any dirt around the ball that might impede it's ability to move freely, placed it with the logo facing upward. Satisfied that the ball wasn't going to roll on it's own [the floor slopes gentle downward towards the entrance] I cautiously stepped back far enough to take a shot to record the position of the ball/logo with the background. That's when I realized that the camera setting was on "movie" and was filming it. What I had wanted was to take still shots...

While I was mucking with the camera trying to change the settings...


two feet in front of me...


The ball gently rolled towards the entrance way for a foot & half, curved and continued rolling for about 6 inches, then stopped!


I SAW THIS WITH MY OWN EYES!!!!

You can't imagine how excited I was at that moment!

Short of jumping up and down I managed to remember to take more shots in case it moved again!


I've tried to recreate in drawing form to show what happened from the 2 photos I was able to take...


I have the short movie clip that shows the ball being still and not tottering, plus the 2 after. Note the background for placement and positioning of it. There is no way I could have reposition the ball and got the same placement/level...etc. if I was to do the moving myself!


I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED....where was the movie camera when it happened? Oh yeah...I could have got it on movie myself if I'd only left the settings alone.....


Of course I had to tell someone...


No one around to tell....

All are busy...


I finally got a hold of PoD, then Miles, who immediately had to see whether it was de-bunkable or not....? Far as I'm concerned the shots prove it and my eyes agree...


After that wee bit of excitement [for me] we got down to equipment placement.

Here's some of the places:

The third shot in the photo above was the best out of three take of this set-up. Every shot was dark yet all others in the other places were brighter? The flash on the camera wouldn't work either while in there yet worked for other rooms?

I pushed the button just like the other times...


Jen set up a motion detector against this courtroom door just inside of the creepy hallway that Judge Orr said sounded like someone/thing was walking up & down it, when he was locked in overnight that one time.

Good thing from the looks of this photo that I wasn't too close to it or I would have set it off...;)


My quality of shots are usually better than the ones taken that night and after awhile I stopped taking them so there won't be many. I had to change cameras often, one would stopped working only to have to switch back when that one it would quit...?



Jan, PoD and I took some of the "toys" the group had brought and placed them in various locations throughout the courtroom for the phantoms to play with and be recorded on different devices. It takes LOTS of energy building to do this and hopefully their Electromagnetic field meters will record any spikes in their areas? See their site on the tech terms...;)

Pictured is:
-the ball...hopefully something will try to move it again!
-a bell that can be moved or maybe rang...there's even dust to write in..;)
-corn starch with a "loonie"/two other small objects [can't remember] in it and will mark movement or maybe spirit writing?
-a LED candle for them to turn on.

The guys put a stuffed rabbit on a chair in front of the camera in the vault in the basement and the ball sat just outside of it on the floor.

Visually we never got to see anything move and no one mentioned hearing anything either from these objects...that doesn't mean to say that nothing was recorded.

While we were doing this we stopped by the "witness room" to take shots of the "Hanbidge" display of his lawyer's office. I found a pipe/tobacco pouch lying beside a metal ashtray stand. the ash bowl was missing and was found to be lying under an easel. It looked like someone/thing had hit the pouch or pipe, knocking it to the floor at the base of the stand and the bowl part rolled under the easel 3 feet away. This could have happened at any time so we set it back up to see if it had been a ghostly act then or maybe it might happen again?

It didn't...


It seems these guys have read my blog [welcome] and now bug Miles about my "Rack Russell Terrier" traits and did note my apprehensions about being back after my last weekend's experience. They gave me a laminated card that read about an invocation of Arch Angel Michael. This is to the read/spoken before entering into our type of ventures. I'm not religious [this is not meant to be] but I figured I'd cover all bases anyways just to NOT repeat that experience again!

Invoking the Arch Angel Michael

Michael to the right of me,
Michael to the left of me,
Michael above me,
Michael below me,
Michael within me,
Michael, with your flaming sword of cobalt blue,
Please protect me.

I put it next to my heart...

I can happily say I wasn't bothered at all that night/morn by any weird thoughts/feelings. Granted I didn't ask for them to either!

Did it help?



PoD and I received this real nice surprise...
We are both now official "Associate Members"!

How cool is that!

THANKS GUYS/GALS!


We are truly honored!



PoD was in her glory as she wasn't the only smoker and we got to have lots of breaks during the night/morning...;) This is the ONLY time that I'm happy she does...just kidding It gives us much needed excuse to get out for awhile, plus FRESH air!

While they were busy doing their thing I went around taking shots of our wonderful place while it was still light out...

This one is kind of cool with the half moon in it...
We were also waiting for Mike [?], the guy from CTV News out of Saskatoon, to come!
The station was doing a news bit on the group and on it's recording of the courthouse!

He did eventually get there [9:00ish] and we still had some daylight left for him to film the outside.

All decided to go on the tour except for me...NO more excessive stairs if I could help it! Besides, I liked watching the action through the camera's eye. They had six split screens to view at once...which can make you go bug-eyed after awhile.

I hate being on camera!

Guess what?

I had to do an interview on why I like doing this!Need I say More!

Did I mention that I freeze when in the spot light!

I'm sure I'm going to come off like a startled deer in vehicle headlights!


THAT over with and the news guy gone, we got down to the night's events...

We all had missions to do, which was one on the more tech end of the scale. I was happy with that fact...I didn't want to use my "sensors" after last time. This is the nice fact about the difference ways that these groups use to do their research... me, I'm a watcher/listener and like to observe.

I'm recording also...them! We are compiling a history of the building's phenomenon and on who are doing it. This will go the the museum also when done.



Of the few pic we got, PoD got some of the better shots...

Here's Chad, multi tasking and Yancy going bug eyed watching all of the cameras...


The ONLY ORB taken all night between the both of us was this one by PoD...


Has anyone noticed that there is no ORBS or DUST MOTES in ANY SHOTS taken by us...

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In all, it was a quiet night [while we were there] and no visual stuff except my episode with the ball.


PoD and I decided to call it quits at 3:30 am.


The others were going to sleep in different locations throughout the building?


Where they nuts!


Jen was going to sleep in the basement next to the vault doors...!



NOT THIS CHICK!



I had no trouble in falling asleep where I lived!



And boy did I sleep!


My intention was to get up early [I slept in and didn't get up until 9:30] and go see and TRY to help take down...not to mention curious to see how it all went?

They were already gone!


Later that day, PoD and I went back to make sure all was okay [had no reason to think otherwise] and found a thank you note from them. They had been to excited to sleep and wanted to get back quickly to see their results...this was at 5:15 am.

All was quite in the building once again and I swear it was smiling as we left...;)



P.S. Update...

Received a phone call the other night from Jen on whether I had seen the news broad cast or not. Sadly we can't, as neither of us have TV channels. It seems their story was aired in Regina & Saskatoon on the 3rd and it was the 3rd story [?]. Happily nobody mentioned my headlight stare...;) [PoD's neighbors kids came over to see their neighbourhood celebrity after seeing it]. Jen also said that they had gotten LOTS of stuff on what they had gone through so far and it was only 2 hours of it! Can hardly wait for their reveal some time soon! Keep track of their progress on their site...



Well thanks for sitting through this epic tale [I tell no short stories] and hope I have made some of you skeptics into believers....

DAY ONE...continued

Sometimes I have to end my stories before I'd like to but lately this site is slow and downloaded pictures come and go as they please....?

Anyways....back to our weird evening...

I'd forgot to mention the complete joy I felt when I saw the members of the Calling Lakes Paranormal Researchers [CLPR] arrive! It was seeing lost family members again! After getting over how aged everyone looked [probably had the same thoughts about me] it was like no time had ever passed. These are some of the nicest and genuine people I have ever met. The original members were there: Jan, Amy & John and two new to us: a medium named Diane and their techie, Brett.

PoD and I arrived around 8:00 pm and they had everything all set up ready to go. Big thing of the night was "watch out for the wires" and where were the stationary cameras set up? People are more relaxed in the dark thinking no one can see them, night vision makes all look weird including the facial expressions...;) This group also have the capabilities to show all 4 cameras on computer screen so we could watch "orbs" [dust motes ;)] to our hearts content...:)

CLPR is a "hands on" experimenting investigators. Everything is done in a group and they like to do a lot of "circle" sitting. Which is done in a circle [duh] and everyone either touches knee to knee or join hands thus forming a binding circle with the intent to keep all entities/spirits/etc. out, leaving the center as a safe zone. Which is VERY important as I experienced on Saturday...:o?

*Note: Upon rereading this post this next next part is of Saturday night...must be the Alzheimer again! I don't want to re-write it so bear with me...:)


We did do a split-up, a group would be upstairs in the courtroom and the other down in the basement.


I must mention that the majority of activity and research is done on the top floor and basement, the main floor [office areas] is used as the main command post and is a cooler zone. I have gotten stuff on this floor but generally consider it to be boring...;)

PoD, Nicky and myself were the bravest and always did the basement! It seems the group had decided that the activity was mainly in the courtroom and apart from the initial group trip to film all of the rooms in the basement they concentrated on upstairs. Our group [all three of us] felt that the basement was the place to be?

I have the usual apprehension when I enter this building and this weekend was no different! It was my turn to hate the basement this time! The museum stuff still held the allergens that bother me, so I did go forearmed with medication for it but it wasn't good enough. I'm still suffering so this Saturday [May 30] I will wear a mask while down there!



PoD was holding her cool quite a bit this trip, took the lead, as we traversed to the basement in the dark with only small flashlights to show the way. I don't know whats worse, total darkness or small beams of light that causes things to look like they are moving just out of its rays? Nicky was in the middle and I braved the rear. PoD held the temperature reader and registered the room temps as we entered them, to judge whether there is a temp drop due to a spirit trying to draw energy in order manifest itself in some way. Nicky held her video camera, which has night vision on it, [this kind of camera has a limitation to recording the immediate area and not good for far away] and she recorded as we went. I took the still shots.

All was its normal "spooky in the darkness" feeling until we went into the men's jail room. This room is now being used as a store room for housing all of the old stuff and Nicky sensed that a man's spirit was still attached to an old two-man saw and that there was a little girl spirit hanging around. I'm forever the skeptic until I've experienced seeing or feeling it myself and hate being judged false, so I TRY to keep an open mind about others. I didn't have that feeling. The one that I had was of being watched making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up a lot! I took lots of shots and got nothing...not even dust motes! I got one of my many "out of focus" shots and this camera is supposed to not do that, "movement proof"...maybe one can't trust manufacture's guarantees after all! or?


Our mission was to rile up what ever was down there and hopefully create some activity for the ones upstairs. So we talked to the darkness urging whatever to give the upstairs people a good run for their money [nobody paid anything] and tried to appeal to their wanting to be known [reason for manifestation]. No visual reactions like things moving or any strange noises while in there, so we moved on to the Custodial Quarters. I do have to admit that while I was in that room the hallway, just outside the doorway, creeped me out A LOT! It was hard to lead the way back out into that hallway but urgency to get out of that room became stronger!


PoD still had to lead the way into the quarters to meter it and I was feeling too vulnerable in the back but I did manage to keep my cool...:) I felt nothing in the quarters!

*Note: These shots were taken on Friday
They were of the tour in the Custodial Quarters:
The the shots closest to these ones were clear and I wasn't moving as I took them. The third one even has an orb in it. Notice the 4th shot is clear. The lighting in the room is quite dark even in the daytime as the windows are painted black from the Haunt times.

This is the area that the Ghost Hunters from Saskatoon got their shot of the shadow on the wall which would be right where I was standing! See their web site for more on what they got from their investigation.

Friday:
Our excursion into the quarters, the courtroom and Judges chambers was uneventful and other than creepy feeling of being watched again. A snack break was in order too, as we all were starting to feel tired. I will chalk the lack of energy from the others being due to their 6 hour drive to get here. I did a half days work and TRIED to get a nap in, but Friday is the day everyone dumps what they've been holding all week in order to make me work through the weekend...I curse business at this time!

After our break our next mission was the courtroom to do a safety circle in order to ask for signs of proof of these spirits that are in there.

I like to do this part of a mission, as one can use their senses and draw energy from the positive feelings from others. This is supposed to help them tell us their story?

The CLPR team consists of the founder & lead investigator Jan, who is "sensitive" films the sessions, Amy can see spirits and does the still shots, John can see spirits and has previously experienced "possession" [he's the oldest of our group and was still in recovery from a knee surgery], Diane is a "Medium" and Brett was their tech person with the same psyche feelings. Lastly our group has sensed and seen lots!
Here is a "bright orb" shot that night some feel that the bright orbs are not classified in the "dust mote" section and falls into the "spirit" classification. I did take lots more and some were iffy so I won't include. The session was lots of sightings of the shadow people by the "seers" and some saw bright orbs. I, myself, got nothing except a sore back, butt and swollen feet from sitting too long. Hopefully the video camera and stationary camera got some recordable proof. That's the let down of the project! One wants to see something for themselves and hope that others see it too!


We shut down early....3:00 am as we all were pretty tired and the emotion one feels is like one who rode the roller coaster way too long! I had a hard time trying to get to sleep when I got home so I think it was around 4:30 that I finally unwound!


Only to be awaken by my cat who is used to me getting up early, so 7:00 was pushing it for her!


I felt like I had been on a BIG DRUNK!


Granted 2 an half hours is not enough sleep but once up it's hard for me to go back to sleep especially went my next waking thoughts were of the nights/morning events!

The "hang-over" feeling lasted all day but did manage to get some nap time. Tried to do some decor planning/doing but pooped out. It didn't help that my legs/butt and feet were sore from all of the stair climbing, excessive sitting on hard chairs and standing.

Yet I'm still excited to go and do it again exhausted or not!

Stay tuned for Saturday night's events....

PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION RESULTS

Our haunted courthouse was the subject of Fort Qu'Appelle's Calling Lakes Paranormal Investigations in 2004 and in 2006. PoD and I participated in both of these and had been waiting for some results from the filming. They had gathered quite a bit of data and it takes time to go through all of it, but I now have one of their finished DVD's. Most of it was from their first trip here and they still have to go through all of the info from their second trip.

Most of the info on this DVD was of interviews taken from those who had experienced something while being in the place. Other parts were from photos taken by me on the orbs/hazy areas. But the part that sent chills up and down my spine was a quick shot taken of the entrance way to the men's jail cells.

It showed the doorway and then a small form steps into view! The shot isn't very long but long enough to notice that it has to be a child [there are other points that verify the height]. When I freeze frame the shot, it appears to be facing us. The scary thing was...I was leading! I know for a fact that I would remember if I saw anything and I know I didn't. They were also using night vision camera and none of us were child size.

I wish I was knowledgeable about film cutting as I would include the partial film clip if I knew how to. The group has been talking about returning to film more, as what they have so far, includes a member who isn't with them anymore [she found this line of work was too scary for her] and she doesn't want her picture in them. Hopefully the town gives their permission after they see what been gotten so far.

PoD & I are ready to be scared again...

THEY'RE BACK...

It's been awhile since I've spoken about orbs.

Which must seem strange to some, seeing as my blog title is "Orbs 'r' Us" and I seldom talk about THEM?

Believe it or not, I do, think about other things...;0?

anyways...

Orbs are always in my pictures, but lately my pics, have been empty?

I can some times sense a presence [spooky kind] in a room. I believe everyone does sometimes...you know " like someone/thing is watching you...hair stands up on the back of your neck" feeling?...that kind!

Xmas morning, during present unwrapping at PoD's place, I experienced that kind of feeling!

It wasn't a feeling of dread or sadness, just something extra? It wasn't all of the time...just once in awhile.

There was lots of noise going on: 6 adults trying to talk above 4 rambunctious kids, 8 dogs moving around in the back bedrooms [wanting out] 3 cats ..."and a partridge in a pear tree'...her in-laws were there for the holidays.

I took pictures whenever that feeling came over me. It wasn't until I down loaded my pics, that I saw that, I finally had "Orbs" in some of them!

To the "dust mote people"...where are the rest of the dust motes?

My allergies ran ramped during that melee! The room should have been crowed with dust motes!

It wasn't until a couple of days later that PoD and I talked, that the topic of orbs on the pics came up. She too, had been feeling the eeriness of the corner where we had been sitting. I had never once, during gift opening, mention my feelings about the sensations that I was experiencing. I wrote it off to the overload noises and how my head was starting to hurt...made me feel out of sorts?

PoD said that she had experienced a few odd moments when her company was there. She would catch a glimpse of something that was just slightly out of her sight range. I think the spirits that live with her didn't like excessive noises either!

I like to think that others[?] enjoyed the spectacle also...it was a fun day!

Hope everyone else had their Xmas Spirit too....;0

RENOVATIONS 2007

Here's an update on how well our renovations are doing... they are going very s-l-o-w-l-y!

There hasn't been anything done since last Monday, when all four of us [BillyRoo, Trebor, Pod and myself] started ripping the walls and ceiling down in the kitchen, dining room and in my old bedroom. The place now looks something like this...

These next 2 photos have "Orbs" in them!

For all of you "dust mote" fans out there...these photos should have been loaded with signs of dust because that's all you can smell right now! With the amount of photos that I have been taking of our project, there really hasn't been too many signs of "orbs"!

The first photo the you see, PoD's first reaction to the large "orb" in the center, was of a man dressed in olden-day style clothing wearing a bowler type hat and she saw that he was leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets? This all came to her in a flash!

My feelings of the next photos, was that I was being watched as I was taking these shots! The feelings have all been good ones for us and I feel that they approve of what's being done to the place.

In these next photos, the "orbs" seem to have a strange yellow/orange glow around them? This is the first time I have seen this type of orb? With these photos I've noticed that the orbs have been caught mostly in the kitchen and dining room areas? In the last shot below there is one near the doorknob and a faint one close to the dryer, they also have this strange glow around them?

These next ones show no orbs at all!

All of these photos have been taken one after another so if there was to be spots...there should be spots in all of them?

The last pic is of the partial-mess that we left when we were done that day. The trailer that we are using to remove this crap is right below the open space on the deck...which by the way took two trips to the dump to get rid of!

I have started a new pile with the crap from the above photos and now have to wait for my ex to return my trailer back to me before I can do more....

I'd like to say that I'm having fun demolishing but I'm NOT! The more we clear away the more we have to fix!

I can't wait for it to be over!

ORBS

Here are some extra photos of the Courthouse before we started setting up for the haunt...

The first photo is of the basement hallway...the second shot is of the Custodial Quarter's Living room. The bottom ones are of the kitchen area and if you read the write-up in Nov., we tell of the sound of something rustling in the tarps and where I thought I saw a ghostly cat!

Creepy huh...and NO they aren't dust motes as we hadn't even walked into those areas to stir up the dust!

ORBS & DEVIL HEADS...

These photos were taken in my first Haunted Courthouse in 2002. The first shot shows lots of orbs and something that looks like a devil's head. I've cropped the area and tried to blow it up to a size that so that you could see what I saw in this photo hopefully it turns out okay. My sister and I went back the next day [in the daylight] to check out these places to see if maybe it could be tape or some kind of dirt spot. NOPE! All were clear! Nothing we could see with the naked eye!

These shots have made many a believer including my brother-in-law who happens to scoff at everything! He was there the night they were taken and he now firmly believes in these things!

The second photo was taken in the room that the person was supposed to have hung himself! The guy that worked that room told me later that he hated being in there and he found himself standing at the doorway a lot...just in case he had to get out of there quickly. This guy is very macho like and having him admit that he was scared made it even more believable! That was also the first year we let anyone stay in the rooms alone and after that episode we made sure that no one ever stayed alone again!

In this photo the shot was in the corner and I blew up a section to shot you what was on the pic! It looks more like a wolf or coyote head but I still think it looks like the devil's face in another form!

Either way both areas made everyone feel creepy and even scared!

Explain that if you can!