Investigation: Friedens United Church of Christ Investigation Report Written By: Patrick Keller Investigation Date: 9/18/10 Time of Arrival: 8:00pm Investigation Start Time: 11:15pm Investigation End Time: 3:50am Investigators Present: Patrick Keller Norman Linda
_________________________________________________________________________________ Equipment Used in Investigation: 822A EMF Detectors K-II Meters Raytek MT6 Infrared Thermometer Sony ICD-PX720 Digital Voice Recorder: Placed on the floor in the center of theFellowship Hall and recorded the entire evening
Sony ICD-PX820 Digital Voice Recorder: Followed Investigators throughout investigation Sony ICD-BX700 Digital Voice Recorder: Used at Central Command Kodak EasyShare M380 10.2 Megapixel Digital Camera Kodak EasyShare CX4200 2.0 Megapixel Digital Camera Q-See 4 Channel DVR Channel 1 (Wired Infrared Camera): Sanctuary Channel 2 (Wired Infrared Camera): Downstairs Hallway Channel 3 (Wireless Infrared Camera): Fellowship Hall Channel 4 (Wireless Infrared Camera): Upstairs Hallway Sony HDR-CX150 Handycam Digital Camcorder: Followed Investigators throughout investigation
Sony HVLIRM Batter Infrared Light Attachment (for camcorder) _________________________________________________________________________________
Command Central Location: Music Room in lower hallway _________________________________________________________________________________ Client Reports Footsteps (mainly heard in the Fellowship Hall from above in the sanctuary) Doors closing or slamming (upper and lower hallways) Witnesses walking through a cold grey mist _________________________________________________________________________________
Pre-Investigation Base EMF and Surface Temp. Readings (average low to high readings, example 0 - .5mG) Lower Hallway EMF .3mG Temp 73.8 – 74.2 ̊F
Kitchen EMF .3mG Temp 78 – 79 ̊F (center of room) (center of room) 12.0mG (sink walls) Main Entry EMF .1 - .8mG Temp 75 ̊F (and stairways) Upper Foyer EMF .0 - .1mG Temp 73 – 74 ̊F (just outside the upper hallway) Fellowship Hall EMF .3 - .5mG Temp 73.5 – 74.5 ̊F Upper Hallway EMF .0 - .1mG Temp 73 – 74 ̊F Hospitality Room EMF .0 - .3mG Temp 72 ̊F (.3 mainly by microwave) Sanctuary EMF .1 - .3mG Temp 72.5 – 73 ̊F Outside of Sanctuary EMF .0 - .1mG Temp 74.5 ̊F _________________________________________________________________________________ Weather at Start of Investigation: St. Charles, MO 63303 There was rain, thunder, and lightning throughout the entire investigation Temp: 72 ̊ F Interesting Pre-Investigation Notes While Norman was loading our first box of equipment into the building, he Also, Norman and I were setting up and taking base EMF and Surface _________________________________________________________________________________ Fellowship Hall – 1st Visit (Patrick & Norman) Norman asks “Why don’t you tell us your name?” A strange noise or voice is heard on the ICD-PX720 digital audio recorder (placed on the floor in the center of the Fellowship Hall for the entire investigation). It is possible that the sound you hear could be an investigator’s footsteps, but this sounds different than footsteps heard in the room and just has a different sound quality. Evidence/Possible EVP: TellUsYourNameA Evidence/Possible EVP: TellUsYourNameB Evidence/Possible EVP: TellUsYourNameC Evidence/Possible EVP: TellUsYourNameD This is the same exact moment except from the Sony ICD-PX820 digital audio recorder Evidence/Possible EVP: TellUsYourName (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) At one point I ask “Is there just one of you here?” On the SonyHDR-CX150 Camcorder The Sony ICD-PX720 digital audio recorder (placed on the floor in the center of the Fellowship Hall for the entire investigation) did not pick up a response to the question. EMF readings were reading from .1 to .5mG, with the higher readings being on the opposite side of the kitchen. In this next audio file from the Sony ICD-PX820 digital audio recorder, our biggest piece of evidence is heard. You will hear me talking about the EMF readings on the opposite side of the kitchen, followed by a strange noise (unidentified), followed by what we feel is definitely spirit communication. EVP: VoiceA (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) EVP: VoiceB (Digital Audio – noise reduction) EVP: VoiceC (Digital Audio – noise reduction and amplification) EVP: VoiceD (Digital Audio – noise reduction, amplification, and slowed down) The same moment is recorded on the ICD-PX720 digital audio recorder (placed on the floor in the center of the Fellowship Hall for the entire investigation) as well as the Sony HDR-CX150 Camcorder. Both devices pick up the strange noise (unidentified) but not the EVP picked up on the ICD-PX820. Evidence: Voice (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Evidence: Voice (Camcorder Video) Our initial response (before adjusting the audio) was that the message of the EVP is “It’s cold”. I was talking about getting chills just moments before. Our current opinion is that the message is “This is Paul” or “It’s Paul”. I sent the 4 above versions of the “This is Paul” EVP to a professional contact of ours, intuitive medium Marilyn Kastner Painter, to see if she picked up any intuitive insight from the EVP. It is her opinion that we have definite spirit communication. Below is her intuitive insight… I believe you guys definitely have communication. This is what I heard, “My God, it’s all over me!” What I’m sensing and seeing is an adult female that has a more dominant male energy. The voice has male energy but clairvoyantly I see a tall large woman. I see her and what is being communicated to me is that she was a white woman and she was intentionally set on fire. I see flames burning all around her and she is screaming “My God it’s all over me!” I don’t sense that it was a group burning- like locking the black people up in the building burning them to death, although it I’d love to go to the Church and try to speak with her, get validation of what I am seeing, and help her. She can’t see God’s light beyond the light of the flames.
Our client, a member of Friedens UCC, e-mailed the St. Charles County Historical Society to see if Marilyn’s insight could be validated. A representative of SCCHC responded noting that a search of their records found that no slaves or sympathizers were burned to death in St. Charles County. The standard punishment for capital crimes in the county was hanging. However, the SCCHC representative doesn’t completely rule out the possibility of a burning because there is little documentation or written history on the subject in this time period. Nonetheless, the representative does not believe it actually happened because it would have been difficult to completely cover up. After learning Marilyn’s statement, and trying to avoid the power of suggestion, the more I listen to it the less it sounds like "This is Paul" or "It's Paul". I can understand how people (even some MOSS investigators) could hear "It's all o-" and very very faintly possibly the "ver" of "over", but I do not hear the whole phrase "It's all over me" and I for sure don't hear "Oh my God". Marilyn may have received this information clairaudiently (something one hears from the spiritual realm that It is not clear if the strange noise before the EVP is a part of the EVP or if it was heard at the investigation. We simply do not remember. Throughout the evening there were a large number of loud mechanical noises coming from the kitchen, which is why it was so necessary to reduce the background noise from the audio files. With that being said, is it possible that the amount of static noise coming from the kitchen area makes it easier for an entity to communicate? There is a theory that suggests that mechanical or static background noises in an environment helps entities to communicate by using or modifying that sound energy. At approximately 11:57 or 11:58pm the Sony ICD-PX720 in the fellowship hall picks up what could possibly be footsteps from above. Norman and I did not enter the Sanctuary until approximately 12:45am. At 12:03am Norman and I document that we begin investigating the upper level foyer, which is the first upper level location investigated. You can hear our voices softly in the background but it isn’t clear if our location is the lower level hallway, traveling up the stairs, or in the upper hallway foyer. Could the sounds possibly be us going up the stairs? The stairs are definitely not directly above the Fellowship Hall, but could the recorder pick that up? Evidence/Possible EVP: Footsteps (Digital Audio – noise reduction) Fellowship Hall – 2nd Visit (Patrick, Norman, and Linda) A cricket joined us for this part of the investigation. During our 2nd visit to the Fellowship Hall we decided to see if we could even hear footsteps Evidence: PatrickFootsteps (Digital Audio – noise reduction) No other phenomena or experiences to report from the Fellowship Hall. Lower Level Foyer – 2nd Visit (Patrick, Norman and Linda) Higher EMF readings were noted outside the Fellowship Hall/Kitchen wall where on the other side there are electrical boxes. Lower Level Hallway – 1st Visit (Patrick & Norman) Norman and I instantly hear 2 knocks down the hall (the first happens while Norman is talking, the 2nd happens after he is finished)… it was caught on the Sony ICD-PX820.Evidence: KnockA (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Evidence: KnockB (Digital Audio – noise reduction) It is also caught on our Sony HDR-CX150 Camcorder. Evidence: Knock (Camcorder Video) Norman and I were in the theater room right next to command central when we heard a sound coming from somewhere out in the hall right after Norman asks “Can you tell us what year is it?”. The sound was barely audible on the Sony HDR-CX150 Camcorder We left the lower level hall with 1 door all the way open and 2 doors cracked. We had a DVR Infrared Camera set up at the end of the lower hallway right in front of the EXIT door. Throughout the entire investigation, the two doors that we opened (they were the 2 doors Lower Level Hallway – 2nd Visit (Patrick, Norman, & Linda) We began our 2nd visit to the lower hallway at approximately 2:13am. No changes with any of the doors. 2:18am is when Norman slammed the quilting room door (on purpose) to try to shake some No activity for this visit to the lower hallway. Upper Level Foyer (Patrick & Norman) 12:03am The K-II was giving off readings on the floor and a foot above in the upper level foyer (3 lights steady - Electrical wiring in the floor). We got EMF readings of 1.2 – 1.3mG at the same place. No other activity or reports from the upper level foyer. Sanctuary – 1st Visit (Patrick & Norman) 12:42am No other activity or reports. Sanctuary – 2nd Visit (Patrick, Norman, & Linda) All 3 investigators were spread out throughout the sanctuary. No activity or responses to questions. Later on I played the organ and Linda played the piano to try to stir up activity. It is at this time that Norman (sitting in a pew on the organ side in about the center of the sanctuary) hears dragging noises behind him as Linda plays “Heart and Soul” on the piano. Before he hears dragging you can hear a motorcycle or other loud vehicle slowly drive by… could it be the motor revving up in the background? Maybe parked at QT? Norman claims what he heard (and what he can hear in this next audio clip) is NOT the motorcycle and happened a pew or two behind him. He described it as someone scooting their butt across the fabric of the pew while getting up or sitting. Here is the audio from the ICD-PX820 Digital Audio Recorder that was with Norman in the pew. Evidence: Dragging (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) 2:47AM time stamp Outside the Sanctuary – 1st Visit (Patrick & Norman) 1:02am Interesting readings taken around Wooden Podium outside sanctuary Later on (approx. 1:05AM) during the investigation we moved the podium and did a sweep in the same location of where the podium was. The highest reading was approximately a .2 to a .6mG Wires behind wall in closet gave off .3 and .6mG which is lower than what the podium area was giving off before the investigation started. Podium after moving it to the middle of the floor was at the highest a .3mG, still higher than the base reading of the room. Bottom line is, none of our readings were as high as what they were when we took our pre-investigation base readings. And, the podium does give off some EMF itself, even when moved. There are too many variables in this area (wires in closet, possibly something running under the floor) to call it paranormal, but definitely something interesting to point out. I’d love to know its history or if there is anything significant about this podium. Podium possibly made out of oak on top and birch or pine on the bottom. (Norman is a Outside the Sanctuary – 2nd Visit (Patrick, Norman, & Linda) Approximately 2:25am While entering the room outside of the sanctuary, Norman thought he heard “bonging” noises coming from inside the wall or closet next to the podium. There was a lot of movement and talking Upper Level Hallway – 1st Visit (Patrick & Norman) Pew outside of restrooms in classroom hall – if you move it or sit in it you can hear it below in the music room (Command Central). I went to go open and shut the front entrance doors while Norman stayed in the upper classroom hall to see if it affected the classroom doors in any way. No responses or noises. _________________________________________________________________________________ Door Slams and Unidentified Noises One of the claims for Friedens UCC is that of doors slamming or closing by themselves. We did not find any visual evidence of a door slamming or closing by itself, nor did we have any personal experiences that weren’t recorded. One thing we did find is that acoustically the church is very noisy. Here is some of the audio from the Sony ICD-PX720 in the Fellowship Hall that we can safely assume is the Command Central (music room) door slamming. Evidence: Slam2 (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Evidence: Slam4 (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Just to use as a comparison, here is the audio from the Sony ICD-PX820 of Norman slamming the Quilting Room door (on purpose) from inside the Quilting Room. Evidence: NormanDoorSlam (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Evidence: WhatIsThisNoise (Digital Audio – noise reduction) Evidence: WhatIsThisNoise2 (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments) Evidence: AirConditioning (Digital Audio – original file with no adjustments)
It is the opinion of MOSS that there is definitely an inteligent energy or spirit attempting to communicate at Friedens United Church of Christ. |
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