"Beings" Series Part 4... Residual Hauntings (Vehicles/Animals)

Staying on the same theme as saturdays post, we are going to delve further into the Residual side of things, and Explore the myths and legends of the "Ghost Trains" "Ghost Cars" and the phantom animals etc. Again, as in the last post, we believe that these events and reports, are the results of the "Stone Tape Theory". There has been quite a few reports over the years of strange lights on disused railways, or cars disappearing in front of witnesses eyes.

The Silver Arrow, or (Slilverpilen) was a Stockholm metro train. Built as a one off test unit, and being composed of eight silver aluminium model C5 cars. It was manufactured in the 1960's as part of an all green fleet of hundreds of trains, being the only silver one, apart from its color, air suspension, a whining distinctive motor sound and the "outlying" sliding doors (hence the increased passenger capacity), it was almost identical to the other metro trains in service during its lifespan. The interior of this trains cars were devoid of the usual advertisements and the pale green walls bore signs of partly removed graffiti. This scruffy look contributed to the reputation of Silverpilen as "different". 

The background for the ghost stories associated with Silverpilen may be related to the eerie look of Silverpilen if seen arriving late at night to an open-air underground station. People were used to green metro trains and were surprised at the arrival of a silver colored train, particularly if they had lived in Stockholm all their life and were unaware of the existence of the un-painted unit. The stories that circulated most widely in the 1980s have been retold by the noted Swedish folklorist Bengt af Klintberg, and later featured in the December 10, 1997 installment of Det spökar, a television series dedicated to allegedly real ghost stories and haunted houses. There are different versions of this urban legend. Some say that the ghost train has only been seen in abandoned tunnels by subway workers. Others say that anyone can see it passing the stations at high speed after midnight. Some even claim that Silverpilen sometimes stops to pick up passengers, who then disappear forever or later "get off" weeks, months or even years after they embarked. The inside of the train is described as being empty, or as containing one or several ghost passengers. Some stories connect the ghost train with the abandoned Kymlinge metro station on Line 11, the blue line. Kymlinge also has a reputation of being a ghost station, with people saying that "Bara de döda stiger av i Kymlinge" ("Only the dead get off at Kymlinge"). Some say that it stops at a station that has no exit.

Other reports of "Phantom Vehicles" include reports of many cars. In 1982, two people in Lanikai, Hawaii reported seeing a mysterious black car which disappeared and reappeared again a second later. In 1995, an eyewitness saw a brown 1960s car that had bumper stickers, the witness passed the car but it mysteriously reappeared ahead of the witness's car at several stoplights. Also the witness noticed that the driver was a man in his teens and that he never turned his head and he never moved the steering wheel when the man drove around the "dead man's curve" the witness said. 2004, In Cape Town, South Africa, a Renault sedan mysteriously rolled up an embankment and hit a fence, despite the fact that the handbrake was engaged and the engine was off. Some say the car was "jumping".

There are also many reports around the world of "Ghost Trucks" and busses. In the mid-1980s, three people in a sedan reported seeing a gray van heading straight towards them. Then suddenly the van vanished. In Australia, there is a story of the ghost truck of Kaniva where a driver was 'driven through' by a mysterious, 1940s' style big rig truck painted green. Early 1980s - a British motorist crashed his car in order to avoid a truck that suddenly appeared coming straight towards him and then vanished. The curved road at the junction of St. Marks Road and Cambridge Gardens in Ladbroke Grove, UK was reported to be haunted by a phantom bus with a route marker "7" which caused numerous accidents, one of which was fatal. The reports subsided when the area of road was straightened.

There are a few reports of other types of travel too... Spirits of passengers and crew have allegedly been seen on planes containing parts from Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 which crashed in Florida in 1972. In 1997, eyewitnesses from the eastern USA claimed they saw a single-engine plane crash. But when the coast guard searched the waters off Connecticut, they could not find any wreckage or bodies. Also none of the airports reported any planes missing. The Flying Dutchman, a ship manned by a captain condemned to eternally sail the seas, has long been the main legend of ghost ships. and last but not least, The Mary Celeste is perhaps the most historically famous derelict, and unexplained case of them all.

And lastly i'm going to touch slightly on animal ghosts. Mostly animals are reported by there owners, mostly its dogs being reported, followed by cats, and then horses. In the Chicago suburbs at the border of civilization and the Cook County Forest Preserves is a fairly busy intersection, 95th Street and Kean. There are stables nearby and horse-riding trails wind their way through the lush flora. One of the trails must cross the busy and dangerous 95th Street to continue on the other side. There have been numerous incidents especially at night or near dusk of motorists complaining of seeing what appears to be a horse and his rider in silhouette attempting to cross from one side to another. But as the driver begins to slow down and watch them more carefully, suddenly there's nothing there.

These figures don't simply disappear near one side of the street or the other, but often right in the middle of the road! They are best described as smoke grey silhouettes without any recognizable features but are often only seen from afar. There have even been ghostly reenactments of some actual events at that intersection as well. On one occasion, a motorist saw what appeared to be a horse throwing his rider from the saddle right in the middle of the road before disappearing. Some have seen a horse apparently being dragged down the roadway a bit as though a car had impacted with it and would have dragged it a little ways before coming to a complete stop.

 

In Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia stands the large grave marker of author Ellen Glasgow who was well known in Richmond and lived there for a good portion of her life. When she died, she stipulated in her will that her two pet dogs who had died prior to her death, be exhumed from her backyard and buried with her at Hollywood. Many claim that they have heard these dogs on occasions, scampering around quite near to that grave late at night.

Take Care out There, and Look After Each Other.

"Beings" Series Part 2... Poltergeists.

Poltergeists have been reported and are steeped throughout history, they have been reported all over the world and the first reported "Poltergeist" Infestation was reported back in the 1st Century, in Germany in 856 AD. The name "poltergeist" came from the German language words poltern ("to make sound" and "to rumble") and Geist ("ghost" and "spirit"), and the term itself translates as "noisy ghost", "rumble-ghost" or a "loud spirit". In Parapsychology, and Folklore, a poltergeist is a type of ghost or other supernatural entity which is responsible for physical disturbances, making load noises, moving objects, or destroying them! They have been reported to have the ability to Pinch, Bite and Hit people, and have also been known to trip people. they have also been reported to levitate objects such as furniture, and bang on doors.

There has been a few famous and hi profile cases over the years, including the Enfield Haunting, and the pontefract Poltergeist. The Enfield Haunting was probably one of the most famous cases in the UK. which involved Two sisters aged 11 and 13. it took place between the years 1977 to 1979 in a Council house in Brimsdown, Enfield, England. The case  gained a lot of attention. And was Featured in the press, with stories running in both the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror. In August 1977, a Mother of 4 children, Called the police after two of her children were reporting knocking sounds and furniture moving on its own. a Police constable attended the property, and witnessed a chair slide along the floor apparently by it's own accord, not believing what he had seen, he called in reinforcements. Including members of the Society for Psychical Research (S.P.R.). First on the scene was Inventor Maurice Grosse, who was investigating the claims for a while before the S.P.R. felt that he was getting to involved with the Family, and sent in Guy Lyon Playfair.

Playfair became also convinced that the enfield Poltergeist was genuine along with Grosse. Although others such as professors of psychology Anita Gregory and John Beloff were "unconvinced" and allegedly found evidence the girls had faked incidents for the benefit of reporters, but they were using technology from the 70's, I would of been interested in what there conclusions would of been if they had access to some of today's technology and methods. Members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry including stage magicians such as Milbourne Christopher, Joe Nickell, and Bob Couttie investigated the incidents and criticised paranormal investigators for being overly credulous, identifying various features of the case as being indicative of a hoax.But at the end of the day, a committee set up to find out if it was a hoax, would indeed after all draw there conclusion that it was a hoax! What they should of taken into consideration, is that Guy Lyon Playfair also initially thought it was a hoax, until he saw evidence for himself that it was indeed genuine.

Before the Enfield haunting, there was the events reported at 30 East Drive, Pontefract. Also known as the Black Monk of Pontefract, this infestation was different from most poltergeist reports, as it was accompanied by the apparition of a hooded figure, when most poltergeist occurrences are only of  the typical disruptive behaviour and movement of objects etc. The family, Jean, Joe and their two children, Phillip and Diane moved to the house in 1966, and immediately were confronted by strange happenings, including, white dust, or chalk falling from mid air, puddles appearing on the kitchen floor, that reappeared after mopping, even after a plumber had been called and found there not to be any leaks under the floor, or kitchen pipes of any nature. Also in the same day a chest of drawers started to sway of its own accord. 

The Family continued to live at the property for approximately 2 years before any further disturbances. The activity started up again, this time lasting for quite a few years, though they refused to be beaten and move from there home, the main person who seemed to be being affected was Diane. who was often thrown of her bed, and was dragged up the stairs and leaving apparent finger marks on her neck. Loud bangs and crashes were quite a common occurrence, more so when guests were visiting. and objects disappearing, only to be found in other places in the house. On two occasions the family tried to get the house exorcised, but failed on both occasions, seemingly to exacerbate the situation. After a concerned family friend dowsed holy water over the entire house, the entity apparently responded by painting upside down crosses on the living room walls and doors, and destroyed all the crucifixes in the entire house. 

The apparition of the entity didn't occur until near the end of the families haunting. The figure first appeared at the bottom of Joe and Jean's bed, they saw a black cloaked figure with the cowl over its head, and then hovered over their bed and disappeared. on a few other occasions, other visitors, and members of the family reported the sight of a figure that looked like a monk. though no one ever saw the face of the monk. then the occurrences seemed to stop, and the family never experienced any further disturbance.

There are many different types of beings in the Larger Consciousness System (L.C.S.) we believe them all to be capable of being good, evil, or neutral, after all, we are all entities that are capable of good and bad. There are just as many bad people in our own reality, and we all know one of those! Even though poltergeists can be malevolent, and sometimes cause harm, I myself would be more worried about the harm that one of my fellow humans could do me, than a malevolent poltergeist! after all, we do not know the circumstances of there demise, or there creation. if i was stuck in a place for hundreds of years, stuck and couldn't do anything about it, I would most probably become mischievous from boredom! and if i had the ability to move, or manipulate objects, i think id have a bit of fun as well! now don't get me wrong, some of the entities i've talked about in this blog could of been evil from the start, but as i said, we don't know the circumstances of their creation.

On The Next Blog, we will be Exploring the World of the Residual Haunting...

Take Care out There, and Look After Each Other.

"Beings" Series Part 1...Black Masses.

Shadow people... Often perceived as a humanoid figure, in the shadows, and mostly seen in the peripheral vision, or corner of the eye. Most paranormal investigators know of these entities, and can share a few stories about them. There are a few famous shadowy figures that are reported all over the world, including the "Hat Man" and "The Hooded Figure". They have been reported for centuries, and have been a part of native american beliefs as well as in Islamic mythology and theology, known as the "Jinn".

The native american Tribe called the "Choctaws"

have lived in the Mississippi Region for 4,000 to 8,000 years, The Choctaws have stories about "Shadow Beings". Nalusa Chito, also known as a Impa Shilup, was the soul-eater, great black being. If people allow evil thoughts or depression to enter their minds, it would creep inside them and eat their soul. Nalusa Falaya (long black being) resembled a man, but with very small eyes and long, pointed ears. He sometimes frightened hunters or transferred his power of doing harm. Some believed that Nalusa Falaya preferred to approach men by sliding on his stomach like a snake. Hashok Okwa Hui'ga (Grass Water Drop) was believed to have a connection to what is termed will-o-the-wisp. Only its heart is visible, and that only at night. Hashok Okwa Hui'ga leads astray anyone who looks at it. It was also believed that every man had a shilombish (the outside shadow) which always followed him, and shilup (the inside shadow, or ghost) which after death goes to the land of ghosts. The shilombish was supposed to remain upon the earth, and wander restlessly about its former home, often moaning, to frighten its surviving friends, as to make them forsake the spot, and seek another place to live. It was also supposed to assume the form of a fox, or owl; and by barking like the one, and screeching like the other at night, cause great consternation, for the cry was considered ominous of bad things. The "Choctaws" could tell between the shilombish and animals it imitates. When a fox barks, or an owl screeches, another fox or owl replies. But when the shilombish imitates the sound of either animal, no response is given.

In Islamic mythology and theology, the "Jinn" is an Arabic Collective noun deriving from the Semitic root JNN (Arabic: جَنّ / جُنّ‎, jann), whose primary meaning is "to hide". Some authors interpret the word to mean, literally, "beings that are concealed from the senses". Cognates include the Arabic majnūn ("possessed", or generally "insane"), jannah ("garden"), andjanīn ("embryo"). Jinn is properly treated as a plural, with the singular being jinni. also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies, are supernatural creatures in early Arabian and later Islamic Mythology and Theology. They are mentioned frequently in the Quran (the 72nd sura is titled Sūrat al-Jinn) and other Islamic texts and inhabit an unseen world, another universe beyond the known universe. The Quran says that the jinn are made of a smokeless and "scorching fire", but are also physical in nature, being able to interact in a tactile manner with people and objects and likewise be acted upon. The jinn, humans, and angels make up the three known sapient creations of God. Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent and hence have free will like humans. The shaytan jinn are akin to Demons in Christian tradition.

 The jinn are not angels and the Quran draws a clear distinction between the two creations. The Quran states in Sūrat al-Kahf (The Cave), Ayah, that Iblis (Azazel) is one of the jinn.

So the Reported sightings and beliefs in shadow people have been around for quite a while, since the ancient civilizations, and most probably before, they may of always been here, and be older than humanity itself. We think that they are the inhabitants of one of the other realities that exist alongside our own, and are not, and haven't been Human. (Those who have read all of our Blogs know that we believe that there is at least another 25 other realities existing within this universe.) and possibly exist close to our own vibration (Frequency), enabling us to observe the odd glimpse, or flicker in our peripheral Vision. 

We believe that we captured a photograph of "The Hooded Figure" on one of our investigations.

Here's a closer look...

For further information on recent sightings, and detailed reports, check out 

The Official Shadow People Archives

Courtesy of Susan Fowler.

Be Careful out there, and look after each other.

What has the world of the Paranormal got to do with Science?... Everything!

Has anyone heard of the "observation problem" in the quantum mechanics Field of scientific study?

In 1927, at the 5th Solvay Conference on physics, in Brussels, Belgium. A new proposal of "Mind over Matter" was admitted, to try and resolve inexplicable behaviours, within the newly formed Study of Quantum mechanics. With the Greatest minds of physics at the time attending, such as Einstein, Pauli, Dirac, Bohr, Heisenberg, Curie, De Broglie, Schrodinger, to mention but a few.

The subject of consciousness, and the atomic world was at hand.

Heisenberg and Bohr approached Einstein with a new theory, that the minds of the researchers, where affecting the results of the experiments. The mathematics and predictability were not repeatable, and reliable enough to explain what was going on. Einstein did not accept this theory at first, because it didn't fit in with any of the mathematical models. Years later.. he admitted it was happening.

"anyone who becomes seriously involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced

that there is a spirit manifest in the laws of the universe, a spirit vastly superior to that of man"

Albert Einstein

The spirit that Einstein was talking about, is not a mechanical force... Gravity, Electromagnetism, (This though we do disagree on, as we believe that consciousness and electromagnetism go hand in hand), or the strong and weak forces. the Spirit Einstein was talking about, was Consciousness.

So for Einstein to make this Great transformation in his opinion, can only mean something must of happened to convince him, that it was really happening. That the Universe is alive, and our minds are a big part of it. Did great powers hide the truth? about what was discovered at the conference?

"All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force. We must assume behind this force is the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter."

Max Planck - The Father of Quantum Physics

1858 - 1947

Our current models of science cannot handle consciousness within its equations, some will try and tell you that Quantum Mechanics explains it, but this is not true. and the reason why there is no unified theory of everything yet, is because they are missing out a vital ingredient of the universe...

our minds... Consciousness.

In our opinion, there is only one element in the universe, the consciousness field, and everything is created within this field. Me you, your car, Our Reality, the laptop or smartphone that your reading this on.. everything. 

A lot of Paranormal Groups are looking for Evidence of Ghosts, Spirits, Demons Etc.

But we Believe that ALL beings are made of the same substance... Consciousness. And that our personal pursuit is to find evidence of Elemental Consciousness, mind, that can exist without form, or "physical" properties. basically we are looking for the same evidence, but our drive is slightly different to the "Generic" Paranormal Group.

Be Careful, and Take Care of Each Other.

Whats to come in Season 2...

In season 2, we are going to try and push the boundaries a bit more, and bring some new experiments and equipment to the The SPIRIT Files tool box. We have some interesting new experimental equipment that is going to be making an appearance in season 2. one of which is using a new recorder for capturing EVP's (Electronic Voice Phenomena) that will have no filtering on the audio, such as a normal digital recorders. most standard digital Dictaphones have noise cancelling filters built into them, as there sole purpose and reason for existence was to record the human voice. and our new recorder wont have any filtering on it what so ever, so it will be recording raw audio, giving us more scope to capture every sound and hopefully pick up a few more EVP's too. also this recorder will be able to record into the infra-sound spectrum, recording as low as 6hz.

​ (The human ear stops detecting sound after it goes lower than 20hz.) 

Also a new approach we will be taking is to use a diode instead of a microphone to record EVP's, called a Raudive Diode Receiver, which is said to improve the quality of the voices that are captured, plus filtering some of the human wavelengths.

Below are some examples of home made Diode receivers...

In season 2 we want to make it as fresh and interesting as possible, bringing some new ideas to the table, and we have more ideas and theories to test, but we will leave some for you to wait and see ;)

Be careful, and look after each other.

Lets Start Small...Very Small.

Well, I'm afraid there is only one way to describe and explain our theories, and that's to get down to the nitty gritty, very small nitty gritty... quantum mechanics to be precise. there is only one way to understand our reality and the universe around us, and that is to study it. in 1801, Thomas Young performed the very first "double slit experiment" (for more detailed explanations, click here Double-Slit experiment) which at the time he was trying to understand weather light was matter, or waves. but what he found confused him, because, they were both, particle duality was born. and the study of this gave birth to quantum theory and the study of it today. what most people don't get is what this means. it means that the "matter" around us is only "matter" when it is being observed. take that in for a moment. this means that if something like a car isn't being observed by any "concious" being, it only exists as waves. waves of information. information that gives it its shape, colour, mass, materials its made of etc. So then this must mean that the entire world... the observable universe is made up of not matter, but of information, information that is waiting for us to observe it, or other "conciousness" to observe it. it is in a state of waiting, until we look at it, or observe in another means, measuring with electronic equipment designed to detect. But what is the most important thing about the observable universe existing in a state of duality is the conciousness, it needs conciousness to exist. so to sum up! lol we are literally making the universe around us by simply observing it, and collapsing its wave function. so we created it, not it created us...

​we believe that Conciousness plays a huge part in the universe, its not just a random algorithm that's a by-product of human evolution... not by a long shot!.

Further Evidence

Today I'm going to talk a little about a video on our YouTube channel that doesn't really get the attention it deserves. It isn't really a video, but more a recorded SB7 session that Sally (Co-Founder of the Team) conducted one afternoon alone, but in the company of our dog, Bobby. On the video you see a screenshot of the audio analysis software we use, and on the recording you here an interaction with our "Resident" spirits, or our attachments if you like. The interaction isn't just with Sally, but it is with our dog bob, and you can hear quite clearly that one of the attachments called Thomas, is trying to interact with him, and our dog feels rather uncomfortable about it! Also in the recording, you will hear our other attachment, called Anne. At first you will hear a couple of aggressive voices, and Anne appears to tell them to leave. She comes across to be some sort of protector, especially protective over Sally. Now Anne has come through on every Investigation and SB7 session we have conducted. We also like to think that she helps us on investigations by ushering other spirits to us to communicate. We have recorded this type of interaction with Anne on quite a few occasions. We like to think that she is an Official member of the Team,

working on the Other side, helping us from within almost! Thomas came along a bit later, and we believe we know who he is, but we wont divulge that information, in case we're wrong! lol.

Please take a moment to watch this, as it is great evidence.

Be careful, and take care of each other.