I hope someone can help me to find a legitimate, honest organization to investigate unusual events at my friends’ house. They are thinking “paranormal”, I’m thinking “just haven’t found a rational explanation yet.” Either way, I’d like to have a reputable group check it out before my friend calls Ghostbusters® (or whatever scam artists are ghost hunting today).
First a little background on the area: our subdivision is less than 10 years old and is located in former farm fields southwest of Chicago. The ground was leveled and new soil trucked in and graded. They had the house built and have been the only owners. They were one of the first families to move in to the subdivision. Their house backs up on some trees and more plowed fields plus high tension power lines are running behind them a few hundred yards away. I’m including this info because I believe something electrical is causing their occurrences.
Now the “events”. All of them happen in kitchen which is located in the back of the house (closer to the power lines):
1. Empty vase on counter slid about 12 inches. Checked the vase and counter and ensured that both were complete dry so condensation was not a cause.
2. A glass “flew” off the counter but didn’t break when it hit the opposite wall. When she picked up the glass and examined it she did not find any chips, breaks, fractures or scratches on it. She put the glass in the sink and walked away. When she came back to the sink and picked up the glass to examine it again, it broke in her hand but the breaks were in “U” shapes on opposite sides of the glass rim. The rest of the glass remained OK.
3. Ice cubes “shoot out” of the refrigerator ice cube dispenser. They don’t just fall out like when the dispenser lever is pressed but actually “shoot” across the room.
4. Her husband put a spoon down on the counter. While his back was turned he heard a scraping sound. When he turned back he saw that the spoon was pointing in the opposite direction.
5. Since the house was built they have been though four dishwashers. Each one just stops working for no reason (motor is not burned out, wiring is OK, lights come on, etc, but they just don’t work).
6. During a recent strong thunderstorm the lights went out in the kitchen and the adjoining family room (the rest of the house lights stayed on). The odd thing was that the TV in the family room was still working (it is on the same circuit breaker as the lamp) and the clock on the microwave oven in the kitchen was still working (it is on the same circuit as the kitchen lights). Her dogs (which had been laying by her feet because of the thunder) started growling and barking and then ran upstairs. When she flipped the switch to turn on the kitchen lights they would not turn on. She said she noticed a “dark area” in the air in the kitchen which she described as a “shadow”. She said she yelled out in frustration that she was “tired of this BS” and the lights just turned on by themselves. The dogs would not come down for almost an hour.
I will admit that I have never seen any of this activity but she has always been a stable, rational person. Her husband is a down-to-earth, no-nonsense guy and has seen these things. Her youngest son (14 years old) says he has seen stuff but doesn’t like to talk about it. Her sister had never seen anything when she visited but said she always gets “chills” when she is in the kitchen.
I know this all sounds like a load of crap or something from an episode of Biography Channel’s “My Ghost Story”. I would just like to see if anyone can recommend an honest logical group in the Chicago area that could help us figure out why their house is having these things happen. Thank you.
First a little background on the area: our subdivision is less than 10 years old and is located in former farm fields southwest of Chicago. The ground was leveled and new soil trucked in and graded. They had the house built and have been the only owners. They were one of the first families to move in to the subdivision. Their house backs up on some trees and more plowed fields plus high tension power lines are running behind them a few hundred yards away. I’m including this info because I believe something electrical is causing their occurrences.
Now the “events”. All of them happen in kitchen which is located in the back of the house (closer to the power lines):
1. Empty vase on counter slid about 12 inches. Checked the vase and counter and ensured that both were complete dry so condensation was not a cause.
2. A glass “flew” off the counter but didn’t break when it hit the opposite wall. When she picked up the glass and examined it she did not find any chips, breaks, fractures or scratches on it. She put the glass in the sink and walked away. When she came back to the sink and picked up the glass to examine it again, it broke in her hand but the breaks were in “U” shapes on opposite sides of the glass rim. The rest of the glass remained OK.
3. Ice cubes “shoot out” of the refrigerator ice cube dispenser. They don’t just fall out like when the dispenser lever is pressed but actually “shoot” across the room.
4. Her husband put a spoon down on the counter. While his back was turned he heard a scraping sound. When he turned back he saw that the spoon was pointing in the opposite direction.
5. Since the house was built they have been though four dishwashers. Each one just stops working for no reason (motor is not burned out, wiring is OK, lights come on, etc, but they just don’t work).
6. During a recent strong thunderstorm the lights went out in the kitchen and the adjoining family room (the rest of the house lights stayed on). The odd thing was that the TV in the family room was still working (it is on the same circuit breaker as the lamp) and the clock on the microwave oven in the kitchen was still working (it is on the same circuit as the kitchen lights). Her dogs (which had been laying by her feet because of the thunder) started growling and barking and then ran upstairs. When she flipped the switch to turn on the kitchen lights they would not turn on. She said she noticed a “dark area” in the air in the kitchen which she described as a “shadow”. She said she yelled out in frustration that she was “tired of this BS” and the lights just turned on by themselves. The dogs would not come down for almost an hour.
I will admit that I have never seen any of this activity but she has always been a stable, rational person. Her husband is a down-to-earth, no-nonsense guy and has seen these things. Her youngest son (14 years old) says he has seen stuff but doesn’t like to talk about it. Her sister had never seen anything when she visited but said she always gets “chills” when she is in the kitchen.
I know this all sounds like a load of crap or something from an episode of Biography Channel’s “My Ghost Story”. I would just like to see if anyone can recommend an honest logical group in the Chicago area that could help us figure out why their house is having these things happen. Thank you.
