A Haunting In Oregon

Okay, so I promised you all I'd start talking about the experiences of our paranormal group. First of all I should introduce our group. We are called Seekers - Investigating The Unknown Scientifically and Intuitively. There are four women in the group right now but we are seeking out new members at the moment. When we perform our investigations we have two psychics that often come along with us. Typically we know the story of the establishment and paranormal history and we do not divulge this information to our psychics prior to their attendance at the investigation. This will surely test their skills out. They have both been right on the money so far!

These two pictures are from a private residence investigation in Molalla, Oregon (Molalla is named after a Native American tribe that once inhabited the area). In the first picture you will see a traveling ball of energy close to the floor. We were told by the psychics before this shot was taken that they felt the presence of a canine spirit. Isn't it odd that the energy form is close to the floor? The family that lived there had always felt a presence in the last two rooms at the end of this hallway. It looks as though the energy is travelling from one room to the other.

In this shot, I was sitting next to the psychic as we performed our EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) session and in the corner of my eye I saw a ball of light fall directly from the ceiling down to the floor right between us. As it fell the psychic said she felt something brushing against her shoulder. I decided to snap my camera several times in hopes of catching something. This is what I caught.

During the EVP session we all sat around in a circle, turned off all the lights and lit a candle within the circle. The session is meant to see if we can capture anything on our digital voice recorders. Any of our members will randomly ask a question of the spirit and the rule is 60 seconds after the question is asked there must be total silence. During this silence we hope to capture something or perhaps even an answer to the question that was asked. Although I haven't quite figured out how to upload what we caught on tape, I can tell you about it. :) As we went around the room, one of the gals asked "How many spirits are with us here.". After playing the tape back you can clearly here a male voice whispering "two" right after the question was asked. We were floored and very excited! It still gives us chills to this day.

We did some investigating of the historical background of the area and we discovered that the area (Molalla, Oregon) where the house sits was inhabited by a Native American tribe called the Molalas. Supposedly the area is also home to many unmarked grave sites.

Here are some of the historical homes in Molalla today that serve as historical museums now. They are beauties and I wouldn't mind getting my foot in the door with our group to investigate!

The Von Der Ahe House is the former halfway stop/inn on the stage route between Oregon City and Molalla.

This is the Prairie House Inn. This house was the first house in Molalla to have water and electricity. Hmmm....I'd like to see if we can get into this house for an investigation. :)

This is the Dibble House. This house is the oldest surviving still-intact residence in Molalla. It was built in the late 1850's.

Well there's a short trip into my paranormal world! I will post more on other investigations soon!