Looking for shadows in the dark

Princess and the orb

I have to say that I have always been fascinated by ghosts, zombies, vampires, etc. Now as to whether they really exist or not, all I can say is that I believe there is more out there than any of us knows or understands (that can be taken as my view on religion as well...except I think religion can and has been far more destructive than any of the above-mentioned entities).

So last Friday, I went on a ghost hunting tour out at an old hospital some miles west of here. I went with Princess, the Zombie Queen and a few of their friends. As you can tell by my last post, I was a bit apprehensive about this. Don't get me wrong, I was excited as hell, but still somewhat nervous.

So we got out there while there was still a little daylight left. This hospital isn't really too creepy or scary looking from the outside, but inside, that's a whole other matter. I took with me a flashlight, extra batteries, and a camera (along with several other of my every day items that live in my man bag (a.k.a. purse). The did tell us up front that batteries being drained is a very common things, so that if you weren't using your cell phone to turn it off, so I did...mostly because if it rang or vibrated, it probably would have sent me through the ceiling.

One of the co-owners, Stardust, took us on a brief tour of the place before turning us loose. She pointed out several rooms of interest and the names and likes/dislikes of a few of the more permanent residents of the place. There are the little kids, Jessica and her brother (I think), Roger or Robert (no one is sure on which one it is exactly, Wes, Mary (the kindly nurse who helps guide some of the elderly from the next door home along the right path), and a few others.

One of the keys to 'seeing' ghosts that Stardust pointed out, is to look for the dark or shadows in the dark spaces. Such as a darkened doorway that may have cracks of light or a lighter colored frame around the edge, to look for the missing light or lighter areas. An example of this is a double doorway at the end of a long hallway...top, bottom and left side all have a sliver of light from the area beyond. However, on the right side of the door, this sliver of light is not there from the floor to about three-fourths of the way up the door. The reason given for this is the spirit of a soldier who stands guard at the door. If you get closer to the door, you can see that beyond where someone would theoretically stand, you can see the sliver of light on the right side of the door.

During the tour, when we were in the old hospital lab, I did get kind of tingly sensation on the top of my head as if someone were lightly touching my hair...at this point I looked at Princess and he looked at me and asked me if I was touching his head. I of course told him I was not and that my head felt as if it were being touched as well. This was my second most tangible paranormal event of the night.

At several points during the night, I took pictures in different locations throughout the hospital. In one room, they had a recorder going to try and capture EVP's. We were in one of the old emergency rooms and while Princess was asking questions, I snapped a picture of what looks to be an orb right in front of Princess.

I also got several more pictures of orbs (mostly around Princess...he's a damn orb magnet apparently, he has named his personal orb friend Howard Weinstein). One such room I caught what could be either an orb in motion or a vortex (which could be me using two terms for the same thing). We happened to be right outside of the "Death Room" when I got that picture. The "Death Room" was what they used as a makeshift morgue to store the bodies of people who died until the local funeral home could come pick them up.

And speaking of the "Death Room" (room #20), this is where my most tangible experience of the night happened. Princess, Zombie Queen, her husband and a few other friends and I were in the "Death Room" with the door closed. Again, recording in hopes of catching some EVP's. Now, as I had mentioned earlier, I had turned off my cell phone. So, there we were in the near complete darkness in the "Death Room" asking questions in hopes of getting answers, I felt a slight vibration in my pocket as well as the all to familiar start up tones from my phone. I have a slider phone with a power button that isn't really all that easy to accidentally push. You really have to hit the button just right and hold it in for a few seconds to get it to kick on. Now, surprisingly enough, I didn't die right then and there of a heart attack, I did think about it though, how fitting would that have been to die right there in the death room. But if I'm really going to die and somehow get earth bound or tied to a place in death, I hope to hell to not have it be an old creepy hospital.

Now, looking back, am I a firm believer now? No. Am I a nay-sayer or non-believer? Oh, hell no! I truly do believe there is more out there, and who knows, maybe someday I will find out (and no, that is not an invitation for any person or entity to make a believer out of me, I am doing just fine as I am right now, thank you very much!) But, I did have a amazingly fabulous time with friends (new and old) and would do it again in a heartbeat!!!


Princess, the orb magnet