It seems it's been quite awhile since I have posted anything on this page, almost 2 years to be exact and hoping that will change. I will start to make time and get some updates on here monthly even if it's just a couple of lines. I will now try and put up 2 years worth of what's new updates or "blogs" as everyone calls them now. Briefly running through 2007 and into 2008 which was another busy year gone by.
2007 started off by me Meeting some great people who I have become good friends with, Lynn, Gina, Suzanne and Jeff H. People who are a partial make up of what Jeff's Paranormal is today. March 2007 I have to say is the most memorable as "The Haunted Barrie Meet up Group" was born, I knew this was going to be a success as our first meet up we had a room full of eager paranormal enthusiasts. People wanting to get out and talk about their experiences in a place where the person listening isn't going to run away or get "the look" you know what I mean. Try and tell your friends you have seen a ghost. You may be looking for new friends. 2007 was filled with some amazing meet up events from our open mic meet up, bbqs, investigations, social meetings and being a part of several ghost walks that Tottenham and Alliston have put on. We also attended the historic walks hosted by the City of Barrie.
April 2007, I did a return investigation at the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio, it was a quiet night with not a lot of activity. Of course when we went (April) the weather was supposed to be fairly good, it turned out we went into a winter storm.
October 2007 The Haunted Barrie Meet up Group had it's very first bus trip to the well known haunted Ottawa Jail. 56 people boarded a bus and off to Ottawa we went. That was an amazing experience from the dinner at Fridays Roast beef House, the ghost walk of Ottawa and the Jail and evening the ouija sessions and investigation throughout the evening. Most members didn't even sleep they saved that for the ride home!
December 2007 I had the opportunity to investigate the Bayview Wildwood Resort in Port Stanton, this would be a corner stone as I captured one of my best evp's ever. With only 6 of us in the main building on the 21st of December. We had captured a class B evp of a past employee. This was confirmed by several staff members during our revealing of information.
January 2008, the meet up group investigated the Bayview Wildwood Resort once again, this time my long time friend Steve Detrich from Golden Horseshoe Ghost Haunts did a seminar for the guests. The outcome was very positive and was looking forward to having him investigate with us in the many years ahead.
February 2008 was another important date as Jeff's Paranormal did our first investigation of the "Museum on the Boyne" investigation in Alliston, although nothing happened during that investigation we were able to confirm that the ghost "FRED" the museum had been calling for years, was actually named ANDREW. And he has made his appreciation clear as sometimes when his name is called b y staff members, he has been heard walking towards them. This Investigation created somewhat of a bond with the museum as we are on Investigation #9 and 10 this coming October.
March 31 2008 during one of our investigations at the Museum on the Boyne we had 4 out of 5 monitors in the base area shut down. Sounds explainable except there was a timeline they shut down one at a time 1,2,1 and the final one took 4 seconds from the one before. Doreen who was listening to evps in the room received a tug on her shoulder a second or so before with a little female person saying "WATCH THIS" best of all I have this captured on video. Camera F, we hope that the base area is in a room that's not haunted but thats not always the case. Although I wasn't in this room at the time, the members present now have an experience of a lifetime to ponder and try to explain.
May and June 2008 were another couple of busy months returning to the Bayview Wildwood Resort on May 3 with 20+ investigators. documenting differnt forms of paranormal phenomena. Later on in May we investigated the Black Episcopal Church on the 3rd line of Oro and Old Barrie Road. That was another interesting investigation as it reminded me that daytime investigation sometines just don't work. But we hung in there trying different forms of spirit contact as we didn't even know if this location was haunted. The psychics present picked on some residual imprints but no actual grounded spirits when we were there. May 31, I was honoured to have the opportunity to investigate the childhood home of William Avery Bishop in Owen Sound, a National Historic Site. During the set up of our equipment we captured a amazing class B evp of someone shouting at me and Tara..Mind you we didn't find this out until we went through our evidence though the weeks to follow. I am truly looking forward to the next 2 upcoming investigations in 2008 one with meet up and one with the public from Owen Sound and surrounding areas.
July 2008 I headed down to the Haunted America Conference in Decateur Illinios, That was an interesting experience, ever see a town where the stores downtown are closed on Saturdays and Sundays? I wonder how such a town would survive. The conference itself was good, I personally met some great people and enjoyed the conference. Although some of the key speakers did cancel out and honestly didn't learn as much as I was hoping. I did learn that sending a group of 50+ people into a haunted location with just cameras and recorders just isn't going to work for me. And for those of you who have had the oppertunity to investigate with me know what I'm talking about.
Well thats all for now, as summer is winding down and everyone is getting the kids ready for school, me included, my oldest son Andrew is heading off to College. Take care and I hope to go the opportunity to investigate with you or even meet with you at one of our upcoming social events.