Investigated on February 21, 2009. Weather was overcast (snow earlier in the day) and cold - outside temeratures in the 30s. Investigators present: John, Andy, Kenneth, Jesse, Nan, Patti, Greg, Cindy & Art
The Battle Alley Arcade Antiques Mall is like taking a step back in time. The shop is in an 1890's building located in Holly's Downtown Historic District. The interior of the store is has been restored to look and feel like you are walking down a quaint 19th Century street of shops that is home to 25 dealers of a wide variety of quality antiques and fine collectibles. Business hours are Monday - Saturday 10:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 12 to 5 pm. The Mall is attached to, and was once part of the infamous Historic Holly Hotel, where Carry Nation smashed the saloon in 1908!
Pat and john are happy to assist customers
Pat and John, have a lot of interesting stories to share about the many experiences that have occurred in their location. They include a customer who had his hat knocked off; people experiencing cold spots and the feeling of being watched; shadows moving across rooms; people seeing a cat out of the corner of their eye and lights turning themselves on and off.
The store used to be attached to the Holly Hotel by an underground tunnel when it was a speakeasy and a brothel. Male customers used the underground tunnel to discreetly go from the hotel to the brothel unseen. And of course there are antiques everywhere that spirits could be attached to.
REPORT OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES DURING THE INVESTIGATION IN FEBRUARY OF 2009
1) Greg and Nan each had a thermometer, which they each pointed at the same book in the "Reading Room" while Greg asked questions. Greg asked a spirit to lower the temperature of the thermometer in answer to his questions. Greg's thermometer changed temperature while Nan's stayed the same. After they switched thermometers, they still got the same results of lowered temperatures by 1-2 degrees after Greg's questions.
2) John heard his name whispered as he walked by the restroom on the main floor. He was the only investigator on that floor at the time.
3) Cindy was sitting quietly upstairs when she felt a presence behind her. At the same time, her K2 meter, which had been staying on the first green light peaked to the red light. The K2 meter was being kept on by using a coin rather than being operated manually.
4) Andy heard something whisper in his ear and then he saw a picture frame tilt slightly on the wall next to him.
5) Andy, John, Jessie and Ken all saw a low shadow flit back & forth behind a counter several times throughout the night but could not catch the shadow on video.
On the left are photos from the client reveal meeting that followed the investigation. Owner Pat and her brother John, who also works at the Antique Mall, are quite pleased and surprised by the results. The evidence indicates that any spirits are generally positive and friendly - though their opinion of the long gone Carry Nation or some other female from the past might be somewhat negative.
For this investigation, our best evidence was in the form of EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenemenon). EVPs are voices and sounds that are recorded on audio recorders that were not heard by the people present when the recording was made. Investigators don't react to EVPs when the recording is made because they cannot hear them.
We have several EVPs that are in the "Class A" variety because they are clear and decipherable - and a couple are even direct responses to what the investigators are saying. The "Hello" file is extremely remarkable because it is so clear that it sounds like a real human and we had to confirm that a 3rd person was not present when the EVP was recorded.
Class A EVPs are pretty rare.
In this EVP, an investigator says "tell me if I do anything wrong". Another Investigator laughs, then a disembodied voice says something like "you've done nothing wrong". The original version is unedited. The looped version has the audio amplified, and then looped 2 more times so you can hear it easier.
An investigator says “and Junebug still doesn’t care about you”. Then a male voice says what we think is “I hope she rots”. The original version is untouched. The looped version has the audio increased and is looped a couple times to make it easier to hear. Because an Investigator on another floor was talking about Carrie Nation, we think the voice is expressing his feelings about her, as there were no women in the building at the time.
Investigators yell “We’re back” “we’re home” and then you clearly hear “Hello” by someone who was not there, followed by another disembodied voice that says either “Killer” or “Kill Her”. The investigators say "we're back" because they were previously upstairs provoking and came back to provoke some more. They were they only two investigators on the floor at the time.
Investigators say “1930s sled” and “I guess it could hold some energy” then you hear kind of a groan and a quick child’s voice. The looped version has the volume increased where the EVP occurs and is looped a couple times. The EMF detectors that the investigators were using reacted strongly by this sled, and one of our investigators heard a whisper by his head and saw a picture frame shift on the wall in the vicinity of the sled.
The following wav file is an unexplained noise that the investigator reacted to when the sound was recorded. We could find no physical source of the noise, but were told that it sounds like the exhaust fan that used to operate in the building but is not longer functioning.
John says “Tell us what’s on your mind” and a strange whirring sound happens that he responds to. The sound did not occur at any other time during the evening and we don’t know what couldhave made it. The Amplified version has the sound increased but is otherwise untouched.
VIDEO EVIDENCE: Investigators try to communicate with a spirit using a K2 meter. The meter seems to respond to questions, but not consistently, so communication is inconclusive.
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