The owner Steven Caldwell asked
Hoosier Paranormal to the residence. He and his family had been
experiencing some strange things. Caldwell was only the second owner to
have lived there for 20 years. The house was built in the 1954. Back
around the summer of 2004 the activity started. TV’s would
turn on and off by themselves and something kept adjusting the
thermostat. Caldwell tried replacing the old dial thermostat with a new
digital one but the same thing continued to happen. It would be set on
reading and then they would leave and when they came home it would be
turned all the way down. Sometimes they would wake up in the middle of
the night and the house be freezing cold because once again the
thermostat had been turned all the way down. Caldwell began to think something
supernatural might be going on and asked a family member from a local
church to bless the house. This quieted things down, for awhile but
eventually the activity picked up again.
Investigators present were Shanon, Greg, Kenny, and Robert. It was a
chilly night with a 3-qtr moon. All of the normal equipment was used
including digital cameras, EMF meters, temperature devices and audio
and video recorders.
During the investigation no unusual feelings were experienced by anyone
and no noises beyond the normal house settling were heard. No unusual
EMF spikes or temperatures were recorded. A total of about 15 hours of
video and audio each were recorded.
Findings: We believed that we recorded a good EVP that said
“we’re watching you” but this was
debunked by a second recording device. It was actually Shanon asking
Kenny about his watch. We believe this shows the importance of using
multiple voice recorders. No other solid evidence was captured and
things seemed quiet this night.
Conclusion: After speaking further with Caldwell we realized that
during the time that this was most active there were some family issues
going on. Caldwell had started a new business and there were financial
concerns. Also Caldwell and his teen-age daughter were going through
that rebellious period. There was lots of negative energy in the
household at this time. Soon after the business took off, easing the
financial concerns and the father-daughter relationship also got
better. As some of this negative energy faded away so did the
paranormal activity. Hoosier Paranormal is not suggesting that this was
a classic poltergeist case but we do believe the overall family
situation directly relates to what was occurring. Sometimes spirits are
attracted to or feed off of negative energy. |
