It's been a little while.

Hi everyone, I know it's been a little while but we are back. Due to some unavoidable commitments we haven't been able to perform any investigations recently however, now the dust has metaphorically settled we are metaphorically back in the saddle.

Wow, there are a lot of metaphoricals there!

So anyway, back to investigating. I'm planning on Gallows Bank as our first 'welcome back' investigation. I had planned on it being the next one anyway, but like I said before, life got a little screwy.

I'm planning on doing a recon tomorrow morning, and then if all is okay, perform an initial investigation tomorrow afternoon. I don't think the local residents want two bumbling people wondering around with noisy SB7's and Echovoxes at silly o'clock in the morning!

Keep an eye out for the write up and the video!

Just a few random thoughts...

I'm not sure, but I think most ghosts fade after about 150 years. I don't know about anyone else but I haven't spoken to or communicated with any spirit older than 150 years. Well not coherently anyway.

I wonder, do they just fade away? Do they finally move on? What is really there in the first place? Was all was it some residual memories linked by a base consciousness? Was it something more? Where do we are actually go when we die?

Personally I'd like to think we do stick around maybe for a few months, maybe for a few years? But I want to know how much stays, does it all stay? Does only so much stay?

I suppose all of these questions are the reason why we do this, we want to know. I want to ask those already there. What is the point in asking something which can't answer?

I don't know. I don't think anyone does. That is the fascinating part of all of this.

The technology that we use today is so much more advanced what has come before. I know that is a pretty obvious statement however we use to rely on other people  like mediums and psychics. The amateur would go and buy a ouija board and try and talk to spirits. Of course with the invention of the microchip, technology has come a long way so therefore we can record and review.

A question I find I'm asking myself recently is are we any different ? We still rely on other things to tell us whether or not spirits do exist . Currently there is no valid way to have a conversation with a spirit.

That makes me a sceptic or at least someone who doesn't trust equipment she is using, I wonder does this make me a better investigator? does this make the evidence I find any better? I don't think so.

I think all evidence captured must be taken with a pinch of salt, there is no black and white, cut and dried, solid reason why any of this evidence we get from electronic devices is paranormal.  I'm in a 50 50 mindset whether or not the voices we catch are indeed from dead people. The more I do this, the more I believe they are intelligent spirits of some description however there is still a voice in my head that tells me it's all bollocks.

I do question myself, I wonder do I not want to believe, do I not want to believe there's something after this life?

Perhaps I secretly wish we could all die, move on, to a better place? Perhaps it scares me to think we could be stuck here. I have seen many amateur investigations and the evidence they have presented. 

This does sway me into thinking that perhaps at least part of our consciousness does stick around for a while after we die. 

I don't know about you but this scares me just a little.

Pissed off Spirit. Echovox EVP

Ok, as I don't have a lot of time to conduct research into the paranormal, I have to get an investigation in, and where I can.

I went out for the weekly food shop last night to Tesco's which just so happens to be built right on top of an old cattle market that had been around since the town of Ludlow was founded.

I thought,"What better place to do a short session", plus I still had half an hour on the carpark ticket.

As I was asking questions, there were people and cars passing by so the audio wasn't perfectly clean. I only had two class-A EVPs from this and both are a little disturbing.

Be aware that the second EVP calls me a pretty bad name, so if foul language offends you then don't watch.

I honestly didn't expect anything to happen, although this might be a good location to think about in the future. I will most likely go after the store closes for the day and hopefully will be able to capture some more. 

I don't know when this will happen, possibly later on this week, but for now, I'm putting it to the top of the list.

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My Thoughts

Perhaps the spirits that are still there are not happy with the shop having been built?

The energy created by so many people (most stressed out from shopping) has caused residual activity? or given intelligent spirits enough energy to communicate.

It seems to me, that the older the spirit, the more energy it needs to communicate... perhaps even spirits get old and lose energy?

Let me know your thoughts...