Monterey House Located on the grounds of Roanoke College’s campus is the reportedly haunted house known as Monterey. This house was built in 1853 by the Huff family, over time passed through many different owners, and in 2002 was officially bought by Roanoke College. Throughout the history of the house several of the occupants are known to have died within the premises of the property, thus contributing to it’s reputation of being haunted. In our investigation of the Monterey house we spent two nights in the house gathering various types of data to aid us in our attempt to discover what theory of haunting is consistent with the experiences within the house. The experiences within the house can be explained through several different theories …show more content…
The physiological explanation attributes the impression of paranormal activity to physical causes such as tilted floors, unsquared rooms, blood sugar imbalances and eye floaters (McCue, 2002, p. 6). Lastly, the parapsychological theory includes phenomena that cannot be explained through physical or psychological factors.
The data types that were collected and these theories can be applied to include dowsing, electronic voice phenomena (EVP’s), music experiences, unsealing a room, room temperatures, and vigils across two separate nights. The first set of collected data was dowsing: a technique that uses two L-shaped metal rods to locate water, minerals, unmarked graves, and potentially changes in energy indicating the presence of a ghost . During the first night team one experienced a large number of dowsing hits while Robin lead the sweeps. The group appeared to notice this and conducted a dowsing sweep of room five without Robin. Their initial sweep showed no dowsing hits, however, once Robin entered the room, she received several dowsing hits in various spots around the room. On the second night of the
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For example, the numerous dowsing hits found in the house can be attributed to the priming or bias of the people conducting the dowsing sweeps. They might be unaware of the priming and the bias caused by following or trying to repeat the results of another. In addition to the dowsing hits, the psychological theory of explanation is also supported by the reports of hearing voices that are not actually there. This can be attributed to a lack of sleep causing hallucinations, fueled by a self fulfilling prophecy, like purposefully looking for a specific piece of evidence in your data until you find it, and can even be attributed to hearing damage or impairment due to health problems or old age. Another possible explanation for the hauntings can be seen with deja vu, or the experiencing of intense familiarity with something in the present environment that leads you to believe you have experienced it before. An exemplification of this theory can be seen when Robin experienced feelings of familiarity while listening to a song during one of the vigils, but could not place where she had heard it before. This feeling of familiarity is derived by the brain’s inability to recall the information related to the potential memory, and is sometimes referred to as the tip-of-the-tongue phenomena. Overall, the data collected from Monterey is mostly explained by the
It was also discovered, that there was a lady buried in the backyard, one who passed away 50-60 years prior. She also learned from her neighbors that the lady who had died in the house before they moved in, was a very good housekeeper. She was described as always keeping her house clean. Filban said it might have been her moving the furniture. She also added, since her mother did not keep the house very clean, it might have been the woman’s spirit coming by to clean house.
Have you ever felt that spook in your house or in a building? Do you ever feel like somethings ever followed you or watched you? Have you ever seen doors open even though nobody was there? If you haven’t already guessed it these are some examples of paranormal activity. Good morning Ms. Bozzelli and fellow classmates, today I will be talking to you about paranormal activity, how they could be found, what they are capable of, and haunted locations.
Many legends of hauntings in Mankato, Minnesota have been told time after time. Though many people tell these stories, it is unknown to whether or not they are true. In this research paper, I will discuss several different legends that have been told throughout time in Mankato. The legends I will further examine are: the legend of Sibley Park, the Memorial Library on campus, the Carnegie Art Center, and the Witch’s Grave. Being that I am from Mankato, Minnesota, I thought it would be very interesting to research more about these legends and the experiences had in these places. Though I, myself, have not experienced anything completely unusual in these places, many people in the town have another experience. Memorates, or accounts of first hand
On the 30th of June, 1986 the Snedeker family moved into their new home in Southington, Connecticut. Soon after they moved in, strange and frightening things started happening. Even though a 2009 movie based on the events that took place was produced, most of the occurrences in the movie were purely fictional and changed by hollywood. Because of this, many people wonder what really happened on 208 Meriden Avenue, how much of it was real? Throughout the following paragraphs we will discuss and analyze what really happened during the haunting in connecticut.
The introduction starts with explaining that there are usually always the same telltale signs of a haunted house. Quite often when someone speaks of a hauntings they mention cold spots, doors unexplainably locking, mysterious footsteps, and strange yet recognizable noises and/or odors. The explanation for this is typically a ghost, which modern researchers define as an image of a person, animal, or thing that appears regularly but unexplainably in a particular place. Surprisingly, in public polls
There were many things about the house that I absolutely hated. First, the roses painted on the ceiling that my sister and I shared. At night, in the dark the flowers glowed looking like tiny eyes always watching us. We wanted to paint over the flowers, get rid of them, but we didn’t live there all that long so we never got the chance. The last thing about the house that we hated was that behind the house there was an old radio tower. My siblings and I thought that the radio building was haunted by a ghost, or some sort of evil witch. Once we walked up the hill that was home to the tower, as we neared the top the metal door on the building swung open. We were so scared, we ran down the hill to our house. We told our parents what happened but they didn't believe us. The next day we went back to the tower and the door was closed again, after that we never went up to the tower again. We were terrified and believed that it was haunted and afraid that the ghost who lived there would attack us.
The Ghost Map has become an iconic document. Dr. John Snow created this map as supplementary evidence for his South London case, as the basic technique of population statistics measuring the incidence of a given phenomenon had entered the mainstream
A child’s ghost haunts several rooms on the second floor of one of the buildings. It tugs on peoples’ clothing and its spectral laughter is heard. A woman’s ghost has tapped people on the shoulder and touched them. Books fall from shelves by themselves. Crystals hanging from a set of candlesticks move back and forth when there is no breeze to account for this.
Throughout the episode there are a variety of technology used to help the investigators prove that there is a ghost present. Grant Wilson, the co-founder of TAPS “hopes to prove that paranormal investigation is a worthwhile science” (“Altoona Tantrum.”). The team utilizes a lot of high tech equipment when investigating a haunt. They typically must adapt equipment used for other purposes to fit their paranormal needs. Some of the devices they use include: wireless cameras, electronic voice phenomena (EVP) devices and electronic magnetic field (EMF) devices. It seems that the primary goal for many of the investigators and those who watch the show is to gain physical, recorded evidence that either confirms or denies the existence of ghost and therefore proves the existence of life after death. The use of technology takes a subject that may be viewed as nonsense or irrational and grounds it in modern society. Eaton writes that “[o]n the surface, use of technology appear[s] to be solely driven by a desire to accumulate empirical data for scientific purposes. However, this reliance on technology drew upon the legitimacy of scientific discourse” (Eaton 406). This episode blended science and religion while dealing with the paranormal. The team investigated using the equipment described above, but they also had one of their
There is no perfect model to explain abnormal behaviours. Similarly, the supernatural model has a number of strengths and weaknesses.
Unexplainable singularities are inevitable. Society does not have the solution to every dilemma or anomaly that transpires. Undeniably, two fields of study that still has unidentified surfaces are the human psyche and supernatural activity. Scientists and researchers, regarding the psychology of the mind and supernatural happenstance, uncover new data and statistics every day. A psychological disorder can develop at any junction in a person’s life and encompass peculiar behavior in the way a person feels, thinks, and acts. In the novella, “The Queen of Spades” by Alexander Pushkin there are several key elements that provide the reader with enough data to formulate that the main character’s mental stability triggers the manifestation of the late Countess. Conversely, Stanley Kubrick’s movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, “The Shining,” demonstrates strong indications of the supernatural.
The Winchester house is one of the oddest and one of most haunted houses in the world. It is located in northern California. It cost over $20,000,000 to make. The owner, Mrs. Winchester, was rich because her family made the Winchester repeating rifle known as “The gun that won the west”. The house has 160 rooms and there are spirits in each room. The builders had to keep remaking rooms that if Mrs. Winchester kept them all she would have 600 rooms. So when they were done with the house, which took over 30 years to make, there were stairs that led to the ceiling and doors that led to walls.
Ghosts, as with any other misunderstood group or people, have been preyed upon by others without understanding. The lack of knowledge about ghosts and haunting activity has led people astray as to what they really are. What Hollywood and television portrays is very inaccurate and cannot be relied upon as truthful. They show these spirits of the dead as being evil in nature, filled with malice and harmful intent. But that this is not the case. The field of paranormal activity is amazing. It has caught the imagination of people from every walk of life. It has always interested me and has influenced me to pick this as the topic for my research. Through this research I wish to uncover the truth about the existence of ghosts.
“Come on, we gotta keep the ghost from feeding on her.” Elisha whispered to him. But Dustin was frozen, the sensation emanating from that girl was different than any other. A trained ghost hunter can sense others that have been trained, it is like if you cut a lemon in a room with no air conditioning, but the sense coming of of this girl was if a lemon tree was on fire. Regular people have a sense too, it is more of a cotton sheet drying out on a hot day.
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