Sgt. Pepper
All you need is love.
This thread is solely for the purpose of documenting my paranormal investigation at the Berry Hill Resort & Conference Center in South Boston, Virginia. For those who aren't familiar with who I am, I'm a firm believer in the paranormal, first as a sensitive and a medium, second as a paranormal investigator and researcher, and third as a first-hand eyewitness to poltergeist activity and other paranormal phenomena. In fact, I've spent a lot of my time and finances investigating and researching the paranormal.
Please note that my thread is not a debate thread for skeptics determined to prove that the paranormal is not real. My thread is not a preaching soapbox for Christians (and other Abrahamic theists) to fervently insist that it's wrong for people to believe that earthbound human spirits (a.k.a. ghosts) exist because it's demonic in nature and goes against what's taught in the Bible or some other holy book. I repeat, my thread isn't a debate thread or a soapbox to preach from. Debate and mocking members isn't allowed in this sub-forum. My thread is for paranormal enthusiasts and others who are genuinely interested in the paranormal.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Here's a recap of the terms that I often use in my posts relating to the paranormal.
EMF - Electromagnetic Fields
An EMF meter (detector) measures fluctuations in electromagnetic fields. It's a common theory among paranormal investigators that spirits have the ability to manipulate these fields. Unexplained EMF readings often indicate something paranormal.
EVP - Electronic Voice Phenomena
An EVP is the voice of a spirit interacting with living people through an EVP recorder or a digital recorder. A spirit box (or ghost box) gives spirits the chance to speak in comprehensive sentences. A Class-A EVP is an intelligent answer to a question that everyone present can hear, whether it's a disembodied voice or it's heard through a spirit box, an EVP recorder, or a digital recorder.
SLS - Structured Light Sensor
An SLS camera can detect human shapes in absolute darkness or full light. It allows paranormal investigators to detect spirits that can't be seen with the naked eye, unless a spirit manifests. It gives paranormal investigators the ability to see a 3D image (like a skeleton) of a spirit. The green lines and white dots are spirits that have been mapped out by the camera through an infrared grid.
And now, with that all said and out of the way, I'll begin sharing what I personally experienced while I was at the Berry Hill Resort & Conference Center and the stories I was told by some of the hotel staff, including their own experiences with the paranormal and what other hotel guests have told them. I arrived at the resort early in the afternoon, and I started my paranormal investigation shortly after my husband and I got settled into our hotel room. I began my investigation in the hallway where our room was located, and I had my SLS camera and spirit box in hand as I walked up and down the hallway. I captured spirits on my SLS camera in the hallway (SLS images will be posted later in the proceeding posts) and there were several spirits speaking through the spirit box. There was quite a bit of commotion in the hallway from hotel staff and other hotel guests, so I wasn't able to record any EVPs.
I tried to record EVPs in the stairwell, but I couldn't get away from the outside noises (living people speaking, the sound of doors slamming, birds happily chirping outside in the yard). There are four floors in the hotel, and I walked the length of each one, capturing SLS images, speaking to the spirits through the spirit box, and attempting to record EVPs. I was getting flustered as I tried to record EVPs because there was always some commotion in my vicinity, whether I was in a hallway, in the stairwell, in my hotel room, or pretty much everywhere else on the property of the resort. It wasn't possible for me to get a proper recording of EVPs.
I personally experienced poltergeist activity: a television turning on as I walked into one of the hotel rooms; the button on the elevator lighting up and dinging as if someone had pressed it; a chair moving on its own in the foyer; a loud bang on the wall right beside me, and no other living person was near me at the time. I checked to see if I could debunk the bang; the door knob on my hotel room kept jiggling, and each time I opened the door, no one was anywhere near my room; I heard footsteps behind me, but when I turned around, no one was there; batteries in my iPhone going from 100% to zero in a matter of seconds; a heavy door closing on its own and then opening again. Hotel staff and I checked the door and tried to debunk it, but we weren't able to. There was no wind blowing from the outside and there wasn't an air conditioner vent near the door. I was told that has happened before.
I also personally witnessed two lamps turning on after asking the spirits to do something to show me and a hotel employee that they were there; a nightlight (that had to be manually switched on) turning on in a bathroom that was pitch black only a few seconds before. The lamps turning on and the nightlight turning on were also witnessed by the hotel employee. I asked, "How many spirits are here with us?" We heard "all around" on the spirit box, and then we heard, "bathroom." We walked back to the bathroom, and the nightlight was turned on. Several of the hotel employees told me about their personal experiences while working, such as hearing their name called and when they went to check out who called their name, no one else was around; hearing footsteps behind them and seeing no one behind them; the elevator door opening and shutting on its own. It had been recently checked and certified by the company who installed it. Housekeeping reported that they would make the bed in one of the suites, then go into the bathroom to clean it, and when they returned, the bed was completely messed up or there was an indent at the end of the bed like someone was sitting on it. I heard another guest tell hotel staff that he and his family were distressed about the noise they consistently heard in their room. He said it sounded like someone throwing pebbles and hitting the trash bin. He said this noise occurred every few minutes the entire time they were in the room. He brushed it off and made a joke about it.
Well, this is the end of my OP. I'm currently sitting at a cold McDonald's in a rural town in Alabama. My husband is currently working, and I'm waiting for him to call me so I can go pick him up. We're starting our very long journey home to Texas today. I'm not sure how much more time I have before he calls, so I'm typing as quickly as possible in order to finish this OP. I'm planning to post more later this evening when we reach the hotel in Louisiana where we're staying tonight. I'll try to post more of my SLS images the next time I post. I don't know when I'll have cellular data while we're driving because cellular data is often iffy on the road. So, I don't know if I'll be able to login to RF while I'm on the road or not. I must ask everyone reading my OP to please respect the boundaries I've set for my thread, and that means no debating against other people's beliefs in the paranormal or preaching on a soapbox. I'll be back later to read any comments and respond. I think I have a few minutes left to post a couple of SLS images.
Peace and Love,
Sgt. Pepper
Please note that my thread is not a debate thread for skeptics determined to prove that the paranormal is not real. My thread is not a preaching soapbox for Christians (and other Abrahamic theists) to fervently insist that it's wrong for people to believe that earthbound human spirits (a.k.a. ghosts) exist because it's demonic in nature and goes against what's taught in the Bible or some other holy book. I repeat, my thread isn't a debate thread or a soapbox to preach from. Debate and mocking members isn't allowed in this sub-forum. My thread is for paranormal enthusiasts and others who are genuinely interested in the paranormal.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Here's a recap of the terms that I often use in my posts relating to the paranormal.
EMF - Electromagnetic Fields
An EMF meter (detector) measures fluctuations in electromagnetic fields. It's a common theory among paranormal investigators that spirits have the ability to manipulate these fields. Unexplained EMF readings often indicate something paranormal.
EVP - Electronic Voice Phenomena
An EVP is the voice of a spirit interacting with living people through an EVP recorder or a digital recorder. A spirit box (or ghost box) gives spirits the chance to speak in comprehensive sentences. A Class-A EVP is an intelligent answer to a question that everyone present can hear, whether it's a disembodied voice or it's heard through a spirit box, an EVP recorder, or a digital recorder.
SLS - Structured Light Sensor
An SLS camera can detect human shapes in absolute darkness or full light. It allows paranormal investigators to detect spirits that can't be seen with the naked eye, unless a spirit manifests. It gives paranormal investigators the ability to see a 3D image (like a skeleton) of a spirit. The green lines and white dots are spirits that have been mapped out by the camera through an infrared grid.
And now, with that all said and out of the way, I'll begin sharing what I personally experienced while I was at the Berry Hill Resort & Conference Center and the stories I was told by some of the hotel staff, including their own experiences with the paranormal and what other hotel guests have told them. I arrived at the resort early in the afternoon, and I started my paranormal investigation shortly after my husband and I got settled into our hotel room. I began my investigation in the hallway where our room was located, and I had my SLS camera and spirit box in hand as I walked up and down the hallway. I captured spirits on my SLS camera in the hallway (SLS images will be posted later in the proceeding posts) and there were several spirits speaking through the spirit box. There was quite a bit of commotion in the hallway from hotel staff and other hotel guests, so I wasn't able to record any EVPs.
I tried to record EVPs in the stairwell, but I couldn't get away from the outside noises (living people speaking, the sound of doors slamming, birds happily chirping outside in the yard). There are four floors in the hotel, and I walked the length of each one, capturing SLS images, speaking to the spirits through the spirit box, and attempting to record EVPs. I was getting flustered as I tried to record EVPs because there was always some commotion in my vicinity, whether I was in a hallway, in the stairwell, in my hotel room, or pretty much everywhere else on the property of the resort. It wasn't possible for me to get a proper recording of EVPs.
I personally experienced poltergeist activity: a television turning on as I walked into one of the hotel rooms; the button on the elevator lighting up and dinging as if someone had pressed it; a chair moving on its own in the foyer; a loud bang on the wall right beside me, and no other living person was near me at the time. I checked to see if I could debunk the bang; the door knob on my hotel room kept jiggling, and each time I opened the door, no one was anywhere near my room; I heard footsteps behind me, but when I turned around, no one was there; batteries in my iPhone going from 100% to zero in a matter of seconds; a heavy door closing on its own and then opening again. Hotel staff and I checked the door and tried to debunk it, but we weren't able to. There was no wind blowing from the outside and there wasn't an air conditioner vent near the door. I was told that has happened before.
I also personally witnessed two lamps turning on after asking the spirits to do something to show me and a hotel employee that they were there; a nightlight (that had to be manually switched on) turning on in a bathroom that was pitch black only a few seconds before. The lamps turning on and the nightlight turning on were also witnessed by the hotel employee. I asked, "How many spirits are here with us?" We heard "all around" on the spirit box, and then we heard, "bathroom." We walked back to the bathroom, and the nightlight was turned on. Several of the hotel employees told me about their personal experiences while working, such as hearing their name called and when they went to check out who called their name, no one else was around; hearing footsteps behind them and seeing no one behind them; the elevator door opening and shutting on its own. It had been recently checked and certified by the company who installed it. Housekeeping reported that they would make the bed in one of the suites, then go into the bathroom to clean it, and when they returned, the bed was completely messed up or there was an indent at the end of the bed like someone was sitting on it. I heard another guest tell hotel staff that he and his family were distressed about the noise they consistently heard in their room. He said it sounded like someone throwing pebbles and hitting the trash bin. He said this noise occurred every few minutes the entire time they were in the room. He brushed it off and made a joke about it.
Well, this is the end of my OP. I'm currently sitting at a cold McDonald's in a rural town in Alabama. My husband is currently working, and I'm waiting for him to call me so I can go pick him up. We're starting our very long journey home to Texas today. I'm not sure how much more time I have before he calls, so I'm typing as quickly as possible in order to finish this OP. I'm planning to post more later this evening when we reach the hotel in Louisiana where we're staying tonight. I'll try to post more of my SLS images the next time I post. I don't know when I'll have cellular data while we're driving because cellular data is often iffy on the road. So, I don't know if I'll be able to login to RF while I'm on the road or not. I must ask everyone reading my OP to please respect the boundaries I've set for my thread, and that means no debating against other people's beliefs in the paranormal or preaching on a soapbox. I'll be back later to read any comments and respond. I think I have a few minutes left to post a couple of SLS images.
Peace and Love,
Sgt. Pepper
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