Our travels this summer brought us through Gettysburg, PA for a brief exploration. The Gettysburg area is well known for it's ghostly activities, and rich historical significance. Our visit to Gettysburg would fall on the anniversary of the begining of the civil war (July 1st and 2nd). My wife and I didn't realize this until much later, and really, we couldn't have planned this portion of our trip better if we had tried to. We even managed to book a room in The Cashtown Inn, an inn and resturant also known for it's many strange occurances, and historical significance.I brought the majority of my equipment, including a Sony Nightshot Digital 8mm video camera, Cannon SD400 Digital Camera, Rayek Raynger ST Non-Contact Thermal Scanner, Dr. Guass EMF Detector, and an Edirol R-09 Digital Recorder.
We didn't have much time or opportunity to conduct any worthy investigating of the battlefields, so our productive investigative time was going to be spent at the Inn.
We didn't have much time or opportunity to conduct any worthy investigating of the battlefields, so our productive investigative time was going to be spent at the Inn.
Because there are so many accounts of strange activity in this B&B, I was expecting a considerable amount of substance to our documentation, especially since this is the anniversary of the great battle, however, the evening was quite uneventful. Nothing out of the ordinary happened while I was investigating, meaning I did not see or hear anything peculiar both with my own eyes and ears, and with the assistance of the equipment. At one point however, while in the lobby of the Inn, the EMF detector was behaving oddly, but there was no further documentation to back up that anything 'paranormal' was occurring.
PHOTOS:
Clicking the link below will display the only orb photo that was taken during the entire stay at the inn, including during the investigation. This photo was part of a series of pictures that were taken on the porch of the Inn. No other outdoor photos revealed anything of the sort. Though this is the only orb photo that I have from the entire Cashtown Inn shoot, I am still very cautious about claiming that this is indeed a photo of something 'paranormal' in nature. Had there been many other orb photos during this shoot, I would have discounted this photo immediately. Considering that it is the only one I took, and many other people have captured ghostly images on film (both digital and emulsion, from orbs to peculiar mists) from the porch, I have included it for entertainment purposes only.
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena):
Lastly, reviewing my audio recordings was uneventful, but the effort was not a complete waste of time. In the nearly two full hours of digital audio that was recorded there is only one piece of the recording that I can say is a true EVP. The recorded EVP is CLASS 'B' in nature. Cleaning up the recording a little using Audacity, it sounds like a mans voice perhaps saying, "Friends with me." I am not sure if there is any significance to what was said, or the time that this was recorded. This EVP was recorded prior to, and very close to the time that the video camera ran out of tape. This EVP was recorded at approx. 12:30am in our bedroom. My wife was asleep, and no one was talking (not even myself, so as not to disturb my sleeping wife). If there was a way to load the .WAV file here I would. If you are interested in listening to it, please let me know, and I can email the audio file to you.
VIDEO:
It has been my experience during investigations that just because a location is 'hot' with ghostly activity, in some cases overflowing with activity, video documentation of the phenomena such as orbs (globules) and peculiar mists is not always guaranteed. This was the case during this investigation, but the addition of the video camera to the ghost hunting arsenal is still extremely useful.
CONCLUSION:
Though leaving a little on the light side as far as documented ghostly activty, I am sure that there can be much better days for such an endeavor. In the future i would like to return, and spend more time investigating.
S.Maass
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