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Below you will find photographs of ghosts, orbs and mists we have taken on some of our investigations.


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Here is a little information...

Mist and orbs can sometimes be explained away due to possible camera anomalies and/or environmental conditions. Unless an orb or a mist is seen with the naked eye at a time the picture was taken it will be looked at as circumstancial evidence only. These pictures are posted for you to look at and decide what you think.

Unfortunely the absolute best evidence we have is of a picture one of our co-founders took of a solid apparition in a room full of people. We are unable to post it due to the family's request, but we are trying to persuade them to let us post it. In the picture you can see the back of a caucasion womans head with thinning white hair. She is very close to the camera lens but the image is very sharp and clear. The person (apparition) in the photo was not and did not match the description of anyone present at anytime that day or night at that house.

In other cases we were unable to catch on film or on audio unusual experiences but we did personally see and/or hear things that we cannot explain.

Such is the case in one house where footsteps could be seen on a carpeted floor and it was heard as something crossed right beside one of our investigators, but he could not see anything visible that was making the footprints. Also at that same site something was knocking on the front door, but no one was there even though we were just a few feet away and answered the door quickly; there was no where someone could hide.  

On another case on a night with a full moon we were on a front porch and could hear someone behind the house moving around. We then heard them walking around the side of the house. Looking over the banister as they turned the corner in front of the house and below us we could see the grass being mashed down by unseen footsteps and could hear the foot falls. After a few moments we went into the house and waited to see what would happen. Within a few moments we heard the back screen door open and close twice. Then open without closing. I went to check it out; the screen door was locked with the old hook and loop lock! There was no way it could have opened or closed but three of us heard the door open and close, and saw and heard the footsteps, but nothing we could see was there to make either of these two paranormal events to take place. Even though many people has seen apparitions and heard someone walking through that house we did not experience any of those types of events.

Therefore, even though we may not catch something on tape does not mean we do not take stock in our findings. The event, however, must be witnessed by at least 2 people for the event to qualify as a witnessed paranormal event.

 

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         This photo was taken on Thanksgiving Day                                    Photo taken Thanksgiving day 2001
                           2001 in Eagle Rock, Va.                                          just before dusk at a small isolated cemetery.

              

  This photo was taken at exactly 12:00 p.m. on a clear day.           There is an orb above a branch over a very worn 
  A color photo taken immediately afterwards shows nothing.          head stone. There has been the image of a woman
  The photo was taken outside of the car, and there are no             glowing white walking around the small grave site.
  windows in the house so a reflection is impossible. The                 The apparition has been witnessed by different
  image appears to be over the road, and if you look to the             people at the same time on different occasions.
  upper right corner there is a face. The apparition is very                Car engines have failed to start after a witnessed 
  long and appears to be looking towards the camera.                     event.

 
 Photo was taken in 2002 at Gaines Mill Battlefield.                     The Photo below was taken in Jan. 2006 in Petersburg.
 
                  
 
This appears to be the image of a person wearing a                  Although hard to see in this photo of a well reputed
frock coat with their arms folded. Note you can see                    haunted house in Petersburg known for its phantom
through the image, and it is standing in the bush.                      auditory sounds of civil war soldiers is an image of a    
The night was clear, calm and beautiful.                               
      male wearing a hat. No one was on the floor at the time.
The red tint occurred on image transfer to internet.                    Note that the curtains are drawn and the image is etween                                                                                         between the curtains and the window panes. 



       These photos were taken May 2006 at the Site of the Gaines Mill Battle Wyatt House, Mechanicsville, Va.

 

                   

Here is a firey orb.  Not!  It is an insect.                                      In the left center under the two hanging branches
The body and wings are clearly visible.                                        is an orb. Taken  in daylight Gaines Mill site.
 
 

                    

Here is a mist that was unseen by the naked eye.                      Here is a photo of multiple orbs. What is also unusual
The night was clear; no fog or rain was present.                         is the upper right and center of the photo is blurred.

 

                Gaines Mill Battlefield May 2007                                                Sayler's Creek Battlefield Sept. 2006
                                                                                                  
                        

This photo has it all! Orbs and two figures can be                      This photo shows a night time ectoplasmic event. In
seen within the ectoplasm. Note no orbs are seen                     the right background you barely make out the limber
outside of the abnormal area of the photo.                                On the right side of the photo there also appears to
There also appears to be a face at the left center.                     be the image of what looks like a civil war soldier in
The bright circle is most likely an insect.                                      full uniform.


Here is a photo taken at the Ashleigh Manor House                              Below is a photo taken at Gettysburg

                   

Note the light in the upper right window. No lights                     Here is a picture of our co-founder on a bridge
were on and no one was on the 2nd floor at the time.               at Gettysburg with a possible entity manifestation.
The light being emitted appears to be that of a candle.              This bridge is known for its paranormal activity.


 The same bridge photo taken a few minutes later                  Photo taken near General Armistead's Monument
 
                                           
 
This shows some form of anomaly such as some                         Note the soldier in the tree! No one was around at
form of energy making a hasty retreat through the                     the time and no one was definitely in the tree when
bridge.                                                                                          this photo was taken; the image appears to be  solid.
solid. 
                       

      A photo taken at a Gettysburg Cemetery                                         Our Co-founder at the Cash Town Inn

                       
You might think this is a headstone or monument                        In the upper right corner you can barely make out
but a photo taken minutes later shows the image                       what appears to be that of a frock coat and a sabre.
walking off to our left.                                                                   Another photo shows no image of this in the window.

 

    This photo at Cold Harbor is Really Strange!                                    Taken Anniversery of the Gaines Mill Battle

 

                     
This photo was taken while walking down the road.                     Several photos were taken on the road during the
The day was clear and the lens was clean. There is                      time the battle had taken place. Some showed
absolutely no reason for the distortion and no other                    nothing, others orbs and mists, and then there is
photos were distorted. Notice the face. But, then                         this photo! Particularly note the skull and and the
again maybe the only anomaly is the distortion.                           reflection of light off it! The orb is a side note here.
                                                                                                      The night was hot, humid and full of mosquitos.


       This photo was taken at historic "Montville"                           Poltergeist Activity was experienced at Montville too!      

                       

See the figure of a bearded man in the upper pane?                      The marks on the back were not present moments 
A photo taken immediately afterwards shows nothing                    before this photo and several like it were taken.
there! The open blinds can be seen in the upper pane                   The same area felt and showed hotter to the touch
along with  patrially open curtains in the bottom pane.                   and with the use of a digital thermometer.
                            

The camera caught this at the Historic Pole Green Church!                         Here is a true firey red orb on the path.

        
Here are a massive amount of orbs!                                           Here is a firey red orb taken in color.
Here is just one of the photos from the parking lot.                    Some might say this firey orb is no orb at all that it is a
Even though we saw what looked liked a huge "Sparkle            defect in the film (picture is digital), therefore there is
Effect" showed digitally as a massive orb manifestation.             no apperature defect. This orb is generating light!
                                                                                                     


           The following photo's were taken at "The Haunted" Wilton House Museum in Richmond's West End


                  
Notice what could be flames near the window sill!                         Notice the mist between the window and the chest of
This is the room where the crashing sound was heard.                 drawers. Nothing was seen at the time, and we cannot
It is also the same room where "Look over here" and                    find a logical explanation for this. This is the same
"Come here" was heard eminating. There is a room                       room where we heard something being moving and
                                                                                                        the sound of writing was taking place. Also an orb was
                                                                                                        captured in the exact spot on 10/30/08!



                              THE COUP DE'TAT!!! 

                
Note the female ghost walking down the stairs!                            The same photo with the image enlarged. 
She is walking right to left slightly facing the                                  This photo alone helps to substanciate some of the
camera. Who is she? We'll probably never know.                            paranormal events that take place on the stairs.


                                      Photos were taken at the "UPLAND HUNTING CLUB" in Amelia County, VA.
                              We all observed the "Sparkle Effect" but this is what the camera captured.
                           I have never heard of anyone else seeing "Sparkle Effect". Only 2 other people
                                   that I know of experienced this effect 1 other time and that was at
                                 "The Haunted Pole Green Church Site we investigated last year (2008).

           
There are orbs captured between the vehicles in the back           Even though only a few orbs were captured here we saw
ground several of us heard something banging on one of            hundreds if not thousands of what looked like illuminated
vehicles on 3 different occasions. On one occasion 2                    silver sparkles in the blackness before us. We were able
investigators experienced the banging right beside them.            to follow the "Sparkle Effect" about 100' across the field.




                              Photos were taken on property adjacent to a well known Civil War Fort

                 
Notice the 3 orbs. No planes were in the sky at                    Multiple orbs surrounding one of our investigators.
the time. Photos before and after showed nothing                 Photos before and after show nothing present.
present.                                                                                         


               Haunted House Near Iron Gate                               Does the picture below show paranormal activity?

          

Sounds of locked door opening and closing, sound of someone         There are not two faces, nor a doll! What you do see
moving around and the imprints and footfalls seen in the                  is a hand, wrist and a ruffled sleeve in a painting
grass were just some of the paranormal events that were                of Randolph Peyton III from the 1700's. The lesson ...
witnessed here in just one night!                                                       don't assume anything and debunk everything thoroughly!

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                                                    These photos were taken in Burkville, Va. in October of 2009


            
These photos were taken beside the house we were investigating. Notice the many orbs in photo #1, but start to dissipate in photo # 2. During an investigation in June of 2009 a couple of team-members did experience paranormal activity in this area.  Some family members has seen an orange orb about the size of a basketball in the same area. 



Below are just a couple photos captured at an undisclosed historical site near Mechanicsville, Va.
The site presented several different people with auditory experiences on different days.



           
 Shown is just a partial shot of the bloodstained floor.                    Notice the orb center left of the photo. The light on the
 Notice the Dowsing Rods reacting as the investigator                     door and stairs are from the camera flash. We did have
 crosses the floor. Most of us experienced goose bumps                 several experiences in the yard. Seeing the curtains close
 just outside the door behind the investigators. 6 soldiers               by themself. And 3 different people heard a door close
 died in this room as a result of 1 cannon ball ripping                       on different days; all the doors were closed and locked
 through the room!                                                                            and locked and no one else was on the property.



The photos below were both taken during the month of April but
on different years and with different cameras!  I would say this is a pattern.


                               
Here is a host of ghosts! The two people in the left front                 Approximately 2' to the dogs back side is what
are living. All the people to the back center and right are                 appears to be that of a female apparition. Also
what appears to be ghosts because no one else was in                  notice to the right of the dog the white ectoplasm.
the area at the time the photo was taken.                                       There is no ac/heating unit nearby, nor is the
                                                                                                          window taken.
 


                          Below are just a few photos of paranormal events we captured at the St Albans Sanitorium
on May 1st 2010 while visiting ESP "Eastern States Paranormal" one of our sister teams.

                       

Here is a mist captured in the "ElectroShock Area"                                  Here is a mist captured in the "Solitary Area" No one

It is strange the kitchen is within 30' of the shock room.                         was in the room but the investigator taking the photo.

Notice the ectoplasmic face! An apparition of a

very pale, long dark hair, gown wearing female ghost

was seen by an On Duty Pulaski County Deputy was seen

in the window directly behind the face the night of our investigation.


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