I know I know I haven’t been on here all month and I do apologize for that. Sometimes it’s hard for me to come up with things that are intersting to say. Which is weird cuz ask anybody I pretty much always have something to say and never shut up. Unless I’m doing an EVP and then yea I’ll be quite for a few seconds but that’s it. So we had a meeting 2 weeks ago and it went pretty well, we had a mock up investigation. We’re currently in training mode and there’s alot of training to be had. I don’t know how other groups are, but even if we’re not going to places to investigate we should train to keep it fresh in your head and maybe even come up with new tactics. Like how the hell to roll up the damn cable that connects to the freaking DVR!! NOT EASY!! But if anyone knows anything let me know cuz I’m on the tech team and gotta be on my toes with the stuff ya know. Anyway I think our meeting went really well, the only negative thing is that yea it’s the summer time and you work and the free time you have you wanna enjoy it out with your friends and doing your thing the last thing you think about is investigating or anything to do with the paranormal. We just had our leader send out a pretty heavy email he’s alittle disappointed with the group right now. And you know what hes right. I’m not doing my part and I need to do more so I will be updating my blog as often as I can. So keep following me!!
Yesterday was LIPRI’s one year anniversary I still can’t believe it, it actually feels longer then that. And I mean that in a good way. I guess I think it’s a little weird since Thelma and Noah have been doing things for so long with other groups so it’s feels weird to say only a year old. We’ve gone through members, we’ve gone through some good and some bad. But we’ve gone through some amazing fun times with more to come. We’ve been invited to the PMA’s and I’m so happy that we’ve come soooo far in such a short time. I’m not gonna lie though I’m scared to death I get really nervous so we shall see what happens there lol.
In celebration of our Anniversary we were going to have a BBQ yesterday to celebrate but sadly we were unable to. Our family came up to visit us from Argentina and we had an excellent time. Sadly they left and we’re a bit bumbed about it. But today is another day, another beautiful day so it’s back to reading or researching, I have been reading a book on exorcisim and learning alot. Which I will write about after I’m done reading it. So this is my short blog I’m headed outside to enjoy the sun. I Hope everyone has a great memorial day!!
I had written a previous blog called “It could be a raccoon” the blog talks about my personal experience in this apartment. Had I not done some debunking I would have moved out, which is why I can’t express this enough. NOT EVERYTHING IS PARANORMAL!! It is soooo important to debunk during an investigation, the worst thing you can do is leave someone with doubt and have them get so scared they think everything they can’t explain is paranormal. The reason I say this is from my personal experience. I was scared out of my wits in my own home for months, I thought every noise I heard was paranormal. I tried to convince the person that had told me that my house was visciously haunted but they wouldnt accept it. Sadly it’s becuse of their lack of knowledge in this field.
I won’t deny it I’ve had a few experiences in my apartment, the major one was when a floor lamp began swinging back and forth in my bedroom on it’s own. The door was closed the windows were closed I was alone on bed reading a book, there was no draft coming in so how could this lamp swing back and forth and then just stop? I won’t lie when it happened I nearly pooped in my pants as I jumped off my bed and ran out of the room. I immediately called my sister to tell her what happened and she said grab the camera the next time it happens. Lets get real who thinks of that in the moment of panic? Ok well maybe you do but I certainly don’t.
The other things that began to happen was I began hearing whispers, at one point it got so loud at night that I couldn’t sleep I sat up in my bed and I screamed SHUT UP so I could go to sleep. And the voices died down. Another incident I saw a shadow person watching me from the kitchen while I was in my room and another time someone was standing behing me while I was watching t.v. I could see them from the corner of my eye and I was alone, the answer is no I wasn’t scared for some reason I didn’t think I’d get hurt. Now all this didn’t happen all at once or within a week or even a month, this is all stuff that happend during the last 6 years I’ve lived in my apartment. Scary things began to happen though I saw something hunched over at the edge of the bed, it just stared at me. I closed my eyes and opened them only to find that it was still there. I tried to go to sleep and eventually I did when I woke up in the morning it was gone.
I’ve never been personally spooked of affected negatively the way i was recently by the person who had told me about the evil entity in my apartment who wanted to hurt me. When the person was here he said that he could hear hissing sounds coming from the walls, that he felt a sudden headache and the feeling that he was being watched. He even said he heard someone say “Hey”, even after I had the house blessed by his suggestion he said he still felt something and even snapped at me. Well that annoyed the heck out me because I felt nothing in the house accept a sense of peace. Now I have to tell you that at this point I was just irritated and I snapped because everyone was telling me that i need to do something. But how can I do something when I know there’s nothing evil going on. After everyone left that night I heard the hissing sound that he was talking about. And truthfully I felt a sense of relief because it was the sound of the pipes in the walls, lets not forget folks that in the winter the pipes hiss when the water goes through them. DEBUNKED. Then I just began thinkng about everything and I said since this person it’s really knowledgable in this field so he doesn’t really know about EMF hypersensitivity. I realized during that times he’d come here he sat right infront of the entertainment center that had all the electrical stuff. Feeling of being watched?? It just all made sense to me which is why I wasn’t so quick to call the police when I heard the strange noise upstairs. In the end it was the pipes the echoing of the empty house that made things sound bigger then they are, EMF hypersensitivity and an animal who founds its way into my home. This is why we Debunk its important to know your surroundings check things out don’t be scared everything is not always paranormal.
A couple months ago we met someone who was a “psychic”, this person told me that there were two entities in my house one was an evil man and the other was a young woman being bullied or belittled by it. So I was in a way relieved to know that I wasn’t crazy that I did feel there were spirits here. However I was not happy to hear that there was an evil entity here, this person continued by saying where they felt the entity was the strongest. It was upstairs coming from a hallway and the Attic above it, the person continued to say that it was getting angrier and would eventually make it’s way down to me and takes it’s aggression out on me since I live here. O.k my heart stopped and I got scared. This was not something I was expecting at all! So then the person said I need to get the house blessed and if I did I had to prepare myself because it would anger the spirit and it would get worse before it got better. Well let me tell you once the person left my house I was scared I was making sure my windows and doors were locked I mean it was insane. I began hearing scary noises at night here and there and thinking it’s the evil entity.
I was scared at night when I went to bed it was not good, so I told my family and my dad brought over a priest friend of his. He blessed me, my sisters and my apartment and then went upstairs and got the attic. Feeling a sense of relief after everyone left I burned some sage and I had walked around saying a prayer. A couple weeks went by and everything was great. Or so I thought at 2:28am on a thursday night I’m awakened by a loud crashing sound coming from above my room followed by footsteps and shuffling sounds. You have to understand here that I live alone and the upstairs apartment is being remodeled so there is no one living up there. Now I jumped out of my bed and I listend carefully and there goes the footsteps and shuffle sounds, I grabbed my phone and a knife from the kitchen I checked all the doors and locks. I locked myself in the room and was ready to call the cops but something told me not to. So I didn’t sleep at all that night. I saw my landlord in the morning and I asked him if maybe someone had slept there and he said no there’s been no one there but he would check it out. Friday night all was well with the world so Saturday morning I went upstairs to look around and saw no foot prints or any sign of anyone being there so I let it go.
Saturday night 1:18am I’m awakened yet again by the same loud crashing sound, shuffling and foot steps. At this point I am imagining the worst then I begin to think that it’s actually someone breaking into the house. So I slept with the TV on, I was exhausted in the morning!! Sunday night 1:21am same sounds. By Monday morning I was a complete mess. I posted this stuff on face book and the person that had told me about the evil ghosts said that , I talked to some people and work and finally one guy said to me maybe it’s an animal who found a way into the house. I said I don’t think so it would have to be a very big ass animal from the loud thud that wears hiking boots. He said not necessarily. “If you wanna check if its an animal put some food out where you hear the most noise, if you find the food gone the next day you know it was an animal.” Gee that is a great idea so that night I got home worked out and then decided to get a small garbage bag, baby powder and some tuna. I went upstairs while it was still day time, I put the garbage bad in the livingroom and covered it with baby powder then I took a small package of tuna and put it ontop of the bag. I went downstairs minding my business when at 8:21pm I head the loud thud, the footsteps and the shuffling . I immediately called my sister to stay on the phone with me while I went upstairs to check. I grabbed a flashlight and slowly opened the door, as I walked upstairs I heard the strange noises then I flashed my flash light and see that the food is gone. I hear the scurring sound of something running on the floor running into a door as I ran up the stairs. I l0oked around everyroom but whatever animal it was, was gone. I walked over to the food and saw that it was eaten and little paw prints. So I felt the most amazing relief, I took the stuff downstairs and went to sleep, I slept like a baby. In the morning I saw my landlord and he told me that because they were working on the roof an animal got it and so they would set a trap. Well they set the trap and told me it was a squirrel that had gotten in, I couldn’t believe it was a squirrel because it sounded like it was something big. But because the upstairs is stripped sounds travel and echo so it sounds like it’s bigger then it is. They cut the branches off the tree and now no more noises!! I still think though that it could be a raccoon!
I wrote an article about Eastern State Pennitentiary and I really wanted to tell you about my personal experience, I was lucky enought to go with another group at the time back in 2008. I didnt know too much history about it but I was just excited to see this place that’s been around for so long. Let me tell you when we saw it for the first time from the car we were all in awe of the place I mean it looks like and old castle. I love love love places like that. So we decided to check it out and do a daytime tour before we were closed in there at night. So we walked around took pictures did the tour and it was just so amazing I mean I can’t express that enough. Seeing where people worked, hostiptal, chappel, kitchens and the cells was just WOW. Even the architecture of the place the look of it was just awesome we all couldn’t wait to investigate that night. So fastforwarding to that night we get there, they set things up and then we got paired off into teams. I was a little nervous this being my first time doing something like this. I just know that before I went I had a little talk with myself just basically saying be open to whatever happens, becareful and don’t freak out.
Well I gotta tell you as you know all the lights are shut down except the ones in headquarts and there you split up with your team or partner and investigate with your trusty flashlight and equiptment. We walked around checked things out, sat in one of the cells in the dark it was scary but cool my partner was really great. So then I was partnered with one of my sisters best friends and here we are walking around talking looking at things when suddenly I walk past a cell and out of nowhere freeze in place. It was insane I felt a gust of cold air rise from my waist up and suddenly my entire body was cold and I began to shake. Then to my surprise I began to cry out of nowhere, the girl I was with held my tembling hands and told me to just let it happen. I had no idea what to do I couldn’t think all I felt was complete and utter sadness, tears rolling down my cheeks and then as suddenly as it came it went. I felt a gust of hot air and I was able to move, I wiped my eyes and I was speaking normally as if it never happened. Sadly this was not recorded on video I would have loved to have seen that. So after that then we walked back to look for everyone and told them what had happened. Everyone was concerned for me which as really great so they decided to take the equiptment down there while I waited in headquarters with my partner. I suddenly felt awkward because I didn’t want them to think that I was making it up of that I was scared or anything so I asked if we could walk back to the place it had happened.
When we got there everyone had the recorders going and the EMFs and well you know EVERYTHING! SO I stood there and watched when they say “Why dont you ask Mariela to ask the questions since it seems to be communicating to her?” so they all turned to me and as I was about open my mouth to ask a question the cold gust came back and my mouth locked. I kid you not!! I could not open my mouth I had lockjaw so badly. They had to get my out of there by the time I got back to headquarters I was fine again as if nothing had happened. Apparently they got some EVPS . I had a great time on that trip my first major experience like that is just something I will never forget and I hope to go there again really soon. Anyway I have more stories to tell so I leave you with this one for now. Feel free to leave some feed back.
Yesterday we had a meeting outside in my yard since it was such a beautiful day and I have to say it was alot of fun. It’s amazing how when you get the right people in your team it just works, we even had an exam yes that’s right. We had an exam. That’s what our group is about knowledge and I have to say I’m very impressed with Thelma and Noah and all that they know. Me being new to a team and only going on personal info and what I”ve seen on TV it’s nice to get away from that and just learn the realities of the paranormal. They know so much and they are so eager to teach and our minds are eager to learn and that is why we get exams. We need to know what we’re talking about especially when we meet people who don’t know, who are curious and even people from other groups where you can share ideas.
I as always feel so much pressure when exam time comes I’m a terrible test taker, I don’t know all the terminology I don’t know all the famous people of the paranormal but I hope to learn. Not just for me but for helping others. Not to mention the fact that you really do meet amazing people, you make new friends people you never would have thought. You get to travel to amazing locations personally I like really old places that have amazing history. Hotels that have been around forever or even antique homes. I also love hearing peoples stories of how they got into this field and what interests them. Feel free to leave me some stories by the way!! Would love to hear them!! It’s getting late so ttfn!!
Like many of you I had a personal encounter, it happened when I was a kid and then continued to experience things as I grew up. My family moved here from Argentina when I was 6, we moved into the basement apartment of my uncles house, and we lived there for many years. I began having many nightmares about death, scared at the thought that one day I wouldn’t exist, that I wouldn’t be with my family. The very thought frightens me now as I write this. I had these nightmares often and kept them to myself so as not to scare anyone. But then one night when I was around 10 years old or so for some reason I awoke. I looked straight across the room towards the doorway and there stood a figure of a man, he had no distinguishing look. but his silhouette was leaning up against the wall, looking right at me. This ofcourse freaked me out. As any kid would do I lifted the covers over my head for protection hoping it would go away. I didn’t scream though I just stayed quiet I don’t know why but I knew I wasn’t in any danger. A few minutes passed and I lowered the blanket and there right next to me stood this figure looking down at me. I shut my eyes tightly and when I opened them again he was gone. Thinking I maybe a little crazy or just child’s imagination gone wild I said nothing about it until funnily enough my younger sister told me she’d seen a man leaning up against the doorway that night. I know you’re asking how the heck she saw it from her room but it’s kinda hard to explain, basically our rooms were connected and she described the same thing I had seen so this meant I wasn’t insane or so I hoped. Being so young we really had no idea what to think so we left it as it was. During the years living in that house my sisters and I began hearing our names being called out when no one was around, and the creaking of the couch of someone sitting next to us but there was no one there. Also the refrigerator door would open and close on its own rattling the things that were inside. We later came to find that an elderly man had died in the house.
Now I have to tell you that we don’t have any evidence or anything like that this was my own personal experience with my sisters before we really knew much about the paranormal field. I’ll skip to my 2nd most memorable encounter when I was 19 years old I met this great friend at work, she invited me to her house. I was introduced to her mother and then we went upstairs to hang out, her brothers bedroom door was open so when we passed it. I saw him sitting at the end of the bed and was surprised that she hadn’t introduced me to him. When we got to her room I asked her about it and she said her brother wasn’t home, it was just the two of us and her mom in the house. I thought she was messing with me so I asked who was the guy that I saw sitting on the bed in his room. That’s when we freaked out. We walked into her brothers room and there was no one there, but there was an indent on the bed and the look that someone had sat there in the exact spot I’d seen who I thought was her brother. I couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t explain it. I was able to give exact detail of the clothes he was wearing including the red cap and yet there really was no one there. I started thinking that I was crazy until I talked to my sister about it and began to research this brings us to 2008.
ROLLING HILLS ASYLUM/PARANORMAL RESEARCH CENTER
In July of 08’ I was lucky enough to be invited as a guest to investigate Rolling Hills Asylum/Paranormal research center. After hearing about it’s incredible long history and scary stories I couldn’t wait to go, yes I was a little apprehensive but I had to do it.
The history dates back to the 1700’s when it was a Tavern for travelers passing by. Since it’s been built it’s been bought and sold many times and turned into many different establishments. What shocked me the most was that because the land was so large after it had been a tavern it had become a self sufficient hospital where they were able to provide their own food by farming. In 1826 Rolling hills was sold to the Genesee county and because of a mandate by New York State that all counties had to care for their own. The hospital housed the sick, the dying, the poor, unwed mothers, children, the elderly and even the insane all at one time. The hospital had become a haven for many different people who couldn’t support or care for themselves there was also a chapel built for people who wanted to pray and seek guidance. Even with the extra housing built on the land it quickly became over populated and they had to distribute people to other places. It is said that there are over 1700 people buried on the very grounds. That part was a little difficult to know, because when we arrived and parked the cars in the back we were told we could very well be standing over someone’s grave. Everyone was excited when we arrived, we walked all around the area the back the front, taking as many pictures as we could. Later that night when we began the actual investigation it was amazing to walk around the halls and be in the building where so much took place it was a lot to take in. After Rolling Hills had been a hospital, an orphanage, an insane asylum, and a nursing home it had became a mini mall from 1992-2003. As we investigated there were actually still some rooms that had the stores themselves and their products inside them still for sale. But no matter where you looked, or where you were, you could tell that it was once a hospital. What I loved was that there was even a little museum showing items, pictures and articles about the place that once was. Looking at the nurses and patients how they worked and how they lived was amazing. One of the saddest rooms for me though was located in the basement known as “ The Christmas room”. This room was where the sick children resided. The room remains untouched with all the Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, a bed, toys and even drawings made by the children. I sat in a one of the little chairs as we were in the dark and I felt as if there were little children in the room with us. Some people claim to hear foot steps, voices, apparitions, and someone touch them. This makes the place very intriguing, I would love to go back and investigate there again and be able to spend more time. There was so much more that I wanted to see and didn’t get a chance to, but sadly I will never let that chance as the doors to Rolling Hills Paranormal Research center have now been closed. But who knows who will buy it and what will become of it, it’s been around for a long time and though it will be sold it’s residents will not be moving anytime soon.
We’ve changed our website yet again making it even more amazing and sadly in doing so all my blogs have been deleted. I would like to apologize to those of you who left your awesome comments. Sadly I’m a tart and I never made copies nor did I back them up so I can not repost them. But don’t be too sad I mean I know I was, turns out I like my own blog and how I write in it. So here I am starting over. Now worries I have learned my lesson I will be saving copies of everything now on!!
Since we are starting over I will tell you that sadly we’ve lost 2 members, it’s sad to see people go but when things just aren’t working out. Like any relationship you must break up before it gets bad. Thankfully there were no children involved lol!! just kidding!! But yes we are very happy with the remaining members, training can now commense without any interruptions and can now move forward to the amazing things that are coming our way with investigations. I’m not gonna lie to you I’m very excited for all of us. We’ve made some amazing friends along the way, lets face it no one can be in this field without eachother. Everyone helping everyone along the way. So want to thank everyone for keeping up with my blogs you can also visit me on facebook. Stay tuned for my newer blogs!!