Supplemental Investigation Report
Mississippi Belle
Submitted by Juli
We arrived at the location at 21:00 for a pre-investigation briefing. I turned my recorder on right away and during the briefing, my recorder picked up a female whisper. Upon review, I could not discern what the whisper said.
After the briefing, we started set up about 21:30. During this time, my recorder picked up a female whisper in the dining room. The first few words sounded like “I’ve got the…”. The rest was unintelligible.
After set up, we took a break while Justin with Hastings Cable took a tour of the building. We then broke up into teams for the first rotation.
Josh and I started in the basement. We checked out the elevated area with the laundry equipment first and noted that there was about an inch of water on the floor and a fair amount of mold.
We then proceeded into “the cage” which is an area partitioned off by chain link fencing in a wood frame. In the back hallway of the cage, I felt the light presence of a boy. Josh also stated that he felt a “floaty” feeling there. I noted no higher EMF readings or temperature fluctuations. I took out my dowsing rods to try to communicate with any entity present. Right away, my rods swung around erratically. I stilled them and then started asking questions.
“Is there a spirit or entity in the basement with us this evening? If so, could you please cross my rods?” The rods crossed.
“Are you male? If you’re, male please cross the rods.” The rods crossed.
“Are you an adult? If you’re an adult, please cross the rods for me.” The rods did not cross
“I’d like to know how old you are if that’s ok. I will start counting from ten and you cross the rods when I get to how old you are.” The rods crossed at fifteen.
“Can you please take the rods and use them to point to where you are in the room?” The rods swung around and pointed to the corner in front of us.
“Do you mind telling me your name? I will start at the beginning of the alphabet and you can cross the rods when I get to the first letter of your first name.” The rods crossed at “E”.
“Is your name Edward? If this is your name, please cross the rods.” The rods crossed.
I invited the entity to communicate further with us through our recorders. I thanked the entity and we moved out of the cage area.
We walked around the open area of the basement for a bit, taking readings in various places. I got no significant EMF readings or temperature changes in any of the areas we visited.
We moved into where the old boxing ring was. I could feel the intense residual energy of the fights that took place there as well as the betting that most likely accompanied it. The ropes were still present as well as the mat. Just out of curiosity, I gripped one of the metal hooks that attached the middle rope to the post. The intensity of the feelings seemed to double. I could “see” a man in front of me with blood all over his face for a moment and then he was gone. Josh tried touching another hook attached to the middle rope and stated he could feel it too.
We tried touching the hooks for the top and bottom ropes as well, but it didn’t seem to have the same intensity for either of us. We both commented that this area produced a pressure in our heads and almost a weak feeling.
We left that area and walked around again. Just next to an unused cooler, we both smelled something sweet. The smell dissipated quickly and was replaced by the smell of a high end men’s cologne. That too faded quickly and was gone.
We went back into the cage and I commented that I thought “Edward” had possibly worked there. Josh said he could feel a sense of fear from “Edward”. I felt that as well.
Tim then called us back up to end the rotation.
Rich and Josh and I then took the next rotation up on the second floor. On the way up the stairs, I felt a spot of “heaviness” on the landing between the staircases. We proceeded upstairs and we walked around the banquet room. There seemed to be no elevated EMF levels anywhere, even near lights, outlets or appliances. Almost in the middle of the floor close to the dance floor, there was a spot that I felt like I’d stepped into a void. There was a feeling of looking over a cliff. Josh made similar comments.
Tim called up on the walkie to ask if someone was walking around upstairs. I tried to respond, but the batteries in the walkie I was using went dead at that moment.
We walked through the kitchen upstairs and around in the hallways but didn’t pick up anything or notice any unusual readings.
Rich and Josh went back into the banquet room to do some EVP work. I went down to investigate the stairway and landing. I did note that the floor sloped a little on one side toward the stairway at the top. I wondered if it possibly created a “fun house” effect and put people off balance.
I went down to the landing between the staircases and sat in on of the chairs there. I took out my dowsing rods to try to communicate with any entity present.
I asked, “Is there a spirit or entity here on the stairs with me? If there is, would you please cross these rods?” The rods crossed swung around wildly. I asked the question again and the rods crossed.
“Are you male? If so, please cross the rods for me.” The rods crossed.
I stated that I was getting the image of a tall man in a dark suit and hat and asked the entity if that was him I was seeing. I asked him to cross the rods if that was the case. The rods crossed.
“Did you used to own this building? If so, please cross the rods.” The rods did not cross.
“Were you a patron of a business here? Please cross the rods for yes.” The rods crossed.
“Could you tell me how many other sprits or entities reside here? I’ll start counting and you can cross the rods when I get to the number of spirits beside yourself that reside here.” At the number three, the rods crossed.
“Do you ever interact with the other spirits of entities here? If so, please cross the rods.” The rods did not cross. I got the impression that this spirit felt it would be beneath him to associate with any of them.
“Do you stay in this area of the building? Please cross the rods for yes.” The rods crossed.
I stated that I was picking up the name “Ferguson” and asked the entity to please cross the rods if that was his name. The rods crossed.
I then got the impression that I was imposing upon this entity so I thanked him and invited him to communicate with any of us through our recorders. I then rejoined Rich and Josh until the rotation was over.
Back at Command, Mark commented that his walkie was malfunctioning as well. He could receive communications, but could not call out. Tim replaced the batteries in three of the walkies before Mark, Rich and I went downstairs to the basement for the final rotation.
After a quick tour, Rich took a chair and sat in the cage area while Mark and I stood in the boxing ring. I commented that my ears were ringing down there. Everyone else stated that theirs were too.
We did some calling and I invited any entities to speak to us through our recorders. At this time, my recorder picked up a strange sound sort of like a loud hiccup. No one had made any noise like that at the time.
Mark walked over to where the shelves were and stated that he heard something roll on the floor. After walking that area for a while, he rejoined me in the boxing ring. Gradually, the left side of my torso started to tingle and I felt fingers run through my hair once. Mark say he saw nothing behind me and we looked for cobwebs hanging from the rafters, but found none.
At this point, my recorder picked up a male whisper that sounded like, “I can feel you.”
We all stated that we felt increased pressure in our heads. I even felt the beginnings of a headache.
After a while, Rich asked to trade places. He took my EMF meter and went into the boxing ring and I sat on the chair in the cage. I did some calling and just felt as though I wasn’t alone. My head didn’t hurt as much there. The more I sat there, the more I thought I saw shadows moving in the corner where I had communicated with “Edward” earlier. At one point, I thought I heard footsteps from the other side of the basement, but Rich and Josh said they hadn’t moved.
I stood up and moved out of the cage area. Mark had taken a chair just outside of the boxing ring. He was sitting very still as though he didn’t want to startle something. He asked, “Is there anything behind me?” I put my hand out behind him and on the right side and my hand started to tingle. For a brief moment, I could “see” a man wearing a white t-shirt with a shaved head standing over Mark as if fascinated by him. Mark said he felt like someone was standing over him but he couldn’t figure out what that person was doing. Rich tried taking readings in that area, but only Mark’s body heat registered.
We all walked over and tried to recreate the sound that mark heard earlier, but could find nothing. Rich then noticed that the only thing in the basement that emanated any EMF readings was the water pipe going up from the water meter. Mark came over to investigate that as well and while there, his recorder turned itself off three times.
We walked around a little more until Mark indicated that he was feeling uncomfortable there. At this point, my recorder picked up a female whisper that sounded like, “I’m watching you all.”
We all agreed that we were done in the basement and went upstairs. Josh mentioned that there seemed to be some activity on the camera stationed in the basement while we were down there.
After Tim and Justin took one more tour of the basement, we packed up our equipment and left.