New Place to Investigate

Hey guys! This Saturday, the Paranormal Discovery Club is going to be investigating the 3rd floor of the Student Union Building here at Adams State University! Hopefully we'll get some videos to share with you :) Come join us!

Equipment Makes the Investigating Grow Fonder

Thanks to our friends over in Grizzly Video Productions, the Club rented out a camera, boom, and shotgun microphone to use for the investigation today, as well as the Library investigation Friday night.

We got the camera yesterday, and it only got to charge for about half an hour before I ran out the door with it. I spent three hours locking myself in dark rooms and running around the library playing with it and testing out the built in light (it works, by the way). I was more excited than a kid in a candy store. Or, I guess more fittingly I was more excited than a ghost hunter in a haunted building.

Today we're doing a usual investigation in Richardson. We'll be aided by the camera and mic, and I'm so excited to see what we pick up that I almost can't wait until 2.

We've got the equipment rented out until Monday, and I will be renting out a camera for every Tuesday meeting and big event so we can document it.

ALSO, I almost forgot to mention that for anyone here in Alamosa, more specifically at Adams State, our videos will soon be featured on the school's TV channel. I'm also very super excited about that. I've also had a lot of coffee today, so my energy is a little over the top.

So far, that's all the news I have for you, so stay tuned and be ready for a really awesome vlog!

Branching Out

So, seeing as it took us a year to get full access to Richardson and clearance for an overnight, I'm pretty stoked that it only took a little over a week to get complete and total clearance for the library.

I was expecting a big hassle, tons of paperwork, and several hoops to jump through, so imagine my surprise when the Library Manager not only granted us investigation clearance, but he added "If you want to do a lock in, come by next Friday when we close and you guys can stay as long as you want".

On top of that, we're so close to becoming official I can almost taste the senate meeting, and we have high hopes of being able to rent actual cameras. Our sponsor, Pete, brought up the idea of producing a short investigation bit every week to put on our University TV channel. How awesome would that be?

That's pretty much all the exciting news we've got for you, so stay tuned and watch for an awesome video soon to come!

Here We Go Again

After a bit of time off for Winter Break, the club is back in Richardson. Being gone for a month, we weren't really sure what we'd come back to. Our discoveries were pretty mild, for Richardson anyways.

Before I jump into the first week back, I actually have some pretty exciting news. Becca and I managed to get permission to investigate both the Student Union Building and the Library. We'll be able to go in during the day, and we even got permission to investigate after hours, and possibly overnight. So, we've got new territories to get familiar with, and new ghosts to meet.

Heading back to Richardson for now, we all scattered around the basement to see what was new. Before we left, Becca left another note in the dust (this was the result of our first dust-test) for whatever entity felt like replying.

"Wanna talk? I'm Becca what's your name?"

 Like most things we find, we're not entirely sure what it means. Red could mean a multitude of things- the color, a name, my initials... Whatever it could be, you can bet we'll be looking into that as well.

Once again, we had our little chair phenomenon: the gathering of chairs in the basement decided to rearrange themselves again in a nice little line in front of the gate.

At least they're not facing a door this time...

 I have no clue what's going on with the chairs. Like one reader mentioned, there is a high chance of a poltergeist. And I mean, with everything that happens, it's entirely possible. Many of the things that move are in connection to other ghosts we know about, but since new things are starting to happen, who knows? We could have a poltergeist in the basement.

And, finally, sticking to the tradition of weird things showing up in the boiler room, we give you the last picture:

You know you're a paranormal investigator...

Let me say again that usually we have no idea why things happen, and we've just started to accept that things move on their own, and that the voices we hear don't always belong to someone in the room. And, sometimes, empty pallets decide to pile themselves in front of the stairs leading to the Janitor's room. We figured we'd leave them- something obviously wants them in our way (whether it's Mr. Janitor, or the living janitors...) so Matt took the initiative and climbed over. Nothing was off in the janitor's room, so why was it blocked off? Has Mr. Janitor finally had it with us traipsing around his apartment? Or has the janitorial staff decided we don't need to be climbing up there? We'll probably never know.

So, as always, we're starting the year off right. Plenty of unexplainable things to look into, new places to investigate, and plenty more stories to come our way. Stay tuned, because I have a good feeling that this semester is going to be one we'll never forget.

Haunted Tours

So it's that time of year again, the club is putting on the Haunted Tours of Richardson Hall! Last night we kicked it off, and we had some really great activity. Eventually with the money we raise, we'll be getting a nightvision camera to take along with us and record some of the tours.

Last night we had a man named Thomas (a follower of the club) come by. He went through a few times, and even got some equipment (actual equipment, not my computer for once) and we had a good time.

Thomas is also letting the club borrow an EMF detector, a piece of equipment used to detect electromagnetic fields. Tonight I'll be showing up early in the auditorium and I'll be doing a full sweep to see what will naturally set it off. I'll be taking it with me once in a while on the tours, and I'm really hoping to catch something! How awesome would it be to catch an actual EMF spike on a tour?

So for those in the Alamosa area, definitely stop by and let us know you're a blog reader. If you're our reader, I'll let you in for free, and I'll take the detector with me during the tour I give you. We'll be going from 6-11 pm tonight, sunday, and monday night.

Stay tuned- I'll be posting all the activity Tuesday, so be sure to catch up on that!

Finally, after a year of waiting...

The club, since its founding, has had one overall goal: do an overnight in Richardson. Monday at 2:30 PM, our request was finally, finally approved, and tonight the Paranormal Discover Club will be overnighting in the building that started it all!

I took a picture because I was so excited

Since Richardson is one of the most notably haunted places on campus, we've been recording and researching there for a year now (the club was founded in September 2011). Though we do catch a lot of really great evidence, it's hard for us to tell what's actual evidence, and what's background noise from the life going on in the building.

So after pestering pretty much everyone in a position of authority here at Adams, we will be meeting Jared (head building manager of Richardson) at 6 pm by the front doors to start the night. We will be locked in from 6 pm until 8 am tomorrow morning, and we're hoping for some good evidence. Thank you to everyone who supported us along this quest; we'll be sure not to let you all down tonight!

Hectic Ghost-Filled Days

It's been a busy couple of weeks here at ASU, and the club has been going at it like crazy. We've started expanding, we're becoming official, planning haunted tours, investigating... It's hectic haha. In the midst of all the excitement and whatnot, we've been catching some interesting things.

From Becca being grabbed, to watery footsteps that mysteriously end, to voices on Audacity, we're not sure what to make of all this activity.

So keep your eyes peeled everyone, because the stories will be rolling in!

Our Hiatus has ended

The temporary break that the Paranormal Discovery Club took has come to an end!

Why take a break? Well, simply put, it was taken as a safety precaution. As anyone who has dealt with the paranormal should know, it is never a good idea to anger entities or spirits, and we believe we were beginning to do just that.

Like we said, our group got to do a tour of Richardson Hall over Halloween. For the tours, we amped it up a bit and made the legends come to life. However, in doing so, we began to anger the spirits in the theatre (which I'll post about in a little bit), and for our safety, we took a break.

However, now that the second semester has started, we're looking to start up our investigations again, and we're planning on doing something with some prospective members. And, if we play our cards right, we could finally get clearance to do the overnight in Richardson, which we've been wanting since September. So, faithful readers, stay tuned, and hopefully we'll have something to blog about soon.

Things to Look Forward To

So the Paranormal Discovery Club has made a few breakthroughs in our adventures. Of late, we've been getting permission from the faculty to hold a few explorations, which include some EVP sessions, a few eery EMF detection sessions, and unnerving sights and sounds to add to the mystery.

But just a few days ago, I contacted the principal of the school, Dr. Svaldi, and he's told us that once we get a hold of a faculty member willing to stay after hours with us, we can legally enter the building and stay the night in Richardson Hall, which just happens to be the most haunted building on campus.

On top of that, we've gotten the OK on joining forces with the nursing department's haunted hosue to host our ghost tours, which I've been wanting to do for weeks. Though the way it's going, I'm getting the feeling I'll be the only one actually giving the tours. Because we also have the choice to be actors in the haunted house, and everyone seems more intent on doing that than giving the tours. But hey, it's improvement.

That's all for now, fellow ghost hunters. Keep your eyes peeled and your imaginations open.