Historic Fort Wayne Ghost Hunt
Ghost Hunt of Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit Michigan. On April 14/15 2012 as part of the Haunted Hamilton bus trip.
This hunt was a treat as it was the first time I have investigated a historic Fort. Very old tunnels and casemates that date back to the mid 1800s, along with some creepy looking buildings that have been around since the Civil War.
The tour was great, I really appreciated the guides giving us the stories of past paranormal experiences as well as the history of the grounds themselves. Big thanks again to the awesome folks of Metro Paranormal Investigations again. :D
I got to be completely uninhibitedly solo again for the whole evening again (yay). But, having a lot of outdoor ground to cover between buildings and caverns, there was wind noise and 'horn wars' between ships/trains in the area that made for quite a bit of tossed audio for me. Unfortunately, as with the previous two ghost hunts I have been on, I did not walk away with any one single "wow" moment as good as TALA (my holy grail it seems these days). The closest moments were thinking I heard my name called out in the "mystery house" as I called it, and at the end of the whole night, 4:15ish in the N-W casemate, where I did hear and captured on my recorder a voice saying "Adam's camera." Which was pretty cool thinking about it in hindsight, maybe my expectations have become too high, eegads sorry. :( As always, despite any solid "OMG A REAL LIFE GHOST" moment, I had an absolute blast. A tie between the "mystery house" and that N-W casemate for my favorite investigation spots, however not once did I get the "lead sinkers on my legs feeling" I typically get in these haunted places, weird.
Gear wise, this time I brought out my night vision scope, with the E_T mcgyver camera holder on it. Alas I don't think I caught anything cool on it, still one can never have enough gear (even though it is a huge pita to lug around). Also I gave the "white noise/radio sweep" that I've seen on GA so many times a go. I think I got some results from it, * does wonder if some are audio matrixing*. I did not hear anything in person at the time like on the shows, aside from a grunt noise, conveniently didn't seem to be there in editing. I used FM static thru a Line 6 pod effects to get it to sound like the sweeping noise in the show. I will be trying AM static for the next hunt to see if that makes a difference.
Overall I still have to say it was another great ghost hunt. For a location that close to home, I don't think it can be beat for a visit or a ghost hunt. Hope to return there again some day down the road too.
To add in: this video represents just all the weird/odd anomalies I think I have caught on video/audio while I was there. Most of my audio editing is done with a pair of headphones to really listen in on things.