Return to Rolling Hills Asylum 2013
*Most of my audio editing is done with a pair of headphones to really listen in on things.*
Many thanks to RHA management Sharon Coyle and the many volunteers who were present that night. ^_^
Well, this was my solo trip back to Rolling Hills Asylum, after the previous hunt in March of 2013.
Although I was all by myself, in terms of exploring and hunting, the place was pretty packed!! At the start for a few hours at least.. There was another team of 3 that were french-Canadian and I wound up talking with them waiting for the tour/hunt to begin, and even started out the very first 20 minutes or so of my night with them. Then I branched off alone cause I really wanted to get back to the top floor to face my fears with what happened in front of Steven's room last time.
I conquered all my fears I'm really happy to say. I also got into seemingly every spot you can get into, there may have been some rooms I never got into in the newer side of the building. But this time I was able to spend much more time on the top floor, George's room especially, I thought I had some good feelings and vibes from there. I focused in a lot of the children's rooms; seeing as we got a girl ghost last time; "Miss, what's the radio on??" And of course the vortex room, albeit briefly, cause last time tour aside I never got back into that room the whole night.
It was another cold night, slightly warmer than in March. I came prepared with double layered socks, toque, gloves (forgot thicker boots) and my whole arsenal of gear. I was able to forgo the gloves for a better grip on my gear. This was the second investigation I did (still have to go thru the Dollhouse Museum footage...) using the new Zoom H1 recorder. It's veeery sensitive, I wrapped it in an old sock to try and muffle the 'plastic creak' noise, but it's still was evident throughout any recordings.
As far as evidence goes, for myself, it did not feel too active a night as in March. I rarely got my 'lead sinkers on the legs' feelings. And again, no really cool in the moment ghostly happenings. Pretty much all the evidence is either really hard to hear, and could be easily explained as pareidolia.. But this was what I felt was some of the better, or more interesting moments of my 5 hours of video and audio.
My favourite parts being the EMF detector going wonky in the blue room on the top floor. There did not seem to be a lot of steel/magnetic metals around. It was in the low 0 to 0.1 range mode. I could only assume all the power to rooms were cut. And I swept high, low, side to side. It was not the highest against the walls (despite the darkness in the video) and seemed to be from about 3-4 feet off the ground to the ceiling. It suddenly went away (or turned off...) so I went into another room (duck room) where it actually came back (or turned back on).. And again it was present in the blue room, too. Still, in my 7 hunts I've done, I've yet to have my emf detector go that wonky without a power source OR highly magnetic (i.e. prison bars/fencing) that could be the cause for it to go off that way. So, that was pretty cool.. Also a neat part was back in the classroom, cause I found a radio in there!! Which i feel may somewhat answer, or raise more questions, to the child's voice we got last time "Miss, what's the radio on??"
So, that's pretty much it.. Might be a slow year for me in 2014, I've still got to get thru my footage from the Dollhouse Museum. That was an interesting hunt, packed full of people so I don't know if I really caught anything. But there was one spot in the 'dining room' that I kept getting a really heavy sinking feeling, same spot, every time throughout the night for all hours we were in there. Also that was the first hunt I experience first hand a 'shackhack' am/fm radio that sweeps channels. I thought I heard my name a few times!!!
Enjoy the return to RHA footage!!