Clay Haus Investigation #3
Note: PRSNA does not usually use psychics in our investigations. However, in an effort to determine how the spirits at this site react to different people and circumstance, we did invite two psychics. Although we cannot prove their abilities, some of the members of this team have been impressed by the abilities shown by one of these individuals under different circumstances. This experiment was conducted strictly for research purposes.
Location: Somerset, Ohio
Date: April 25, 2003
Time: 11:00 p.m.-3:30 a.m.
Moon Phase: Waning crescent
Solar weather: M Class flare, geomagnetic storm
Investigators Present: Paul Murdoch, Shonda Addington, Robert Hall, Hillary Murdoch, guest psychics Kelli and Donna
Equipment used: Olympus C-3000 digital camera, Kodak DC280 digital
camera, RCA digital voice recorder, Sony digital video camera with Nightshot,
Pentax PC-550 35mm camera, Extech EMF meter, Olympus 2000 Digital Voice
Recorder, Sony Digital-8 Handycam, Extech IR thermometer, Sony Hi-8 Cam
Olympus C-4000 Digital Camera, Trifield EMF meter
History: See previous Clay Haus investigation reports, or the Clay Haus website at www.ClayHaus.com.
Investigation: Paul and I arrived at the Clay Haus around 11:00, and
found Robert, Shonda, Kelli and Donna talking in the main dining room. Kelli was
discussing the hauntings at the restaurant and telling Scott what she was
"picking up". At 12:45, Shonda, Robert, Paul and I went up to the Blue
room on the second floor to conduct an EVP session, while Kelly and Donna stayed
downstairs and chatted. We didn't get much orb activity
while we were upstairs, but we I did get a few questionable recordings.
After returning to the first floor to gather some equipment, we all (Paul,
Robert, Shonda, Kelli, Donna and I) went back up to the blue room at 2:00 a.m.
This is when I discovered that my newly charged video battery had been partially
drained. I lost over two ours of recording time! After setting up the infrared
video camera in the corner, we all sat down for an EVP session. Kelli explained
that she didn't think that the place would be very active because most of the
energy in the building was used up during her reading.
We didn't get much for the first eighteen minutes, but then I got a small moving
orb over Shonda's head! About thirty seconds later, Kelli said "look at the
red light on Shonda's shirt, that's them". We all turned to look at Shonda,
and sure enough, we saw a bright light reflecting off Shonda's white shirt. I
asked Shonda if there was a red light on her camera which could have been
causing the backlit effect, but she said that there wasn't (we're still waiting
to conduct tests to see if we can re-create this light). About fifteen seconds
later, the light disappeared. At 2:45, Robert said that he felt a temperature
change. Kelli said that she just saw a form pass by him. A minute later, I got
an orb over his head.
A
little later, Shonda’s camera refused to take pictures for several minutes and
then suddenly began working again.
At 3:00 a.m., we moved downstairs to the main dining room. We turned out the
lights and began an EVP session at 3:09. Two minutes and twenty second into the
session, we all heard a floorboard creak next to Kelli. I took a picture and got
a moving orb over her head! Two minutes later, Kelli said that she heard a noise
like someone snapping their fingers in the small room between the main dining
room and kitchen. I got up and moved over to the doorway between the two rooms.
Three minutes later, I distinctly felt someone touch the back of my hand…the
hand that was holding the camera out in front of me!
Around 3:30, we started to pack up our stuff to leave. Robert went into the
stairwell to get the recorder that he had left running there earlier in the
night. When we bent over to pick up the recorder, he heard a footstep on the
steps just above him.
Conclusion: This is the third time that we have investigated the Clay Haus restaurant. Although it was not as active that night as it has been in the past, we definitely experienced some strange things that we have never experienced before. Was this due to the psychics we brought along? There's only one way to determine this…more research!
Once again, we would like to thank Scott Snider and the entire Snider family for their hospitality!
Submitted by Hillary Murdoch