Date: 10/30 – 10/31/07
Time: 20:00 – 01:00
Location: Antler’s Restaurant – Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Team Members: Tim Ellis, Lance Brown, Steve Laplaunt, Brad Blair, Jason Fegan,
Matt Barr, Ryan McLeod, Michelle Carrick
Guest Members: Don Hermanson
Subject: Investigation of Paranormal Activity Secondary to Occupants
Reports of Strange Occurrences
The group arrived around 8pm and we began with a brief walk-around and then started to set up the equipment. Don met us when we arrived. We started acquiring data around 9:30. Tim broadcasted for 99.5 during the investigation. Teams of two investigated throughout the night. The owners also tagged along for some of the walk arounds, as did Don.
Investigation:
Ø Personal Findings
Basement
· 9:55pm – Brad, Michelle, and Ryan heard possible shuffling across carpet flooring in basement.
· 9:55pm – Brad, Michelle, and Ryan recorded centralized, but moving in basement that were different than the readings that were recorded in other areas of the basement.
· 11:40pm – Ryan felt a very cold spot on his elbow while fixing Brad’s camera with Lance in corner of basement gift shop.
· 11:45pm – While doing EVP’s in the basement with Michelle, Erin, and Don, Matt felt a cold rush on his back and legs
Upper Kitchen
· 10:52pm: Steve and Ryan were touched on upper back shoulder and arm while standing next to each other next to the meat cutting table and right after Lance asked for a sign while taking EVP’s.
Ø Objective Findings
Upstairs
· Loud tap on Matt’s upstairs camera – sounded very near to or on the camera itself.
Equipment Used During Investigation:
Ø 4 - digital still cameras (multiple locations)
Ø 4 - digital video camera (Upper Kitchen, Lower Kitchen, Outside Basement Cooler, Attic)
- 12 hours of video
Ø 1 - 12 LED infrared bullet camera – no audio (Basement Coffin Room)
- 3 hours of video
Ø 3 - digital audio recorder (1 with above bullet cam and 2 used in multiple locations
Ø 2 - hand held laser thermometer (multiple locations)
Ø 2 - hand held ambient (multiple locations)
Ø 3 - EMF detector (multiple locations)
Ø 4 - locations for thermo couple system (Outside Basement Cooler, Basement Gift Shop, Upper Kitchen, Lower Kitchen)
Ø Motion Detector (Attic)
Assessment:
In conjunction with the interviews of the occupants and data collected the night of the investigation, UPPRS feels there is adequate paranormal activity throughout the building and therefore a follow-up investigation will be set up in the near future with a full team and a psychic medium.