American Paranormal Investigations
Sacramento,  CA

Not the Doorbell, Now What?
Photography
EVP
Investigation #1
Location:  Sacramento,  CA

Investigators Present:  Dave, Charlotte, Ann, Janelle, and Jason.  

Reason for return visit:   After several months of peaceful nights sleeping, the family is
once again awoken in the night.  The oven timer likes to go off at 2:30am now.  The
master bedroom television turns on and off without being touched again.  The TV in the
living room changes to Spanish after talking to Ann from API.  Her daughter is playing
and talking to a boy and a girl that she says are dead.  Overall, the activity that occurred
before has stopped.  The current “stuff” is very different for the family.  Unable to get a
solid grip on what is going on, the mother asks us to return for another investigation.


The Second Investigation:  The team arrived at 8:00 p.m. and set up our equipment.  
The team worked in 2 teams, one in the back yard and one in the house.  Inside the home
Jason felt the presence of the mother’s Hispanic grandmother and two children there to
play with the owner’s daughter.  Upon going outside the two children were sensed again.  
Ann and Janelle stood near a storage shed and saw a very bright flash, startling both.  
Nobody else was outside taking photographs at the time.  Nobody inside was taking
pictures.  Charlotte inside and both people outside became weak, dizzy, and nauseous.  
Batteries went from fresh to empty throughout the night on all cameras.  Outside a
mouse was photographed near the home.  Possibly explaining odd noises heard.  
However, we couldn’t explain an unusual light source photographed by Dave.  
Orbs/dust came and went along with a light-headed feeling in several members both
inside and outside.  The EMF detector became very elevated to 4-5.0 at different times
in the back yard as the orbs/dust.  It was elevated only to 1.8 around the dining area.  
The kitchen and master bedroom read normal at all times.  The only other area of slight
elevation was the daughter’s bed to 1.6.  The rest of the room read 0.2.
       The EVP session was done with dowsing rods and revealed voices of one American
woman and one elderly Hispanic woman.  At the end of the EVP session in the girls
room and asked that the grandmother look after the children.  At that moment, TV in
the master bedroom (where the children were) came up with the DVD screen menu.  The
DVD player was not plugged in as the mother held up the cords.  She was getting ready
to plug it in for the children.


Summary:  API reviewed video, photography, and audio recordings, and correlated
that with the team sensitives, EMF readings, and temperature readings.
 The activity was
different than our prior visit.  The back yard, even though outside, gave very interesting
readings, photographs, EVP, and even a brilliant flash of white light.  The inside mystery
of the Spanish subtitles, I believe, was answered.  The mother had not thought of her
Hispanic grandmother’s Latino rituals and practices associated with Curanderismo until
this evening.  After a Spanish EVP session and coinciding TV event, the mother
remembered her grandmother’s beliefs.  The television has not flipped to Spanish
subtitle’s since.

The resident thanked us for helping her understand that nothing would cause harm to
her or her children.  And API will be happy to return when ever the mother needs us.
Below:  API is always trying to find plausible explanations for unexplained
activity.  Mice were photographed around the residence and could explain odd
noises and more in the night.  This finding is why not to ignore the exterior
because all know outside evidence is easily explained away.
Above:  This orb like shape is outside and should be considered dust or
pollen.  It is blue in color, but not very bright and is outside.

Below:  More exterior photographs showing likely dust or pollen in the air.
Below:  The API team investigators:
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