Historical Background- This beautiful Hotel and Cafe was built in 1925. It has been a hotel, a quaint bed and breakfast with a cafe, and has even housed Hurricane Katrina evacuees. It has 24 guest rooms, a lobby, and front desk area. Also, it does have a kitchen and seating which was used as a Cafe. After our prelimenary investigation we did some research into the history of the hotel and it did sustain major damage due to a fire. According to the Hotel caretaker there have been persons who have passed away in the Hotel. He did not know if they had been by natural causes or other means.
Reported Paranormal Activity- According to the stories, personal experiences and interviews with personnel and the hotel catetaker this is a place of possible paranormal activity. Shadow persons have been sighted, items being moved and unexplained noises have been heard. Also, a general sense of foreboding accompanies you while in different areas of the hotel.
Investigation Team- Rudy, Veronique, Minerva, and LeeAnn
The Investigation Details- We were given access to the location for 5 hours. We took this time to set up two cameras. One was placed upstairs facing down the hallway and the other downstairs by the banister. Many Digital Pictures were taken and several hours of audio was recorded. We concentrated our investigation for 2 1/2 hours upstairs in the hallway and various rooms and 2 hours downstairs in the lobby, front desk area, and kitchen. Two Video cameras, Three digital cameras, one 35mm camera, two Olympus digital recorders, and two Sony digital recorders were used. Also, a digital thermometer, and a K2 EMF Meter were used.
Findings-
Personal Experience-During the investigation of the upstairs area Investigator Veronique sensed an uneasiness and felt very hot. She had a difficult time breathing and jotted this down in her notepad. After the investigation and our research we discovered that there was indeed a fire at this hotel which may correlate with the reasoning behind what she experienced.
Personal Experience - Both Investigators Minerva & Rudy saw what appeared to be a white ball of light the size being equivelent to a tennis ball appear from an upstairs wall and descend down the flight of stairs. Both Investigators wrote this occurence in their notebooks and there is an audio clip where they both see it and make a note of it audibly.
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Upon reviewing the hours of audio recordings there have been three significant EVP's captured.
This first EVP was captured early into the investigation when Veronique asks if anyone would like to make their presence known. The reply sounds like "sure".
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This EVP was captured towards the middle of the investigation. This was captured upstairs and about 5 minutes prior to Minerva and Rudy seeing the ball of light. It sounds as if a woman says "There they go".
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The last EVP captured was at the end of the night. An unexplained and unidentified tinkling sound was heard while Investigator Minerva spoke with the caretaker. After a follow-up visit we could not determine the location or source of such a sound. This was not heard at the time of the recordings.
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The EVP's have not been enhanced.
Here are some pictures of that night's investigation.
Conclusion- These are our preliminary findings and we have been asked by the owners to return to this location for further investigation. We will continue to analyze video for any anomalous activity or unexplained movements, etc. This evidence warrants another investigation and more research into the colorful history of this building.
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