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Behind Every Cloud is a Kindred Spirit (BECKS)I lost my grandfather when I was 17. I had a VERY difficult time getting over it. How could I still communicate with him? I loved him so much I didn't think I could live without him. I read everything I could get my hands on to do with the "afterlife" and that started it all...the love of Ghost Hunting and the Paranormal. I have been researching the paranormal for over 37 years!! It is my way of staying in touch with my grandfather. Being a Ghost Hunter is not always as exciting as it seems on TV. Many nights I have sat in the dark and not a thing happened. BUT it is those times you DO get that one voice, that one explainable picture or have an experience that sends chills down your back that makes it sooo worth it all!!! My purpose of this blog is not to make people believe in ghosts but maybe to open their minds just a little bit... I LOVE this crazy thing called Ghost Hunting. It is as much a part of me as breathing. I am just a girl that refuses to accept we can't still contact our loved ones after they die. My grandfather won't let me.

8/27/2012

Portal to the other side- This is the real deal!!!!

Ok.  I have been wanting to post this picture FOREVER!!!  But I promised myself that when I reached over 10,000 views I would post this. Before I tell you my story I want to THANK EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU for reading my blog!!!!!  If it weren't for you guys, I would not be doing it. 

Now, sorry I can't say where or when the picture below was taken  So, I am going to try and do this without breaking a promise not disclose the location of the photo.

I did an investigation in a Texas hospital a while back, which seemed to have lots of paranormal activity such as things moving by themselves, voices, lights going on and off in vacant rooms and some of the claims were that the employees felt as if there was a portal in the hospital.  Which is not surprising. Of course where you would have so much death and tragic events like this, it is very likely. Anyway, so I went to do an investigation one night around 11:00pm(at the request from the hospital).  After following procedure of signing in for security purposes, I began my investigation.  I was assigned a security guard to go with me.

Now, when your in a hospital you just can't walk around taking pictures and using EMF meters because you would scare people.  I could just hear me saying to the patients "excuse me....so I know your sick and all...but do you have anything strange going on in your room?" lol  So, trying to be discrete, I talked to several of the nurses and employees and they began to tell me about some of their experiences.  One of the stories that they told me was the night before I was there, they had to move two patients out of a particular room because they both complained of a "little girl" bouncing a ball in their room.  Now, this was two different patients that knew nothing of each others claims.  One man even said that he had a package of "chicklets" gum sitting by his bed and the box began to shake all by itself!!!  It scared him and he out of that room! But the night I was there, they had already put another patient in the room so I could not go in.

Instead, the security guard and I started underneath the hospital.  You could go down to the basement of the hospital and actually go underneath where the floor was nothing but dirt and you could see the beams of medal and wood the hospital was built on.  The hospital was built back in the early 1800's and had even been reported to have been built on an "old Indian burial".

While down in the basement, there were some employees sitting around a table on break.  I was asking them about some of the claims. They told me they believed the hospital was DIFFIDENTLY haunted! Not only that but they believed there was a portal down underneath the hospital.  They all would just have these creepy feelings and see shadows. One of the employees offered to show me around and share with me some of his experiences.  I think there were four employees that night on break and all four STRONGLY believed there was a portal.

Now, here is where it gets good.  I wanted to take a picture of my "guide" so this was the first picture I took.  I was really just taking HIS picture before we began our tour. By now, it's like 2:00am in the morning. Nothing interesting to take a picture of, just him standing in front of a concert wall.  I blacked out his face and badge to protect him. 

But look what I got when I got home to review my photos!  It looks like an "open ended tunnel"!  You can see that it looks that you could just walk right through it and be outside.  You can see how it appears to have the sun shining down on the other end.  It also looks like "greenery" to the left of some stairs.  Do you see that?  Another thing, the little carts over to the left, I know this is hard to believe, but they weren't there!  I took the picture, there was nothing there but a man standing in front of a wall.  I drew a line above where I believe the wall was and I do remember seeing that big pipe going across, but that was it!  Everything else in this picture WAS NOT THERE!!!

I sent this picture back to the hospital and ask if they knew if this could be a reflection of something?  And ask them to please go down to where we were and see if it would make since to them.  They sent me an email back saying there was nothing of ANY KIND that would have made a reflexion.  And the carts where not there either!  They could provide me with no reasonable explanation for this photo.  And let me remind you, I was way underneath the hospital and it was around 2:00am in the morning.  How could there possibly be light or sunshine?  This is AMAZING!!!!!  Because there was absolutely nothing behind this man but a concert wall!!!!!

I believe this to be a TRUE picture of a portal.

Love to hear your thougts.... 








8/11/2012

Guardian Angels are among us...


There are two orbs (one left to window and one above the arch) possibly three(far left just coming into the pic).  I believe that my niece was not without her guardian angels...Grandma and Grandpa Watson.  They are watching over and making sure things are going as planned.  This is during rehearsal for my niece, Alley's wedding.








This is a picture that I took a few years back that for some reason seems so sad to me.  I took it in front of the Alamo.  It is  a plaque(on the ground with a light) that talks about the ones we lost at the Alamo.  Is this THEIR guardian angel?

So, I wanted to talk just a little bit about guardian angels.  First, I want to say that I believe in them!  So many times, people confuse ghost as "evil" or "bad" spirits and that's not always the case.  I hate that the perception is that.  I hear it so many times..."it's a ghost....it's going to hurt us!!!"  Ok.  I am going to try not to sound to "preachy" here...but so many things are changing in my life right now and I feel I have to express my opinion on the idea of ghost are always "bad".

I believe that we all have a purpose...now... we may not always know what that purpose is but there is a reason each and every one of us are here.  I want to talk a little bit about something or should I say SOMEONE that was and IS very special to me.  When I was 17 I lost my grandfather very suddenly.  I WAS DEVASTATED!!!!  I have never known such unconditional love as I did with him.  It was because of his death that I even got started in the paranormal.  You see, I struggled...daily to try and make since of why God would take someone so kind and gentle and leave me here.  I decided that I just couldn't accept his passing. I didn't get to say good-bye because it was so sudden and this haunted me for years.  After he passed, I decided to read everything I could about how to communicate with the dead or what happens in the afterlife.  I just couldn't let go!!!  And that's where is all started...and here I am today talking with you guys and I love hearing your stories and sharing mine. WOW. This sounds sooooo serious and it's not suppose to be. LOL(See, I through in LOL now it's not so serious.)

Anyway back to my story.  I have been doing the paranormal stuff for over 30 years and have NEVER lost interest in it.  For whatever reason, all of the sudden people are starting to take notice of my work.  I am writing a book, blogging, been in the papers and magazine's, have a paranormal group and now working on a TV show.  These are ALL like dreams come true for me.  I can not help but feel that MY GUARDIAN ANGEL, NAN (that is what I called my grandfather) knows just whats going on and why.  I feel like if Nan hadn't passed so suddenly, that I would have never gotten interested in this field and the paranormal has got me...hook, line and sinker! lol  I think there is a reason that all this is happening.  And for me, I feel like it is a plan...that will keep me and my grandfather connected FOREVER!  I totally think he has had a hand in all the wonderful things going on for me right now and he knew how much it would mean to me and at times when I could have lost faith in what was going in my life, the paranormal was my distraction that helped me pick myself up and move forward.

So, what I really want you guys to take away from my story is...your LOVED ONES are ALWAYS with you and whether you know it or not, they are watching over you and making sure YOU complete your journey.  And if we are LUCKY enough, we may sometimes get to SEE or HEAR from them.  Ghosts are not always bad(although they can be) so next time you hear someone say that "ghosts are evil or bad" do me a favor and ask them to remember that one time, they were living just like you and I.  They may be YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL!  Also, just let me though in this quick note about that....if you were a "good person" here on earth you will be a good person in the spirit world...and if you were a "bad person" you don't get to die and suddenly become "good".   It just doesn't work that way!  So treat everyone you come into contact with (living or dead) with respect and kindness.  That is why we may have some spirits that seem.......lets just say "CRANKY".  They weren't nice while they were living so they are not nice in the afterlife.  Just food for thought.

How do you feel about guardian angels?  I would love to hear from you. :)



8/09/2012

EVP-Becky

Ok.  I am just trying to figure out how to post some of my EVP's for ya'll to hear.

This is from the Old Alton Bridge on Friday the 13th, 2012.  I believe it is a spirit named Steve that is a member of the KKK asking to directly talk to me...BECKY!!!!  This is just crazy!!!!!

Let me know what you think and if you can hear my name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2F3AsDfOw

8/02/2012

Awesome orb!!!

A friend of my daughters took this today. I thought it was an awesome picture!

8/01/2012

Old Alton Bridge-2

Hi everyone!  I'm back.  I am sorry I have not been posting lately but I have been sooooo busy with trying to get one of my stories on the Lifetime Channel.  I never knew how much there is to put together for a 30 minute segment. lol  But cross your fingers and say a little prayer for me that it all works out.

Right now, it's looks great!  Looks like we will be on the Lifetime Channel for the Fall Season. YEAH!

I can not post any of the COOL video's we have of a ball rolling, awesome voices, and even a child shadow figure we have on video!  They want to use it for the show.

So, I thought I would post a couple of the pictures for you guys.  The Old Alton Bridge in my option, is very haunted I have been back several times since the previous pictures I posted of the shadows and have gotten great stuff!  There are three spirits that we have communicated with Oscar,(was hung)Steve(member KKK) and Ellen(Eleanor Daughtry).  I can't wait to post all the cool stuff we have from this bridge, but have to wait until the show airs.

  • Orb in the fork of the trail

Chills on my arm and the hair on the back of my neck stand up as well as the temperature dropping 6 degrees around me when I ask "Steve" the spirit of a KKK member to come stand by me!

Old Alton Bridge-Daytime

Orbs on the bridge
Bright orb at the entrance to the bridge

Hope you enjoy the pictures.

7/15/2012

Before and after photos of the Shadow Figure

Shadow Figure
Same timestamp after the shadow figure photo.  One minute there, the next gone!


Is this another Shadow figure
to the right of the picture.  Is this
Steve the spirit that wanted us
to leave?
Lake Cities Paranormal Inventions Group
Awesome group!!!!
So the above pictures are the original photos taken of the shadow person.  You cannot see the time stamp but it shows 11:41pm one the first picture with the shadow person in it and the second one, without the shadow, is the same time.  Sorry, the camera that this is taken with, the settings aren't set to print the date and time on the photo's but they are on the memory card.

Then this morning, I was going over the photo's again and noticed the 3rd photo.  The one on the bridge.  I missed this several times, but this morning it is very clear... I took this photo of the group as they were doing a flashlight communication.  I was alone back behind everyone taking this picture.
Again, there are no lights around and the only light source is the flash from the camera.  The shadow to the right would be hard to recreate because of angle of the shadow.  If you look closely, there are also a couple of orbs above the shadow. hhhhuuummmm Just can't imagine how this could have happened without a light source BEHIND something to make this kind of shadow.  What do you think.  Even the shape and piers on the bridge wouldn't reflect this way.  And if it where a tree, it would have to be close to the bridge.  Ok.   It's a bridge.  There are no trees on the center of the bridge, just water beneath us.

Now, I will tell you that on the bridge we are using a Franks Box or Spirit Box for the first time, along with our recorder and flashlights as that is how we are trying to communicate.  The Franks Box keeps saying "Becky" "Becky".  So I go sit closer to the Franks Box and start asking questions like " who I am talking to?  "Ok...you know my name, what is yours?" and the response was very clear "STEVE".  So I start talking to Steve.(is that Steve on the bridge with me?hhhuumm Wished I had seen this that night).  I asked if he liked all the people on the bridge and he said "NO" "TO MANY".  And of course, we lost half of the people at that time, which wasn't bad considering that were mostly young people out to scare one another on the bridge on Friday 13th. lol  But then I ask Steve if he was a gentle spirit and he said "NO" "LEAVE".  At the same time, the flashlights are going on and off with the responses on the Franks Box.  I asked even with the smaller group, you still want us to leave and he said "LEAVE".  So, of course, we do what any ghost hunter would do, we got OFF the bridge. 

I could just feel that this was not a friendly spirit.  There are tons of rumors about the KKK at this bridge, and of course the one about throwing Oscar the blackman over the bridge and hanging him is the most told. (and by the way, I do believe we were at one time talking with Oscar who was a much nicer spirit than Steve.  But when Steve started communicating we did not hear another word from Oscar.)  Was Steve a member of the KKK?  I don't know, but he wasn't a spirit I wanted to mess with.

And the last picture is of the group that was with me until the end.  I love these guys.  Everyone did so good and we all had such great experiences.  As you can see from the group pic, we wheren't alone. lol I think even the non-believers in the group, may have changed their minds.  Thanks guys.




7/14/2012

AMAZING PHOTO at Old Alton Bridge

I just can't wait any longer to share this pic with everyone. This was last night at the Old Alton Bridge. One of our members was sitting alone and felt a "presence" and snapped this photo. AMAZING!!! She was sitting in pitch black! We tried and tried to recreate this shadow and there is just NO WAY!!! This is the real deal. She was sitting almost on the ground, and you can clearly see the shadow is above her. She was taking a picture of the flashlight communication she was receiving.
Again, there is no light source anywhere but the flash from her camera!!!  And she has the camera pointed down at the flashlight and the shadow figure is above her.

I have lots of pics and EVP records to go through today, but this place was awesome!  But I must say, the spirits are NOT friendly at this Bridge.  We had people that got scratched, great communication with our Spirit Box and lots more!  But I don't think the spirits where to happy with all the people there.  At one point, there was over 30 people.  Not all were with our group, but more and more people kept coming and wanting to join in.

The spirits told us to "LEAVE" and said "TO MANY PEOPLE".  So after that, we lost about half of them because they were scared to death! Heck, I thought that was a good plan on the "spirits" part.  Nice....... lol  A much smaller group went with me down into the woods and this is where the picture of the shadow person was taken.

I will post more on this place later, have lots to go through first.

7/09/2012

Lincoln Theater-Decatur, Ill

Here are few pictures from our investigation at the Lincoln Theater in Decatur, Ill. I had such a great time! I was told by Luke that has worked with Troy Taylor for years and he told me that my "flashlight" communication session we had down in the basement of the Lincoln was one of the most impressive he has seen in a really long time. Is my head getting bigger??? lol

A little history of this awesome place.


Residents of Decatur, Illinois have heard stories that the local Lincoln Theater is haunted. Those of us who live outside of the city, or the state may not have heard the same stories. Though the stories are popular, they are also fairly localized to the town. This isn't a place that you would expect to see the
ghost hunters investigating any time soon.
The Lincoln Theater first opened its doors in 1916 and quickly became one of the most popular attractions in Decatur. Prior to being the Lincoln, this same site held the old Priest Hotel. The Priest opened in 1880, and lasted until a fire ravaged the building in 1904. Though the hotel was rebuilt on the same spot, another fire destroyed the building in 1915, and some people believe the ghosts of that fire still haunt the area.
The fire began when some rags caught fire near the boiler. Though there were some efforts to stop the fire, it quickly grew out of control. Once the fire was stopped, the bodies of two guests were found. Other guests went missing, but no one is quite sure if they died in the blaze or escaped without a word.
When the new building was constructed on top of the old site, it was given the name the Lincoln Square Theater. The new theater was built to last, with precautions such as a two-foot thick firewall added to protect the building against future fire damage. The theater was an instant hit with residents who came to see the hundreds of plays, vaudeville acts, and musical groups that passed through the town.
The Lincoln remained in operation for a number of years, with ownership passing to a few different organizations and people. During the 1980's, the owners leased the building to another corporation, but finally shuttered the theater for good. Before leaving the Lincoln though, the owners stripped the building of many of its valuable parts, leaving behind only a shell. Restorationists are working hard to turn this old historic building back into something grand once again, though they have their work cut out for them, especially when you factor in the ghost stories.
One ghost that people believe haunts the old Lincoln Theater someone known only as Red. Red supposedly once worked at the theater. The man worked backstage during the live performances and seemed happy, though some claim he actually wanted to be an actor himself. Supposedly Red fell from the catwalk during a show, and died when he hit the stage. Red died die in the theater, but he died during his sleep and not from a huge fall.
There are a number of people who claim to have seen or heard Red at the Lincoln Theater over the years, or at least the man's ghost. People claim to hear someone whispering, or see strange shadows above the stage. Others have heard someone walking around the stage area. There are also some visitors who believe that they have seen the ghost of a young woman in the theater, though no one is quite sure who she might be.
The ghosts of the Lincoln Theater seem fairly friendly. They seem to enjoy sitting in the empty audience area and watching those on stage, even if they are only working and not performing. The ghosts are also known to manifest as cold spots in the building, or to touch people standing in the theater. Others have seen a male figure standing on the stairs. This man has been seen by dozens of visitors and performers over the years.


Here are few pictures from our investigation at the Lincoln Theater in Decatur, Ill.  I had such a great time!  I was told by Luke that has worked with Troy Taylor for years and he told me that my "flashlight" communication session we had down in the basement of the Lincoln was one of the most impressive he has seen in a really long time.  Is my head getting bigger??? lol



Looking down
Behind the stage





From the second seating area
Looking up.

7/07/2012

Newspaper article

Ok. So I did the interview for our local newspaper. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me to do it. I think it turned out pretty good for a local paper. And a half page?????? Really??? Thank you Lake Cities Sun.