HOPES CLOTHING STORE




HOPES CLOTHING SHOP
 Bakersfield Ca.

  POST Investigated the claims of Paranormal activity in a small building  located in downtown Bakersfield Ca.  The old building was built sometime in the 1930’s & is now home to Hopes clothing store. Claims of people talking & voices  have been reported to come from the basement, when no one is down there. The feeling of being watched & an uneasiness have also been felt in that location of the building.  Sounds of  boots or footsteps have been heard on the old original  wood floor that’s  located on the right side of the building. The motion sensor located in front of the store has reportedly chimed as if someone walked in the front door.  Upon checking to see who has entered the store the owners & employees where shocked to see no one around. I am told this occurrence takes place almost every day & sometimes more then once a day. On several occasions the hats on display, hanging off the wall have been found laying on the floor when the store is opened up in the morning. One morning in particular all the hats hanging on the wall (except for one row), where found mysteriously laying on the floor.  No one can account for or explain these peculiar  events.
 In October of 2010 POST set out to find some answers or evidence to support these claims. We set up the DVR & several IR cameras, as well as a few of our own motion sensors. Two full-spectrum camcorders & one full-spectrum digital still camera was also utilized. Two ambient temperature gauges, two EMF gauges & one high quality audio recorder was used. The PX box (which is an experimental device) was placed in the back room of the shop. The PX box works by picking up environmental  changes & then forms speech or words, which is then audibly heard through an on board speaker.  The back room had no EMF emitting that would interfere with this device. Our newest piece of equipment a green laser grid was placed in front of one of our IR cameras.  This laser emit’s multiple beams of light that covers an entire room. The theory behind this is -  any disturbance that breaks the beams can be tracked  as it moves across the room….
  We started our Investigation in the basement area, we expected to find high EMF readings in this location (due to the uneasiness people feel there) but to our surprise the basement had normal readings - no EMF. The team did not feel any uneasiness or hear any talking while in the basement, no anomaly’s were caught on video or audio in this area. However two team members did hear what sounded like footsteps on the wood floor, coming from the empty store above. As we left the basement Ryan was the last one out & had to turn around to look behind him because the feeling of someone following him was very strong, of course no one was behind him! Later on that evening  Jason also had the same feeling of being followed, while leaving the basement.  We continued our Investigation through out the store. At about 10:00 pm one of our motion sensors covering the old wood floor was triggered. Nothing was caught on camera that could explain this event.  A short time after that EMF spikes were picked up by one of our gauges, & the PX box started to speak. The PX mainly repeated several words which were “outside”, “disaster” & “country”. One other note worth mentioning was, when Jason was in the back of the store he asked Ryan & Tony (guest Investigator) if they had whispered? Both replied “no”. Upon reviewing the audio clip a very faint noise is heard seconds before Jason asked his question.  However the audio clip is inconclusive & the noise can not be called an EVP.  This location will possibly take a few more visits before we can come to any final conclusions.  As for now the claims are unfounded……but stay tuned for a follow up Investigation.
P.O.S.T
Posted by ryan curliss at 10/4/2010 7:10 PM
Categories: Inconclusive
 

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