It's A Shame We Have To Fight Christians In Order To Help People

You do what?!?

We conduct paranormal investigations at sites where there is reported odd or unusual activity that people can't explain.

Oh, you're one of them ghost busters!
Well, ahem, we don't really like to be called that cause... 
HEY! Where's your plasma-blaster ekto thingy? hahahahaha

And so the conversation usually goes.  I'm sure all of us who are members of a paranormal investigation team has had more than a few of these.  And so, we mutter our thanks to Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd once again under our breath (thanks Ghost Busters!) and slink away, the ringing of laughter still in our ears.  Actually, these conversations don't really hurt.  They are simply the uninformed utterances of the ignorant, who a few hundred years ago couldn't grasp that the earth was not flat.  Actually, more often than not, don't you find yourself laughing along with these folks?  Because it is funny - the "insaneness" of it all.  Brevity and not taking yourself too seriously are important traits in this line of work.  And so, we laugh with them and go on our merry way.

Not so with another group of folks.  The more stinging conversations come from fellow "Christians" who stand mouth agape that we would do such a thing and wring their hands with a concerned look that communicates that we've sold our souls to Satan.  There was a time in my life when such antics and behavior would stir me to indignation and a passionate response.  No longer.  I've fought the battle against fundamentalists and their closed-mindedness for so long now, that my reaction is more akin to a sigh and a relunctance that I even have to drag up the energy to once again expose their condescension. With these folks there isn't a conversation to be had, as there's not much conversing that goes on.  It's usually just a one-way diatribe in which we are non-participants standing there listening to their lecture about how we are not conforming to the scriptures and that God forbids such things.  Worse yet, they claim that there are no such things as ghosts (disincarnate human spirits), that they are all just demons in disguise and they are fooling us.  They never once stop to consider that we do concern ourselves with "testing the spirits" (1 John 4:6) and that we have ways to go about what we do that can effectively do exactly that.  That's the rub, they assume a priori we are lost and gone astray, without ever once asking us to tell them what we are doing.  Right back to the lack of conversation issue.  That's their whole thing anyway: they aren't interested in conversation, what they want is condemnation.

Fortunately, these type of encounters are actually rare (in my own experience) and come from fundamentalists who are guilty of eisegesis rather than exegesis when it comes to drawing meaning and truth from scripture.  They are reading into the verse or verses what they want it to say, rather than drawing out from it what it is actually saying.  They claim to have such a "high" view of scripture, and yet they don't know how to properly process it.  In reality, what they have such a high view of is not the scriptures, but their own opinions.  I say the encounters are rare because they won't face you very often, what you get from them is a lot of talking behind your back, and so you get their "attack" from a third party.  Ah, fundamentalist guerrillas - you gotta love 'em.

The truth of the matter is, we are Christians who believe in a spiritual world in addition to the material-physical world.  When it comes down to explaining phenomena that is occurring which our scientific instruments (which are considerable) and our five natural senses can't explain - then we have the understanding and confidence to do so.  At N.A.P.S., while we conduct many public investigations into "known" haunted sites - such as recent ones at The Myrtles and King's Tavern - our heart is to do the private home investigations where people are upset, concerned and want to know what is happening to them.  These are the investigations that we (and I do think I speak for the Team) justify all the time, effort, and money spent.  Why?  Because we are helping people.  That's the bottom line.  So, it's a shame, as co-founder Kim Frith recently said, that, "We have to fight Christians in order to help people."  I thank God that such fundamentalist thinking isn't encountered extremely often (but it is out there lurking).  So, we can ignore them as being what they are - irrelevant to the real conversation - and relegated to a side "freak" show.  At the same time I also thank God we live in 2010 and not 1692, because thanks to that mode of thinking, we might be swinging from the end of a rope.

Team Schedule: Heads Up! - Brand New Dates

Kim & I have been busy, and tonight we were able to speak with a couple of site owners and schedule investigation dates.  Here's our schedule:


Team Meeting:  Friday, November 19 at 7:30pm
Team Meeting at Civil Defense Headquarters
For: Members (Applicants and Guests are welcome)
Topics: Upcoming Investigations; Goals for next year; Demonology; Evidence Review; Reporting & File Naming Protocol; SugarSync Data Storage Site; and What we learned from Benbrook House.  Last but not least - simply have fun!
Bring: Your Christian amulets, necklaces or whatever you use to the meeting for a Team Blessing ceremony

King's Tavern:  Saturday, November 20 at 2:00pm
In-Depth Interview with Owner of King's Tavern (Mike, Kim, Summer)
Baseline EMF (Volunteers)
Baseline Photo and Video (Volunteers)
Floor Plan Sketch & Measurement (Volunteers)


King's Tavern:  Saturday, November 27 from 10:30pm - 3:00am
Field Investigation at King's Tavern (Team - Entire)


Private Home:  Friday, December 3, 8:00pm - 1:00am 
Field Investigation at Franklin County Private Home (Team - Entire)

Photos From Last Monday Night

More photos from Monday night's outing, where N.A.P.S. consultant Don Estes, using dowsing rods, located the remains of a female, 5' 7" in length:

Photo at Left:  Natchez Historian and Dowser Don Estes, a N.A.P.S. consultant, points out information about the grave he has just located, and tells us how his dowsing system works.  Don is the retired Director of the Natchez City Cemetery, where he used this technique with great effectiveness for many years.






Photo at Left:  Flag Markers locating each end of the grave.  No, those are NOT orbs - they are droplets of water as it was raining a very light mist.

Photo at Left:
Measuring tape signifying the exact length of the grave at 5' 7-1/4".








All photos taken by N.A.P.S. Investigator Benjie Sanders.

State of Mississippi Protection of Native American Sites

Today I spoke with consultant Jim Barnett on the grounds of The Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, and advised him of locating a likely burial site in Franklin County.  Jim advised me of just what I suspected, that Mississippi is only one of a hand-full of States that strictly prohibit the digging up of any Native American site, burial site or otherwise, without a permit from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.  For a review of Mississippi law regarding Indian Sites, click on the link below.

Mississippi Law & Native American Grave Protection

N.A.P.S. has advised the site owners accordingly.  More than likely they stated that they will be simply placing more soil on the grave, as it is a low spot now, and honoring it by planting flowers.  I also advised them of the possibility of contacting Tribal Elders that they already have contact with, and talk to them about coming out and honoring the site in their own customary way.


Jim Barnett is Director, Division of Historic Properties, Grand Village of the Natchez Indians, Mississippi Department of Archives and History.  Jim has written extensively on the Natchez Tribe.  The photo at the left is the front cover of one of his books.  For an article about the Natchez Indians that Jim wrote, click here.

I was also able to get some insight as to Native American related information regarding King's Tavern, as we have reported phenomena that includes an apparition of an Indian that is often said to be seen there. 

N.A.P.S. Future Plans - Including Multiple "Sub" Web-Sites

As N.A.P.S. moves closer to closing out it's first calendar year of existence, we are "vision-questing" our future and enjoying brainstorming and making goals for what we want to accomplish in 2011.  One thing that excites me the most about our team is how professional and goal oriented our team is.  Everyone is constantly thinking how to improve themselves in their own skills and also about how to improve as a team.  It's a wonderful and awesome atmosphere to be a part of, and I thank each one of you for contributing to it.


Web-Site Build Out:
In keeping with our purpose statement, NAPS is continuing its build-out plans for the Team by discussing and planning our information gathering and sharing strategy.  We are extremely dedicated to our goal of education when it comes to paranormal research.  We feel strongly that there are many errors and misconceptions "floating around" about the field and the phenomena of hauntings, ghosts, and spirit activity.  We realize, of course, that there are many views and explanations as to these experiences and activities, and that no one is an expert.  Having said that however, we believe that some are more informed and closer to the truth than others.  As such, we wish to share our views and have them "put it in the mix" to be considered.  With that in mind, we are planning a muliple website strategy, with many "sub-sites" revolving around the "central hub" of our main website.  Each of these sub-websites would have its own specific and unique goal or purpose.


The Main Site:
Our main site is used as our mast-head and central "marketing" focal point to get everyone to.  It's purpose is to do three main things: 1) tells the who, what, why, where, when and how we do things;  also 2) is written for and to potential private clients who are having difficulty with paranormal activity and who want and need help- and shows them how to get in contact with us and what to expect with all of that; 3) is a hub that one can connect to, that links to other sub-sites for all kinds of information and education.  The other sites are stand-alone sites, but are really designed to supplement the main site.  By the way, "marketing" as a word does NOT mean "showing something in order to sell something" - that's called advertising.  Marketing actually means how you present yourself and involves your identity, character, and self-image - even if you are a business, or in our case, an organization.  It means how you choose to portray yourself.  Again, this is true for businesses and organizations as well as individuals.  Our website(s), the layout, the content, the colors, the photos, the words - all "market" us or "present" us to those who come to the site, and we need a site that presents us accurately - as serious professionals who know what we are doing.  We still have some work to do on the main site, including finishing up some pages and continuing to build and add other pages.  That will continue into 2011.


Blog Site:
The purpose of the Blog site (currently up) is to share information about the Team, what we are doing, and how we are doing it. One of the things we want to do in the future is share information about individual team members.  We are a team made up of really interesting, dedicated and talented people, and we want to share that with those of you who are interested in getting to know us better.


Case Files:
Instead of merely being a page on the main site, we want to expand this into a full blown site of it's own, with publishable cases that will help people better understand paranormal phenomena.  This will be a data-based type site, and Lead Tech Specialist Michael DeLorenze is the visionary and action man behind this concept - hopefully this will become a reality in 2011!


Historical Research Room:
Borrowing the concept from our friends at MSSPI who have an amazing research sub-Website, we too would like to post our historical research onto an organized and dedicated site.  We are very serious about our historical research, and dedicating a site to that would benefit our clients and others interested in the rich history of Natchez and Adams County.


Theology & Philosophy Site:
This site would be dedicated to defending and asserting our point of view of why we as Christians think that ghost hunting and research is not merely acceptable and okay, but should be seen as a valid mission of Christians living in a world where needs must be met with the answers that only Christ and His church can provide.  This page will be dedicated to how we balance science with belief, and defend our view to both secular purist science which scoffs at belief in God in general; and then too, against fundamentalists who think ghost hunting is dabbling in the occult and is not supported by scripture.  We will present our view that both are based in ignorance and wrong thinking.  As one of our Team members recently said, "It's a shame to have to fight Christians in order to help people."  This page will be a cogent theological and philosophical response in defense of Christians conducting paranormal research. 


Education:
This would be a site dedicated to education on paranormal research, parapsychology and ghost hunting - from vocabulary and terminology; main categories such as EVP and EMF; photography; methodology; equipment and how to use it properly; and all the seemingly endless things to talk about when it comes to ghost hunting!


Other Goals:
We have dreams of new equipment acquisitions for 2011 - including an Ion detector, a state-of-the art radiation detector, a carbon monoxide detector/meter, and other such items.  We are also envisioning a corporate sponsor that could provide us a permanent office and meeting space to call our own, and also a trailer for equipment.  We would love to add three or four more individuals with unique qualifications in areas such as psychology, research, and technical specialists.  While we're dreaming - a top-notch photographer/photography expert would be nice too!  One thing we don't have to dream about - cases!  We seem to never be short of both private and public cases to investigate, which is helping our experience and skill level to be polished and our methodology refined.

Franklin County Private Home Investigation - Dowsing Successful in Locating Remains

Photo at Left:  Outside Consultant Don Estes dowses for remains and locates the body of a female, 5' 7" tall.  Don is second from the left.  The woman who saw the apparition of the Indian is on the far left.  N.A.P.S. Investigators Michael DeLorenze and Chris Jackson are on the right.  Photo taken by Mike Chapman using a FLIR i7 camera.  We used a portable GPS to log the spot, did a sketch of the layout, used a compass to orient the grave, and used a tape measure to measure the exact length. 

Tonight we traveled to the Franklin County Private Home investigation site and took baseline EMF readings, took baseline photos of all the rooms, did our floor plan measurements, did final interview questions and follow-ups from our in-depth interview on November 11, and also located the exact area of all phenomena witnessed in the house (which has grown to 23 different occasions of activity varying from apports to apparitions).  N.A.P.S. Investigators present were Michael and Kim DeLorenze, Mike Chapman, Kim Frith, Chris Jackson and Benjie Sanders.

We also took outside consultant Don Estes with us, who besides being a historian, also has the ability and skill to dowse for remains.  The husband and wife walked us back to a remote area of the property and she took us to the spot were she had seen the apparition of an Indian who had told, "My mother is buried here."  Don located the remains of a female body within three minutes of beginning to dowse.  The body, according to Don, is of a female.  He placed markers at each end of the body, and we measured the distance at 5' 7". 

Don walked in concentric circles (a law enforcement search technique) in a wide area and did not locate any more remains.  He came back to the area several times and we watched closely as he got the exact same response each time.  This technique is not a gimmick nor a joke.  It is for real.  Keep in mind that as Director of the Natchez City Cemetery, Don has done this for many years locating remains that had to be disinterred and relocated, and has decades of experience that is tried and tested.  Don will also be accompanying us when we go to King's Tavern later this month and will be dowsing both in the back and side yards for bodies, as well as inside the tavern itself (he says it will work through the floor).  Don's dowsing is based on the polarity of the remains working in conjunction with the polarity of the dowser.  If you have seen it in action as we have, you would be amazed. 

Don, who originally was highly skeptical of dowsing, became a believer in the technique when he witnessed it and then began trying it himself at the Cemetery, and it worked each and every time he has done it.  We feel extremely privileged to be able to work with outside consultants such as Don.  He is a valuable asset to N.A.P.S.  We now will be consulting with an expert Indian historian who has written several books (and who is a friend of ours) about how to proceed with possible archaeological excavation of the remains, help us consult with Indian chiefs and authorities (Mike has Choctaw Law Enforcement buddies in Philadelphia, MS) and whether that is feasible or culturally acceptable.  Rest assured that N.A.P.S. will always respect that a human being's burial spot is sacred, and did advise the owners of the site of such sensitivities. N.A.P.S. is, of course, comfortable with the idea of leaving the remains and the site alone.  That decision rests with the owners of the land.  Our job is to help the owners receive solid information upon which they can make an informed, wise and morally responsible decision. 

Bulletin To Team: Heads Up, Much Going On!

MEMO TO TEAM:

Monday Morning 11/15 at 8:00am
Historical Research Sub-Team is meeting at Mike's House (Mike C; Kim F; Chris J; and Summer S). We are going to go over King's Tavern History and continue to organize it. We will be developing a KT timeline on SmartDraw; an Line of Ownership Chart; Cite Sources Listing; and dole out report writing tasks and other duties. From this we should be able to soon (next month or so) launch our Historical Research WebSite.

Monday Evening 11/15 at 6:15pm
A group of us (Mike C; Kim F; Mike D; Kimberly D; Benjie S; and an outside consultant) are going to the Franklin County Private Home site to do the following: 1) Floor Plan sketch and house layout; 2) Record EMF baseline readings; 3) Take Photos of House and site; 4) Chart exact location of every single phenomena witnessed by family. Mike C has already typed the list up from the two-hour in-depth interview we had with the family on November 11. The list has 21 separate phenomena listed. We want to mark on the floor plan exactly where each one happened. This will be drawn up on SmartDraw as a transparency overlay on top of our floor plan, and will locate areas of highest phenomena.  From all of this information we will do our equipment location and layout plan, which will also be as a transparency overlay;  5) Record any other phenomena or information the family has thought of since we met; and, 6) Don Estes, one of our outside consultants (see main website under Consultants) will be dowsing for a body in the area where the adult female saw the apparition of an Indian and he told her, "My mother is buried here." Our field investigation into this site will be soon, probably soon after the KT field investigation. Meet up at B-KWIK on Hwy 61 North at 6:15pm.

Friday Evening Team Meeting at Civil Defense - 7:30pm
We need to meet this Friday in order to get ready for the massive investigation at King's Tavern. There are several things we need to go over in order to have the deck cleared for that. I'd like to have all our cases up to date and all reports, evidence review, and findings done and cleared out of the way for the KT field investigation - and I need to communicate a lot to ya'll with regards to that as well as get you up to date on some interesting cases. We also need to look at calendar stuff and see what everyone's schedules are.

Benbrook House DVR Data Uploaded to SugarSync
Michael DeLorenze has uploaded all of the DVR camera video from the field investigation at Benbrook House onto the Data Storage Site (SugarSync) for us to start reviewing those for evidence. Each camera has seven segments (files) on each camera - so there's plenty of evidence for everyone to sign online and start reviewing (hint, hint!!!). Get with Mike C or Mike D for details. Remember to mark the current "unk" (unknown - not reviewed) to either "pos" (positive for evidence) or "neg" (negative for evidence) once you've reviewed the entire file. Remember if you do spot evidence to mark the time begin and end for that clip to be "snipped out" for the reveal CD for the client (and for our files). I've already spotted evidence on Camera 1's third segment from 44:01 to 44:15. (Just now all of ya'll are scrambling to get online and look at it!!! LOL)

Late Breaking News

Just this evening since I got off of work at 6pm I've been notified of TWO possible emergency cases: a young woman having "a lot" going on and "needs N.A.P.S.' help"; also was asked to pray for an older lady who may have demonic influences going on in her home - EVPs from a trusted source indicate possible demonic activity.

On the Horizon: Mead Villa

Photo at Left: Mead Villa, Washington, Mississippi.  The site is near Jefferson Military College and Elizabeth Female Academy.

We are looking into the possibility of investigating a site in Washington, Mississippi that practically backs up to Elizabeth Female Academy.  The site is called Mead Villa, and supposedly functioned as a hospital in the distant past.  According to the current owners, many patients died there, and the place is supposed to be "very haunted."  Investigator-In-Training Benjie Sanders is interviewing the owners and doing some research into the site.  It is one of many sites we are currently looking into, as we plan our investigations into next year.

N.A.P.S. Uses A Visual Processor

Photo at Left:  Pictured are N.A.P.S. Investigators Michael Delorenze and Chris Jackson.  Michael is on the left in the dark jacket and Chris is on the right.  This is a recent photo taken while they were investigating the Elizabeth Female Academy located just off the Natchez Trace.  Michael is our Lead Technical Specialist and Chris our Lead Historical Researcher.  (Photo by Kim DeLorenze)

SmartDraw Software
N.A.P.S. uses a Visual Processor software called SmartDraw that helps us do a wide variety of things.  We use it to create our floor plans of a Case Site, and from those floor plans we are able to do field investigation plan layouts (also done on SmartDraw), using different colored symbols to represent various cameras and their angles of view, as well as symbols that are color-coded to represent various meters and other equipment.  All of our equipment and the base station is located on the Site Plan using these symbols and each piece of equipment's "aim-angles" are indicated.  We copy off a Plan copy for each Team Investigator going on location, so everyone knows exactly where each piece of equipment goes.  It makes set-up very efficient and quick.  We can also use the floor plan left "blank" and simply write down baseline EMF readings and temps right on the plan where each measurement is taken, put the date and time on it, and simply stick the plan in the case file. No more having to write down a bunch of entries on a log and write down exactly where you are.  Those are just a couple of examples of how we use the Floor Plan made with SmartDraw (there are many more). 

We also use SmartDraw to make visually powerful charts such as our Field Investigation Process Flow Chart.  We give a copy to our clients and it helps them understand more clearly what we will be doing.  They usually are very impressed when we hand them a Floor Plan of their site, along with our equipment location plan, and then hand them our Process Flow Chart.  It instantly shows them we are professional and very well organized.  The use of this software is almost endless, and it creates presentation quality visuals that are amazing.  We also use it to make visually impressive time lines, organizational charts and literally dozens of other visuals that are useful for our historical research, team files, and many other applications.  As they say, just as a Word Processor is necessary, now the Visual Processor is becoming a must have.  We've found it really useful and recommend it highly.  N.A.P.S. is constantly searching for creative tools to use to apply to our creative, professional approach to paranormal investigation.

We suggest you check out SmartDraw by going to their website (click here) and watching the Guided Video Tour.  Enjoy!

Team Busy with Evidence Review

Photo at Left:  N.A.P.S. Team Leader Mike Chapman at The Myrtles Plantation recently while investigating the grounds. The "wide shot" is on purpose.  Our investigators are trained to take wide shots to include "space" for entities or phenomena that might show up. You never know! Photo by Mike DeLorenze.

Currently we are busy with evidence review from last Wednesday night's private home investigation, as well as interviews, site reviews and transferring the floor plan of a residence onto our SmartDraw software program for a new private home investigation case.  Our current public cases are advancing as well, especially as we draw nearer to our field investigation at King's Tavern on what will probably be November 27.  Evidence review is a long and tedious process, and simply takes time and patience.  In every case we investigate, we list the things we learned and how we can improve our investigation methodology, technique, and execution.  We are also processing applications for new investigators - so we are very busy (and yes, we all have full time jobs!)

Benbrook House, Natchez, Mississippi

Photo at Right: N.A.P.S. Investigators Kimberly and Michael DeLorenze on an investigation at The Myrtles Plantation recently. Kim and Mike participated in Wednesday night's investigation at Benbrook House in Natchez, Mississippi.

Benbrook House: 
Last night, Wednesday, November 10, five members of N.A.P.S. conducted a very thorough field investigation into Benbrook House, a private residence located on Pearl Street in Natchez, from about 9:00pm until around 2:45am. Now that a release of information form has been signed, we can tell you a bit more about this private investigation case. The home was built in 1883, and has been in the same family since that time. N.A.P.S. used extensive equipment and several different EVP approaches. Preliminary indications are fairly strong for significant paranormal activity. We experienced odors (the same smells that have been reported by witnesses); team sensitives feeling strong presence of entities; tapping noises; motion detectors going off all throughout the night; temperature drops; and other phenomena, including some video evidence we will examine really closely. Evidence review is now underway, and we should be posting our finding hopefully in about a week. Thanks to Laura (and Kathy) for being really gracious and hospitable hosts!

New Investigation Opened in Nearby County:
Tonight, Kim F and I (Mike C) are traveling to a nearby county for an in-depth interview and site review with a couple having what they claim to be significant paranormal activity in their home, and are disturbed by it. They claim this activity has been going on for approximately five and a half years now.  They have two children in the home. They feel strongly that if they turn to their pastor and their church they will be seen in a light they do not wish to be seen in, and when they turned to a paranormal team from another location, they were "turned off" by the Team's being far too "gung-ho" and seemed a bit too eager, immature and unprofessional.  The couple also stated that this team said they would come in and "do a seance and bring a Ouija board."  They were adamantly opposed to this and rejected the team accordingly.  They were about to give up when they found us.  This helps us know that our approach to paranormal investigation (both solidly scientific AND Christian) is one in which many people value and want when they invite a strange group of people into their homes and into their situation. It's just nice to know that our "niche" is valid and needed.


FLIR i7 is in:
Today the FLIR i7 arrived.  I've charged it up and have been using it around the house and outside learning some of its capabilities.  I'm also studying the manual to learn what all it will do.  It should prove to be a very useful piece of equipment on investigations, when used properly.

At The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville

Mike using a DAS RT-EVP while preparing to conduct an EVP Session in the Ruffin-Stirling Room upstairs at the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville.  N.A.P.S. has been recently going there regularly to investigate.

Note the TriField EMF meter on the bed that he is keeping an eye on, as well as the two-way radio (a "zebra") clipped to his vest.  The cap light is a red LED tiltable light that can be quickly switched to white LED light if needed for safety.

Photo by Michael DeLorenze using an SVP full-spectrum camera in photo mode.

Sunday night, November 7, 2010.

"I know I have a honey-bun in here somewhere!!!"

The photo at left is of Michael DeLorenze in the General Bradford Suite bathroom, digging in his gearbag for some piece of technical thing-a-ma-jig.  You can tell he's our Lead Technical Specialist by all the "gear-debris" around him: 2 two-way radios (not just one), a UV flashlight, a K2 meter (with the LED flashlight turned on), a Panasonic RR DR60 and his N.A.P.S. cap! 

Photo by Mike Chapman using a SVP full-spectrum camera.  Same date as above

Update for N.A.P.S. Investigators

Thanks guys for keeping your eyes peeled to this board - it sure makes it easy for me to get info to you.

Wednesday's PI:

The field investigation floor plan/equipment layout using the SmartDraw software is finished.  The floor plan has all the camera locations and aiming directions mapped out on it in color coded form, as well as all the other devices and meter locations.  Still tweaking the FI (field investigation) schedule and techniques, but it's pretty much done.  You all will get a copy during the final briefing before we go hot on location.  I'll clarify any questions then.  Your suggestions, as always, will probably cause changes/additions/tweaks to the plan.  Put your thinking caps on!


The FLIR i7 has been shipped.  It will be here Thursday.  Let's have fun this weekend taking it through some field tests.  Let's all take turns with it.  The data logger is here - Mike D is going to have it ready for Wednesday's investigation.  We have another DELL laptop computer totally dedicated to N.A.P.S. now (thanks to Kim F!), and Mike D has plans for a third one he is working on. I think we have more equipment than we do people to run it all, although we are getting a number of applicants now.


Welcome Benjie Sanders, our new investigator in training.  Benjie is a Deputy Sheriff and works the same Patrol Shift as Mike.  He's going to be a great asset!


We are starting to add bios and photos of team members on the main site. Mike D will be building a data base website for all of our case files and phenomena to be posted on in a very organized manner.  I'll be writing about our multiple site plans soon, and describing what our web presence "buildout" is going to look like in the future.  It's going to be really nice.  I think we've had these sites up for only a little over a month and this is just the tip of the iceberg for what's coming.  I expect a year from now, we'll all be amazed.  But, you eat an elephant one bite at a time.


Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication!

N.A.P.S. Team - Info on Wednesday Night's PI

I spoke with the homeowner this morning and we will be conducting the Private Investigation into the case that I briefed you all on in our last Team meeting (the old house in downtown Natchez).  The field investigation will be this coming Wednesday evening (November 10th) from 9:00pm until 1:00am (circa).  Five of us are currently assigned (Mike C, Kim F, Mike D, Chris J, and Kim D).  If anyone else wants to go/can go (Summer, Cheryl, Benjie), let me know soon so I can have a field plan ready.  This is a relatively small home so no observers/outsiders will be allowed.  Update: add Summer, so that makes six investigators - perfect.  Benjie and Cheryl have prior commitments.

N.A.P.S. Consistently at The Myrtles Plantation

One thing that we haven't mentioned at all is our consistent forays to The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville.  Every week for several weeks now, we have had N.A.P.S. Investigators driving the forty-five minutes down to conduct all kinds of sessions.  The N.A.P.S. investigators most busy with this have been Cheryl Freeman and her daughter Jaime, and Kimberly & Michael DeLorenze.  Tonight (Saturday) I (Mike C) will be going down with Mike and Kimberly DeLorenze.  Just yesterday (Friday), Cheryl and Jamie went down and spent the night.  Then on Sunday, Mike C, Mike D, Kimberly D and Chris Jackson are driving down.  That will be four trips in three days.


These investigators have been getting significant activity with EVPs on the grounds.  We haven't been posting any of these because we've been so busy, but we have several EVPs to post from The Myrtles as well as the Old Adams County Jail, when we can get to it.  It shows how busy we've been with these public investigations, and we are also currently involved in two private investigations as well.


Update:  (Saturday) We've just posted one of the best (by best I mean loudest and clearest) EVPs that most of us have ever heard anywhere - captured by N.A.P.S. investigators Mike & Kim DeLorenze at The Myrtles on Friday evening 11/5/2010, using Panasonic RR DR60.  Check it out by clicking here.  We suggest you listen to it with "over-the-ear" earphones with the volume at a comfortable but high level.  What's amazing is how loud and clear it is so one can hear the little girl's shyness and a tinge of sadness.  Just from the last two trips to The Myrtles we have over a dozen clear EVPs, from human spirits to demonic voices - a couple of them extremely personal, graphic and vulgar - they knew exactly who we were, and about family over a thousand miles from here.  (Sunday) Investigated inside in four rooms: Ruffin-Stirling Room, William Winter Room; John W. Leake Room - all upstairs; and downstairs in the General David Bradford Suite, as well as all over the grounds.  Recorded much phenomena, mostly EVPs, and we will be posting some of these soon.

King's Tavern Dagger Found!

(Friday, November 5, 2010, 5:30pm - Natchez)

I have just located the dagger from King's Tavern legend. I have not received a release of information as yet, so I cannot say at this time who is in possession of it. However, I spoke by phone with the person who has it and I am currently setting up a meeting with them for an in-depth interview. I will say that this person was a close friend of my own father, although I did not know it until I tracked this person down and we spoke. Not only is this person in possession of the dagger, but other extremely valuable artifacts from King's Tavern, as well as knowing where the dagger was found and when.

As soon as I conduct the interview, I will give more details. Those details will depend upon this person's willingness to release the information. Exciting news and a major breakthrough. It is encased in a shadowbox. I look forward to finally be able to examine it with my own two eyes.

MS Department of Archives & History on Dagger

Today I was able to speak with Cindy Gardener, one of the Curators at the Mississippi Department of Archives & History in Jackson, Mississippi.  I spoke with her about the Natchez Democrat article dated March 13, 1977 in which it states, "Mrs. Annabelle Maxie, owner of the dagger, recently loaned it back to King's Tavern following a study by the Mississippi Department of Archives.  She said the archives department had determined that the dagger was of Spanish origin."


Ms. Gardener asked me to fax a copy of the article to her, and she is trying to see if they have any record of the study in their archives that would verify the story.  It would be nice to finally have something tangible regarding the bodies and dagger supposedly found at the Tavern.


I also have been phoning around in an attempt to make contact with any of the Maxie's listed locally to see if they are, or know of, any existing relatives of Mrs. Annabelle Maxie so we can interview them and possibly track down the dagger.  Two of the four numbers are disconnected, even though the phone book is of July this year - amazing how difficult it is to find any record of a dagger or bodies!!!  Another number said the Maxie person living there was not home, but would be back later this evening.  Stay tuned for further developments.

Team Meeting & Natchez City Cemetery: It was Mrs. Esther in the Tavern with the Spanish Dagger...

N.A.P.S. met last night (Thursday) and we had a great time.  We briefed one another on our historical research into King's Tavern, and broke it all down on the white board.  It was a really fun discussion, and very informative.  The history of King's Tavern actually begins with the Jersey Settlers, who came to Kingston ( a settlement just outside Natchez to the Southeast) all the way from New Jersey via Florida.  Their story alone is fascinating.  We covered key points, and updated the extensive time-line.  We even have uncovered the name of the infamous wife of Richard King (Esther) who supposedly murdered her husband's mistress, the "Madeline" of King's Tavern fame.  We then discussed ways in which this research could be taken advantage of when we do our field investigation later this month. This mountain of research will have to be typed and organized for the files, and we will begin to place it on a third NAPS website that will focus on purely our historical research and findings.  We "borrowed" the idea of a focused website on history from our friends at MSSPI - a paranormal team based in northern Mississippi.  They have an awesome site, focused upon and dedicated to, the historical research and findings that they have uncovered due to their hard work.  We think it's a fantastic idea for Teams to share their research by posting it online, and thus we want to emulate our friends at MSSPI by doing the same.  To go to the MSSPI Research Room, click here.  The masterminds behind it are MSSPI investigators Shelly Beard and Angela Burke.


Mike informed the team of a new request for a private (home) investigation, and went over a summary of the house and client.  The Team decided together that we will investigate the site after Kings Tavern's field investigation (it is not an urgent situation). 


We also discussed Team issues, did some organizational tasks, and talked about organizing our resource library - which is becoming quite extensive.    We had a little training time on photography, then we gathered our equipment and went about a couple of miles over to the Natchez City Cemetery (photo top left at daytime) and divided up into four groups.  Cheryl's daughter Jamie joined us.  (Cheryl and Jamie are headed to The Myrtles on Friday - today - for an overnight.)  We stayed out to just after 10:30pm, taking EMF readings, snapping photos, and conducting multiple EVP sessions.  That was a blast!

Cuz Edna Told Me

Four words heard recently by myself and another N.A.P.S. investigator are likely to go down in infamy - at least for us. They were spoken to me and co-founder Kim Frith during a conversation we were having with a couple of people who stopped us while we were doing historic research into King's Tavern at the George Armstrong library. One of the nice ladies was eagerly explaining to us about another friend who had described to her some experiences she had while at King's Tavern. Then, she uttered the words I'm almost weary of hearing, "You know, a long time ago they discovered the mummified remains of three people, a female and two males, hidden in a fire place wall with a dagger sticking in the chest of the female." Upon hearing this and unable to contain myself, I immediately slipped into law officer mode and (probably rudely) interrupted her and in a very flat tone with direct eye contact queried, "And on what basis of fact do you have to know that this ever actually happened?" Stunned that I would ask that, her body language said it all. She reacted like a child caught with her hand in the cookie jar.  The gig was up.  Trapped and knowing what she was about to have to say, her eyes went to the floor, her chin dropped slightly and she uttered the now infamous words, "Cuz Edna told me."

Kim and I exchanged a knowing look, with a twinkle in our eye.

You see, those iconoclastic four words sum up what paranormal historical researchers into ghost stories have come to know. People, especially us southerners, love our stories...especially our ghost stories. It is almost considered rude to stop the story-teller and question whether the story is actually true! Rather than ask the question themselves, they've passed the story on from one generation to the next, embellishing a little more in each succeeding generation, to where all semblance of fact fades and we're left with a mixture of truth and fable. I don't need to tell you which is more weighted than the other. Entertaining though it may be, this hardly provides a basis on which to factually investigate a site. Asked to provide a little epistemology (how do you know the truth), and they are busted. They don't refer to court documents, a historical book, or to a police or coroner's report. What do they always mutter: Cuz Edna told me.

It's enough to make a paranormal researcher shake his head and smile.

Time Out: Let's talk 'bout Bias

I find it intriguing when some one says that, regarding their philosophy or approach to parapsychology and paranormal research (the two are very different), that they are "unbiased" and "religion free."  I'm sorry, but I find that a bit irritating. So, please indulge me as I rant a bit... 

There is no such thing.


You read that correctly.  There is no such thing as not having a bias.  It's high time some of our brothers and sisters in the field learn that and stop looking down their noses at those of us who approach paranormal research with an openly Christian perspective.  Memo to the uninformed: You have your own bias.  Do you not understand that?  Truly?


We all have our worldview, made up of core presuppositions by which we use to make sense out of our world.  Most of us don't even realize we have them, but we all do, and they filter and "spin" everything that comes into our minds.  The best we can do is to be aware of them and make them what we want them to be, rather than unknowingly allow ourselves to have inconsistent and confused presuppositions.  It is obvious, from anyone making a statement such as, "I have an unbiased and religion free approach to paranormal research but rather approach this scientifically" that they are standing on the very branch they are sawing off.  All the while they are claiming to be unbiased they are exposing it.  The unflattering analogy is that while they are bent over with their head buried in the sand and they're claiming, "I'm not here!" their posterior is waving in the wind for everyone to see.


Just as an agnostic is being hypocritical when he says, "We cannot know truth," the investigator who is claiming to be "unbiased" is likewise being hypocritical.  The agnostic, when he says, "We cannot know truth" is declaring a truth statement - the very thing he says we cannot do!  He is saying, in effect, the only truth we can know is that there is no truth.  That is, of course, nonsensical and absurd.


The proud claim of the man who declares that he is "holding to science and not being religious" is being religious - the religion he worships and follows is science!  I'm constantly amazed at the folks who think they are unbiased when they sanctimoniously say "I'm not a religious freak I'm a scientist, therefore I'm not biased."  Indeed they are, but what's worse is that they don't even realize it.  Who is really the blind "believer?"  I'm a bit embarrassed for them, but ignorance is bliss as they say.


One last point, if you cling to being strictly a "scientist" when approaching paranormal research, then how can you assign any causal affect (reason) for the anomaly outside of a natural or psychological finding? (In other words a true haunting.)  You can't really even use the word "paranormal" can you?  Why?  Because use of the word "paranormal" indicates (by definition) that the cause for the activity is beyond the normal!  You've relegated yourself to being a parapsychologist, but you can never be a paranormal researcher.  You can deal in the what: "Hey, egads, over there is an anomaly!" but never the why: "Hey, over there is an anomaly and it's the spirit of my dead grandmother!"  To say that means you "believe" that your grandmother is alive after her physical death - and that's the realm of religion and belief.  You can't go there.  You're stuck.  You can feel the itch, but you can't scratch it.  All you can explore is phenomenology (the experiences and people who have them) but never the reasons behind the phenomena.  You are, as Ed Warren used to put it, "Fishing without a hook."


The best bet, in my opinion, is to be balanced and do both.   


Admit your bias (your belief). 
Don't be ashamed or ignorant (or stupid) of it.  In fact:
Claim it! 
Be proud of it. 
Defend it! 


Start with science with all its parts (historical research, interviews, geography, biology, physics, psychology, parapsychology, etc...then once that's done move on from that into an informed belief!  Both of those words indicate the balance I spoke of earlier.  Why does everyone assume a priori that having "religious" views and having "faith" automatically makes one check their brain at the door?  That's a false assumption, period, and frankly I'm tired of seeing it.  Memo number two: faith and reason are not mutually exclusive concepts.  Those who feel that way need to read William Lane Craig's book Reasonable Faith.  To see his site, click here.  I've met Bill, and he's a  theological genius, seriously.  He's way over my head and that book will make you do some deep thinking, and every Christian should read it. 


For those of you who have been looking down on those of us who approach this field openly with our faith intact, please do me a favor and before you smugly dismiss us, try a bit of humility by looking deeply into your own lives, your core beliefs, and how they shape and influence your own approach to this work...really.

Adams County's "Hell House?" Old County Jail Contact

While on duty today at the Sheriff's Department (I started day shift for a month so my vampire days are over for a bit), I went in the Old County Jail site which is next door to our current Jail and Sheriff's Office in downtown Natchez.  This building currently holds the offices of the Adams County Board of Supervisors.  I spoke with Ms. Angela Hutchins (whom I've known as an acquaintance for a while) who is the Administrative Secretary for the Board.  She has worked at this location for 23 years!  She also works alone unless someone drops by, or one of the Supervisors (who work part-time) drops into his office for a bit.  So, one would think that if anyone has had paranormal experiences at this site she would be the one to talk to, right? 

So, I went there to ask her if she would consent to an in-depth interview to discuss what she has experienced.  Angela was extremely open and seemed even relieved that we were interested in investigating the building.  She described a whole array of different types of experiences, including sounds, water coming on and off by itself, telephone machines coming on and off, and most recently (this summer) she is seeing a shadow figure.  Angela told me of other people who have heard voices, including the Board's President.  She was of the opinion that Board President Darryl Grennell would be very open to a full investigation of the site and would himself probably want to observe.  Angela stated that he has always talked about having a paranormal team come and investigate.  The building and site have long been associated with paranormal activity, and are even cited by some as being the most haunted site in Adams County (including former Sheriff Tommy Ferrell).  The second floor, still to this day, has the original death row cells and trap door where people were executed by hanging.  A photo of the building is provided at top right.  Just out of site to the right of the building is our current building where we Deputies work out of and house our current county inmates. 

N.A.P.S. Team Meeting Thursday Night 7:30pm, at Civil Defense

Hey guys!  Just a reminder we meet tomorrow night, same time, same place, same channel.  Investigators please bring your minimum field gear.

N.A.P.S. Update: What We've Been Up To Lately...

This is posted so that our many friends and visitors can have an idea of what the Team is doing and preparing for (mainly King's Tavern).  Speaking of King's Tavern, please be aware that the historical data and historical record show that this location is haunted.  That is not disputed by credible people.  King's Tavern has a long history of reported paranormal activity by hundreds, if not thousands, of people.  So, as you read the following, be aware that N.A.P.S. is going into the location not to prove or disprove a haunted site, but to gain insight and clarity into the specifics of the haunting.  There is a big difference.  By the way, KT is our acronym for King’s Tavern.  Here’s what N.A.P.S. is doing and preparing for:

We're super busy with historical research into King's Tavern and doing interviews with many who claim to have had experiences there. We have a very strong element within the team that is proving to be extremely adept at true historical research and data collection (which proves that a good Team is made up of individuals performing the area of expertise they enjoy best).  As for the historical findings – we are discovering a LOT of folktale stuff that has little to do with factual history, but the history is interesting enough to be sure!  For example, some of the brochures put out over the years and the historical marker itself, are simply incorrect.  We are fast becoming true historians I think, but we're uncovering lots of factual info that's even gotten the attention of our local historical society - which is fairly substantial here in Natchez.  I'm really proud of our work into KT and what we are uncovering that has been buried for so long (no bones or dagger yet though!).  Keep in mind this is only the beginning, and as this case file grows over the coming months and years, our KT historic research sub-file, I predict, will be the source of many inquires by historians and historical societies who want to have a factual history (and other paranormal teams who want to come in with eyes wide open).  We have leads yet to run down for this fall 2010 KT investigation, but the team has started to shift into our interview phase (to see our methodological process, click here).  This shift is occurring naturally, because many people who, as we've been researching the history, have popped up from everywhere wanting to tell us their story about what happened to them when they worked there, etc.  So, it's been an easy transition into the interview phase. 

We are looking to the data from the historical research phase and interview phase to “feed” and inform our field research phase.  We are already uncovering and identifying, from interviews and research, what we call “patterns of phenomena” to give us identification and characteristics of hot spots (the specific locations of repeat anomalies).  Also, the historic research and interviews give us “angles” or approaches to work during the EVP sessions as to who or what we may be dealing with, instead of being totally blind (which can be a very valid and effective approach that we sometimes use, due to advantages that this “blind” method can provide).   For this investigation however, we will use this pre-field collected data in order to target our cameras and instruments in an efficient, more effective way that gives us maximum potential for capturing or recording phenomena when we “go hot” mid to late November.  This will be the first of what we hope will be many field investigations done by the N.A.P.S. Team into KT. 

As a result of the data so far (it could change), we're postulating three EVP “angles”: an Indian angle; a Postlethwaite angle (we’re beginning to strongly hypothesize that the "Madeline" is not a servant girl of Richard King's at all, but a Postlethwaite), and finally the traditional angle of the servant girl of Ricardo King.  So, with regards to that we are preparing and tweaking our trigger objects and era cues along all three axis of EVP targets. 

Just a bit of a summary of our field methodology for KT (details would take pages):
We will have a base team of 2 or 3 individuals on the DVRs and their respective eight high resolution infrared cameras, as well as monitoring atmospheric data at the base.  This base team will also log specific items called in by two-way radio from either of the two or three cells (sub-teams) that will be assigned to a certain sector of the Tavern. In addition to the base, we will probably use three roving sub-teams, with one exterior (including upstairs porch); one upstairs (including attic); and one downstairs.  The base team will not rotate.  The others will rotate locations during the overall session (3 - 4 hours) to take advantage of strengths and differences in personality, style and approach to paranormal investigation.  This keeps the teams fresh and focused, as they move on to a new area of the site.  Of course, this plan could be altered at any given moment, especially if one makes significant sustained contact.  We will also use both hunting and watching approaches during the field session, with times of settling in and simply waiting quietly for phenomena (watching) and other times of movement and activity (hunting).  We will have all four sub-teams or cells (including the base) conduct 2 EVP sessions each, for a total of eight.  Each EVP session will be around 5 to 8 minutes in length unless again, they get responses, then they will be cleared to continue longer.  While each does their EVP session, the other sub-teams will pause and be silent.  So, the EVP sessions overall will be nicely timed and spaced throughout the location.  Everyone will tag (identify) any noises they make during that time.  This emphasizes the importance of communication and coordination with our two-way radios.

Another interesting thing we will be doing that night, is to dowse for both water and for bodies.  A quick word on dowsing: our team philosophy is that dowsing is not necessarily divination.  We think that there are forms of dowsing that are scientific in approach – it isn’t known exactly how this works, although there are many theories.  It is this later approach that both of these dowsers use, not a mediumistic, divination approach.  We have an in-team dowser who can locate water by this method.  We have heard stories and rumors of an underground spring on the site.  So, we want to see if this is true (we are aware of the theory of ley lines being associated with underground springs as well.  Hey, it’s all interesting, right?).  The other dowser is an outside consultant/specialist that we want to bring in to dowse for any bodies buried under the floor, and in the yard (the grounds).  He has very successfully done this in the past.  As a paranormal research team, we are open-minded into many theories, but we do have our limits.  For example, we do not use séances or Ouija boards.  The methods described above might not be for every team, but falls within acceptable methodology for N.A.P.S. 

The utilization and placement of all the other (seemingly tons) of equipment, such as the FLIR i7, the Deep Infrared and Full Spectrum, the Vibe meters and E-pods, Panasonic RR DR60 and myriads of other styles, types, and brands of cameras, audio recorders and equipment…is too detailed to go into here.  I will say that we will be placing a Zoom H2 on a boom mic stand in the central hub of the Tavern to record from start to finish.  There will be a multitude of camcorders and EMF, RF and ELF meters and radiation detectors, etc. focused in on KT that night, including in the attic where the baby crying is said to occur.  Suffice it to say the entire tavern will be under an electronic and digital umbrella.  With this full-blown investigation, using all of our people (including an outside consultant), and all of our available equipment, this will make Evidence Review & Analysis a very time consuming process to say the least!  But, the way I look at it as Team Leader, this is excellent training for our people who have never done this level of investigation before.  Since N.A.P.S. as an organization is new, it’s good to start with such a difficult and time consuming investigation – although we are, in the midst of all of this, doing many other mini-IVs (investigations) too.  Why?  Because we can’t help ourselves – we have to be in the field with a camera and a meter pointing at something!  It’s our passion!!!  We hope it is yours also, and that you’ve learned something by reading this.  If you have a question, comment, or observation that you think we should try, make a comment below or email us at help@natchezparanormal.com

Thanks, and happy hunting!  - Mike Chapman, N.A.P.S. Team Leader

"Needles In The Haystack:..."..

My first comment is on point number 5 - it has been done before: bricking bodies, or even live people up behind walls. There are cases where remains have been found like this, but - and this is a pretty big but - as Mike pointed out, in the days before Home Depot and Lowes, you couldn't just go out and buy the bricks, mortar, ect ect., bring'em back to the house and have the job done by the end of the day. I would think that if bodies were found there, and were, in fact bricked up behind the fireplace, then it was probably more a crime of an opportunistic nature, rather than a pre-meditated one; Something happens to precipitate the deaths of these 3 people, and the person or persons responsible are left wondering what to do with them. Maybe there was construction or renovation going on at the time, and they simply seized upon the opportunity. If it was a crime at all. There's no proof that these people died of anything other than natural causes - maybe some kind of outbreak took them, although if they were placed behind a wall afterward, that does raise a few questions in my mind.
The article from 1949 - is that entitled "Fondly I Roam" by Edith Wyatt Moore? I retrieved a copy of it from the Natchez Historical Society on my trip there last week, and it's also from 1949. Mimi Miller stated that she was fairly sure that if anything had been found like what the legend describes, then Mrs Wyatt Moore would have written about it. It's not there. Then again - and there are two sides to every coin - maybe they didn't want that kind of thing getting out in those days. I know at the turn of the century Spiritualism and "ghost hunting" were all the rage in Europe and along the Eastern seaboard, but I'm not so certain what the mainstream reception would have been for that kind of thing here in the south. You have to take into consideration that maybe bodies in the wall just wasn't the kind of talk one wanted over afternoon tea, and so no one talked.
In my humble point of view, we can dig and search as much as we want, for as long as we want - personally, I love uncovering the little tidbits of history that time has forgotten, like putting  the pieces of a puzzle back together - but, there comes a point when you must stop, look at all the information you've gathered around, and ask yourself, "What do I really know about this?"
In the case of the King's Tavern, I can tell you every time that property changed hands, to whom, and when from 1794 - 1976, according to the tax records of the time - BUT - can I tell you if those tax records are 100% accurate? No. I can tell you that there is no record of a building standing on that land before 1805, according to historical documents - BUT - can I tell you what happened on that land before there was anyone there to keep what we consider to be historical documents? No. I can tell you that the building was used as a tavern and a stop for the postal service along the Trace, and that more than one or two people have passed through its doors over the past two hundred years - BUT - can I tell you if anyone has ever died, much less been murdered within its walls? No.
The fact is, I can tell you nothing about the people of the King's Tavern. I haven't the faintest idea who they really were, how they really lived, what they believed in, what they feared, how they loved, or how they met their end. You see, research will only take you so far. As for the rest, well we can only speculate. And maybe, that's how it should be.
Just my thoughts :)
Written by Summer

Latest EVP

Take a listen to the latest EVP recorded by N.A.P.S. Investigators, which occurred at the Elizabeth Female Academy.  Click here to go to the case file page on our home site to listen to the EVP.

For a brief history on the site, click here.

Gear Update

FLIR i7:
Our FLIR i7 is on the way, and should be here in about a week.  The FLIR i7 is an infrared thermal imaging camera.  We should have a very good grasp of its capabilities by the time we do our field investigation of King's Tavern in mid to late November.  We will be putting it through several field tests and trials.  It's best application in the KT investigation, other than general sweeps, will probably be to keep a close thermal watch on the fireplace, which is one of the supposed areas of paranormal activity at the Tavern.  Numerous reportings have been cited in which people (including one of our own team members) experience heat coming from the fireplace when there was no fire, nor even a recent fire...just a clean, "empty" fireplace.  Click here for a demo of the FLIR i7.


Clothing:
N.A.P.S. T-Shirts are now in.
N.A.P.S. Caps are also now in!


Other Tech-Equip: 
The Temperature Data Logger is on its way, as well as the new improved Sony Infrared Motion Detector Camera/Video that has an early alert PIR system that primes the camera/video so that there is no delay upon sensing motion.  It is an improvement over the Mini-DVR, in that is much more sensitive, and has its own built in monitor in the rear of the sensor for live view of what the sensor is aiming at, plus instant playback and viewing of photo or video shots.


Resource Library:
Our team resource library is growing as well, most recent editions to what is available for team members to read/study are:
Breakthrough, by Konstantine Raudive (old, original copy - on EVPs)
Voices in Eternity, by Sarah Estep (old, original copy - on EVPs)
A Way Through the Wilderness, by William C Davis (about early Natchez Trace)
A History of Muhlenberg County (Kentucky) by Otto Rothert (on Harpes)
The Outlaws of Cave-in-Rock, by Otto Rothert (on Harpes and Samuel Mason)
There is No Death and There Are No Dead, by Tom & Lisa Butler (on ITC & EVP)
and many others...


We are currently compiling a list of books that team members own and are willing to let others read and study, so we have a clear, concise listing of all available resources.