Monday 7 August 2009

Greetings paranormal enthusiasts! 

In this months newsletter, we will show you:

• Highlights of Meggy Hines latest media appearance
• Where you can read more about our encounters with Ima at the Adamsville Cemetery
• Read an interesting theory about a possible cause behind some of the activity in and around the town of Florence, AZ.
• Read a review from our resident 'Ghost Tech' writer about an unusual piece of head gear being used in some corners of the paranormal community for the purposes of communicating with ghosts.

We hope you enjoy this month's newsletter.  If there are paranormal topics you would like to see us cover in future newsletters, please leave a note on the DSGH Forum!

Happy hunting!

The 'X' Zone has Meggy as Guest

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On July 7th, Meggie Hines was a guest on the Internet radio show, "The 'X' Zone' with well known Paranormal Canadian broadcaster, Rob McConnell!  This informative interview not only discussed DSGH philosophy and past investigations but also discussed paranormal theories that are being tossed around currently in the field.

From the Field:

Adamsville Cemetery and a Shy Specter : Now on DSGH Forum

Last month, we told you about an interesting encounter we at DSGH have been having at the Adamsville cemetery with an entity that only identifies herself as 'Ima'. Well, just to follow up, we

have put together a multi-part series the will tell you all the juicy details from our encounters.  So far, there have been three installments that provide a first person perspecive of the encounters as they happened.  For your convenience, we have included links to our forum where they are posted:

• The Mystery of Ima - Part I
• The Mystery of Ima - Part II
• The Mystery of Ima - Part III

We hope you enjoy the mystery as much as we have bringing it to you.  Be sure to check the DSGH forum for future installments (part IV is underway now)!

33rd Parallel North and Florence

by Meggy Hines

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When I was searching on the internet for some spooky places in Arizona, I found an article about the 33rd Parallel North. I started reading and something popped into my head. Could this be why Florence, AZ is experiencing a high amount of paranormal activity? I think it could very well be possible.

I am not interested so much with the whole Free Mason conspiracy theories and their organization, but it did spark my interest that this article and many others, claim that the Free Masons use human sacrifice as a form of gaining Temporal Power.

Even more interesting is that the prison located in Florence, AZ houses death row, where people have been subject to executions by hanging, lethal injection, and gas. Could there really be any proof to this Free Mason conspiracy? Maybe, but as a paranormal investigator, I find myself more worried about the entities that could be inhabiting this area.

Is Florence another vortex like the Superstition Mountains? Possibly Sedona? A few key things are that the prison located in Florence is reportedly haunted and several guards have experienced some type of paranormal phenomena. And let’s not forget Adamsville Cemetery, a place of passion for me and if you have been following the Investigator Journals by Shawn Bechtel, you should know now that DSGH has experienced several types of paranormal phenomena.

Another stop in the area, not necessarily Florence, but in Coolidge, AZ., the Casa Grande Ruins are also reportedly haunted and is located along the 33rd Parallel North.

Florence, AZ has been a hotspot for our group. It first started with the Silver King Hotel, which we captured EVP’s, personal experiences, etc. Then of course the Second Pinal County Courthouse, several groups have investigated this place, and the fact that they have exhumed bodies from the grounds of the courthouse every time they have made additions makes it a more likely place for paranormal phenomena.

Another place of mention is Gibby’s Bar and Cantina on Main St. in Florence, this place is also reportedly haunted as well as several other places in and around Florence. Knowing this, it makes me believe that the fact that Florence, AZ lies on the 33rd Parallel North could be a cause of paranormal phenomena.

What are your thoughts?  Let us know on the DSGH forum

Ghost Tech: Shakti Helmet Review

by Shawn Bechtel

You may or may not have heard about this contraption, but after seeing it used in paranormal investigations on one of the more recent ghost hunting reality shows, I though it worthy of a little research.   Shakti (meaning 'God') helmet was originally developed to create altered states of the mind by applying small electromagnetic fields on different areas of the brain.

 These targeted areas are believed to be involved with spirituality and extra sensory perception (ESP), so by altering the regular waves or fields of these sections of the brain, it is 'shifted' into an altered state whereby one can experience visions or euphoric feelings, lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and so on. The Shakti website even goes so far as to explain how the signals (sent in the form of tiny signals of current) are sent in certain patterns to create an effect where different parts of the brain (the Amygdala and the Hippocampus) can be directed into an internal communication that helps the user induce the before mentioned states of consciousness.

It was not long before it was taken a step further, to that of a paranormal device used to assist an investigator in spirit detection and possibly communication.  This is done though sensory deprivation.  The ears are fed white noise to drown out any noise distractions and the eyes are covered with colored ping-pong balls  in front of a soft light to create the equivalent 'snow blindness' effect.

Knowing that there is a fair amount of bio-electric (chemical) signals that permeate the brain, it is not completely without merit the idea that the signals in the brain could be effected by the right electromagnetic field.  Unfortunately it is this very reason that I am very skeptical of its effectiveness in paranormal research, at least as it applies to ghost hunting.

When you pass a current through a coil, you create a electromagnetic field.  These fields are the very thing investigators seek out when they are conducting investigations (using EMF meters) for two purposes.  One is that there is a theory that ghosts use electromagetic energy (and possibly others) when they are active in an area.  The other is to debunk.  If persons are reporting seeing manifestations in areas where a large amount of electomagetic field fluctuations are detected, the paranormal as a cause becomes suspect as it has been well documented that people can be made to hallucinate, feel paranoid, nauseous etc, when encountering high EMF.

Now keeping this in mind, if one were to intentionally subject their brain to EMF (in close proximity to the brain), it would be hard to distinguish an actual paranormal encounter to that of a self induced hallucination.  For this reason, I would be hesitant to use anything experienced by it as evidence.  

The DSGH Team

• Meggie Hines: Owner/Founder
• Curtis Hines: Investigator/Co-Founder
• Breckyn Kilgore - Investigator-In-Training
• Pattie Freeman: Investigator-In-Training
• Phillip Harris: Investigator/Tech Support
• Shawn Bechtel: Investigator-In-Training/Tech Support
• Don Nowlin: Investigator-In-Training
• Pamie Harris: Investigator-In-Training
• Matt Harris: Investigator-In-Training