From: To: Subject: [IGHS] Newsletter, May 30, 2004 Deming, New Mexico Date: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:27 AM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Remove Link To Unsubscribe from Newsletter: Click on Reply To or send email to ighs-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com for an automatic removal from this newsletter. Mission Statement: The Ghostweb is the official Web Site of the International Ghost Hunters Society. Membership in the IGHS is always FREE. The IGHS is dedicated and committed to the research, documentation, education, and investigation of ghostly phenomena recorded through EVP, digital, film and video photography. The IGHS is a society of ghost believers, ghost hunters, and ghost researchers with over 14,000 members in 87 countries worldwide. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International Ghost Hunters Society Newsletter May 30, 2004 from Deming, New Mexico Dr. Dave’s Notes: We have only two weeks left to register through the Internet for our Alamo Ghost Conference. We have registrations from Mexico, California, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and of course, the great state of Texas, so far. We have limited seating so be sure to register early or risk not being able to attend. We have some excellent IGHS speakers (View the list at http://www.ghostweb.com/schedule.html) and after the sessions are over, join us for some hands on EVP investigations. We get so many people sending us photos of airborne dust particles or of airborne insects and wanting us to validate their ghost orbs, which we cannot do. Sometimes they get upset with us or claim that they have expert who says that their dust orbs are ghost orbs. Give me a break! Just because they are acquainted with a person with a digital camera does not make them an expert in ghost photography. It is bad enough when a psychic calls a photo with fifty orbs angels or lost souls, but someone knowledgeable in ghost photography would explain that those fifty orbs are nothing more than airborne dust particles or dust orbs. Chris Kane sent us a great photo yesterday that we have posted, both in our Members Only section and in the Free Viewing Ghost Photos area. The photo is unique because it shows a large white orb that appears to be disassociating into two or three individual orbs. The interesting aspect is that from this composite white orb are contrails shooting into the orb, which we believe represent orbs in motions flying into the collective association. We have suggested for years that a single orb spirit may be composed of multiple spirits. The photo reveals at least four contrails going into the white orb and we can see additional contrails below and to the right of the large white orb. The large white orb is a good example of texture and composition. It has no characteristics of dust or pollen orbs, it has no face or ring around the outer edges as do dust, pollen or moisture droplets. We can gain great insights when we study valid paranormal photos because we can see reality in action, not as theories or possible actions, but what is actually occurring. In this particular photo, we see aspects that a single orb can be the resident of many spirits. For want of a better example, consider this white orb as a hive with bees flying into and out of that hive. For the UFO fans, this photo could represent the mother ship and scout ships flying back to it. I am not suggesting that this photo represents an alien ship, but as an example only. Carl Jung, the noted psychologist, talked about a Collective Consciousness. This Collective Consciousness has access to the Hall of Records containing all knowledge. In the same manner, it appears that individual souls or spirits can co-mingle collective within the white orb, but each retains their individual characteristics including their emotions, their intelligence, and their personality. They may travel together within a central orb until such times, as they desire to depart. Another example is a passenger train. Many passengers are riding together, but each passenger can depart whenever they so desire. I would like to share some interesting research we have done lately that reflects on this concept of a Collective Consciousness. The Beatles first experimented in the 60s with a recording technique known as backward masking or recordings played backwards. David John Oates (www.ReverseSpeech.com) pioneered the development of the Reverse Speech Technique that he describes as “The backward messages can be received and understood by the human mind. We know this because many instances of reversed conversation have been found in Reverse Speech, where questions are asked and answers subsequently given, all in reverse.” We have been reversing EVP for about five years and use this technique very effective in understanding what the spirits are saying in their forward speech. In Congress, Arizona, at the site of an old mining ghost town, we recorded over three dozens ghost voices from the ruins of a single stone cabin. In one EVP recording, the spirit said he had lost his mining partner, but in reverse, he said that his partner fell down the mine shaft. This gave closure to his forward speech as to how his mining partner died. We reverse our EVP using Acoustica 2.25 downloaded from a German web site for $15. We did upgrade to the 3.1 version, but found it more difficult to use than the 2.25. We do not recommend the 3.1 for beginners, it is too difficult to use for filtering background noise from the EVP recording. Our booklet, How to Record and Analyze Ghost Voices at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet.html has a step by step guide for using the Acoustica 2.25 software for EVP filtering, including how to hook up the recorder to the computer. Sean Smith sent us EVP that he captured, but his time, he reversed his son’s comments and found when his son was reading the name on a gravestone, and the reverse speech described the spirit hair color. We applied this new technique that Sean discovered in some of our recordings. We would record questions that we would ask and listen to the response in reverse speech. We got some amazing results that we will be playing on our three-hour program with radio host Jeff Rense that is nationwide and global through the Internet on June 4 starting at 7 PM West Coast time. One Forward Speech asked, “What is Heaven or Hell like?” The Reverse Speech said, “Right here, there is a heresy.” This suggested that Heaven or Hell is right her and that these concepts are a heresy. Another Forward Speech asked, “What Death is like?” The Reverse Speech said, “The place you go, no muscle,” Suggesting that Death is a place we go without a physical body. This is a great new area that holds endless possibilities for new knowledge. Some suggest that Reverse Speech is tapping into the Collective Unconsciousness and the great Hall of Records. Others suggest that the Reverse Speech is coming from our own spirit or soul. However, I think I should warn you that when you attempt this technique, you must focus on what you are asking. For example, if I ask, “What is Death?” I must focus my mind on this question desiring to know the answer. If I am mind wandering, the reverse may not be understandable. Ask your question with an open mind; do not be skeptical, just be open. When I asked about Heaven and Hell three different times and got the same response each time. I asked about death twice and got almost the same response. I allowed five minutes pass between each time I asked. I asked these questions while we were investigating the ruins found in the desert setting of the abandoned Camp Cody. Due to the hot Southwest temperatures and the presence of rattlesnakes, desert vipers and a host of other poisonous snakes, we employed our Vehicular technique, of recording from the safety of our vehicle. We also recorded many EVP recordings in our RV. BooBoo, our pet Corgi, was acting funny as we were preparing to leave the RV. She kept looking up at something, so Sharon had me get out the digital recorder. I was using a GE digital recorder we just purchased from Wal-Mart. I turned on the record mode and set it down on the back couch area. We left the RV and did our shopping and returned a few hours later. I started listening to the recording. I discovered that within the first thirty seconds of turning on the record function, I had recorded some six individual spirits or ghosts within the RV. I was able to reverse speech them and will play those recordings on the Jeff Rense program. On one of these recordings, it sound like a child giggling, but when I slowed down the segment by 50%, I discovered it wasn’t a giggle, but a spirit talking fast. I even reversed his comments. Most people would not think that since we are traveling, we would have ghosts in our RV, but as we have been teaching for almost a decade, “ghosts are everywhere!” We will be talking about more of these techniques at our Ghost Conference in San Antonio in June. We will gather in a meeting room at the Menger Hotel for the conference. When booking your lodging, if the Menger Hotel is booked up, there are plenty of other hotels in the area, including Red Roof Inn, Super 8 and remember, Motel 6 will leave their lights on for you. Happy trails. Dr. Sharon’s Notes: Happy Memorial Day. May we all take time to remember our veterans who have served in the military and have sacrificed for all of us. Hug a Vet today and pray for our men and women serving in the Middle East. They are giving their all during dangerous times. We have had another very interesting week in New Mexico. I awaken every morning to watch a tiny bunny hopping across the RV Park. He is a cutie and every day he ventures farther to explore his world. He hops quite a distance then stops to rest, sometimes among a flock of doves or many of the other birds on the ground feeding. The bunny showing up to catch his breath never bothers the birds, in fact they live in harmony. What a shame that the more highly developed human species cannot learn to live together as the birds and rabbits do. This week we experienced the mystery of root beer. Normally, we could not associate mystery with a soft drink, but we never know what will happen around here. There is no mystery with Cherry Pepsi or Vanilla Coke, only Sam’s Club root beer. The Wal-Mart here in Deming has stocked up on plenty of goodies for the hot days and the long Memorial Day weekend. The store got in a huge stock of soft drinks, one kind being Sam’s Club root beer and orange soda in plastic bottles. The price was right and after trying both flavors, we decided to pick up another six-pack of the bottled root beer. We bought our supplies for the day and returned to the RV where Dave put the drinks into the refrigerator. We had other soft drinks and tea already cooling plus all of our refrigerated food rested on the shelves. It was not long before Dave opened the refrigerator door to get a cold soda. As soon as he opened the door, he realized something was wrong as liquid started running off the shelves. Maybe a bottle had broken, he thought as he grabbed the sponge from the sink. He checked and sure enough, he found a bottle of root beer that appeared to have been leaking. He took it out and wiped up the mess. He decided to drink what remained in the bottle rather than waste it. It was a very hot day, in the mid nineties and the air was very dry, as is normal in the desert. Before long, Dave felt thirsty again so he opened the refrigerator door. Immediately he saw root beer dripping from the shelves. He grabbed the sponge from the sink and again looked for the suspect leaker. He discovered another bottle of root beer had leaked and the liquid inside was now about two inches from the cap. He repeated the steps he had taken from the first episode, closed the refrigerator door and thought, “waste not, want not” and drank the remainder of the root beer in the bottle. Rather than repeat myself another six or seven times, I will just say this did not stop with two bottle of leaking root beer it went on all day. Dave would reach for a drink and find puddles of root beer on the shelves every time. The bottles were all sealed, new from the store. Even after he removed the last bottle and could drink no more root beer, he would open the refrigerator door to find more root beer dripping from the shelves. Dave considered every aspect of what was taking place, certain the last clean up was the end of the mess. Root beer just kept pouring from the shelves. I asked Dave if he was certain there was no more root beer left in there, having watched this mystery play out all day and my roll of paper towels go from full to gone. He assured me there was no more root beer in the refrigerator. I grinned and yelled, “It’s a miracle! Like a statue of the Virgin Mother bleeding red liquid, our refrigerator is bleeding root beer!” I know that God works in mysterious ways but root bear, this was a bit much to expect. Later that day when the urge struck for munchies and a cold drink, Dave opened the refrigerator door to see what all was available. There, before his eyes were glass shelves pooled with and dripping in root beer. Each bottle Dave had put into the refrigerator that day had sprung leaks. But how strange is it that all of the root beer was gone yet root beer was still accumulating in pools? Dave took a sponge and cleaned up the mess once again, all the while scanning the contents of the refrigerator. He considered contacting the Pope for consideration of deeming our Norcold refrigerator a miracle. Dave said later that he wondered why all the root beer had been so flat tasting. Then it happened. Dave suddenly spotted a small bottle on the top shelf, under grape Gatorade that looked different. He quickly pulled the bottle from its dark place and realized he had in his hand another partial bottle of root beer. Well, so much for the theory of the miraculous root beer bleeding refrigerator. It did seem odd that every bottle of root beer in the refrigerator sprung leaks that day though. No other drinks in the refrigerator had any problems. We had another experience that was very interesting. We talk quite a bit about what an asset BooBoo had been to ghost investigations in the past. She sometimes will watch as something moves across the RV, that we cannot see. As we were preparing to leave for town the other day, she came up and sat beside me, watching something move across the rear of the RV. I told Dave about it and he set up the digital recorder to run while we were away. This was something we had talked about doing but had not tried before. By the time we returned from town, the recorder had almost two hours of recording on it. Dave sat down right away to listen to what had recorded while we were away. It was an amazing recording with different voices speaking and the presence of a dog. If you would like to hear what we captured taking place in the RV that BooBoo was able to see and hear, join us June 4 with Jeff Rense. We are fortunate to be able to spend the entire program time with Jeff, sharing our latest discoveries. IGHS San Antonio Ghost Conference on June 19th: Dave & Sharon are hosting their eighth annual IGHS Ghost Conference in San Antonio, Texas on June 19 at the Menger Hotel. The Conference for the third Saturday in June will focus on the ghosts of the Alamo, the Menger Hotel, and San Antonio, ghost photography, EVP recordings, and EVP evaluations. See the video of the shadow people. No psychics or mediums will be speaking, as we are a scientific based organization focusing on using scientific tools for recording and documenting the existence of ghosts. Group and military discounts are available. All events are within walking distance of your haunted hotel and meeting place. Special room rates of $95 at the Menger, just ask for the International Ghost Hunters Special, as long as rooms are available. We will have limited seating due to the meeting room limitations, so do not delay registering with Dave & Sharon. Check out http://www.ghostweb.com/alamo1.html. Digital Ghost Photography Handbook: Are you confused about orbs? What are dust orbs and how do they relate to real ghost orbs? Read our 20 page thermal bound book or download the PDF book and discover how digital photography is the wave of the future. We have been using digital since 1994 and we share with the reader, which are the best digital cameras on the market today. We also share what to look for when purchasing a digital camera and provide some protocols to avoid falling into the dust orb trap. Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet2.html. How to Record and Analyze Ghost Voices: Traditional techniques for recording ghost voices are outdated and far less successful. Sharon and I have an accumulated 28 years of experience in ghost research and in evaluating ghost tools for field investigations. Along the way, we have discovered many hidden techniques that enable us to be tremendously successful in recording the voices of the dead. Our new book will disclose our time tested techniques in a step by step procedure that is easy to understand and to apply. Check out the book at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet.html We ship via Priority Mail through the Post Office, not the slow boat to China known as Media Mail that takes several weeks to arrive at an address. CD Version Home Study Courses: We offer the CD version is for PC computers using Wins95, Wins98, WindowsMe, and WindowsXP. The added features of this CD version, includes color photographs of spiritual orbs, spirit energy ectoplasm, a full body apparition and samples of ordinary airborne dust particles we call dust orbs that fool so many people. The separate Photo Analysis CD is now a part of the CD version. In addition, a printed copy can be made from CD, as in the printed version. We pay the shipping charges for Priority Mail in the USA, International Air Mail to Canada and for an extra ten dollars, we will ship it by Global Priority Mail to Europe and Asia. More information is available at http://www.ghostweb.com/mainhsc.html Fulfill your dreams: Magic Dimensions We all have dreams that we wished that could be our reality, but we do not know how to make that wish come true for us. In our book, we teach about the magic of having your dreams fulfilled. We show the reader how to open a doorway for a new reality where your dream will come true. Many claim this process is a miracle, but Quantum Mechanics teaches us that our miracles are simply an application of this weird science. Out book can show you how to create that miracle! We share with the reader the magical techniques that create the miracle we seek after in life. Magic Dimensions may be one of the most important books that will change your life. Visit our web site at http://www.ghostweb.com/magic1.html for more info on ordering the book. The ISBN number is 0-595-22032-0 and can be ordered from any bookstore or online at major dot.com bookstores. IGHS T-shirts Available: We are pleased to announce that we have our new IGHS light blue 50/50 screen printed T-shirts available. The two sided printing has a large full size on the back and a smaller size image on the front, over the left pocket area. Limited sizes are available ranging from XL to 2XL. Check them out at http://www.ghostweb.com/tshirt1.html. Life Time IGHS Member Certificate: Instead of renewing every year, IGHS members can now purchase a Life Time Membership for $60 or a Life Time Membership and Life Time Clip ID Badge for $75. This is available through PayPal and through our online Secure Order Form at http://www.ghostweb.com/memcert.html. IGHS ID Badges for Investigations: We have received many requests for some kind of Identification Badge to wear while conducting field investigations. We have created a laminated ID Badge with a metal clip that snaps onto your shirt or other piece of clothing. It says that you are a Registered Ghost Hunter/Paranormal Investigator in good standing with the International Ghost Hunters Society and it has our signatures and web address. Order the ID Badge at http://www.ghostweb.com/id_badge.html. Password Memberships: We offer a special membership in our Ghostweb Ghost Galleries. Due to the size of these ghost galleries, we have to limit the number of people because of the bandwidth consumed by downloading the photos, spirit voices, and ghost videos in this area. If you want to view over 9,000 ghost photos, EVPs, and videos, check out our membership program at http://www.ghostweb.com/pass.html. IGHS Membership Certificates: The IGHS offers a beautiful Membership Certificate. The membership certificate is valid for one year Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/memcert.html for more information. Kind regards, Dave, Sharon & BooBoo International Ghost Hunters Society Currently in Deming, New Mexico Copyrighted 2004 by Dr. Dave Oester All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't miss our next book, it is spooky! American Hauntings Investigated, due out in bookstores in August 2004 Alamo Ghost Conference -- June 19, 2004 -- San Antonio, Texas http://www.ghostweb.com/alamo1.html Dave Oester, Ph.D., DD. Sharon Gill, Ph.D., International Ghost Hunters Society 713 W Spruce, PMB 715 Deming, NM 88030 Web URL: http://www.ghostweb.com Email: MagicDimensions@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~