From: To: Subject: [IGHS] Newsletter, August 15, 2004 McMinnville, Oregon Date: Saturday, August 14, 2004 8:33 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. Do not send email to Dave and Sharon by hitting Reply as you will be unsubscribed automatically. 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 an international society 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 August 15, 2004 from McMinnville, Oregon Dr. Dave’s Notes: An update on my Mother's condition. She is doing remarkably well now and she may be coming off the ventilator by the end of this coming week. The prayers and positive energy that our readers have offered up on her behalf has turned the tide for her. We are grateful for those who have taken time to include her in their prayers and in their thoughts. We were so sad to see all of the destruction caused by the recent hurricane, Charley, as it crashed into Florida, leaving behind a trail of destruction and ruin. Our hearts goes out to the victims who lost their homes and possessions. We have seen so much in the way of loss and destruction this year, from the tornadoes that wreaked havoc on the Midwestern states to the recent hurricane. Mother Nature seems to be in rebellion as she sends forth her horsemen. We are in the small town McMinnville. Some of you will recall that McMinnville was the site of a UFO sighting on May 11, 1950 that sparked interest when Paul Trent photographed a UFO flying over his farm. This was Oregon's earliest sighting that stirred the nation's interest in visitors from space. Since we were in the Willamette Valley, one IGHS member wrote and warned us about the Sasquatch reported from time to time in this area. While Sharon and I are not into UFO's or the search for Sasquatch, this does not mean that we have not personally observed strange and unusual anomalies in the skies and in the woods of Oregon. Several times, while living on the Crooked River Ranch in central Oregon, we would sit at night in our hot tub and watch strange lights in the night skies. A few times, we saw strange lights that were not aircraft, falling stars, or other natural astro-phenomenon. Who is to say what they were, but to us they were Unidentified Flying Objects. As far as Sasquatch is concerned, I recall one night when we were camping at the Horse Ranch RV Park, near Fort Rock, Oregon. Originally, the property was an Army camp where the military came in to round up wild horses that roamed the land. Today, Horse Ranch RV Park is more of a rustic hunting camp, a place that deer or elk hunters camp in during the hunting season. The campground is in the Fremont National Forest of south central Oregon. The campground has the only spring for miles around. This is the only source of water to the animals and fowl in the area and perhaps the reason for our experience. The campground is in a remote area bordered by the Fort Rock basin filled with sagebrush and the Fremont National Forest with its tall Ponderosa pines and scattered basaltic outcroppings. This is rugged land and is part of the wilderness that lies on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. It is a no-mans land. This remote wilderness probably has only seen a few hunters and perhaps a few hikers during the last century. If you venture a few miles into the National Forest, everything is different, no trails and no roads so few places that hikers and hunters might venture. If hunters harvested their elk or deer, they would have no way to retrieve the kill. I serious believe most hunters hunt along the desert border, waiting for the elk and deer to come down out of the mountains to drink at the spring. We had just gone to bed. We had the window blinds open so we could look up at the stars in the black sky. The windows were open to allow the fresh aroma of pine trees to drift into the RV. The breeze was gentle and the night quiet. Suddenly we heard the most horrific scream coming from the wooded hillside behind the RV. I have to say in all honesty that this horrible scream shook us to the very core of our existence. The scream was blood curling, it echoed through the trees as our mouths dropped open in shock and astonishment. We closed our mouths and immediately checked the doors to be sure they still locked. The scream sounded close, but how close we could not tell. It was too close, that was without question. Just when we thought it safe to breathe again, the horrific scream started up again. I have never experienced such fear from the cry of a creature in the wild. I have heard mountain lions, whose screams sounds like a woman being tortured, to the cry of shriek of an eagle as it dives on a prey. None of these shrieks instilled the fear level that this horrific scream did to me. The darkness, the remoteness, all added to my fear factor, and I was still wondering if this inhuman beast would come through our door. Yet this shriek was something inhuman, it made the hair stand up on the back of my head, I felt a cold chill run down my spine, no it was not a ghost, but it was something I did not want to meet up with in the dark. I have watched too many Stephen King's films; I know what will happen on a dark night as a horrible beast stalks its victim. I shall never forget that horrible and frightening shriek forever etched upon my mind with a dull needle. No way was I going to check out the scream with my flashlight, my Mama did not raise any idiots. We have no way of knowing if this horrific shriek came from a Bigfoot or from some other denizen of the woods. The owner of the campground did tell us the next morning that UFO sightings are common out in that area and the scream we heard, has been heard many times. He said he was not sure what it was that screamed so loud but it sent chills down his spine as well. Whatever it was, it deserved to be left alone because for all we knew it was hungry and was looking for a snack. Perhaps it was coming down from the hills for a drink at the springs, which was a few hundred feet from our parked RV. Years ago, Sharon and I were hiking in a canyon in eastern Utah when we came upon the huge tracks of what we felt were Bigfoot. We followed the tracks for about half a mile where we found what looked like a rough shelter, all made of tree limbs. All around the makeshift hut were huge tracks; it was while we were viewing the hut from a trail on the side of the canyon that we came under attack; we had huge rocks thrown at us from someplace higher up in the canyon. We could not see anyone, but someone was throwing rocks down on us. The rocks came from both sides of the canyon; it was as if we had walked into an ambush. We quickly turned around and retreated and the rocks suddenly stopped being hurled down at us. Who is to say why the rocks suddenly started bombarding us from above and just as suddenly stop? We will never forget the huge tracks we found that day, nor the experience of the rocks that were hurled at us. Our interest lies with the spirits of the dead, the ghosts, the walking dead, the apparitions that do make our hair stand on end and sends chills down our spines. Our focus is not UFOs or Sasquatch sightings, but rather to hauntings and the specters that generate these hauntings. We would rather record the voices of the dead so we can gain a better understanding about what it will be like when we cross over to the other side than to hear of a UFO or Bigfoot sighting. We specialize in ghosts, phantoms, specters, apparitions, and spirits; things that go bump in the night. We have lived in haunted houses with ghosts since 1990 and even while we travel in our RV, we have had the pleasure of ghosts dropping in on us from time to time. Some ghosts we recognize as deceased IGHS friends, others are strangers to us. In Deming, New Mexico, I recorded six different ghost voices inside our RV. The analysis of the recordings suggested that the six spirits were not talking to us, but to other spirits. Why these spirits were inside our RV is a question that will remain unanswered. Now would be a good time to start the Home Study Course so you will have it completed by the Fall so you can take advantage of the techniques, procedures, and protocols for researching ghosts and things that go bump in the night. We teach about places that will be haunted based on the psychology of earth bound spirits, or understanding about the tools used in the field investigations. We teach about ghost photography and about ghost voice recordings and overall, we teach the student about understanding the spirits of the dead. Our courses will make the spirit realm come alive for you. If you like our Newsletters, you will love our home study program. This is not a hobby for us, we are not a bookstore selling books, but we are ghost researchers who have learned about the spirits of the dead and we are sharing what we have learned in the most comprehensive home study program available on the net. Others may clone our course, but none can teach what we know. We pioneered new techniques for conducting field investigations. Some of our techniques are now the standard used by the ghost hunting community. We are advancing new discoveries because of the techniques we have discovered. We do not employ psychics or mediums, but rather we teach procedures and techniques based on the scientific approach to ghost investigations. We have sent our home study program around the world; our students are on every continent. We do not teach theory; we teach what we have found to work. Our graduates of the home study programs have started their own businesses revolving around ghosts, such workshops, and seminars on ghost photography, ghost hunting 101, and recording ghost voices. Some graduates have started ghost, history and or cemetery tours. Some have gone into writing about hauntings or some of their own investigations. Why not be prepared for Halloween this year, it is just around the corner. Our CD versions allow pages to be printed, should printed copies be desired. A spouse/mate/family/club member option is available for additional people to take the certification program by only paying for the test and using the same CD. No other vendor of home study courses allows this option. This allows ghost clubs members to share in the cost of one set of the home study course instead of requiring each member to purchase the CD. If you have questions, drop me an email and I will be happy to answer any questions. Happy trails. Sharon’s Notes: I have been doing a lot of thinking about how our surroundings influence us. Traveling full-time, we have a lot of opportunities to visit small towns, wide open spaces, deserts, mountains, and cities, which mean we also observe the behaviors or the residents in those places. We have found some major differences that obviously occur because of the different surroundings. Cities are notoriously negative as the pace is much faster, the stress is greater and the negative energy produced everywhere has a great effect on the people living there. We can feel the tension on the freeways miles before reaching the city limits. I don't even think city folks recognize the negative influence or the effect it has as almost everyone around them live under the same negative bombardment that in turn effects all in negative projection. It is easy to be influenced by all that surrounds us. If you have a bad day at work, return home to your cozy nest for a quiet evening, all you have to do is turn on the TV for negative entertainment. Politics right now is the big focus, which is all quite negative. It has become what people used to call, a hate campaign. Each side looks for the bad that they can air and elaborate on in the months before the election. We have certainly felt the anger between the parties and as of now, we are well informed of both candidates being “bad boys. ” If the politics doesn't get you, the rest of the bad news will along the way. Even movies and programs are filled with bad guys pursued by the good guys but the bad guys wreak havoc until they are caught. By the time you turn off the TV and prepare to retire for the night, you can only hope for peaceful sleep and a better tomorrow. These days it is hard to escape from the negative bombardment. In fact, a good example of how deep within us the negative goes, is this: if someone offered you tickets to fly to New York from Los Angeles, you might jump for joy. How long would it be before thoughts of 9-11 and terrorist came to mind? People may not think it bothers them and yet the images and thoughts of that horrific day remain in our subconscious and surface in conjunction with thoughts of flying somewhere. The memories of that day and constant threats of more of the same have traumatized this nation. We remain held under the negative blanket of fear, a negative emotion and like ash. it covers everything and has influenced each of us. The feelings were similar to me when my husband died, as if a dark cloud loomed overhead. It is difficult to understand yet every person who has the experience knows that in perseverance, there is light to be found at the end of the tunnel. The negative in experiencing the loss of a loved one is predominant too but each stage of emotion is faced and dealt with one step at a time. In coming to terms with the negative and letting it go, we allow ourselves to move forward in our lives. Though it takes time to work through grief of any kind, for this nation, the negative continues in many forms making healing far longer and more difficult. I met Dave a year after my husband died and a year later, Dave and I decided we would relocate to Oregon where he had family. We moved to a little cottage along the Oregon coast and though it was small, we adored it. Dave’s children were visiting us when I received news that my Dad needed open heart surgery. The news devastated me and fear of losing him took over. I did not say much about it around the children but kids sense when someone is sad or upset. Dave took the kids down for a walk along the beach while I stayed home that afternoon. When they returned, they had a gift for me. Along the way, they had seen some wildflowers and dandelions growing throughout our grass. They picked a mixture of the prettiest and brightest weeds and flowers they could find and brought them to me. The feeling that gesture gave me, though I had been very sad, washed all the negative, painful thoughts away. I don't think they could have done anything that would have meant more to me during that time. Every single day the children brought handfuls of pretty flowers for me to enjoy. Their smiles when presenting them to me did not need words. It was a positive gesture of love that helped me to get through a painful, negative time. Dave and I moved closer to Portland, Oregon a couple of years later and found that a positive gesture that comes from the heart makes a big difference in the activity of a negative spirit also. The resident ghost in the house was Amelia, a very unhappy woman in life who had died alone in the house. It was three days before a neighbor found her body. Amelia took her anger and negativity toward men to the other side when she died. We could always tell when Amelia was angry. The toilet seat would slam down and the air would start to feel heavy in the house. The presence of a negative entity will effect the emotions of the living residents especially if they are sensitive. I was sensitive to Amelia and knew when she was angry and activity picked up, she wanted our attention. We quickly learned that by acknowledging her, co-existing with her in the house was much easier. Amelia was buried in the cemetery behind the house and we found if we put flowers on her forgotten grave, she was appeased and the negative flow of energy would subside in the house. We learned from a neighbor about Amelia's life and the pain she had to endure alone. In understanding why she was so negative we could ease her anger, at least for a time. A positive act countered a negative entity to bring harmony back into the home. Looking back on what we have learned since that time, any negativity or ill feelings within the home set the conditions needed for Amelia to return and act out her negativity. The negative energy drew her like a magnet, strengthening her negativity. We hear from a lot of people who have sudden onsets of negative ghost activity in their homes. They don't understand why this phenomenon is occurring. When asked if there are people within the home having personal problems, more stress than normal or a lot of negative emotions, the answer has always been yes. Our simple remedy for this is to change the attitudes in the home. Negative spirits are drawn to and draw from the negative emotional energies projected by the living. Change the negative to positive energy and the negative spirit will seek ground that is more fertile. Whether they remain quietly in the background or move on, the resulting peaceful existence is worth the effort. Dave and I worked on a case in Washington State that taught us a lot about the nature of people and the nature of ghosts. The family policy was to leave the days events outside the door, like muddy shoes. If one member had a very bad day, they were to leave it outside, not bring it into the humble home. As in this family, the policy may have saved them a lot of grief as there had already been tragedy take place before they moved in. A young man committed suicide in the garage, which opened directly into the home. The family had experienced a ghostly apparition that peered into the sliding glass doors and windows, but the entity had not entered the house. Had the home been one filled with the negativity of daily life, they might have hosted the spirit of the young man. Other events and activity had taken place inside the home but nothing of a negative nature. That is the only time we have worked with a family that held firm to a policy of that nature. It worked well for them. I have been reading about Suzy Smith, noted author and psychic. In reading about her first experiences with the unknown, I found it interesting that she regarded the use of a Ouija board to be dangerous in the hands of novices. She had been attacked mentally when voices of the dead filled her head almost to the point where she thought she might be going nuts. Once she learned to control the voices, she could shut them out and they would not bother her. She did find however, that the negative entities were able to attack her physically, by causing her to have accidents. After falling and sustaining several serious injuries, she sought help to find a way to protect herself from further harm. She was told that she could protect herself by being aware of the power of thoughts. If she thought negatively, those thoughts would draw the negative spirits to her and cause her problems. She was also told to do something very simple before going out anywhere. She was to envision herself surrounded by pure white light, every single inch of herself. At one time, it was called the ‘ Christ light,’ but today it is a light of protection that surrounds the full body, like swaddling clothes used to wrap a baby. She found this method of protection worked for her and she always kept in mind that nothing could penetrate the light protecting her and nothing could influence her unless it came from God, love and peace. It seems that when the world around us is in a state of upheaval, we feel the pressure and strain in our individual lives. There is no easy solution to escape the negativity that surrounds us but we can face each day, feeling the love of our families, seeing ourselves protected by pure white light that encases us as we go about our days, stay aware of our thoughts and the negative that creeps in when we aren't aware of it and smile at those around us. It takes some work and focused attention, but it beats the alternatives. Have a great week. 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. 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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. Magic Dimensions may be one of the most important books that will change your life. The ISBN number is 0-595-22032-0 and can be ordered from any bookstore or online at major dot.com bookstores. Kind regards, Dave, Sharon & BooBoo International Ghost Hunters Society Copyrighted 2004 by Dr. Dave Oester All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Watch for our America's Hauntings Series of Books Volume One: Haunted America Speaks Check out our Carnelian Jewelry made by Sharon Magical Moments by Shari Dave Oester, Ph.D., DD. 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