Lockdown Part 4
We stood as a group in the first floor hallway, getting ready to bring out more equipment.
Zak turned to me,
"Okay, Aura. As promised, here's your chance to use the Video Goggles."
As he and Aaron help me set up, I removed my glasses and slipped them inside my shoulder bag.
Zak spoke towards Nick's camera while I adjusted the Goggles over my eyes.
"This piece of equipment has a word database inside that will allow the spirits to talk with us by using different levels of their energy to produce words. The Goggles have two Infrared screens so Aura can see, and the words will appear when a spirit tries to make contact."
We slowly walked down the hall and before we could ask any questions, a word came up on the Goggles.
UPSTAIRS
"Upstairs." I said to Zak,
"You want us to go upstairs?"
Walking up the second floor stairway, we walked inside the old room where 120 women were kept.
"Is there anyone here with us?"
Looking around inside the Goggles, Aaron held the Camera and followed me around the room.
A sudden disembodied voice startled us and it was also captured on Zak's Digital Recorder, it sounded like a woman saying…
"Who are you?"
While we investigated the second floor, the Static Night-vision Camera in the basement caught some EVPs of unexplained screaming while there was absolutely no one down there.
Back on the second floor, we walked through the hallway. Zak continued to ask questions,
"Do you want us out of here?" he paused briefly, then asked another.
"Can you show us a sign of your presence?"
Another disembodied female voice was captured on Zak's Digital Recorder,
"Please stay…someone's coming…"
As we passed the wards, I felt overwhelming dread again.
"Zak, there's something here and I can feel it's not friendly."
He stepped near me, holding his Digital Recorder while extending his arm.
"If you don't like us, what will you do if we don't leave?"
Yet another word appeared inside the Goggles,
THROW
Immediately followed by,
CROSS
"Throw…cross?" None of us could make sense of what the words meant, so we continued walking.
Stopping to look around, we heard a disembodied growl right behind us.
"Did you just hear that?" Aaron whispered,
We stood still, trying to figure out where the growl came from. Suddenly, we jumped as we heard a loud bang of something being thrown at the wall. Zak screamed in fear and ran a bit, shooting his Camera by the wall.
Our voices overlapped while trying to see what happened,
"Dude, what was that?"
"What was that?"
"Zak, what happened?"
"I don't know what the hell that was, but something hit the wall and flew passed my head." he replied and we all looked for what hit the wall.
Then I saw something, pointing to the floor.
"Zak, right there."
He picked what looked like a necklace then upon closer inspection, we recognized what it was.
"A Rosary. I wonder who this belongs to?"
Right after Zak said that, we caught an intelligent female spirit responding to him on his Digital Recorder,
"It's mine…"
As they looked at the Rosary, I suddenly realized a connection…
"Zak, earlier when the spirit said 'Throw' and 'Cross", it was warning us that it was going to throw this cross at us if we didn't leave."
All three of them dropped their jaws, realizing that the growl and words on the Video Goggles were the results of an angry spirit that didn't want us here.
Getting no further response, we headed back to base and set up to investigate the third floor.
Zak checked his watch,
"It's 4:45am, so we have a few hours to go before dawn."
Heading up the flight of stairs, I filmed Zak and Nick while Aaron was right behind me.
As we walked down the hallway, I saw a white mist figure pass in front of Nick.
"Zak, I just felt something hit me."
"Yeah, I caught it, too."
Nick's Digital Recorder also captured an EVP right after the figure passed him,
"Watch where you're going…"
We entered one of the rooms and begin sweeping EMF Detectors through the room.
"Are you in here with us?"
I walked around the room while holding my Digital Recorder, then Zak noticed a spike.
"Guys, I just a reading of a 2." he said softly, then saw the Detector needle drop back to zero.
As I stood near Nick, I felt a hand touch me but when I turned, no one was there.
"Something just touched my arm."
My Digital Recorder caught an EVP after I felt the hand, it seemed to be telling me something…
"Trust…them."
Once we finished our investigation of the third floor, we headed back to base.
Just before dawn, we had gathered all our gear and waited for Keith to unlock us out.
"Can't wait to get out of here." Aaron grumbled as he stood near the door.
Zak carried a Camera case as Nick set one down, he placed his hand on my shoulder.
"You good?"
"Yep." I nodded.
Hearing the lock turn back over, we all grabbed a few cases and headed outside.
Stretching myself out a bit, I welcomed the cool, refreshing air.
"Ooh…freedom." I called out,
"Hey, that's my line." Aaron retorted.
I cracked a smile and laughed a bit as he passed me to shut off the Exterior Night-vision Camera.
After saying our goodbyes to Keith, I followed the guys and helped them pack their minivan.
Before catching my return flight, the guys told me that they'll need me when they review the evidence, just like last time.
Accepting their invitation, I reviewed my Camera's footage and Digital Recorder once I got home.
Trying to see if I got anything other than what I experienced, hoping the guys caught something as well and waited to hear from them again.
After a few days of reviewing our investigation, they contacted me and discovered a female patient named Diana Crawford was omitted the Asylum in 1928 for paranoid schizophrenia. They also discovered that Diana was also a Catholic, explaining the Rosary and why she cried for mercy in 1936.
We may have uncovered the case that plagued the Asylum for decades and knowing that her murderer may also be bound inside, leaving credibility that the malevolent spirit we encountered was the male patient tormenting Diana and the one who possessed Nick.
Hearing about the incredible story, I couldn't wait to have an expert consult our findings.
