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They seek dead people Paranormal researchers want to find what goes bump in the night Members of Research Investigations of the Paranormal Northwest won’t hang out together on Saturday night.They aren’t silly in a Halloween costume or haunted house sort of way. The paranormal researchers check out apparitions and phenomenon in homes where things go bump in the night. Terrifying bumps in the night. There are about eight people, mainly from Snohomish County, who have formed the group that they also call R.I.P.nw. With listening devices, electronic equipment and cameras, they have investigated homes in Snohomish and Marysville. They have visited the site of the infamous train catastrophe at Wellington, west of Stevens Pass, in which 96 people died in an avalanche in 1910. One who died was Thelma Davis, 3, the daughter of a railroad motorman. Member Trisha Downey said she has investigated the area on several occasions, even leaving toys for Thelma and other spirit children. She said they have pictures with misty images that have been caught on film at the site of the train wreck. She said one photograph shows the outline of someone leaning against a tree, blurred, as if looking through water. She said many paranormal groups visit the Wellington site, where there is still wreckage to be seen. She said her group saw white orbs of light in photographs taken in the woods and picked up what they say are disembodied voices on electronic equipment that they carry. “You can distinctly hear a low male voice say about two words, something to the effect of ‘Caught you,’ ” Downey said. “It was not a pleasant sounding voice, more annoyed.” Downey has always had an interest in the other side. As a child, she said she saw the vision of a man in a fedora at the foot of her bed. She felt unseen bodies sitting on her mattress. “It is a fascinating journey when we have a successful investigation, a validation of existence other than that of our human form here on earth,” she said. “We have a great team, one that is truly in it for the right reasons and we take what we do very seriously.” I met paranormal researchers late one night at the Oxford Saloon in Snohomish. It was interesting to see them attempt to communicate with dead hookers who used to book rooms above the inn. There was a picture snapped that members say show a ghost by a mirror. One member encountered a male entity and said he felt something tugging him as he stood near some freezers. Unexpectedly, when no one was downstairs, the jukebox on the lower floor turned on by itself, jolting even the seasoned paranormal hunters. Member Glenn Woodson said he is a skeptic, but also said he has had things happen, for example faucets turning on and off. “Like who turned the shower on in the middle of the night?” said Woodson, 48. “Scares the hell out of me.” The group has investigated a Marysville home near power lines. They took a photograph that shows a corkscrew-shaped, self-illuminating line emanating from the lower door frame in a hallway. “This is the doorway in which their youngest daughter sees full-body apparitions,” Downey said. Member Casi McAllister, assistant manager at Spirit Halloween Store in Lynnwood, said she has always been interested in the paranormal. “I’ve had small occurrences over my adult life, mainly with noises and things I couldn’t explain,” McAllister said. “I have a passion for finding out if what people are experiencing is actually paranormal or if there might be alternative explanations for what’s going on.” She said some folks contact R.P.I.nw who are very afraid of what’s happening in their homes. “I feel if we’re able to bring them some peace or validate what they’re feeling or experiencing, then we’ve really provided a good human service,” McAllister said. “We are totally nonprofit and all of us try to bring a very professional and objective eye to any situation.” She said at the Snohomish home they picked up voices on their recording equipment. “Very strange technology these spirits work with, right?” McAllister said. Renters at the house know that a previous tenant died of a bleeding ulcer in the home, but they haven’t told owners the house is haunted, McAllister said. Before she joined the group, Downey said it was hard to reveal her paranormal experiences. “People would give me that look,” she said. “You know — eye rolls. Now friends usually ask me how investigations went.” She said joining the group has given her security to know she isn’t crazy. “We take our work seriously and we want others to as well,” Downey said. “It truly is an amazing experience to communicate with the other side.” Kristi O’Harran: 425-339-3451, oharran@heraldnet.com. |
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