"Here, kitty!" Do animals still roam the house and fields of their
beloved home? Perhaps. The Hodges Homeplace's magic had the
Ghost PRO team at the aroma of pot roast........
Our client contacted the Ghost PRO team to
report paranormal activity in the family home of nearly 150 years. From
its log cabin origins, the home had been added to over the years to
accommodate the growing clan. It is now a stately and handsome presence
along the rural road that leads from Hodges to Greenwood. The house
proudly stands as a monument to the rich history of one family and to
the important parts it and family members played in the history of its
town. The town of Hodges is unique in that it is still preserved and
beautifully maintained very much as it was since its beginnings as a
town.
We arrived at the homestead in the daylight hours, giving us a chance to
explore the house, the barn and other outbuildings and to make our
preliminary readings. We chatted with our client and learned about the
home's history. Soon the investigation begun, and the first room we
spent some time in was the central bedroom where the owner’s great uncle
had passed. A Class-A EVP caught from this session is of a male voice
saying, “And I won’t matter”. It is to be duly
noted that no males were present in the house during our investigation.
The kitchen held the most powerful paranormal experiences of the
evening, though. There was no mistaking the kitchen was the heart of
this home. We had began our session in the cheery blue and white country
kitchen where it was easy to imagine how Sunday dinners and holiday
mealtimes would have ensued, with aunties and grannies bustling about,
busily preparing a feast for hungry family members. Perhaps our
admiration of the well-turned-out kitchen was being sensed, as we began
to smell for ourselves the delicious aroma of pot roast wafting through
the kitchen! EVP from the kitchen session also revealed the clatter of
pots and dishes. Cat heard the name “Hannah” in her head during this
session. This information was given to the owner at the reveal, at which
time the name had no significance to him. The owner subsequently did
some research of his own and was able to discover an ancestor had
married a Hanna in the early years of the last century and that the
property had been home to “many little Hannas”.
And then there was the cat.
Mariel explains, “I sensed something coming quickly upon me from behind,
and further sensed it was a white cat. As the cat seemingly “broke through
a portal” and leapt into
the kitchen, I felt I was sensing a real - not a phantom- cat and the
only mystery at hand was to figure out how Kitty got into the house. So I
was totally caught off guard moments later when I felt it rub against my
leg yet no cat was there!” Mystery Kitty was not finished with us yet,
though. Cat -- our Catherine-- began to feel the persistent rubbing sensation on
her legs and a subsequent photo taken by Janet revealed a large orb, cat-height,
at her leg.
The
upstairs had its own special energy. A display case on the upper landing
showcased family artifacts and memorabilia. The room that was most
recently used as a craft room held our fascination as what appeared to
be a child-sized mist swirled dimly in the darkness. Fortunately, this
odd swirling movement was captured on our camcorder.
Yet sometimes the strangest part of an investigation occurs after the
actual investigation itself. Upon our arrival for the reveal, we were
greeted by the sight of a handsome white cat lounging on the wide front
porch of the house. Our client told us this cat, however, could not have
figured into our “white cat” experience as it had shown up some
days
after our investigation and been hanging around since then. The
"coincidental" presence of the cat impressed the Ghost PRO team, though,
and we even decided to name our investigation “The Cat’s Meow” in its
honor. Cat called up our client to see if he could snap a photo of our
new feline celebrity. “It’s the strangest thing,” she was told. “That
white cat showed up about three days before you returned for the reveal
and it disappeared three days after. Haven’t seen it since.”
The
upstairs had its own special energy. A display case on the upper landing
showcased family artifacts and memorabilia. The room that was most
recently used as a craft room held our fascination as what appeared to
be a child-sized mist swirled dimly in the darkness. Fortunately, this
odd swirling movement was captured on our camcorder.