Shot pictures last night

I plan to shoot pictures at around midnight on Oct 31st and Nov.1. I took a few shots last night with a regular film camera. We'll see if any artifacts show up this year. I plan to use both the digitile and film cameras tonight and tommorrow night. The pictures I shot last night were of the front stairs and front Parlour where we had artifacts show up the past two years. I have a standee of Elvira on the front stairs, she doesn't count. But she does make a good halloween decoration.

Trick or Treat

The annual Halloween trick or treat was last night, followed by a weiner roast and party at the local fire department. I had somewhere between 300 and 400 little ghosts and goblins. Not nearly as many as I expected considering the fact the local village government set our trick or treat night on a different night than the one in a much larger neighboring town. The last time that happened I had to shut off the lights and close the door when I ran out of treats at about 500.

Halloween

Last night my wife and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating a late night snack. Our little black dog was under the table at my wife's feet and our older gray dog was laying beside my chair. I was at the eastern end of our kitchen table facing west and my wife was sitting midway along the horizontal axis facing south. Suddenly a loud pop sounded from the southwesternmost corner in the kitchen followed by a long expelling of (air?). The problem is, theres nothing in that area but a broom. Nothing could be found that even had air pressure. Perhaps we will find the problem was mundane; but we're scratching our heads now.

Nothing new on film

I got back my final film and nothing unusual appeared on the pictures. Halloween is rapidly approaching. I plan to shoot photos with both type cameras on October 30, 31st and November 1 at around midnight and shortly thereafter. I also plan to make a short visit to the local cemetary , which is in sight of the house, and see if a get anything other than tombstones on the shots. Everything that goes on over there, after dark, is not necessairly paranormal, however. The village idiot finally got the historic house down. Its definitely been more than 3 days; a lot more. The only termite damage found was on two beams that were half buried in the dirt of the cellar floor. Someone got many loads of prime lumber as not even the outer siding wood showed anything but weathering. Some of the posts that supported the corners of the house were solid wood posts 23 inches thick. The house had been built with native oak and walnut. But the Idiots garage can now be seen from the street so he's happy. He still has a huge load of hand hewed granite blocks, that weigh several hundred pounds each, that made up the foundation to get rid of.

Nothing new on camera

Unless something shows up on the film camera; I got no artifacts on the digitile camera during the autumn equinox. Needless to say, film has to be sent away for processing so I have no way of knowing whether or not something could have been picked up on film. I have, in the past, picked up artifacts on both the digitile and film type cameras. But As I got nothing unusual on the digitile camera during the equinox I feel pretty certain nothing will come through on the film either. If anything does; I'll report it here. The village idiot is tearing down a historic structure here in the village. Built at the very end of the 18th century, the frame rowhouse had to be one of the oldest structures in this pre-civil war town. At first, the owner complained the structure obscured anyone seeing his wonderful ultramodern garage. When that didn't go over well with local history buffs he changed his story to "The house is dangerous because it is eaten up with termites". Hiring local Amish workers for the demolition, he was going to have the structure down and gone in 3 days. That was three weeks ago and the structure is only half demolished. The workers have had problems bringing this structure down because of its extremely tough construction (no termite damage has come to light yet). Saying its the best built and strongest structure they have ever encountered, the workmen actually marvel at its construction. Being Amish they know good construction when they see it. History, once demolished cannot be brought back. This is the second historic structure the village idiot has destroyed. Soon everyone will be able to see the village idiots eyesore garage so at lest, he, I suppose, will be happy. This village is unique in that most of the main part of town was built prior to the Civil War. That uniqueness is slowly being whittled away by uncaring, ignorant, individuals who are distroying it.

Autumn Equinox photos shot

I tried taking photos as the Autumn Equinox came in (a little after 11:00 am, September 23). I used the digitile camera and no artifacts appeared on the pictures. I will make a new attempt around midnight using both digitile and film cameras. Otherwise the house has been unusually quiet. This is the begining of the seasons when the house typically acts up. I guess time will tell. Halloween is coming.

Film from camera back

Whatever the smokey artifact was that showed up in three of my digitile camera shots did not come through on the camera using regular 35mm film of 200 speed. I still do not know what caused the anomaly. The film shots were abnormally dark. My wife has made a joke of the many pictures that I have shot of those stairs since one shot showed what might be a "ghost-like" head of a woman (A lot of debate on whether its a face or not). Because of these many shots I have a really good expectation of what a picture of those stairs should look like. These pictures are much darker than they should have been; however, I realize there could be several possible explainations. I would think that my next most logical date for trying to photograph something unusual will be Sept. 21st. tomorrow., the autumn equinox. But the next best date is Halloween which is fast coming.