Tried spy camera again

After getting a few weird pictures in the upstairs hall (refer to previous post) I figured I'd try again to see if anything showed up. Placing the camera aimed in the same general direction down the upstairs hall, I left it overnight. The next afternoon when I went to check on it, I discovered it was turned off. Figuring I had set it up in the "off" position I simply turned it back on and reset it in the same location. The next day (yesterday) when I went to retrieve it, I again, found it in the "off" position. I was very careful to make sure the camera was "on" when I set it the second time. So either I have a malfunctioning camera or something strange is going on. I intend to reset it again, but not in the same area. I suppose the camera could be malfunctioning; It did have corrosion around the batteries; but I did clean the terminals thoroughly and the camera did work on a test of it.

Strange on camera image

Yesterday I finally got the Christmas tree taken down, reboxed and brought upstairs. The tree is kept in a small (use to be trunkroom) at the end of the upstairs western hallway. The room is rather small, about 10ft by 10ft and is rather crowded with seasonal (mostly Christmas) decorations. As I was manuvering the tree box into place I heard a loud noise from something hitting the floor. Looking around I spied an old spy camera I had placed in that room looking down the upstairs hall. I had forgotten about the camera completely until I saw it on the floor. Picking it up I immediately noticed the batteries were dead. I honestly do not know how long ago I placed that camera; but it has had to be a year or more. I opened the battery compartment and saw the batteries had leaked and I had corrosion. I discharged the bad batteries and hoped I could clean away the corrosion. Upon reentering the upstairs bedroom that is just off the hall, next to the Christmas room, I saw, in the middle of the floor, the dark outline of of I thought was one of my dogs that had found his/her way upstairs around the gate. Just as I said,"How did you get up here" the image vanished. The day was dark, dreary, and rainy. The bedroom is not overly bright even on a sunlit day and today it was dark as I hadn't as yet turned on any lights. The outline of a dog looked very much like a floppy eared schnauzer. I have had four floppy eared schnauzers since I moved here over 30 years ago. I have had one schnauzer with the cropped short pointed ears and two that had uncropped ears the stood up (or at least one ear did). I have had these sightings of dogs before; not always schnauzers, so I was surprised but not surprised when the image vanished. Getting back to the spy camera. The camera looks like an air freshner but is digital and takes pictures when movement is detected/ I took the camera downstairs to try and clean the terminals and get it working again. As I sat scrapping the terminals, I noticed the cameras chip. Out of curiousity I removed the chip and put it in my HP photo printer to see if it had anything on it. I was startled to see it registered "Full". In this case "Full" means 70 pictures. Remember I said the camera was only activated by movement. The first 30 or so shots were taken down the hallway and the last 30 or so shots were of the upstairs masterbedroom door. Obviously the camera had been knocked or moved sideways and was pointed at the door. I do not understand these door pictures as only two of them show any movent like the door being opened or shut. Anyway, its the upstairs hall pictures that could be interesting. Some appear to be totally black; so I don't understand what could have activated the camera in a totally dark hall. Some of the pictures show points of light where there are no light sources. Two show what appears to be vaporous or smoky forms. These last two really got my attention but they would not print out. They are very obvious on the monitor but nothing shows on the printout. They probably have a logical explaination; but the sheer doubt makes then intriguing. I do not know enough about digital cameras or printing proceedures to know how, or if, these can be brough out.

Today my wife and I got home about 6:00 pm from her store in Byesville. We entered the house by the western rear door into the kitchen. While my wife was throwing together our supper I went out the front door and got the paper which I carried to the kitchen. We hadn't even sat down to eat when we heard a terrific slam of a door somewhere in the house. All the doors to the outside are locked with either a deadbolt or slide bolt. The door on the upstairs porch on the westward side of the house has been known to blow open (I suppose it was windcaused) and it has happened even when we were sure it was locked.  That door was still shut and the slide bolt was in place. So what door slammed? We haven't figured that one out yet. Whether it has a logical explaination or not is not known at this time. But for any door to slam shut loud enough to be heard in the kitchen must have really been slammed hard. But no evidence of such an event is evident. Yes, the front door was bolted.

The store

We have experienced very little activity in the house so far this fall and winter. Abnormally quiet whereas this time of year is usually rather active. My wife's store which is located in a very old building in a small neighboring town, on the other hand, has taken on the strange. I think I've mentioned the murmering my wife says about drives her batty there. She plays the inhouse music to mask the murmering. I have to admit I have not heard the mermuring there although it did happen at our house a couple of times in the past. But this store has displayed human "illusions", "ghosts" or whatever to me twice. These are the first really strong impressions of people that I've encountered. My wife has had several episodes, through the years, in various places we have lived; but I only had very quick impressions before. The latest occurred today. We had the store open until 4pm for last minute Christmas shoppers. Around about 2 oclock in the afternoon I entered our backroom to get a drink from the small frige we have there (No it wasn't alcoholic). As I entered the backroom I saw, what I at first thought , was my wife; but the dress was all wrong and besides I had just left my wife at the cash register helping a customer. The woman was wearing a medium dark blouse and navy blue long skirt. She had a dark scarf on her head and was bending over and, I suppose, was looking at a basket of mixed merchandise. On  reflection she looked very much like an Amish lady. I did not see her face and she vanished before I could say anything. These things take place so suddenly that you really have no oppertunity to react to them other than think "What the heck did I just see?" Maybe my wife and I are cracking up. I'd hate to think so. But these experiences are so real, at the time, only the vanishing act distinguishes them as something other than normal. The red haired boy I saw in my fist such encounter last summer, I would recognize if I saw him again. He was that real looking and was facing toward me; whereas the dark lady, today, had her back in my dorection. I guess I'm just curious as to what the heck I'm actually seeing. I don't think she was a Christmas spirit, but it is Christmas eve.

Halloween was a bummer

I always anticipate Halloween. The strange oval and circulor transparent artifacts that have shown up on some of my Halloween pictures are sure to keep one guessing. But this year, using the same cameras, films, etc; not one strange artifact appeared. Once I got a few of these strange disks on a couple pictures that I had taken just prior to Christmas,  I will undoubedly take pictures over Thanksgiving and Christmas and I will ever be alert fot the disks but our best season has passed with no luck. Any hunters of the strange, out there, who have any helpful ideas? I'm open to suggestion.

Films are back

Halloween films are back from York. Fifty two photos in all. Not a single one shows the transparant disks that have shown up in previous Halloween shots. Not one, none, nada, nyet. I shot the typical places, at the same times as before. I used the same cameras and film. For whatever reason there were no transparent disks on any of these photos. A really big disappointment. But nothing showed up on the digital camera either. Most unusual I think. I guess the next oppertunity will be the Winter Equinox on Dec. 21st unless some should make an appearance during other times when I'm photographing the ordinary. But that really is rare. The only difference that I can think of between this Halloween and the previous five, is that it was rainy. The rain did cut down on the number of trick or treaters from about 400 to 150. But I really wouldn't think it would have any effect on whatever is causing the disks to appear.

Halloween

  The weather outside was frightful. Although the hour set aside by the village for Halloween trick or treat was rather pleasant the hours preceeding the event were cold, windy, and wet. Must have scared off a lot of kids and their parents because I only had about 150 trick or treaters as opposed to the 400 that usually show up. So I'm well stocked with treats for next year. No, I do not give out candy. I quit that years ago during the great poison candy hoax. I give out misc. toys, scissors, balloons, hot wheels, stuff toys, bagged Mickwey D's premiums, cameras, light sticks, and anything else I happen onto during the rest of the year. The fact that almost all the towns and villages picked the same night for trick or treat helped a lot as well. As for this old house. I took pictures with the digital camera, with a film type camera, and used ultra violet for several shots through the digital camera. Of course I have the digital shots and they are disappointing. Not a single artifact showed up on any of the photos. This is the first year I didn't get any of the transparent disks in my shots on digital. The two films I shot and sent away have not come back yet and if they do not have any duisks this will be the first year in several years that they were absent. But maybe the films will show them. We just have to wait and see. The ultraviolet shots were spooky looking but nothing abnormal showed up in them. I'll let you know if anything shows up in the film shots. I took pictures in all the usual places late at night on both Oct. 31st and Nov 1.