Northern B.C. paranormal researchers arenB次元官网网址檛 sure if strange goings on at a Kitimat-area bistro are tied to a 1975 attempted robbery at the same location, but what they did find left them intrigued.
Paranormal North Coast British Columbia is a Kitimat-based team that has, over the past three years, investigated different places around Kitimat, Terrace, and Prince Rupert, looking to try to explain the seemingly unexplainable.
Recently, they conducted an investigation of PF Pizzeria & Bistro at City Centre Mall, after employees reported strange goings-on in and around the establishment.
The team, made up of Danny Nunes, John Powell, Roy Lawson, and Keenan Mosdell, had received a call from employees at PF Bistro that there were weekly occurrences of things that shouldnB次元官网网址檛 be happening, such as weird noises, dishes flying off kitchen shelves, and something the Bistro staff call B次元官网网址淪hadowman,B次元官网网址� a shadowy apparition that many would see behind them out of the corner of their eyes.
So, the team decided to come in and investigate.
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The team uses video cameras, audio equipment, and an app called Spirit Box that emits a loud, white noise that different energies can interact with to try to communicate with humans.
They also use temperature readings to try to document energies, as well.
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Nunes and Powell said investigating is often boring and tedious and theyB次元官网网址檙e not finding ghosts around every corner, like the TV shows would have people believe.
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Nunes and Powell said the process involves setting up the equipment, then asking a series of basic questions, such as the spiritB次元官网网址檚 name, if theyB次元官网网址檙e even there, etc., to try to get an intelligent response in return.
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The team starts by interviewing witnesses to get a sense of the situation and try to find out if thereB次元官网网址檚 any relevant history. From there, they try to recreate the witness testimonies to see if they can find out if thereB次元官网网址檚 validity to their experiences.
In the case of The Bistro, Nunes said they talked to the employees and went to the Kitimat Northern Sentinel archives at the Kitimat Public Library to try to validate the stories and get a sense of the restaurantB次元官网网址檚 history.
They found out that in 1975, there was an attempted robbery at a sporting goods store on the lower level. The man had ended up in a shoot-out with the police. Police chased him to the second level, where the man reportedly later died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The location of this incident? Right outside The Bistro where theyB次元官网网址檇 been experiencing the strange activity.
Throughout the investigation, which happened near the end of June, the team saw an orb in the bathroom, heard a response that sounded like B次元官网网址淣athanB次元官网网址� when they asked the spiritB次元官网网址檚 name, had a broom fall unprovoked in the kitchen, and got a vocal response to questions posed just outside of the staff bathroom, in the kitchen, and in main dining area.
Nunes and Powell said that they never saw the B次元官网网址淪hadowmanB次元官网网址� the employees had spoken of, and they canB次元官网网址檛 confirm that the audio and video they got was the man from the 1975 robbery, but they said the footage they got validated the employeesB次元官网网址� testimonies that something strange was going on.
B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 a lot of different theories about what constitutes the paranormal,B次元官网网址� Nunes said. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e not busting ghosts, weB次元官网网址檙e documentarians, really.B次元官网网址�
Going forward, they said the teamB次元官网网址檚 goal is to try to document occurrences all around Northwest B.C.
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