Ghosts Among Us - James Van Praagh [64]
I thought to myself, She will never leave here.
Ralph continued. Her husband passed into the light and comes around to try to bring her over, but she doesn’t see him because she is so obsessed over those cats.
When Wally and Lisa entered, I told them what Ralph said.
“Amazing,” said Wally. “We’ll have to check who the former owners were.”
Marlene came by again, and I noticed there was something stuck to her. It seemed to be a low-level entity. I didn’t dare say anything.
When she walked by me, she said, “Cats? You are so wrong.” Marlene and her “ghost-busting team” left the house, completely unaware that there was negative energy attached to her and one of her cameramen. Some ghost-busters.
Very shortly after they left, the real fun began. Wally, Lisa, and I were sitting on their couch as I explained the difference between earthbound ghosts and those who have passed into the light. Suddenly two cupboard doors opened in the pantry with a smacking sound! We rushed there to look. Immediately, we all smelled the lovely scent of gardenias. Then I felt something cross in front of me.
“Ahhh!” Lisa screamed. She looked at me and said, “I felt someone walk right through me.”
As I was about to assist her, the front door whooshed opened and banged against the wall. That startled everyone. As I looked toward the front door, I saw a young-looking gentleman, dressed in a tuxedo, holding out his hand. It dawned on me that this was the old lady’s husband coming to bring her over.
I quickly sent a thought to the earthbound ghost. It is time for you to follow your husband home. He is here to rescue you. All your cats are with him.
Unfortunately, I did not receive any communication back from her, so I didn’t know if my words had any effect.
As I kept my eyes on the husband, several different cats ran into the room and surrounded his feet. It was very odd. It felt like feeding time in a shelter. I kept sending the thought over and over to the old lady. I thought by then she must have seen her cats.
Then the husband smiled as he held out his hand once again. I knew at last that he was greeting his wife.
I turned to Wally and Lisa, but they seemed to know what I was about to say.
“She’s gone, isn’t she?” asked Lisa.
“I believe so,” I responded.
“You can tell. It seems so much lighter in here.”
I replied, “It’s because she is where she should be.”
The young couple were so appreciative and kept thanking me.
“Keep the wonderful energy you have created together alive and joyful in this house. Keep spreading the word about life after death.”
As they ushered me out the front door, Lisa turned on the porch light. I looked down and gasped. There on the second step was a small brown bird; its neck was broken.
“Perhaps one of the cats left it here as a token of its love.”
ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON
On occasion, a ghost can materialize the sound of its physical voice on electromagnetic tape, an occurrence called an Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP). Ghost hunters have successfully captured actual voices of spirits with the use of tape recorders. When using this method, the investigator should place the recorder in a “hot area”—a place where a majority of ghostly activity occurs. When the actual tape is running, you will not hear anything. However, when the tape is played back, usually at slower speeds, brief words or phrases spoken by a ghost may be detected. It seems that most of the messages are benign or jibberish, but occasionally words are completely understandable.
Electronic Voice Phenomena have been acquired on all types of electronics, from cheap tape recorders and ham radios to televisions and computers. I have had the wonderful pleasure of speaking to the founder of the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena (AAEVP), Sarah Esteph, who has chronicled hundreds of hours of spirit voices and whispers.