| One of the most amazing things you can do to | | | | Patience means taking a lot of time and also, doing it |
| demonstrate the existence of the paranormal world is | | | | on a consistent basis. |
| to record spirit voices. This article discusses the history | | | | Another important factor is whether or not the spirits |
| of Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) and gives | | | | want to make an effort to say something to you. |
| some examples of spirit recordings. | | | | Some will ignore you, others can't get the energy |
| The Beginning of Electronic Voice Phenomena | | | | necessary to affect the recording. With persistence |
| Recording devices have been around so long that we | | | | and going places where spirits are likely to be, such as |
| tend to think that they have always been around. | | | | a battlefield, you increase your chances of getting an |
| However, that is not the case. Consumer tape | | | | EVP. |
| recorders didn't become available until the 1950s and | | | | How is it Done? |
| they were large reels. But as the new devices made it | | | | It's really very simple. Start your recording device and |
| to the market, some people found they did more than | | | | ask questions. Give time for an answer and then go |
| they thought! | | | | on to the next question. Remember, it is very unlikely |
| Once such person was a Swedish citizen named | | | | you will hear anything until the recording is played back. |
| Friedrich Jurgenson. In 1959, he was using his tape | | | | Tape devices work but digital devices also work. |
| recorder to record bird calls in a forest. Alone in a quiet | | | | Either way, you will need to put the recording into a |
| forest, Jurgenson recorded a number of bird calls. It | | | | computer with sound editing software. The old fashion |
| wasn't until he played back the tape that he got the | | | | way of course, was to listen to the recordings through |
| shock of his life! | | | | headphones over and over hoping to find an EVP. |
| In addition to the bird sounds, there were human voices | | | | With a computer, you can see the sounds and when |
| on the recording. Keep in mind that there was no one | | | | you find an EVP, enhance it. This wasn't possible in the |
| around. But the biggest shock to him was hearing his | | | | old days. |
| mother's voice call his name and then say, "Friedrich, | | | | A Real Life Example |
| you are being watched." Jurgenson's mother had been | | | | Although you can get an EVP in other places, areas |
| dead for a number of years. | | | | where spirits are likely to be located are places where |
| Just to be sure he wasn't imagining things, Friedrich | | | | many people died such as battlefields or old, |
| Jurgenson spent the next four years with careful | | | | multigeneration homes where people lived and died at |
| experimentation and recorded several thousand | | | | home. Cemeteries are other possible sites. |
| voices. | | | | A few years ago, I ran an EVP expedition during the |
| EVP Goes Mainstream | | | | afternoon at Cheatham Hill Battlefield near Marietta, |
| In 1965, Dr. Konstantin Raudive, psychologist and author, | | | | GA. This place is noted for paranormal activity. Even |
| visited Jurgenson and together, they made a number | | | | so, in a couple of hours time, I only got two EVPs. One |
| of successful recordings. Returning to his home in | | | | EVP said Help and the other said Who are You? Hear |
| Germany on the edge of the Black Forest, Raudive | | | | the voices and find out the story behind these EVPs.. |
| began a research project that resulting in cataloging | | | | In about 90 minutes of taping, the length of two sides |
| and analyzing over 80,000 paranormal voices with the | | | | of a cassette tape, those two sounds were the only |
| help of fellow scientist and engineers. | | | | unusual ones. I went back a couple of years later and |
| When the task was completed, he wrote a book | | | | this time, I heard what sounded like artillery fire on the |
| called, Breakthrough, which inspired other investigators | | | | tape. It faded in and out and was not audible when I |
| and amateurs to attempt spirit voice recording. One | | | | was recording. |
| well known English researcher was G. Gilbert Bonner | | | | Conclusion |
| who made many thousands of recordings, some with | | | | EVPs are an easy way to study the paranormal. The |
| extended dialog up to 30 minutes. | | | | equipment is economical and with persistence, you'll |
| Can Anybody Record EVPs? | | | | probably record paranormal sounds. |
| I believe the answer is yes. It just takes time, patience | | | | It's just another demonstration that there is more to |
| and being in the right place. The right place is where | | | | reality than we consciously see or hear. |
| spirits are likely to be found. | | | | |