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Tomorrow: Ghost writing
Posted on August 1, 2007 by Michael Ballway
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Do you see dead people?
Two guys in Clinton do, and their tales from beyond the crypt headline this week’s Times & Courier, on newsstands now and in mailboxes Thursday, Aug. 2. Ross and Nick Azud, father and son, are Clinton’s paranormal investigators. It sounds a little fantastic, but our reporter says he’s heard the tape recordings and he’s convinced — and we don’t know just what to make of the spectral light that showed up on Ross’ shoulder in our front-page photograph.
Also in the paper is our writeup on the vandalism at CEMA, which was first posted online here last week; a consultant for the town will cost Wal-Mart $10,000; and the long-awaited decision on the Brandli property — keep on waiting, because the Lancaster ZBA delayed its vote, and both rifle range proponents and opponents are claiming victory.
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As to the Clinton Train tunnel, I have investigated this many times both solo and with others. I have taken digital pictures with orbs and mist, particularly one orb that seems to hang in the same place on the ceiling just inside the tunnel which seems to appear on every visit. Most orbs and mists I can debunk as droplets from the ceiling, dust and camera shifts due to the changing and often very cold conditions inside that tunnel. The tunnel is not that long but once in there it appears to lengthen. An optical illusion I suppose.
I have also gotten several EVP’s in the tunnel. The crudest and nastiest were just inside the tunnel near the **** Gaels graffiti. In the interior of tunnel no voices have been captured but on tape playback coughing and banging not heard at the time nor perpetrated by the investigators are clearly heard.
It should be noted that the tunnel is very dangerous due to the uneven conditions, whatever creatures that may be in there and perhaps even due to our local homeless. Caution is a rule and thrill seekers should not go there.
Also one needs to have an open mind. If you come looking for something your mind will manufacture it.
My final comment is that while I have no objection to ghost hunting (in a serious, not frivolous form), it is not an activity that children should be involved in. Paranormal investigations are tricky, children can be easily influenced and frightened, teenage unsettled hormones can in some cases manifest spectral issues and most importantly these investigations can be dangerous. Not only from terrain but from entities that are not exactly polite. Just because the Ghost Hunters provide entertainment on a weekly basis does not mean that this is a field to be played in by everyone.
Just for the record I have been doing this for 25 years, have recorded apparitions, orbs, mists, EVP’s and seen things that I cannot explain. I know from where I speak.