Mississippi Valley Paranormal

MVP was contacted by a couple in LeClaire who were experiencing paranormal activity in their home. The husband and wife and their two kids are living with his mom and dad and two grandmothers. The couple’s living quarters are in the basement of the residence and the other occupants live in the upstairs area.

One of the spirits, which the couple claims to have had interaction with for some time, is that of a grandmother. The other, a spirit of a young girl, is a new one and the reason MVP was called in.

The first time the girl appeared was when the wife was sleeping. She was having a dream and in her dream someone called “mommy.” Then she heard “mommy” again and woke up but wasn’t quite sure if she had actually heard it. Then as she was lying there awake, she heard “mommy” again and rolled over expecting to see one of her kids standing by the bed, but there was nobody there. She got out of bed and checked on her kids and they were both sleeping upstairs. Then, on another night, she had just laid down for bed when she heard a child talking, even though her kids were sleeping upstairs. A child came around the corner and stood at the top of the stairs where she was, but the child was not one of hers. The child had a blanket up over her head and was swaying from side to side. The child was talking up a storm, but the woman couldn’t understand what she was saying. Then the child turned around and walked out of the room. She woke her husband up and made him go check on the kids, but they were fast asleep. The couple have both heard the child say ‘mommy’, and just the way she says it makes them think she is scared of something. She has also been heard walking around crying. The night before MVP arrived, the husband claimed that a little girl touched him on the leg while he was sleeping and said “Daddy.”

THE INTERVIEW AND WALK-THROUGH

A team consisting of Becky, Rick, Diana, Sarah and Shawn arrived at the house at 8:00 PM, Friday, January 2nd, 2009. Diana and Becky conducted the interview with the wife, while the rest did the walk thru with the husband. The team was limited to the lower basement area and a short landing a few steps above the basement, because of the other occupants in the house. An EMP sweep confirmed the presence of high EMFs emanating from several of the florescent light fixtures in the ceiling, but nothing that appeared to be so high as to be dangerous.

THE INVESTIGATION

Video cameras with IR lights were positioned to cover the areas of the steps and landing where the young girl was seen to appear, and the bed where the wife heard the voices and husband claimed to be touched. Shawn manned the other video camera to record everything else in the room. All team members were equipped with audio recorders, EMF detectors and flashlights. Because one of the spirits was reported to be that of a little girl, we placed some toys on the steps of the landing to see if she would interact with them.

The team positioned themselves on the couch in the basement and began asking questions in the hope of interacting with either of the spirits. We also placed K2 meters on the table by the couch and invited the spirits to use them to communicate with us. Later in the night, Shawn and Becky took a camera and recorder up to the landing to search for evidence in that area.

EVIDENCE

All five team members had audio recorders going during
the investigation, and we had one mobile and two still
video cameras running.

No Audio Evidence found
No Video Evidence found

CONCLUSION

No one in the team had any personal experiences during the time we were there. We wrapped up the investigation around 9:45 PM and held a conference with the clients. We instructed them to keep a log of any future activity and contact us within a week. We also left the toys on the steps, photographed them, and asked the couple to note their position in the morning. We are now waiting to hear back from the couple, at which time we will consider another investigation; possibly at a different time and day of the week.