Final Report

Investigation Number 05272006

Tuberculosis Sanatorium – Booneville, Arkansas

Number of 35mm picture taken:
0

Number of digital photos taken: 
1575

Minutes of Audio used: 
45

Minutes of Video taken: 
480

Number of Positive Photos: 
15

Number of False Positive Photos: 
Numerous

Number of EVP recorded: 
6

Phenomena captured on film: 
Numerous orbs were captured on all of the types of media used to gather evidence. Some of the orbs were interesting, but because of the numbers captured none could be authenticated. In two of the photos there was an orb in motion. This was interesting and significant in that there were other orbs in the picture that were not moving. 

The thermal imaging camera did capture an interesting piece of footage. The sink on the fourth floor that turned on by itself showed a heat source on the handles while showing the water to be cold. 

We did capture some interesting EVP data. Every time one of the investigators asked for a noise to be made in an effort to communicate, a noise was recorded.

Summation: 
We entered the building at 7:30 pm. There were 20 Spirit Seekers Investigators and 6 Sanatorium staff. We divided in to four teams consisting of four investigators and two staff each. Floor assignments were made and each team was told they would be changing floors every hour until we had all been on every floor. We wanted all of the teams to have the chance to experience paranormal activity wherever it was found. 

Angie and Violet were allowed to enter the building first and explore at will. They were the project's spirit sensitive and medium, respectively. They made contact in several areas as the night progressed. Every team had something paranormal happen to a team member.

The pictures we took were for the most part contaminated due the abnormal amount of dust. We did manage to make some very interesting captures. The best picture was taken on the 4^th floor by Investigator Kerri. This photo clearly shows the shadow of a person standing by the window looking out. We had some discussion as to whether this was or was not a shadow person. Some of the group feels that one of the team members had come up the stairs and had been caught in the picture. I was able to account for all of the team members when the photo was taken. Then the possibility of an outsider was discussed. This possibility could not be totally dismissed. There were outside influences in the building that night. We had control over all of the ones we knew about, but could someone else have slipped in unannounced? Maybe. All of the non-Spirit Seeker personnel in the building at the time of the photo were accounted for at the time of the picture. By analyzing the photo closely I feel that this is a picture of a non-human. Otherwise, the flash would have revealed a light coloration either in clothing or skin tone.

The night was filled with various reports of abnormal events. Our investigators have been trained to look for obvious explanations of events before reporting spirit contact. Angie, Larry and I were not assigned to any one team. We were to report to any place that an investigator felt that they had had a paranormal event. We were running all over the building that night. We were able to debunk a lot of the events but the ones listed below are the ones we find to be real paranormal contact.

Conclusion:
We feel that the Nyberg Building is haunted.

• At approximately 8:40 pm Investigator Steven lost battery power in his voice recorder. It had new batteries installed prior to the investigation. This happened on the third floor.
  
• Around 8:45 Investigator Trudy is having trouble breathing. This happened in room 542 and as soon as she left the room everything was ok.
  
• Investigator Trudy noticed that the nurse call lights were going on and off ahead of her walk down the hall. This happened on the second floor.
  
• At approximately 9:30 pm Investigator Charlie felt something brush his chest. This happened in room 483.
  
• At approximately 9:40 pm Investigator John had his pant leg pulled. It was tugged on three times and felt like a young person trying to get his attention. This happened in the fourth floor elevator lobby.
  
• Around 9:45 pm investigator Charlie lost power to his video camera. The batteries were fully charged. It happened on the third floor.
  
• Around 10:15 pm Investigator Toby heard an audible sigh that sounded as if it came from a male. Investigator Susan was with him at the time and heard it as well. This happened in room 390.
  
• At around 11:00 pm Investigator Alan saw what appeared to be the shadow of a figure run across the hall ahead of him. He had been on the fourth floor checking on the assigned team. When he tried to get their attention he whistled. After the whistle he heard a noise that sounded like someone kicking something across the floor behind him. He went to investigate and whistled again. This time he got the sound of feet shuffling. One more whistle and the shadow moved across the hall from one room to the other. Alan then went quickly to the room where the shadow had gone to and found it empty.
  
• At approximately 11:40 Investigator Angela was summoned into a room by a shadowy arm. She called Alan to help her investigate. They found nothing.
  
• Around 12 midnight Investigator Larry was having some physical problems on the third floor. He said that he became short of breath and disoriented. He recovered once he left the area.
  
• At 1:30am Investigator Alan was walking down the hall in the criminal lock up area on the third floor when something grabbed the tripod on his camera. A very brief tug and the camera was free.