Experiments Conducted (Cognitive Experiments)

We already have overwhelming evidence that suggests that the entity can see us, but we have not figured out how they do it, or at what level of clarity. We have gotten audio responses at other locations for the color Red, and Yellow.

In order to hear the low amplitude responses clearly you may need to turn up the volume, or put on headphones.

Can the entity discern shapes are they able to see colors? Is the entity able to read, or is that a part of our physical self. At Meek's Mansion in Hayward California we set out to test the entities cognitive boundaries to see how much if any of our human consciousness remains after death. We know from previous investigations from EVP responses that an adult intelligent male entity believed to be William Meek. We know this from the many pieces of audio collected, and one in particular when the male voice asked for help from a family member, then his unknown niece Amelia. This response is one of many pieces of evidence that we know of that links an EVP to a once living human being.

What we found in our first cognitive experiments after reviewing all the evidence was that the entity could see colors, read, and answer questions from cards. Which in of itself is amazing? One other part of our cognitive experiment had the entity identify shapes. When we asked for a shape, the entity responded with "square" regardless of the shape that was on the card. I realized that the entity responded with the shape of the card, and not the shape on the card. Shapes were a disappointment even though we are sure that the entity can see shapes. It could be a problem seeing a two dimensional shape on a two dimensional surface of the card?

We are not ruling out shapes until we try using three-dimensional shapes on our next cognitive experiment. Even though our results did not show definitively that, the entities can see shapes. We continue to explore other way's the entity can see. When we have better understood the entities, visual acuities. We will adapt our methods using what we have learned to communicate with the entity.

Cards used in Cognitive Experiment 1.

Cognitive Experiment 2

Returning to Meek's Mansion in Hayward California where we had so much success with our first two, investigations where we came away with incredible evidence. This time we brought eight three-dimensional wooden shapes in different colors. Three teams in rotation moving from floor, to floor. Each team provided with instructions on how to document the events throughout the night, and into the morning. Using nine tripod mounted Sony SR45 camcorders, two Zoom H2 four channel external microphones, one tripod mounted RT-EVP sound recorders, five Olympus 2x600/700/V40616 and one Sony voice recorders used that night.

Shapes & Colors

Circle         -Yellow
Square       - Blue
Triangle      - Purple
Octagon     - Red
Pentagon    - Green
Diamond    - Red
Oval           - Blue
Rectangle   - Yellow

Over a ten-hour investigation, taking us weeks to filter through 90 hours of video, and 90 hours of audio we found nothing that was unexplainable, or anything that we would consider a valid EVP. I know what you are thinking; you got nothing with all that equipment. Well nothing, we would consider being credible evidence. In any experiment, all evidence is thoroughly scrutinized because the results shape all future experiments, so everything is questioned. New methods created, changes made to the equipment, and the equipment deployment based off floor plans from the previous investigation. There is nothing more important than the credibility of the evidence.

We find it difficult to believe in a world plentiful in ghosts, and skeptical interpretations should prevail until displaced by strong evidence. It is very easy to be taken in by the hysteria of the moment. That is why logical thinking and reality checking should be a part of everyday research.

Again when comparing the formant between this EVP, and Human speech in a wide band spectrogram. The formant in the EVP shows no vertical striations by using the process of Articulatory Phonetics for validating an EVP response.