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I was contacted on 8th July 2003 by a lovely lady named Tina from Missouri, married to Paul. She is a working mum with no prior experience of any paranormal happenings around her or in her home.

 

It all started with a purchase from a garage sale. This first e-mail from Tina explains what set it all off…

 

08.07.03

 

This was my first communication from Tina.

 

“I have a very strange story, and Greg (Greg Brammer is an Electronic Voice Phenomena investigator of “Voices on the Wind” website ) and I neither one know WHAT to think. 

 

A few weeks ago, I went to a garage sale and purchased a men's xxx large designer label short sleeved shirt.  It's very new..It looks as if it was never worn.  I came home and hung it in my closet and didn't think anything more about it. 

This past Saturday, I pulled the shirt out of the closet and took a picture of it as I was preparing to put it in one of my Ebay auctions. 

 

To my surprise, I noticed a light, transluscent circle on the sleeve of the shirt in the picture.  I thought it was dirt that I had overlooked when I took it from the closet, so I got a damp wash cloth and was going to wipe the spot. 

 

When I got to the shirt, I noticed that there WASN'T any kind of spot of the sleeve at all!  I called for my husband to come into our room and I told him what was going on.  He told me to take a few more pics and see what would appear. 

 

Upon taking the pics, my digital camera started acting up...it has like lines going through the view finder...like when your tv is cutting out.  I thought my batteries were going bad, so I put fresh ones in, and the camera still did the static line thing. 

 

Anyways, I took pics ALL weekend long, and more and more ORBS keep showing up on the shirt.  I moved the shirt to different parts of my house and took new pics, and they still appear.  Many of the ORBS, once magnified, have what appears to be 'facial' features in the centers of them. 

 

Also, I did an audio recording of me with the shirt, and asked the ORBS to talk to me, and was able to bring out 7 voices from the shirt...one says, "The lady has the shirt"...one says, 'Let us stay"

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“My husband put on the shirt, and the orb on the right side of the picture...it would be Paul's left sleeve, you will see a face, very detailed....as it LOOKS UP at Paul's face.  We were really amazed at this one.” 

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I advised Tina here that the orb on the right is the spirit of a family dog.

 

Tina continues..

“I have a picture of my birth mom and I together ,she died when I was very young. The picture below shows what happened when we held the picture up to the shirt and took several pics.

 

Before doing so, I asked that if my mom was there, to please be right by my picture when I snap a pic with my digital.  ONE appears near the pic of mom and I EVERY TIME.” 

 

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Tina contacted me for some answers as to who or what was causing the orb phenomena. I meditated upon the subject, and received the following information from my spirit guides :

 

 

The reason there is so much spirit activity around the shirt is because
it belonged to a young man who died in a car wreck. He wasn't wearing it at
the time. In fact, he never got to wear it, as he passed over before he got chance to. The name Michael comes through very strongly.



The explanation I received is that he is interested in helping Tina and
her family because you bought his shirt - at first he was just curious about
seeing who had bought it, but having been around Tina, he picked up on how much

she needed validation that her mum is ok - so he brought
Tina’s mum in with his energies and "made the connection" for them.

 

On looking at the photos - I noticed that the camera had tried to focus
on the orbs themselves rather than the room or shirt - look at the slight
loss of focus. The camera has tried to zoom in on the closest thing to it -
the orbs! This shows that the orbs are a physical manifestation, as the auto
focus wouldn’t be able to focus on something that wasn't there now would
it?


The energies present with manifestations do affect electrical equipment -
its well documented by ghost hunters and mediums all over the world. I no
longer use a tape recorder in every reading because they burn out if used
regularly and I can't afford to keep replacing them! I just use it
occasionally - and then the tape sometimes comes out too fast too slow or
distorted - this is always an indication of strong link with spirit
during a reading.

The strongest orb of all the pics is the one with the photo of Tina’s
mom - It is her way of saying "I'm here for you!"

 

There are other spirits in Tina’s home, but these come and go and aren't
connected to the shirt - they are connected to the property and what was
on the land before. They are friendly! The shirt is just a focal point for
them to communicate too.

I advised Tina to  protect herself in communication when she "speaks to the shirt", please because this is mediumship, and it is important to only have positive energies in communication with you.

 

Tina’s feed back was positive.

She said the following:

“ Your message really helped me understand what's going on.  What is REALLY weird....you said the name 'Michael' was given to you by your spirit guide....when my husband, Paul, and I first realized there was some kind of energy with the shirt, I told him that the name that  came to me was 'Michael".  

 

15.07.03

 

THIS PICTURE IS OF Tina’s DAUGHTER,  (9) AND STEPDAUGHTER   (10)....  The girls were asleep in the living room on the floor one night, all the lights were off. Tina was able to capture an orb hovering over her daughter on the right)

 

Tina said “... its like it's watching her sleep.  It gave me a very peaceful feeling”.

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July 13th 2003

 

This is where things really started to get weird for Tina and her family!

Here’s what happened in Tina’s words…

 

“My son, who is 11 and a half, bought a brand new firetruck at Radio Shack about two weeks ago. Its fairly large...about 2 feet in length, and stands about 10 inches tall.
 It has working lights, siren, raising ladder with water hose (it actually
 shoots water).  The morning after my son purchased this firetruck, he went
 to spend 4th of July weekend with his dad....30 miles away.  He said that
 while he was there, his grandma took him and his sister...(my daughter),
 out for lunch to a fast food place.

 

While they were there, the remote was turned OFF and they had not taken it out of the house with them.
My kids said that the firetruck started up, and would roll to the ends
of  the table....once it reached the end of the table in front of it, it would
turn around and go the end of the table at the other end.  They said that
the sirens would blare, the lights would come on, and the ladder would
raise and move left to right AIMING AT OTHER PEOPLE SITTING EATING AT TABLES NEAR THEM!

 

They both said it would hit people with water every time it aimed!  At first, I didn't know what to believe. My son said also, that THAT SAME NIGHT, the firetruck was on his
bed at his dads house, and he and my daughter were playing on the floor
in his room.  The truck was facing down the hallway and into the living room.  They said that the ladder raised, and the truck backed up towards the end of his bed, aimed down the hallway, and shot water on several occasions!  This got my curiosity...after the craziness that's been going on in OUR house lately, so I decided to do a little experiment.

 

I got the firetruck, and sat down on the floor with it in the living room.  I was facing it...sitting on the floor in front of it, and made the comment,

"it's gonna take more than just a story to hold my attention". 

At that moment...the firetruck LUNGED AT ME AND THE LIGHTS FLASHED!  I couldn't believe what was happening...the rest of the family were all there and saw everything.  Since then, the firetruck has lunged at me, all of my kids, my husband and my cat...but it doesn't bother my dog! 

 

 It will literally aim and turn towards people...and on several occasions it has literally chased us.  It had me and my son cornered on the couch the other night....everytime I would put a foot on the floor...intending to put the truck outside...it would turn the
front wheels towards my foot and lunge at me! Since then   I took it to work one
day...I left the remote at home ....40 miles away.  It started acting up.  A girl that I work with walked up to it with a lighter, and said, "ok, mr fireman.....I don't  believe you're in there"..she put her face right down at the driver's side window (they're blackened...you can't see in).  Just as she got right down to it and shined the lighter in the window....it LUNGED AT HER!  Everyone  saw it and couldn't believe it.  That
 afternoon, it was quiet...until somebody teased it or made a comment out
 it.....then it would lunge at them or chase them.  A lady I work with
 brought in her little Yorkie dog to visit for the day, and that
 truck aimed it's hose and ladder at her and shot her with water.  I
 guarantee...they don't think "I'M" crazy anymore! :) 

 

My husband works nights...when he came home the other night, he said

the truck was waiting for him at the door and kept lunging at him when

he was trying to come in.  My cat is very curious, as most cats are, and so

she will occasionally walk by it or try to sniff it...it will lunge at her EVERY
TIME. 

 

I've also noticed, that if I just randomly start taking pictures.....for some reason they won't download to my computer from my camera.  BUT .... if I say, ok, I'm gonna take some pictures on the count of  3...and like give them notice....I don't have ANY problems downloading.


We've had several issues with electrical things in the house...from the iron, the computer, the tv, my camera.... but whatever this is loves this truck!  

 

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20.07.03

The fire truck is the weirdest possessed item I've ever seen,lol!

It isn't actually “possessed” at all, just used as a means of having fun with Tina’s family.

After much meditation on the photos and activity described, the good news is it is harmless, and it is being "used" to entertain the family by more than one spirit! Often there are two around to make sure there is enough energy to move it.

 

Tina’s mom has been the culprit a couple of times (just to see the kids laughing at it!) Her mom has a great sense of humour and likes the practical jokes the family play on each other! This is her way of joining in, and of course Michael joins in with the fun too. So it is fine, carry on!

 

The dog I mentioned in reference to hubby earlier is the one who makes the fire truck  lunge  - if you think about it the truck is displaying doggy behaviour at those moments! The water squirting is Tina’s mom though! She likes a reaction, and she was a young woman with a young woman's sense of humour when she passed and still retains all that!

All good natured mischief I might add!

 

There must have been a lot of laughter in this room before the pic was taken - the big smiley orb is a grandfather spirit, (Grandpa  is Tina’s mom's dad ! Those spirit who never met us on the earth plane often check in and know us well! I never met my paternal grandfather, but I know he is around me and is proud of me and knows me well too)

The smaller orbs below are 2 other spirits I can't identify as relations who came in because they were drawn to the laughter and wanted to know what it was all about. Curious spirit they were!

This is really heartwarming to see laughter being shared between the family on both sides of the great divide!

 

19.09.03

Tina wrote

 

“The firetruck is still doing it's thing....we have all learned to 'welcome' and 'enjoy' it...rather than be afraid like we all used to be. 

 

One night...about 3 weeks ago, our two youngest daughters were sitting in the kitchen eating dinner, I was folding clothes in the bedroom.  Amber came into our bedroom and said that the firetruck had raised it's ladder and had turned itself around so that the water hose was pointing directly at her and her sister at the table, and was squirting water at them.  I told her to just ignore the firetruck and continue eating dinner. 

 

WELL......I guess it REALLY wanted our attention that night.....when the girls started ignoring the firetruck, about 5 minutes later the stereo in my son's room turned on FULL BLAST.  My son was at his dads, and nobody had been in his room for about 4 days prior to that night.  It was like...if you're not gonna pay attention to me in the firetruck, then i'll just get your attention with the radio!  It was soooooooooo funny!  :) 

 

“This last pic is of my son and his two friends at his first dance. My son is the one in the middle.  Look above them, near the ceiling....and if you can, blow up the one on my son's right shoulder.”

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Tina also reported orbs being photographed on separate occasions at two different friend’s houses too.

(c) Rachel Keene