| Aldrich Pond |
| One of the boat launches |
| Terry prepares to settle in for some investigating |
| Nope, no ghost in a rowboat here |
| This small peninsula goes out into the pond |
| DNR sign for Aldrich Pond |
| Ghosts come in all shapes and sizes, and Aldrich Pond seems to be trying to prove that fact. It is said that there are four different ghosts that haunt the shores here at the pond. Here is what we learned: There is the spirit of a woman with half of her head missing seen on the shore of Aldrich Pond who appears menacing. The spirit did not appear to be concerned that there were other people around. A ghost of a delivery man may sometimes be spotted beside the waterfront at Aldrich Pond slurping some apple juice. One of the local residents confidently argues that this spirit could be "a famous old days resident of Elmore". Anyway, this ghost undoubtedly is chilling; one that any wise person wouldn't wish to come across. In the early morning hours the ghost of a train driver may frequently be perceived fishing at the water's edge of the pond. The ghost of a destitute man is seen in a row boat on Aldrich Pond burrowing an outlet. They say that it's a terrifying ghost that should be left alone. Since we were already going to be in the area for another investigation we decided to check things out. Tom and Terry first arrived at Aldrich Pond during the afternoon. The pond ended up being bigger than we thought it would be. It was pretty quiet and peaceful there. We could hear the traffic from nearby I-80, but it wasn't overwhelming. Terry checked the EMF levels and the baseline was 0.0 as expected here. Since we were working another investigation, we left and would return later at night. We arrived back at Aldrich Pond later than evening after it was already dark. Unfortunately it was to dark for photos, even Infrared photos. No one else was present, which worked out for us. |
| Initially we planned to use several night vision cameras, but it was even to dark for them to produce any quality footage. Terry kept an eye on EMF and temperature levels while we began some EVP work. It was colder than we had expected it to be, and the wind was kicking up a little, but it was bearable. Taking a hand held night shot camera we went out onto the little peninsula. We stayed there for a while, but eventually, the chilly weather got the best of us. So, we sat in our vehicle to warm up. This was a good time to pull out the night vision scope and parabolic dish. We began making sweeps over the pond. With the aid of the night vision we could see the trees from the shoreline on the other side. It was too windy for parabolic dish to pick up anything useful outside at this time. Tom and Terry kept watch for a while, even switching off with the parabolic dish and night vision scope. The wind was the most noticeable thing that the dish was picking up. We stayed for as long as we could. We had no anomalous readings, personal experiences, or even seeing anything out of the ordinary. After reviewing our data, we ended up with nothing. With the supposed abundance of spirits at Aldrich Pond one would think that we would have got something. However, when it comes to the paranormal, sometimes nothing is all that you get. |