Paul and All-
I applaud the open minded approach and totally agree that we cannot use the findings of the experimental gear we use as evidence of a haunting. Kudos to those who think outside the box and continue to experiment and create new approaches to our field.
I own an Ovilus FX (this was a limited edition, only 20 were made) and a Shack Hack. I have had a few "interesting coincidences" with the Hack (at Manteno IL Asylum within seconds one voice said Please Wait followed by a voice saying Go Away).
Now the Ovilus is a different story. I was not a fan until I heard some things that were very hard to explain as chance. Here are some posts from a different board that I placed. Please feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss further. Again, I make no claim that this is paranormal evidence, just very unexplainable. I will say that even when I have used the Ovilus and got nothing (which is more often than not), it did stir other events at the location.
July 16th, 2009
I personally own an Ovilus FX (Bill only made 20-it has a 1200 word vocabulary and can record/dump the words said to PC). I have had a lot of “interesting coincidences” with this device-names said of people in the room, exact correct numbers given to questions, facts not shared to the group but stated with the device. This wasn’t matrixing as the words were dumped to PC and validated.
Two weeks ago, after an investigation, I went down to my PC in the basement to dump the words from the night before. I turned the Ovilus on and the first word it said was BASEMENT. Mind you, this was a 1 in 1200 chance of saying something in context. Also bare in mind that “something” has to trigger the Ovilus to speak. I have watched it sit perfectly quiet, and then begin to chat away non-stop, with no evident change in the environment. Sometimes it begins to speak with corresponding changes in EMF that we record at the same time with a tri-field; sometimes it doesn’t.
How does this work? I have no idea. Listening to interviews with Bill Chappell, he makes no claims either. Do the spirits manipulate it? Or do we through some kind of Psi? Or is it just a lot of “interesting coincidence?”
Although I respect everyone’s opinion on this board, I have to disagree with the claims that a spirit would need to know the mechanics of the device, and then know the science behind manipulating it. That would be the same as a saying a spirit would need to know quantum physics of gravity and know how to suspend those rules in order to make an item move (a door close, a lamp fall, etc.). What about a spirit knowing how to manipulate the binary code of a digital recorder or camera, when neither the sound was audible, nor the image visible to the naked eye? Yet, we get a class A EVP or phantom image. Again, I have no idea why this works. But I applaud those that keep an open mind hoping to develop these ideas and devices to communicate and/or prove the existence of an afterlife. And FYI, Bill did share that the “entertainment” statement was done for legal reasons.
I’ll leave you with one last recent example. This weekend we did a day investigation at a reputed haunted cemetery. Part of the group was about to leave to look for the trail leading to a farm house foundation, somewhere in a clearing in the woods. That house is claimed to appear and disappear, and even move it’s location. Here are the words, in order, that the Ovilus said. These were recorded on audio, and validated when dumped to PC .
farm
move
field
trail
6
And yes, there were 6 people about to leave.
The Coronado Theater where one of the on-site deaths was due to a light exploding and you asked the spirit what it did in the theater and the reply came back "Lights"
The grave site of deceased parents and the very first word said was "Parent"
The Lincoln Theater where a hotel burned to the ground in 1915 on the same site, killing two people. And right after discussing the fire the device says "Ashes-Heat-Run"
A seance before 500 people and while the medium stands before a person named Nancy, whose late Father's name was George, who had 10 dogs in his lifetime, the device says "Nancy, George, Dogs, Us, 10"
That would be unbelievable and defy explanation. I agree. But I, along with many people witnessed the Ovilus do just that. And those are just examples from the last 6 months. Remember, the odds of saying something in context is 1 in 512 with the Ovilus I and 1 in 1200 with the Ovilus FX. And to say several words, in order, in context . . . well the odds must be pretty high. On the contrary, I have used the Ovilus many times where it said absolutely nothing in context, or even sat silent the entire time. More often than not it does nothing. The somethings it does though, are pretty darn unbelievable.
I don't claim to know how it works. And I do agree that expecting a spirit to manipulate the Ovilus is pretty unbelievable. Maybe someday, we'll all have the answer.
Thanks for reading everyone. Keep an open mind!
Michael
www.ghostgadgetguy.com
