Just to answer some questions: The upstairs of the house (which is a cape style) has two rooms, with a small hallway connecting them. The stairs are in the middle of the hall. One is the upstairs bedroom (which her boyfriend uses), the other is a spare room with some stuff stored. Basically the sequence of events was as follows:

1. We arrive, and are told of footsteps heard shortly before, in the kitchen (which is underneath the upstairs (boyfriend's) bedroom. She also mentioned hearing footsteps the night before when in her bedroom or the guest bedroom, which are downstairs underneath the spare room upstairs.

2. I go upstairs with the camera in still picture mode, and we enter the spare room. I feel the goosebumps and take some pictures (nothing unusual turned out in them).

3. We check out the upstairs bedroom. I take some pictures, nothing unusual turns out in them.

4. A few minutes later, I head back upstairs shooting video. I feel the goosebumps in the spare room again. I also shoot some video in other rooms.

5. I set up the video camera in the spare room upstairs pointed at the corner where I felt the goosebumps and let it run.

6. Maybe 15-20 minutes later, I set up the audio recorder in the upstairs bedroom and let it run for about 20 minutes. The "screams" or bird were recorded about 6 or 7 minutes into the recording.

7. After the video tape ran out, I moved the audio recorder into the spare room, in the corner where I felt the goosebumps earlier, and let it run. The footsteps were recorded during this recording.

Just some other tidbits: there were times in the recording when (living) people were walking around, I got the sound of me going up and down the stairs, and these sounds were much louder and had more bass (the house shaking so to speak) than the "child footsteps" that I captured and posted. It's as if the child footsteps were very faint, or a recording (imprint?) of the sound. The screams were very faint as well, but since I'm leaning toward a bird or animal, it could have been out in the woods somewhere. (I'd hate to think of a child making sounds like that! )

Both sounds I posted were recorded when there was only me and 1 other person in the house, and neither of us were making noise at the time (other than the TV). Like I said, the sounds of the living were louder and easy to distingish.

[ August 19, 2004, 08:30 AM: Message edited by: Kevin P ]

Hi, Kevin. I think the first one is a bird or someone whistling. What time of day was that one taken? The second one doesn't sound like footsteps to me, either. Footsteps would get louder or softer as someone ran farther away or came closer to the recorder. It's more of a steady beat, like a drum. Or maybe I'm not hearing the right thing?? They are interesting, though. I would like to hear more without any tv's on and no one in the house. Keep trying!

-- Karen

Ok, I finally had a chance to review the video. The video didn't reveal anything out of the ordinary, but the video camera did pick up some audio, including the same "screams" I picked up on the MD recorder. There's a possibility that the screams came from a bird clock she has in the living room, that sounds a different bird call every hour. I'm not sure, since the screams were at 6:30 PM, and she wasn't sure if the clock sounded on the half hour or on the hour. The video picked up the clock chirping at 6 PM as well. But that was just a couple seconds long. The screams were over 30 seconds long. So if it's the clock, that's one annoying clock. =) Plus I probably would have remembered hearing it when I was there. The "screams" came out clearer on the video, so maybe when I have time I'll extract it and post a WAV of that version.

I also heard the "footstep" sound in the video, but it was when a bunch of people were talking downstairs, so it was hard to make out. But it sounded similar to the sound I posted.

She said she has a small tape recorder which she'll try using to capture more stuff when nobody's home. I don't know when we'll be able to get over there again, since her boyfriend is almost always home, and he wasn't too pleased with us going through the house. He wasn't even supposed to be there that night but he showed up shortly after 6:30. What drives me crazy is we made plans to come over, and it was just going to be just the 3 of us spending the evening there. Instead, there were 8.

[ August 21, 2004, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Kevin P ]

LOL, that is one clock I'd be tossing in the trash! Since you say her boyfriend isn't much into socializing and didn't like you going through the house, (I don't like that either, but that's b/c mine is always a mess and I have relatives who think they are health inspectors), maybe you could try going over some morning after they have gone to work, setting your stuff up in one room, and leaving it all day while the house is empty? Just an idea... good luck!

Hi! sorry i havent posted for a day or too. I listened to the first one and it sounds like a bird to me, my cat was even getting ready to ponce on the speakers!-lol The second one i do hear the footsteps! I cant wait to you find out or get more info =)

Ok, here's another WAV file of the bird/screams, this one taken from the video soundtrack. It's a tad clearer (though there is still a lot of noise).

I don't think it's the bird clock though. The screams go on for too long.

Here's the link: Screams or bird from video[/URL]

Whoa!!! After listening to the WAV from the video I think I've changed my opinion on that one. At first it still sounded like a bird to me...but towards the end of the WAV is started sounding more like a child crying. All I can say is WOW! I'm not really sure what to make of that one. It's just so strange to think that people where in the house and didn't hear any of that going on. The plot thickens! Muhaha

After that I don't think it sounds like a bird...sounds more like a baby crying.

Wow, I think you're right Trin... the video version doesn't sound as much like a bird... more like a child (or maybe a woman) screaming their lungs out. At the time of the screams, it was just me and one other person in the house, and if it was real chances are I would have heard it. I wish I had a time machine so I could go back at that point in time and listen harder!

That plus the other recording that sounded a lot like a child running across a wooden floor makes me wonder. Too bad I didn't have the video camera running then. (yes, the upstairs floors are wooden).

What's even more interesting is that two recorders, running simultaneously in two different rooms in the house, both picked up the screams. I wonder if anyone else who has recorded EVPs ever got the same thing on two recorders at the same time.

Curiouser and curiouser!

sounds like a very young child in pain and terrified but there is to much background static to get a clearer description,, sorry

Well, now... after the video camera clip I am pretty sure it isn't a bird. Now it sounds more like 2 cats having a very, VERY good time. Does she have cats Kevin?

I'm not sure what it is...I used headphones and listened closely. The tv or other sounds are one thing that is making it difficult to hear. It doesn't sound human to me. It really does sound like a rabbit when they are being attacked or cornered... I dunno.... it's weird. A digital voice recorder without other sounds going on would be ideal. Very interesting. I do hear what sounds like "running" footsteps in the other one.

[ August 25, 2004, 08:12 PM: Message edited by: SavannahSilkie ]