Falls Law Group
Bracebridge, Ont
April 29, 2017
The sun was shining as Rachel, Paula and Sean drove into town. Stopping for a bite to eat at the local Swiss Chalet, the three of them discussed the history of the location they were to investigate that evening. Coming with a plan of action, the three headed up the hill to the location – Falls Law Group. Melissa and Jessica were already there waiting. We unpacked our vehicles and waited for our clients to arrive and let us in.
Falls Law Group is located in a home that is more than 115 years old. The property dates back even farther. The original building, a private hospital, burnt down in the late 1800’s. The current building was built using the charred lumber of that building. Even though the house was built by men, it was deeded over to the women in the family, and was passed down to each daughter or niece during its years. The only man to ever own the building fell onto hard times and had to surrender the location. It has been owned by women ever since. Today it operates as a family law office.
Cara, the owner, arrived and let us into the building. Other staff member had also come to check out what was going and join us for the evening. We entered through the back and wandered through the location. It was large, but had a very inviting feel to it. However, you could still feel a sense of mystery about it. We placed all of our equipment into the board room and took a tour. During our tour we were told that at least 3 people, unrelated to each other, had stated that they had all heard what sounded like footsteps going up the stairs. One went as far as to describe them as sounding “light”. When we went to the basement, we were told that wires in the furnace had been tampered with causing it to not work, as well as they had issues with their router and wiring and the problem could not be found. The kitchen door was also said to shut on its own, with no help from anything visible. It was all of this strange occurrences that had them looking at it possibly being paranormal in nature. After our tour of the location, we quickly go to work setting up the DVR system and figuring out where to place equipment. DVR cameras were set up facing the kitchen door, as well as the stairs where the footsteps where heard. BooBuddy was also placed on the stairs to see if he would capture any sort of vibration or temperature change. The REM pod was placed on a lower stair as well. Once all the equipment was set up the team returned to the board room and begin to talk to the Cara and her staff. We discussed our equipment and how certain things work. The Ovilus was turned on and shortly after said its first word – ‘English’. We continue to discuss how things work and the different things we have encountered while investigating. The Ovilus spoke again – ‘Many’. At this point, one of the staff members leaves but vows to return in a bit. We decided that this was our cue to begin the investigation. “Do you want to stick together for the first little bit?” Melissa asked. “Sure,” replied Rachel. “Your guy Sean goes off on his own, eh?” asked one of the staff members. “Yes, all the time,” replied Rachel. “He does so to get EVP and all that,” she continued. “What do you call this thing?” asked Cara, pointing to BooBuddy. “Creepy fucking bear?” she continued. Everyone laughed. “Well we thought about Elliott,” Rachel piped in. The Ovilus spoke – ‘Apple’. “Something said something in here,” one of the staff members called out from the board room. “Yes, the Ovilus,” said Rachel. “It said ‘Apple’,” she continued. “Maybe we should be eating an apple and not all this junk food,” added Melissa. At some point, the conversation changed to speaking the French Language. Melissa and one of our guests, Nick, began to talk about how they both have taken French courses and what they have learned. At the time we didn’t realize that this would actually come in handy later in the evening. “BooBuddy is talking away over there,” Rachel said. This turned the subject to ghost and spirits and why investigations happen at night. The team explained how paranormal activity and experiences can happen at any time of the day, it is just that once it gets dark out your other senses become heightened. The Ovilus spoke again – ‘Automatic’. “Well, are we going up or down?” asked Melissa. “Doesn’t matter,” replied Rachel. It was then decided to head to the second floor. “Are you coming Paula?” asked Rachel, as they headed upstairs.
Falls Law Group is located in a home that is more than 115 years old. The property dates back even farther. The original building, a private hospital, burnt down in the late 1800’s. The current building was built using the charred lumber of that building. Even though the house was built by men, it was deeded over to the women in the family, and was passed down to each daughter or niece during its years. The only man to ever own the building fell onto hard times and had to surrender the location. It has been owned by women ever since. Today it operates as a family law office.
Cara, the owner, arrived and let us into the building. Other staff member had also come to check out what was going and join us for the evening. We entered through the back and wandered through the location. It was large, but had a very inviting feel to it. However, you could still feel a sense of mystery about it. We placed all of our equipment into the board room and took a tour. During our tour we were told that at least 3 people, unrelated to each other, had stated that they had all heard what sounded like footsteps going up the stairs. One went as far as to describe them as sounding “light”. When we went to the basement, we were told that wires in the furnace had been tampered with causing it to not work, as well as they had issues with their router and wiring and the problem could not be found. The kitchen door was also said to shut on its own, with no help from anything visible. It was all of this strange occurrences that had them looking at it possibly being paranormal in nature. After our tour of the location, we quickly go to work setting up the DVR system and figuring out where to place equipment. DVR cameras were set up facing the kitchen door, as well as the stairs where the footsteps where heard. BooBuddy was also placed on the stairs to see if he would capture any sort of vibration or temperature change. The REM pod was placed on a lower stair as well. Once all the equipment was set up the team returned to the board room and begin to talk to the Cara and her staff. We discussed our equipment and how certain things work. The Ovilus was turned on and shortly after said its first word – ‘English’. We continue to discuss how things work and the different things we have encountered while investigating. The Ovilus spoke again – ‘Many’. At this point, one of the staff members leaves but vows to return in a bit. We decided that this was our cue to begin the investigation. “Do you want to stick together for the first little bit?” Melissa asked. “Sure,” replied Rachel. “Your guy Sean goes off on his own, eh?” asked one of the staff members. “Yes, all the time,” replied Rachel. “He does so to get EVP and all that,” she continued. “What do you call this thing?” asked Cara, pointing to BooBuddy. “Creepy fucking bear?” she continued. Everyone laughed. “Well we thought about Elliott,” Rachel piped in. The Ovilus spoke – ‘Apple’. “Something said something in here,” one of the staff members called out from the board room. “Yes, the Ovilus,” said Rachel. “It said ‘Apple’,” she continued. “Maybe we should be eating an apple and not all this junk food,” added Melissa. At some point, the conversation changed to speaking the French Language. Melissa and one of our guests, Nick, began to talk about how they both have taken French courses and what they have learned. At the time we didn’t realize that this would actually come in handy later in the evening. “BooBuddy is talking away over there,” Rachel said. This turned the subject to ghost and spirits and why investigations happen at night. The team explained how paranormal activity and experiences can happen at any time of the day, it is just that once it gets dark out your other senses become heightened. The Ovilus spoke again – ‘Automatic’. “Well, are we going up or down?” asked Melissa. “Doesn’t matter,” replied Rachel. It was then decided to head to the second floor. “Are you coming Paula?” asked Rachel, as they headed upstairs.
As they ascended the stairs, the Ovilus spoke – ‘Beat’. “Beat? What are you beating?” asked Rachel. As they reached the second floor Rachel felt a bit weird. Melissa then noticed the K2 Meter going off. “Why is the chair going off?” she asked. “Put it down by the floor,” suggested Rachel. Melissa lowered the K2 meter and the lights began to get brighter. “Ya, must be in the floor,” stated Rachel. The team manoeuvred through the rooms upstairs before deciding to sit down in the hallway. As Rachel sat down, she accidently hit the Ovilus and turned it into Q&A mode. It spoke 3 words – ‘Restore’, ‘Talking’, and ‘Gray’. All three words seemed to make sense. The house had been restored, we were talking a lot and the walls appeared to be kind of gray. Rachel turned the Ovilus back to Dictionary mode and they continued on with the investigation. Paula noticed her K2 meter was acting up as well. “We may not be able to use them at all because of the wiring,” stated Rachel. The Ovilus spoke – ‘Factors’. “Well there are factors,” added Jessica. Paula began to scan the second floor with her Infra-red camera. “It’s probably going to be warm in here,” Rachel stated. “It’s 22 degrees in here,” stated Paula. “You’re 33 degrees,” she added. “Oooh, I’m hot!” joked Rachel. The team had a good laugh before getting back down to business. “What would you guys like to do first?” asked Rachel. “Ghost box,” said Jessica. The P-Sb7 Ghost box was turned on and the session began in the AM frequency. “There is nothing out here,” stated Rachel in regards to the lack of AM stations. The Ovilus spoke – ‘Beach’. As the group sat there, Rachel heard what sounded like the REM pod going off. At first she thought it was just Sean reviewing some audio from his EVP session, but when she looked up, Sean was looking down the stairs towards the REM pod. Turns out, it really was the REM pod activating. No one was near it, but it was also noted that BooBuddy said something just before it activated. “Is someone here with us right now?” asked Melissa. A male voice is heard coming through the ghost box – ‘Yup’. The Ovilus also spoke – ‘Past’. “Where you here in the past? Did you live here?” asked Melissa. A male voice is heard – ‘Yup’. “Can you make the device go off again?” asked Paula. But all was quiet. “If you get really close to the antenna the lights will go off,” added Melissa. But again, everything remained silent. “We hear you show yourself to the people who work here so they invited us up to me you,” Melissa stated. The Ovilus spoke – ‘Time’. “Is it time for something?” asked Melissa. “It may be time for me to turn it to FM,” added Rachel. The Ovilus spoke again – ‘Suffix’. Shortly after Melissa began to feel a pain. “Someone is up here. My head is hurting,” she stated. “Right now the pain in my head is getting worst. Left side. Not sure if they hurt their head, an aneurism?” she continued. “I get it! Is it something with your head? Did you hit your head? Did you hurt yourself?” she asked. Rachel then divulges some history to Melissa, more specifically about the property once operated as a private hospital. A male voice is heard over the ghost box – ‘Hi’. “I’m telling you right now, it’s a man here,” Melissa stated.
At this point Rachel decided to change the Ghost box to the FM frequency. The team sat in silence and let the box run through the frequencies to see what they were working with. During the time many voices were heard – ‘I’m scared,’ (male voice); ‘Stay out of it,’(male voice); ‘Order,’ (male voice); ‘Hello,’ (female voice); ‘Hello,’ (female voice, old lady). The last voice was very discernible and caught everyone off guard. “What was that?” asked Sean. A male voice is heard – ‘Let’s go.’ “Did is say ‘Let’s go’?” asked Rachel. A female voice is heard – ‘Hello’. “Who’s here with us?” Rachel questioned. “Can you tell us what your name is?” she continued. A male voice is heard – ‘Je m'appelle Gus’. At this point Cara had come up the stairs to join us. “Who just came up the stairs,” asked Rachel. A male voice is heard – ‘Cara’. “Don’t you love it when your name comes through the box?” asked Rachel jokingly. A male voice is heard – ‘That’s what I said.’ “Can you give us the name of anyone else up here right now?” Melissa asked. A male voice is heard – ‘Yes.’ The team waited, but no names were heard. “What is sitting on the stairs?” asked Rachel. A male voice is heard – ‘Friend.’ “Can you tell us what kind of toy is sitting on the stairs?” Melissa asked. A male voice is heard – ‘Teddy.’ “Everyone heard that right?” questioned Melissa. Everyone agreed. “Okay, cool.” She added. “Can you go touch the REM pod that’s sitting beside the teddy?” she asked next. But the REM pod remained silent. “If you’re up here with us, can you move something like a door or picture?” Melissa asked. Everything remained still. “Who’s in the room there, all by himself? Can you tell me his name?” she asked. A male voice is heard – ‘Happy’. “Are you happy here? Do you enjoy staying here?” she asked next. A male voice is heard – ‘Country’. Melissa once again feels like something is near her. “Did you just grab my leg? Can you do it again?” she asked. But nothing. “Can you tell us what your last name is?” Rachel asked. No responses were heard. “Can you tell us who built this house?” Rachel asked next. Again, no responses were heard. “Can you tell us the last name of the person who built this house?” she continued. Again, nothing was heard or recorded. “How many spirits reside her?” Melissa asked. A male voice is heard – ‘It’s her’. It was then that we began to notice what sounded like a lot of French sounding words. A female voice is head – ‘Je m'appelle.’ “Can you tell me your name? Je m’appelle Melissa,” she added. A male voice is heard – ‘Smoking’. “Smoking?” Melissa questioned. A male voice is heard – ‘Si’ More questioned were asked about who was with us but no one came forward to say. Cara then suggested that we asked who owns the house. “Who’s house is this? Who owns this house?” asked Rachel. This time the Ovilus spoke – ‘Carol’. This was really interesting. The last of the originally family to own this house, was named Carol. The team continued to ask questions about who was with them, but no names through. It was decided to turn the ghost box off for a bit and set up for the live video.
A live video was broadcasted over Facebook. During this broadcast, we did a ghost box session and asked a variety of questions. Watch the video to see everything that happened!
A live video was broadcasted over Facebook. During this broadcast, we did a ghost box session and asked a variety of questions. Watch the video to see everything that happened!
After we ended the video, we headed back downstairs to the board room. As we sat around discussing things, someone noticed what appeared to be a large, glowing object on one of DVR camera screens. This really freaked them out, but upon reviewing the footage, it was noted that it was nothing paranormal, but in fact, a very large moth flying directly at the camera. As we talked about what to do next, it was requested that we go back live on Facebook. We are extremely glad we did. During this live broadcast we decided to move to the front office to do a ghost box session. During this session it was noted that there was a lot of French sounding words and pronunciations coming through. One of our guests, Nick, who was fluent in French began communicating with someone. Asking questions in the French language, he would receive answers back. It was determined that he was speaking to a man named Gus (who happened to come across to us earlier that night) and he had been a patient of some sort at the hospital that once stood on the property. After the investigation, Cara sent Rachel an emailing stating that upon furthering her research, she had found that there was a gentleman living in Bracebridge at the time of the hospital, whose name was Gus and he (and his family) and emigrated from France. Could this possibly be the same person?
After this session, we headed to the basement to see what we could find. For being underground, surrounded by earth and concrete, we got some pretty clear answers from our ghost box. Make sure you check out the video to see everything that we came across! At the end of the evening, we packed up our equipment, said our good byes’ and headed out for the drive home in the dark.
After this session, we headed to the basement to see what we could find. For being underground, surrounded by earth and concrete, we got some pretty clear answers from our ghost box. Make sure you check out the video to see everything that we came across! At the end of the evening, we packed up our equipment, said our good byes’ and headed out for the drive home in the dark.
Falls Law Group provides the services people may need when things get tough. The house and property have seen their fair share of struggles and hardships, but it has also seen good times. Do we believe the building is haunted? It is hard to say. While we believe that there are few spirits still visiting, coming and going when they please, we do not believe that there are any ghosts. There is also a lot of residual energy connected to the land and the building. What we can say is that it is a happy ‘haunting’ and both the living and the dead are coexisting with no worries.
**IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GHOST BOX FRENCH COMMUNICATION ONLY, GO TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.**
**IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE GHOST BOX FRENCH COMMUNICATION ONLY, GO TO OUR YOUTUBE PAGE.**