My name is Kathy and I have a friend who lives near Indianapolis, IN.  He sent me a picture that he took in his barn and I noticed Orbs everywhere.  But, after researching your group I think maybe they are dust bunnies, as I can see through the cracks in the barn and it is very sunny outside.  He thinks this is very funny and always jokes about it with me running into ghosts, but I think maybe he will one day. Now, I believe in ghosts, my Mom's house in Winnipeg is haunted by some pretty strange things that have frightened her to this day.  We also, live next to a graveyard, our whole street is along the graveyard.  Our house was 3 years old when we moved into it in 1967.  I heard later that the first family that bought it, the guy hung himself in our basement.  I have felt them and then in 1998, my Mom who is deaf was awoken during the night by something pounding on her door.  She keeps her bedroom door locked at night,  now I know why.  She is hearing impaired so for her to hear this was a big deal.  She told me that the thing was so big that it couldn't fit in the hallway, his wings hit all the pictures down the hall and they were all crooked.  I don't live there, but when I got home that Christmas, I called our priest and he came.  He blessed our house and then he gave my Mom some holy water to keep by her bedside.  I noticed last Christmas that my mother had taken my portrait that hung on the wall and had nailed spikes all around it so it must be moving still. When I was little I had an old rocking chair that I would sit in for hours and rock.  One day it disappeared, and it was only last year that she told me what happened.  My father burned it as it was always rocking while I was asleep and it spooked them. She moved out of that room and I slept there last Christmas and I did not notice anything!  We had a Shaman come over and try to get rid of them, but she said to me there are more and that they are ok.  My father died in that house in 1984, so I would think he would have tried to remove those spirits, I don't know!  We also have icy spots in the basement.  Is it possible for the spirits to come from the cemetary, we are the farthest house from it and you can hardly see the graves from our place. I won't go on anymore, but do you want the pic of the barn orbs, just to see for yourself? Thanks, I enjoyed reviewing your site, I found it quite interesting.  Do you get a program called "Scariest Places on Earth,"  this is where I learned about orbs etc.. Thanks

Hi Kathy,
Thanks for the email ! I'm sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. My schedule has been crazy lately. I would like to see some of the pictures. It's possible that the barn orbs are dust but but it could be paranormal activity occuring. It's hard to find the difference sometimes but you need to almost always have Base photos taken at times of what seem to be low activity, then when you enter actively looking for the spirits or you feel spirit activity is high you can take photos to compare to the base photos you took. Be aware that lots of movement will cause small dust and hay particles to become airborne and these particles will move about strangely. Chaos
 

I will pass this information on to him and let him know.  It would be interesting to find out why they are there too. Thanks for all you help!  I hope to visit Indiana one day and I would love to meet all of you at Indiana Ghost Trackers.  I find your site very informative, intriguing and interesting.  Sometimes, I just sit for hours and read the stories.

I have a very interesting story to tell you about a haunted mansion on the next block from me.  A man that grew up in this area told me about it.  It is called Hammersly House and was built in  1875??  It was a large estate and something happened in the house, the family donated all the property to the City of North Vancouver.  Well it has been a Nursing Home, Funeral Home and many different restaurants.  Herb told me that he and his friends would go in during the day after the Funeral Home closed and he said it was still a grand house.  They would light a fire in the fireplace and attempt to stay the night.  He said the morning of the attempts they would go downstairs move the gurneys around and upstairs close doors, and walk around just so they knew what was happening and where.  He said they never made it and always would hear footsteps upstairs, doors opening and downstairs things moving around.  They said it got really cold and then something would move down the stairs and they would run out as fast as they could.  He said they never made it and to this day he cannot go near the place.   I had been in it many times when it was a very nice restaurant and I never felt anything.  I was even there one Halloween and I never felt anything, I even went upstairs by myself.  Anyway, a young man committed suicide there about a month ago.  It is under construction once again and they are turning it into a bed and breakfast.  Herb and his friends say no business there lasts so this should be interesting, I will let you know.  There are more stories on this place.  ......bye for now. Kathy