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The original was posted on /r/paranormal by /u/fluffyice34 on 2023-11-04 06:53:18.
for those reading we did not record the session because we honestly didnt expect much from it and my girlfriend didnt have any space on her phone. When we revisit and try this method again we will ask permission to record and will be better prepared
Me and my girlfriend just got back from a haunted road we frequent every now and then. This road has been proven to have at least one murder occur as well as one suicide and usually every time we visit we get s o m e t h i n g to take home and shudder over.
Before tonight the biggest piece of evidence we’ve gotten is a cat ball being lit up after my girlfriend said “show yourself” followed by a bunch of noise surrounding us in a nearby trail after a similar setup was created moments later
Anyways today we didnt have plans so I was like “hey lets download a spirit box app and try the estes method on our road” - (for context we watch a lot of sam and colby and its always been something Ive wanted to try out/debunk) - So I found a free one on the google play store with a 4.0 rating and it kind of doubles as one of those cameras that map an outline to humanoid figures, which for the record 100% works but the tech is janky so I wouldnt trust it
And then we headed out
The estes method for those of you unaware is basically when someone hooks up a headset to a spirit box and blasts the volume and blindfold themselves. Then another person asks questions and the person listening to the spirit box blurts out whatever they can make out.
Ive seen a bunch of criticism of this method before but this was our first time trying it and boy were the results crazy. I didnt think we’d really get anything but whatever is on the road seemed to h a p p i l y talk to us
my girlfriend was first on the spirit box and I was the one asking questions. Every question I asked was followed by an almost immediate response and heres a little snippet of what I got (spirit being what my girlfriend blurted out):
Me: Is there someone with us
Spirit: Yes (literally seconds after she put in the earbuds and I asked the question)
Me: Do you remember us
Spirit: yes
Me: Do you like it when we come to visit?
Spirit: yes
Me: Are we friends?
Spirit: Not my favorite (This interaction is the one that made me believe the method… and also made me a little hurt ngl. The response happened almost immediately after and it was a little too specific to be a coincidence in my book. After discussing with my girlfriend we kind of came to the conclusion that it was in reference to her being the favorite between me and her as she claims to “draw the dead to her” - whether you believe that or not is up to you but it adds up for tonight)
(I ask some other questions regarding how many spirits are with us, how did you die ect. and all were met with “What?” or jiberish my girlfriend couldnt make out)
…
Me: (awkward silence because I ran out of questions)
Spirit: Hi x5 (over the span of the awkward silence)
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Me: Are the rumors about the school bus true? (there is a rumor that a schoolbus was stopped on the train rails down the road and hit a bunch of children but theres no documentation of it so I just assume it never happened)
Spirit: Stop.
Spirit: Block. (several seconds later because the word stop kinda spooked me and i hadn’t said anything up till this point)
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Me:
Spirit: Listen
(sounds from outside my car started occurring - which very well could have been wildlife because we were surrounded by woods, the timing was just odd - and this is around the time when we took a short break because my girlfriend felt the need to close the door, I told her the method was working and that it was really cool and we continued. I then proceeded to ask some boring questions like “do you like the woods?” and “did you enjoy the snow” - all of which had the answer yes, so the spirit was still clearly there)
After that I tapped on the gf’s shoulders and told her more in depth what happened, we geeked out and then it was my turn
I could not hear a damn thing over the static - like I obviously heard a little bit of my girlfriend shouting questions but it was all muffled jibberish. Whats even more interesting is for the most part the spirit box sounded like jibberish too. It was really hard to make out words other from a few yeses, a hi, and the word me a few times - but I did my best and it felt like I wasnt being a good translator…
Apparently I was though and my girlfriend got very similar results which was odd because when I was deaf and blind it honestly felt like I was shouting nonsense to the void.
Since I am not her I dont have an exact recollection of what was said as I did with my turn but according to her one of the yeses did in fact confirm she was “the favorite” , one of the me’s was in regard to “who touched our cat ball” and another one was in regards to “Are you the one who shows up in my pictures” (yes we have a photo of an “apparition” but to me it seemed a lot like pareidolia… but maybe not?) and another me was in regards to “are we safe here?”
- so her experience was a little more jibberish than mine but she also said she didnt have very many questions and mostly sat in silence and whenever I blurted something out it was in fact in regards to a question.
Believe my story or not it was still really cool and its worth a shot if you find yourself hunting or whatever. Maybe we got something more active here because we frequent this place a lot and its grown to know us. Or maybe it is all just a big coincidence but to me the responses we got warrant this being a permanent part of our future haunted adventures
But 10/10 experience we will be jotting down better questions to bring to the road - potentially even tomorrow night. We intend on asking the spirits if its okay to record the session as they seem to enjoy our presence and we want to be respectful. Anyone got any ideas for what we can ask?