here is a link to the first report that was done by the Dublin Paranormal Research HERE so you can have a read of that before going on to the second……
Report 2 Blackrock Market 9-7-11
Throughout the night there was a lot of tapping and creaks.
It seemed at times that when we were in one room the noise would be in the other room and vice versa.
On the night we conducted a re-enactment of the capture of the highway man in which keith played the part of the highway man in full dress. We also had on loan some coins that would have been used during the time of the highway man robberies of stage-coaches which we used as trigger objects laid out on table when we left later on in the night for a break. We had the camcorder focused on them plus 3 k2 meters which measure changes in the Electro Magnetic Fields in our surroundings.
Recording 1
On this recording everyone in the room hears a tap at the same time. There was also a second tap on the right hand side of us which everybody heard again. When questions were asked the taps seemed to be responding. On some of the recorders when we listened back some of the taps we heard were not present on the recorders. This is what we call Voice Phenomena where you heard it with your ear but it is not on the recorder, where as if it was captured on the recorders we would call them EVP’s(Electronic Voice Phenomena)
Recording 2
While Keith was calling out the girls were hearing taps coming from the hall close to the utility door. Dean goes out and stands by the radiator to eliminate that it is this that is making the tapping noises, but debunks that as they are coming from behind the small door. In this recording i am also calling out and a tap comes from the middle of the rom where we are all sitting.
Recording 3
The same taps that the girls were hearing by the door were picked up on two of the recorders at the same time. When dean was at the radiator another tap comes from beside him.
Just after Keith starts to call out ”Do it one more time” and a bang comes from the small room.
Recording 4
All members of the team have left the building to go for something to eat. The building is locked off behind us with 4 recorders and the camcorder running on the trigger objects on the table in the seating area. There is a click in the room and at one point we are heard on the recorders walking away from the building out towards the main gate, our voices are muffled as we are outside, then on the recorder there is a whisper followed with what sounds like a loud hiccup. The two sounds are completely different to the sound of us walking by outside and much louder with an echo. These sounds made the graph on the sound software spike as they were in close proximity to the recorder. The hiccup sound was also caught on the h2 recorder which was in the seating area on the table where the trigger objects were placed, but the sound was not as loud on this recorder indicating the sound came from the other room. While we were out the two recorders the one in the seating room and the one in the far room picked up what sounded like movement the two very distinct footsteps. The footsteps are heard more on the h2 recorder indicating they were closer to this than the other recorder. On these recordings there was also a tap which made the graph spike and sounded very close to the recorder. There was also two taps very close to the h2 recorder on the table which we thought were taps on the mic of the recorder but on further examination it sounded like the taps were on the table with the money.
Static Cam living area
This camcorder was set up with the recorders when we left the room. We were out of the room for about 35 minutes and in that time caught some really impressive evps. The camcorders also picked up the taps on the table. At 7m 59s movement was heard in the room on the camcorder. The clicks and taps were caught on the camcorder and h2 simultaneously. At 12m 6sinto the tape there is what sounds like light scarping on the camcorder. 13M 3s movement is heard again in the room. As the rooms above were empty and no prominent footsteps where recorded going up stairs all possible movements from residents were eliminated.
Re-enactment
The re-enactment went very well. We call these re-enactments and using objects from the time of a certain spirit or person Era Cues. This is what we use to try and get reactions and to try and have familiar surroundings of that of the highway man and other spirits which may be present in the building.We re-enacted the highway man getting caught and being brought to the gallows. At the time we were out side filming under the arch two clicks and then a woman’s groan was picked up on the recorder running in the room. All members of the team were accounted for and the groan was to loud for it to be outside as we had references of outside noise and it was very low and muffled for the whole night. All in all the re-enactment went very well, possibly the re-enactment done what it was suppose to do and get a reaction from the spirit of a woman? As before the EVPs are open to interpretation and what we heard you might not hear or what you hear we might not hear.
I would like to take this time to thank Colin for a loan of the uniform and to James from the collectors shop for the loan of the old coins which were used as the trigger objects and to bring the re-enactment to life.
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Next weekend is the Blackrock Festival. On saturday the 27th there is an animation festival and on Sunday the 28th there is a family fun day on the mainstreet. The street will be closed to traffic and will have a stage and stalls on the street showcasing some of the shops around including Adain Fitzgeralds hairdressers and the likes. Blackrock Market will be in full flight and can offer free face painting for the kids and you can find a huge range of food and treats to keep you going throughout the day.
