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11/4/2019

The Hardaway Cottage

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On September 28th, 2019, we carpooled down to Warm Springs, GA to investigate the Hardaway Cottage.  We had been in contact with Beth and Mark Trimble for some time, with Erin and Meridith having visited a month earlier to discuss the house and its history.  We were finally going to investigate the Hardaway, and we were so excited. 

​The reports of activity were very interesting, and included:
  • Objects going missing, occasionally to turn up in strange places like the middle of the hallway
  • Painting moving in bedroom
  • Blinds opening and closing in bedroom
  • Footsteps on or around the stairs and upstairs
When we got to the Hardaway Cottage we began to set up our four infrared security cameras, and get the rest of our equipment ready.  We brought:

  • EMF (ElectroMagnetic Field) meters such as the K2 meter
  • A mini-Maglite that can be configured for entity interaction (check out the video linked later in this blog).
  • Each member has her own Digital Voice Recorder (DVR) to capture EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena). 
  • A handicam which takes nightvision footage. 
  • A 4-camera Sansco security camera system, with infrared nightvision which allows to keep an eye on 4 rooms or 4 angles at the same time.
  • A digital camera to take still photos.

We were waiting for Kristin, who had not carpooled with us, to arrive so that Beth could give us a tour of the house.  Kristin got a little lost on the back roads around the Hardaway, where GPS fails, but she found the house in the end.
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Dining room
When we were all set up, and Kristin had arrived, Beth gave us a detailed tour of the house.  You can see parts of that tour in the video below:
We did our first EVP session in the window seat bedroom, where the reports of the blinds moving and picture shaking had come from.  
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Window seat room
We caught a couple weak EVPs in this room, and we'll share one with you here.
Listen for a faint "no".  
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Several of us felt eerie, oppressive feelings in this room and we were not at all comfortable.  It was a relief to leave and move on to the next room.
 Next was the "art deco" room.
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"Art deco" room
We did not catch any EVPs or K2/flashlight activity in this room, but Erin did see a shadowy shape move by the door, and a floating black spot near Kristin just before her video camera malfunctioned.

We investigated the children's room next, with no results, then took a break in the screened patio to discuss our experiences so far.
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Screened patio, daytime
Next we investigated the downstairs, again with no results.
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Finally, we came to the basement, where things got very interesting very quickly.
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We seemed to have interaction with the mini-Maglite, with an entity appearing to turn the flashlight on and off in response to our questions.  You can watch the entire thing in the video linked above!  

While we did not get many usable EVPs at the Hardaway House, we did capture the fascinating interaction with the flashlight in the basement.  BCPI feels, based on what we did find and on the eerie feelings in the upstairs rooms, that there may be a haunting at the Hardaway House.  We would love to go back and visit again, and try to collect more evidence to corroborate what we have found so far.

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Elizabeth Trimble
11/10/2019 10:56:58 am

I was so happy to host you! I love the Hardaway and feel comfortable with all my guests!!

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Black Cat Paranormal Investigation
11/11/2019 01:50:40 pm

Thanks so much again, Beth! We had a great time. We hope we get to visit you again and see if we can catch some more activity.

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