| Crawford County Illinois Ghost Hunters Society |
| Residual Sounds, EVP, and ENP Many times sounds are captured on recorders that are not voices. Sounds of guns firing, trains in the background, or even ghostly animal sounds have been recorded while conducting EVP investigations! These sounds are called residual sounds. I like to use the term, Electronic Noise Phenomena or ENP. These sounds are not EVP because it is not the spirits of the dead speaking so therefor it could not be voice phenomena. There is the possibility of capturing a residual EVP. A residual EVP may be caused by an imprint in time that the recorder picks up. It might be a noise that only happens every so often and if you are in the right place and time it is possible that you will record the sounds. This might be happening because some locations might absorb a large amount of negative energy over a period of time and release the energy like a battery. Battle fields would be a good example of this! Many people lost their lives in war and died at an early age. Screams have been recorded and other sounds relating to an emotional or tragic death at these locations. About 98 percent of the EVPs recorded are caused by an actual intelligent spirit or ghost. Residual EVP is very rare if it exist at all! I myself have never proven the existence of residual EVP but am discussing it because I am open to the possibility that this can happen in places that have had a negative or emotional history. Residual EVP might also be caused by a dimensional overlap. If this is the case it would also rule out the the actual term Residual EVP. If a ghost or spirit died in a war they might still be fighting that war in a past or even future dimension. The sounds from these dimensions could overlap into ours at peak times and then captured on our recorders. This would also rule out the existance of Residual EVP because the voice is not imprinted in time but coming from a dimension that is very real and the events are still happening there at this moment.. Electronic Noise Phenomena or ENP is very real and has been documented on several occasions by myself and many other investigators! It is still unknown why this phenomena happens because it is not caused by the spirits of the dead speaking. Sounds of guns firing and even drums have been picked up on our recorders when conducting EVP investigations. Since these sounds do not have a life force or soul they are not coming from an actual spirit or ghost and must be termed ENP or Electronic Noise Phenomena. |
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