Sitting in a darkened area where a sudden and unexpected death was known to have occurred, a REM pod has already been activated several times. Now a Spiritbox, flanked by LED "cat balls," runs through its various channels filling the air with white noise and other blurbs of speech while investigators call out to any spirits nearby. The investigators pause between questions, listening to the Spiritbox hoping to hear a response, hoping the REM pod or cat balls lights up, the tension building with each question asked, but no further interaction has occurred, the car balls remain untouched and unlit, the REM pod remains silent after a few activations.

Whether you believe in the idea of a Spiritbox being able to relay messages from those departed or give credence to other associated investigatory aids such at the popular "cat balls," it is hard to deny the effect they can add during an investigation session. That extra tension or mystique that builds energy and excitement as investigators wait for interactions...

That is until you discover no one bothered to turn things on! Yes, it happened again! Perfectly usable equipment carefully placed down in a location where some sort of activity had occurred but not turned on! Thank you to our guest investigator Nancy for making that discovery!!!!

Unlike the Crescent where yours truly failed to turn on a video camera during a visual event, this simply involved extra gear that would have only supported what occurred. And no, there is no clear culprit on this one, several of us placed them down and there is no telling who did what.

On that note, has anyone else noticed that more time is spent tripping over those damned cat balls than needed? Then trying to find where they rolled off to on uneven flooring in the dark after you've kicked them! Madness!

- Iakona