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Report: Hair Salon, nr Wakefield
Overview On Tuesday 17th January, I went to the salon to interview the proprietor about some strange incidents which have been occurring over the last couple of years or so. Although the building is relatively new (several years old, there were previously properties where the shop stands now) The proprietor told me that incidents had started happening more or less from when she took the salon over, and that herself and three other staff members had all experienced strange things, mostly while there were at least two staff members together, and on one occasion whilst a customer was present.
Incidents like raps, and knocking sounds emanating from what is the back room/ staff room. On one occasion, a Monday morning approximately 9am, the staff was opening up the shop, for the days trading, when it became apparent that the hairpiece stand and shampoo bottles were all on the floor scattered about. On the last days trading, (Saturday), everything was in order when the shop was shut up for the weekend.
Also, the burglar alarm which covers the inside of the shop and the backroom’s has actuated at times with no apparent reason for it to. The smell of smoke has been smelt in the corridor which leads up to the loo and cold spot has been felt there also, (bearing in mind this salon is a no smoking area, is quite puzzling to say the least!). Also there were no staff members or customers in the shop that said they even smoked, when the proprietor asked them.
In the staff room, where most activity has been reported, knocks have been witnessed whilst staff have been sat there, (also cold a spot). On one occasion a member of staff was sat next to the fridge, when she heard quite clearly a knocking sound on the fridge which she was sat next to….
One night the proprietor was startled when she was informed by a neighbouring shop that all her lights were on. On entering her locked up shop to investigate, she also found that in the staff room, the hot water tap was on full blast, and had filled the room with steam (this was about 7.30pm to 8pm one night).
The proprietor has told me that occurrences happen quite often, approximately every couple of weeks, or so, and that from her first taking the shop over, that occurrences are happening more often these days.
Investigation Team Team members present were Dawn, Russ, Karen, External Factors The salon is situated at side of busy main road and quite a few pedestrians passed by during our stay. There was a flat upstairs, which is occupied. Floor Plan Through front door, into main salon area, off to the right hand corner of the far side of the salon is the doorway to the staff room, which has a back door leading to the yard. From the front door of the salon to the left hand side of the salon is a small passageway leading to the loo area. Investigation Thursday the 19th January 2006, at approximately 8pm saw the investigation at the salon start. All three of us took it in turn to walk the shop floor going into the corridor that leads to the loo; from there we went into the staff room. No one particularly felt anything untoward anywhere in the salon. Karen reported that her neck had started to ache on getting into the staff room.
Prior to the investigation starting, I took several photos with my digital camera, as well as checking the temperature of the room (21 degrees) and some baseline EMF readings, all readings showed nothing unusual.
The first plan was to set up the laptop computer with an infrared web cam attached which would cover the corridor. Then we decided to have a vigil, for a while in the staff room, in complete darkness, with the IR camera filming all the time. Karen sat in a chair next to the fridge (as it was reported that raps and knocks had been heard at that location). (The whole of the salon had been one big room at one time but partition walls had been added to create a staffroom and hallway to the loo area. All the walls that had been added were made from plasterboard, and were not load bearing).
Several times during the evening, we heard various noises, which were all accounted for. Still no one was feeling anything in particular, but Karen still reported her neck was aching.
After the three of us had spent some time in the staffroom (in darkness) we decided to decamp from there but we set up the IR cam on a tripod to cover the room (in a locked off room situation), which we left filming for about an hour. After we had finished filming in the corridor and staff room, it as decided to end the investigation, unfortunately (as sometimes happens) nothing of a paranormal nature occurred on this occasion.
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