Many paranormal investigators are sensitive to the energy that is believed to make up spirits.
I, however, am not one of them.
I can count on three fingers the number of times I have "felt" something during an investigation.
Two of those three times occurred in cellblock 4 at Eastern State Penitentiary.
My first experience in cellblock 4 was in 2011 while I was investigating with a group of people which included Kris Williams, formerly of "Ghost Hunters" and "Ghost Hunters International."
This investigation took place before I joined Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society, so I was basically going off the education I had received from those shows and similar ones.
As soon as I entered the cellblock, I got a heavy, creepy feeling. Not too long into the investigation, I was touched by something I couldn't see.
On May 18, four years since my first ghost hunt there, I returned to Eastern State to, once again, investigate the prison - this time with four members of the JUMPS team.
While this was only my second investigation there, I've visited the historic site more times than I can count. So, JUMPS Founder and CEO Doug Hogate Jr., asked for my advice concerning what areas we should focus on during the four-hour investigation.
Of course, the first spot I wanted to revisit was cellblock 4.
More experienced in ghost hunting and comfortable in the prison, I felt more confident while investigating this time.
However, after being in the cellblock for about 20 minutes, I started feeling strange.
I was leaning up against the cellblock wall between two cells when I got the feeling that someone was standing very close to me. I felt warmth move close to me and then linger, as if someone's face was just inches from mine.
My right arm began to tingle, and I suddenly had chills from the top of my head down to my toes.
Being one that doesn't usually sense things, I didn't say anything to anyone for a few minutes. Finally, the feeling got so uncomfortable I had to tell fellow investigator, Susan Sacavage.
Before I even got the sentence out, Susan's daughter Samantha - who has been able to sense and even see spirits since she was a toddler - could see a tall figure standing next to me.
Hogate held the Mel meter close to me and got a .04 reading that quickly went down to zero. When that happened, all my feelings went away.
Was there someone next to me?
I'm not sure, but I know I felt some weird feelings and it is possible I had a friend there in cellblock 4, but, being a skeptic, I question everything over and over.
We are in the process of reviewing many hours of audio recordings and video footage that will hopefully help me decide if I was, indeed, in the presence of a ghost again in cellblock 4.
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