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Date: 26th August 2006
Time: 8.00pm - Midnight
Weather: Cold, cloudy conditions
Location: Quarantine Station - Northern Sydney

The two properties we investigated were built in the early 1900s. The main building consists of two levels. We were informed that both areas of the building have had its fair share of paranormal activity. In the upper level we decided to fix a camera (night mode) on an open Bible and the foreground while we investigated the lower level of the building.

We also set up a passive infrared motion sensor in the staircase to alert us of any movements between both levels. It is well known that staircases are active regions in haunted properties and there are only speculations as to why that is

Once we established ourselves in the darkened lower level, we began a vigil in order to encourage any paranormal activity.

After the first half hour we began to detect sudden temperature variations. Darren B., who is sensitive to energy fluctuations, said that he could sense a presence of some kind in the room. Shortly after that our video cameras picked up a few light anomalies lurking around us. It was at this point when we heard footsteps in the upper level, followed by an eerie groan that seemed to echo through the open space. We immediately jumped to our feet and rushed upstairs to investigate - there was nobody in the upper level.

We returned downstairs and continued our vigil. Things seemed to settle down for a while and it wasn't until I viewed back the footage that I noticed something extraordinary - an apparition shot past Darren B. just as our cameras were scanning the room. At first I thought it may have been a reflection caused by the IR LEDs, but a closer assessment suggested otherwise. The IR light (video camera) was moving at slow motion while the apparition at a much faster pace (almost darting across) and in the opposite direction. Because of the speed and dull intensity of the apparition, it is not easily detectable. If this apparition is in fact paranormal, it had somehow managed to either shift into the visual spectrum of the human eye or reflect/absorb the IR light which inturn visually registered through the video camera.

It wasn't long until something occurred. Darren B.'s torch suddenly switched itself on just after he asked for a sign from any present spirit person … well we go it.

The trigger item (Bible) was not tampered with and the fixed video camera did not pick up anything of interest. All in all we didn't sense anything malevolent in nature within the haunted house.

We then ventured with the rest of the crew to a dilapidated cottage, built around the same era. At the front of the cottage is a verandah. The wooden boards are in no state to sustain human weight so we had to use an alternative entry.

We began our usual vigil in the thick blackness of a room and then we remained silent. Just then Kellie was pushed over by an invisible force and she slid to the floor. At this point some of the crew members were feeling a little anxious and uneasy being there. Then the footsteps from the verandah began, slowly pacing up and down. From the gap under the door, we could see a shadow transit through the faint light infiltrating from outside. There was someone or something outside. I quickly rushed to the small window to peer outside … there was no one there. Again it would have been impossible for someone to walk across the verandah. The stress would have easily broken the rotted timber.

With his video camera Laszlo was sent near the window to document anything that was going on outside and in. Not surprising he only lasted a few minutes there … fear had overwhelmed him and he returned back to his original post - but safety as it seemed was not in numbers.

The investigation conducted at the North Sydney site was nothing short of incredible. There is no doubt that the activity at this location is on a paranormal scale and I would honour another opportunity to investigate this site with my crew more thoroughly.