FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

Case #: 10-W-016-LE        

Investigation:             Residential                  Commercial

Location: Willis House, Willis, MI

Date: August 28, 2010

Client: Leesha and Charles Elka

Time at start of investigation: 8:00 PM

Time at conclusion of investigation: 10:15 PM

Total duration at investigation site: 2 h, 15 min

Investigators present:           Steve-Lead investigator, psychic

                                                Dee-Lead investigator

                                                Terri-Investigator

                                                Mark-Investigator

                                                Laurie-Investigator

Forms completed and signed:          History            Release Waiver

Description of location and surrounding area: Ranch home built on

            basement located on country dirt road.

Area history: Founded in 1836, Augusta Township received its name from

            Judson Durkee who petitioned the government to split a potion of land

            from Ypsilanti Township. The original name for the township was  

           Augusta Center, after Mr. Durkee’s former home in Augusta, New

           York. Early Augusta residents numbered around 559 and had a

           number of livestock including cattle, hogs, sheep and horses. Aaron

           Childs hosted the first township meeting at his home and, together with

           a number of other residents, the first township board was established.

           The first post office was established around 1832 at Paint Creek,

           otherwise know by the native Indians as Wejinigan-sibi. The mail stage,

           which passed between Monroe and Ypsilanti, delivered packets at odd

           intervals to the first postmaster David Hardy. Mr. Hardy carried the

           mail in his hat, and upon crossing paths with the various individuals in

           the community, he would hand them their mail.  Later, when John

           Schaffer became postmaster, the mail was delivered to his home,

           where he kept his office. When Frank Whittaker built a store, the post

           office was established therein. The building also housed a hotel and a

           dance hall on the second floor.  Residents began calling the settlement

           at Willis road and Paint Creek Whittaker Corners.  In 1880

           surveyors came to the area to select land for a railroad, which would

           stretch from Detroit to St. Louis. The railroad, completed in 1881, by

           passed the existing Whittaker Corners area. Willis Potter, a local

           farmer, owning land east of Whittaker Corners, and adjacent to the

           new rail road, donated land, additionally, Augusta residents donated

           $1500 to pay for the materials, and the new train station was built. The

           town, and post office, moved east from Paint Creek to the area around

           the station. The post office was named Newcomb, Mary Potter's

           maiden name. Residents, however, referred to the village as Willis,

           official's felt this sounded too much like the town of Willitts and

           changed it to Pottersville.  Later, when it was discovered there was

           another town of that name, they changed it back and the town was

           officially named Willis in 1889.

The Willis Creamery was a thriving business in its day, taking in as much as 50,000 pounds of milk and 4,000 pounds of cottage cheese a day. The local implement company, as equally successful, sold as many as 119 binders in a single year.

Instead of moving his store east to Willis, Frank Whittaker built a new store further south, again locating adjacent to the new railroad tracks. He built a small shed there to receive his packages, and soon a station was built, other homes were erected nearby.  The village was called Augusta Center because it was located in the center of the township. The township hall was built in 1867. There was a hotel, several stores, four blacksmith shops and a creamery. Packages shipped by train to the store were labeled F. Whittaker. Trainmen started calling the stop Whittaker. In 1887 P.T. Lambkin built a factory to manufacture broom handles, he later added a sawmill. Charcoal kilns were built and poor lumber and stumps pulled from farm fields were burned into charcoal and shipped to Detroit to be used in the blacksmith forges. Four churches and a doctor's office were added to the bustling village. Whittaker, in its heyday, was a delightful busy spot.

Location history: Land used for farming owned originally by the Liss family

            and sold to the Elka family of brothers. Elkas still own most of the

            property in the neighborhood. Pottawatomie (?) Native Americans

            known to be in area, arrowheads found in woods near property.

            Current home is first known structure on this part of the property. Built

            five years ago.

Weather at time of investigation:     Outdoor temp.  68 deg. F

Dew point  57 deg. F

Humidity 68%

Precip. 0, clear

Wind 5.8 mph SSE

Visibility  10 miles

Sunset  8:14 PM

Moon Phase  Waning Gibbous

                      78% lit          

Indoor temp. averages:

Equipment used: 2 night vision video cameras, PX box, 3 audio recorders,

            K-2 meter, 3 digital cameras, EMF/temperature data recorder, EMF

            detector.

Equipment placement: 1 digital audio recorder, EMF/temperature data

            recorder, K-2 meter, PX box in “Sam’s Room” in basement, 1 digital

            audio recorder in master bedroom, all other equipment hand held by

            investigators.

Psychic/Medium perceptions prior to arrival: Basement hot spot, farmer

            died-owned a saw mill-died of a heart attack-wore John Dear hat,

            early 1800’s graves on property.

Psychic/Medium perceptions during investigation: Upstairs girl’s

            bedroom hotspot, young female who can see/speak with spirits, drawn

            to basement, little children spirits and teenage boy spirits in basement:

            Tony-Brandon-Mike, older male (uncle Jim) in master bedroom,

            heard residual scream in master bathroom, spirit of woman (40’s-

            50’s, Mildred Rose Wall?) in new edition-came home with glassware

            that was blue and white from trip to Tennessee, Native American

            children spirits present

Investigator personal experiences on site: All investigators witnessed K-2

            meter (from slight flickering to off the charts) in correspondence to 

            questioning in “Sam’s Room”.

Investigation summary: Clients took us on a tour of the property indicating

            paranormal events that have taken place in the home. Psychic then

            entered the home and recorded his perceptions. K-2 session occurred

            in basement bedroom during this walk through. Steve then met with

            clients to verify psychic information while team discussed equipment

            set up. Equipment was placed and two teams began EVP sessions.

            Team 1 (Terri and Mark) began in new edition, Team 2 (Steve, Dee,

            Laurie) began in “Sam’s Room”. Teams switched locations half way

            through.

Evidence review and findings: Client verified death of relative who owned

            the saw mill as well as showed us the teacup and saucer she brought

            back from Tennessee matching Steve’s description.

Video: K-2 session in basement bedroom directly correlated with questions asked by investigators and verified yes/no questions by lighting/un-lighting the series of lights on the meter. Measures were taken to debunk this effect with no reasonable explanation. EMF fields did not register on EMF data recorder even though they were sitting next to each other. K-2 meter was able to track the energy field in different places in the room which seemed to outline a human shape.

1 class A EVP was captured in laundry area:

·         2 min, 52 sec says “Kick us out”

1 photo shows translucent red light anomaly in new edition room.

2 photos show an orb on couch in basement where Steve indicated a spirit was sitting, following photos showed no orbs near couch.

Many photos showed many orbs in several upstairs rooms, attributed to paddle fans.