Pacific Paranormal Research Society

Private Residence -

MILWAUKIE, OREGON

FREAKY EVP'S

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Haunted? Yes, by an 11-12 year old girl, and with residual imprints of a doctor that occasionally appear.

This house, which is registered with the historical society, was supposedly built in 1910. Dr. Patrick King, a well-known doctor and good friends with The McLoughlin's (in nearby Oregon City) supposedly built and lived in the house. Dr. King owned not only the house, but also the large surrounding property, which is now a hospital. By the current structure of the home itself, complete with a few odd inconsistencies such as outside windows in all the closets, and basements doors that lock from the inside, it is fairly apparent that Dr. King did a lot of his "doctoring" from within the home. The form of Dr. King- carrying his black doctor's bag, as well as being dressed in vintage clothing, has been seen by the current residences as well as previous ones. Following the same routine and never interacting with anyone, the Doctor's residual apparition was not the reason we were initially contacted.

There's a girl ghost in the house, aged between 11-12 that is not very nice. She has appeared to members of the family, wearing a dirty, torn white dress with white gloves. We are calling her "Sophia"- a name she agreed upon during our visit.

Sophia has been heard yelling, knocking, and stomping around the house loudly, especially when the owner's daughter is home alone. She has annoyed the younger children in the house, who complain that the girl in the white gloves tries to "touch them." She has pushed a couple of the residents down the staircase, as well as appearing to the owner's daughter, staring at her malevolently.

To appease Sophia, a friend of the family brought her a stuffed teddy bear and let her know that this was for her. The same family friend blessed the house with holy water, as well as sprinkling salt around the perimeter of the house. This was not the first house blessing performed- the house had actually been blessed professionally prior to all of these events.

Beginning our investigation, Todd went alone upstairs with some equipment. The family, along with a few neighbors and friends and myself, were talking in the dining room at the time. We all distinctly heard a young girl sobbing loudly in terror at the foot of the stairs as soon as Todd was upstairs in "her" room. This was enough to make all of us jump! It is unfortunate that we had just begun the investigations, so we did not yet have the recorder set up.
During the investigation, Sophia hid in the closet most of the time, traveling back and forth between 2 rooms. She responded through the EMF meter quite a bit, and seemed interested in our equipment. However, it was obvious that she couldn't wait for us to leave and did not respond when I asked her if she'd like us to come back.

This was a tough house to investigate. You want to go into a situation like this and just tell the little brat to knock it off, give her a paranormal spanking, and order her that it's time to move on. You wish you could go in and snap your fingers and make everything okay in the house so that the residences would not have to walk on eggshells due to their bratty little ghostie. There's so much you would like to be able to do, so that when you left you could say to the owners, "The house is clean- I took care of it. She won't bother you anymore." Oh, how I wish I had that much power!

Unfortunately, threatening or trying to dispose of this stubborn little sprite would certainly only make activity worse. Already she felt threatened by the daughter of the household, who is just about the same age as Sophia (in her corruptible state, mind you).

In this case you have a psychological power-play going on between the living and the dead with Sophia always competing so she's "in-the-lead." Trying to explain to Sophia that she's dead and that her mommy and daddy are waiting for her on the other side would be useless. It is a fact that Sophia is feeding off of the fear she is creating, and is waaaayy to pleased with these reactions to decide to go anywhere else.

Not knowing what her LIVING home life may have been like, I can only speculate that there may have been an abusive situation that could now cause her much jealousy and malicious intent.

We leave houses with a situation like this feeling a little helpless- weighing the odds and trying to figure out the best route to take that would help the family. My main concern is if we go back, we could rile her up and then she will know that the family wants her OUT. I don't want that to happen- but I also don't want Sophia to stay in control of the situation. Since we don't live in the house, telling the residents not to let her get to them and to not be fearful of her is easy for all of us to say. It puts us in a quandary.

An exorcism, although not surprising if one has been performed in the house by now, could make activity lessen for a while as Sophia would lay low until she felt safe enough to return. Depending on Sophia's belief system, this could be an effective way of removing her presence…or not.

One can only hope that Sophia will get tired of playing GOD.

But being that powerful would be quite a rush- especially for an angry, lonely, frustrated (and deceased) twelve-year old girl. Hopefully, she'll get bored with the game she's created, and eventually calm down.

**We want to thank the family for their trust & hospitality and for allowing us in to invade their home and speak to Sophia.**