Daily we are surrounded by cell phones, wireless Internet, cordless phones, satellite TV, AM/FM radio and all kinds of other forms of communication. For that reason, our group has long been hesitant to point to EVP’s as iron clad proof of a paranormal experience.

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a gentleman that is at his wits end. He explained that he has been hearing voices, beeping and other sounds in his home for nearly two years. During the discussion, he and I agreed that there was certainly no paranormal activity going on due to the fact he was hearing (and recording) TV programs and phone conversation along with a  beeping sound. We also agreed that he had exhausted his mainstream options and was desperate for help. I saw it as an opportunity to do some research on sound and to lend a helping hand to someone in need, so I agreed to bring a small team to his home to see what we could find.

This Saturday, Tamara, Samantha and myself  went to the home and were surprised at what we discovered. Our client is a gentleman in his 60′s and widowed. Apparently, two years ago, he had one of the large cable companies sell him on installing their service in his home. Almost immediately, he began to hear the sound of conversations and other noises in his home. As we sat talking to our client he explained what lengths he had gone through to eliminate the sounds in his home. He has contacted three cable companies, his alarm company, the electric company, electricians, the FCC and several other municipal agencies. He has also purchased six voice recorders and has hours of sounds and even about 15 minutes of a Jeopardy episode recorded in May of last year. He has gone as far as purchasing a complete map of cell phone towers in the county. The gentleman has even visited several doctors to have his hearing checked among other things. He is desperate for answers and hopefully a solution.

Most of these groups that he contacted were more than happy to sell him a new service or upgrade his existing service, but all ignored his claims of noises. That is how we ended up in his home, after two years of calling, letter writing and pleading for help, we were the only people that would take him seriously. As we sat and talked, our group actually heard voices in his home and the mysterious beeping.

We went to work and quickly discovered the city has installed individual sewage lift stations at each home through the area. We found that when any of these systems have any kind of issue, a loud, continuous beeping alarm begins. The current economy has hit this area hard and many of these homes are vacant or in foreclosure, so often these alarms will beep for days without anyone coming to turn them off. Fortunately, one of the neighbor’s was beeping. We were able to walk the client around and point it out to him. With one of the mysterious sounds identified, we began to look into the voices.

As we search the home, the client pointed out an intercom system he had disabled hoping to stop the sounds. It was disabled at the panel, but the speakers and wiring are all still in place. Our suspicion is that when the cable company did the installation two years ago, they either connect or disconnected something that has allowed the speaker and wires to make an antenna of some sort. We have a lot of research to do in the next few days to find a way to solve the problem. We are hoping that some of our friends in the music and audio fields can give us some suggestions to help this man.

Our client was very happy to have anyone that believed him and would take their time to help. We not sure we have the knowledge to solve the problem, but are going to try. This case is not going to provide our group with any evidence of the paranormal, but we are helping a person in need and it feels pretty good.