By Layla Burke Kalinen
EAGLE TIMES STAFF
SPRINGFIELD, Vt.- Deja Vu Paranormal is wrapping up the footage from their summer investigations of hauntings in a famous Pennsylvania asylum, an orphanage in Gettysburg and Vermont’s renowned Wilson Castle.
Alaura Hewey, DVP lead investigator and handler of all paranormal technology said the four person team all have lifelong individual paranormal experiences that led all of them to pursue becoming serious investigators.
Hewey, now five years deep in hauntings, said from the time of childhood she has always felt and seen what she describes as, “energy beyond the veil.”
In the meeting of the husband and wife part of the team, Kialah and Nate Wahl and M.K. Moreau, also their media specialist, the four investigators have collaborated their experience and skill which is leading to sorting through some interesting footage.
A little over a month ago the DVP team camped out overnight at Wilson Castle and documented paranormal experiences at the famed haunted museum in Proctor, Vermont and Hewey said they managed to channel an unusual spirit in what Hewey described as a portal.
“I was sitting in the portal while we did an Estes test. We use noise canceling headphones while connected to a spirit box- also called a pana box,” Hewey said, “The team asks me questions I can’t hear and the spirit will tell me the responses which I tell the team.”
“I’m blind folded- it’s a sensory deprivation situation. It can be very emotional and overwhelming,” said Hewey, “The spirit was touching on things that were on a very personal level.”
Moreau said that she had a case of extreme cramps grip her suddenly in the basement that the group didn’t know had happened and a personal code word she only uses with her fiance.
Both were mentioned by the spirit that Hewey had found in the portal.
“The spirit in a snarky voice said, “cramping?!” and then said, “It’s just for fun,” Moreau recalled.
Earlier, in July, DVP went to Pennsylvania to the famed Pennhurst Asylum to explore the lengthy grounds and documented the activity for a two-part series.
They have since released part one for viewing their Deja Vu Paranormal YouTube channel.
Hewey said the team had experiences at the asylum that inconclusively confirmed paranormal activity.
Their visit to the National Homestead, an orphanage in Gettysburg built to withstand the crippling amount of orphaned children post civil war included a few historical parallels within their collection of paranormal evidence.
While visiting Gettysburg, the team had the chance to talk to the Civil War re-enactors of the U.S. Battery and 2nd U.S. Light Artillery who camp out on the fields at night.
“They said it’s common at night to see shadows and hear artillery being assembled,” Hewey said.
Deja Vu Paranormal plans on releasing part two Pennhurst Asylum in late October.
On June 3 of 2023 DVP as special guests of the Haunted Network will be doing a public paranormal investigation of Wilson Castle and ticket sales will be announced on the DVP FaceBook page.
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