any ideas on what this could be?

cormac_s

This was recorded on Tuesday night in our house. everyone was alseep and this sound only happened once. It was recorded on a video camera and the video showed nothing. All i can say is that the sound never repeated itself and it sounded very close to the camera ..... I cant say I know what causes the noise but I cant say its paranormal either. Just looking for some suggestions on what it might be. I just know it wasnt anyone in the house as the camera was pointing in the direction of the kids two bedrooms (no-one showed on video) and it wasnt myself nor my wife.

kshiel

Not sure what it is but, is there a door opposite to where the camera was pointing and could there have been a draft or a window left open, I know this has happened to me once or twice where I would leave the door to box room open and my own door ajar a bit and if I leave the box room window open the draft pulls my door closed, generaly making it knock sound first and sometimes closes the door properly the second time. It also sounds like something hollow like an empty bottle falling on a surface first and then onto something less hard. I am sure there will be lots of explainations posted up.

6th

Ok after listening to it a fair few times very loud (poor people in my office) I couldnt say what it is - obviously.

My observations, the first noise sounds like what a jarred door being opened would sound like. In that it sounds like the release or rub of two heavey pieces of wood. I describe it like that as I've worked alot with massive pieces of wood and recognoise the sound. Of course I'm not saying its that, I'm saying thats the kind of noise.

The second noise sounds more like and impact noise. I smailed a bit because it sounded similar to a tennis ball being hit in that there was a very slight hollow sound to it.

All that aside could it have been a noise made by the inner workings of the recorder? Was it audible as it accured?

cormac_s

ok. I'd have to rule out door noise. the whole house has new double glazed windows and doors externally, plus the video was focussed on one of the nearest doors and in the video it didnt move .. plus the noise is quite loud which would signify something closer to the camera - BUT - my initial impression was of a door sound too. so, i tried to recreate the sound in various ways - including opening and closing doors, even rattling the keys in the doors to see, but i couldnt replicate it. I tried dropping things near the camera, tapping things etc etc but so far Im been unsuccessful.

I was asleep at the time 6th so i cant say if the sound was audiable at the time, but does it sound like it gives off an echo, or it sounds to me like the sound is reverberating slightly around the room. I cant say it was or wasnt the camera itself outside that Ive never experienced the camera making an internal sound like that in any other video recording. granted I did use the internal mic but i'd be hesitant to say it was an internal camera sound just going by the sound of the recording itself.

the first noise sounds like what a jarred door being opened would sound like

- its interesting that a guy at work said much the same thing except he said it sounded like an old door that hadnt been opened in a while. I cant get any door to make that sound unfortunately.

6th

unfortunaetly we'll never be able to say what the noise is, that why i discribed the type of noises. Discribing a heavey wooden door or wood rubbing was merely to give a point of reference - I'm not saying it was a door.

The second noise does have a slight reverb but its so tight to the 2nd noise that i would rule out an echo in the room as it would be spread out more due to the size of the area - I still think it sounds like a hollow object making contact with something i.e. being hit or dropped.

Gordon

Yep, it sounds like a ping pong ball being dropped onto a table from a small height, the second instance sounds slightly muffled. It's definitely not a door.

What type of floor do you have - is it wooden or carpet? My money is on wood.

cormac_s

6th - im in the same boat. I cant place the sound at all though. I think the only way is to do more recordings and see what happens ...

Gordon - other parts of the house have wooden floors, but the area where that was recorded has concrete fllors. its a new extension and we've yet to put the floors down.

6th

Do you mean a boucey ball (rubber) as opposed to a ping pong ball (thin plastic)? I think its too dull a sound to be a ping pong ball but a rubber ball is a definate possibility ... especially if its a wooden floor.

It being a childs room could it be a toy?

6th

On a paranormal note - bulding work has been said to go stire up activity .... just a note.

Gordon

What kind of camera is it? I would only expect that kind of internal noise from one of the older plastic shelled cameras, as the noise would be from a cricking of the plastic pieces.

6th

When I thought about it being an internal camera noise I did picture an older Hi8 recorder.

All we can say about this really is that there is a noise of currently unknown origin. I look forward to seeing and hearing anything else you record in the sme spot.

6th Out.

cormac_s

its a sony DV with nightvision. its facing one of the kids rooms 6th, but the camera itself is technically in the new hallway - or what used to be outside the bathroom window (before we removed the bathroom and extended the house)

The thing about it facing one of the kids room and looking up to the hallway is that if any of the kids were out of their beds and walking around, they would have showed up on camera. unfortunatelty the heads might be gone in the camera as for the past few weeks theres been three bars across the screen of the sony, and headcleaning hasnt fixed it but i'll post up an image from the video so you can see where its placed. it is sitting on a wooden bookcase. it could sound like something bouncing off or hitting th e top of the bookcase - but if so the camera would have caught it as the camera is at the edge of the top of the bookcase.

The house has a small bit of a history which is documented on here somewhere - though i cant remember when i posted the info nor under what username (dont ask).

6th

So is it possible that something hit the bookcase behind the camera? Out of view of the recording.

I take it so its a MiniDv Sony HandyCam using mini DV tapes?

cormac_s

6th wrote:

I look forward to seeing and hearing anything else you record in the sme spot.

I shall organise such recording tonight. I need to wire up the computer and get a full nights recording. the only problem with setting up a machine and mics is I dont want to freak the kids out - though i do have wireless mics .. they might do the trick

cormac_s

6th wrote:

So is it possible that something hit the bookcase behind the camera? Out of view of the recording.

I take it so its a MiniDv Sony HandyCam using mini DV tapes?

aye, its a handycam. the camera was right on the far edge of the bookcase but it could be possible something hit off it - but at the same time, what would be flying around at night that would hit off something? I had the thought that maybe the lens cap had slid down the back of the bookcase - but again, what would make the lens cap move after an hour or so and cause it to fall off the side down the back of the bookcase?

these are all retorical questions btw - im asking myself as much as anyone else

ats

first time posting on this fourm so forgive my ignorance on teh subject

the first sound to me sounds like something that was held under pressure being released. thing of when you held a ruler on a desk and pressed the off desk side down and released it. almost a twang.

if it was a ping pong ball why are both sounds at a different pitch, one is high and loud and the other a dull thud almost like a slap or clap. maybe something hitting the press the camera was set up. again if a ping pong why only 2 sound?

is there more noise at the end of this recording, really faint i could be hearing things but i think i hear something other than the background hiss/noise. could just be the recording. do you have a longer sample more before and more after?

what prompted you to record it was there anything disturbed in the area? what is teh book shelf made of? the thud at the end could be something falling after hitting teh book case but that is a very loud probably should have disturbed something when it hit or if not loud then is very close to the mic which agian if something was flying across the room should it not have disturbed teh camera?

cormac_s

the recording is longer, but to be honest, ive avoided anything that isnt loud and clear. I have another recording I'll post up that sounds like the same noise but further away. I think it is possible to hear things that arent really there if you have to strain too much to make something out - for example in one opart of the original recording within the background noise i could swear i heard a voice saying something. there is something there, but it might be numerous other things besides a voice. its too ingrained in the background noise for me to pull it out though i did notice that if i increased the volume, only the background noise got louder, not the voice sound. at the same time though, evidnce like that is a bit flakey as its too easy to explain away.

The reason I set up the recording in the first place is due to the many strange noises ive heard round our house late at night over the past 5 years. Ive heard voices, thuds and noises (like the one recorded) in the past and even sounds like pictures/shelves falling off walls but when i'd go to look I wouldnt be able to find any quick explaination. I do stress though that Im open to any non-paranormal explainations - which is the main reason i posted this thread. I cant figure out any reasonable rational explaination yet though.

cormac_s

Here is the second recording - i cant cut it up here from work, but the 'main' sounds dont come in until about 12 secs

cormac_s

my initial thoughts on that second one was either our fridge or a bed creaking. I think the first sound is indeed our fridge - it makes a cracking sound the odd time. the second sound i cant place but i put it down to a creaking bed, and ive since been able to disprove that as none of the beds in the house creak at all, even with me jumping on them. they have split bases and no springs. the sound reminds me of maybe someone switching on and off the electrical mains - but again nothing looked wrong on the video, and the power never cut out or anything.

ats

cormac_s wrote:

- i cant cut it up here from work, but the 'main' sounds dont come in until about 12 secs

theres a sound the within the first two seconds of this recording, then as you say the two main ones between 11 & 13 seconds and a fourth very faint one, and i could be imagining itat 14 seconds. i can also make out a continuous sound alost every second. this could be teh camera as it has a decent rhythm and is bearly audible.

anyway it'll be good to see if you can catch anything on video in that area toinight

ats

cormac_s wrote:

the sound reminds me of maybe someone switching on and off the electrical mains - but again nothing looked wrong on the video, and the power never cut out or anything.

like a trip switch in teh fuse board? or teh pull cord of an electrical shower?

cormac_s

the steady sound is the clock ticking. the very very first sound on the second recording i think is the fridge making its clicking sound - and i think there is a lower sound right towards the very very end after the sounds between 11 and 13 seconds.

Heres a cleaned up version - tell me what those sounds at the end sound like (they sound like aomething in particular to me):

The cleaned up sound is here

cormac_s

ats wrote:

like a trip switch in teh fuse board? or teh pull cord of an electrical shower?

aye - couldnt be the fuse board, but the bathroom is in the new extension - and it does have a pull cord for the shower. we should have heard someone goingto the bathroom though if it was the shower. still - thats interesting

ats

cormac_s wrote:

Heres a cleaned up version - tell me what those sounds at the end sound like (they sound like aomething in particular to me):

The cleaned up sound is here

i may not be downloading this right but there's a hell of a lot of noise in the cleaned up on. not being funny or anything almost like R2D2 . using windows media player and winamp to play it

going out on a limb hear but could the verry faint one at the end be a mouse trap?

Stoner

lol yeah i got R2D2 on the cleaned up one too, I knew it reminded me of something,
one sounded like a ball being hopped of a wall and then being cought in someones hand.

I dont know about the other one, I'm no good at that sort of thing

Lord Oz

Your mother?

ats

Stoner wrote:

lol yeah i got R2D2 on the cleaned up one too, I knew it reminded me of something,
one sounded like a ball being hopped of a wall and then being cought in someones hand.

I dont know that the other even sounds like, I'm no good at that sprt of thing

yeah taken together, smiliar to Steve McQueen when in teh Cooler in teh great escape with teh baseball only he bounces it from floor to wall to hand. maybe luke Skywalker is bouncing a ball and R2D2 is egging him on LOL sorry couldnt resist that one.

would there be a computer in that room?

ats

cormac_s wrote:

The house has a small bit of a history which is documented on here somewhere - though i cant remember when i posted the info nor under what username (dont ask).

lets assume a non logical explaination like the cat got through the window anything in the history of the house about a child or anything like that?

or the logical, do you have to come though this room to get to the bathroom? if not could someone be sleep walking and flipping a switch ot the pull cord in the bathroom?

GuanYin

Lord Oz - if you've nothing helpful, or at least funny to contribute, don't bother posting.

cormac_s

Lord Oz wrote:

Your mother?

nah, at the end of the cleaned up one I thought it sounded a bit like a dog barking, followed by the bark of a smaller dog.

not that i think thats it though. that cleaned up on is the standard way to clean audio (as in standard by paranormal researchers) - personally i dont think one should clean up files - if you cant hear it clearly then it isnt there in my book. at least that way you can forget about any form of matrixing. the only reason why I posted the cleaned up one is because I hear two different sounds in the unlceaned and cleaned up recording - which kinda goes to show that de-noising a file probably isnt always a good idea as it obviously effects the original sound in such a way to make it sound like something else.

the camera is out in a hallway so theres no computer near it, and though the bathroom is near the camera, it would have had to have been either myself or my wife (as the camera is pointing in the direction of the kids' rooms and it would have videoed them walking towards the bathroom). If someone had went to the bathroom there would have been at least the sound of two doors opening and closing as well as the sound. in over an hour of audio, there were no other clear distinct sounds so it would seem logical that if it were a person, we would have heard more noises.

The hosue has the death of a teenager in its history - quite recent too, back in 1998. the actual site of the accident was less than a quarter mile down the road (in fact not even that)

ats

cormac_s wrote:

the camera is out in a hallway so theres no computer near it, and though the bathroom is near the camera, it would have had to have been either myself or my wife (as the camera is pointing in the direction of the kids' rooms and it would have videoed them walking towards the bathroom). If someone had went to the bathroom there would have been at least the sound of two doors opening and closing as well as the sound. in over an hour of audio, there were no other clear distinct sounds so it would seem logical that if it were a person, we would have heard more noises.

The hosue has the death of a teenager in its history - quite recent too, back in 1998. the actual site of the accident was less than a quarter mile down the road (in fact not even that)

just thought a PC coz i have one behind me at the mo with a dodgy HDD that makes noise similiar every once in a while.


yeah i guess you're right about the people side of things moving about. worth a shot though.
any dogs about the neighbourhood? or for that matter even if there are would you be able to hear them in this room of the house?
on the shower chord bit, rethinking it the noise is very loud to be that, teh camera would have to be on top of the thing and then you'd defo hear someone moving about.
you say its been strange stuff has been happening the last while is it always at teh same time? maybe it is related to that kid.

cormac_s

ive no idea really what the story is. if it is paranormal then i hope it is her, because at least then I'll know wo it is. I dont like the thought of it being paranormal, but not her as then it would probably freak me and the rest of the family out. At the minute Im assuming it isnt paranormal - just unknown sounds. We'll see if any further recordings can help in the matter.

Heres some info I posted ages ago about things going on in our house:

... in 2004 we had a small spate of strange things happen in our house, ( a small cottage which was built in the '30s). I'll just list them out as I dont have the exact dates anymore:

1) My son heard murmuring and moaning in his room as he was reading a book one night. Kept happening so he slept in our bed. see next point

2) That same night i was gigging and when I got home, I slept in my sons room (our kids are almost teenagers so once one of them sleeps in our bed, then I sleep in their bed). I heard murmuring and moaning sounds plus the bed shook. I didnt know what my son had heard until I asked him the next morning why he didnt stay in his own bed, so when I heard the sounds I was unaware that he had earlier that same night heard much the same thing.

3) One morning at around 4am, our radio in the kitchen was blaring full blast. The radio has no timer, alarm etc - its basically got a volume switch and an on/off switch, thats about it. It was switched off when we went to bed but at 4am that morning is was up full and blasting. the volume was right up. I know cus i had to switch it off.

4) Lights have a tendancy to be switched on in the morning when they were switched off at night.

5) I have heard crashing noises, as in something falling off the wall (kinda a 2 part sound as if whatever it is first detaches from its fixings and the second sound is it hitting the ground.) I heard very clearly one night (around 2am - i was reading a book) but when i went to investigate everything was normal.

6)I have heard voices and sounds from our hallway in the early hours of the morning. plus I have heard sounds of ceramics (for example, i heard the distinctive sound of the ceramic lid of a toliet being slammed, but the sound came from the hallway, not the bathroom, and anyway it was 2-3am and everyone was in bed) and things dropping in the hallway. Once we had our little nephew (he's about 5) staying and he asked who the men where that he heard talking in the hallway during the night.

ats

wow freaky

you heard noises before like banging and slamming. could they be the same sounds?

slamming of a toilet see and sounds near the bathroom could this be what we are hearing hear?

if it is then this child may have some unresolved issues.

men in the hall, a mate of mine was over from teh US last year and said the same thing about my moms house, he felt there where people/entities passing through late at night. scared the life out of me. not that i dont believe in these timeline crossing because i do.

you said you thought it was a dog. maybe it is and the dog is looking for its master, the child that died. or it could be the child.

Zillah

Dammit. I'm at work and I'll have to wait three hours before I can head home and load this up. Curious though. I'll pop it into Adobe Audition and see what I can chop out of it. Mind you I'm more on the visual side of audio-visual...

Ziycon

Sounds to me like a book hitting the ground as the first sound is louder and the second sound being the top flap of the book opening and hitting a solid surface!

P.S. - A hard back book i mean.

cormac_s

i done some more recording last night so we'll see if theres any more. it'll take me a while to go through it though.

take no notice of the dog theory - that was just what the cleaned up one sounded like to me - but I'd say that was due more to the noise removal filter than anything else.

The bathroom theory is interesting though and I have heard such noises before and both myself and my son on different occasions thought we'd heard people going into the bathroom and closing the door only to find there was no-one in there. the bathroom used to look out onto the backyard until we knocked down the outside wall and built the extension - which is where the camera recorded the sounds.

The hardback book theory is interesting too as there is a bookshelf. again though, none of the books looked like they had been disturbed (in fact most are stacked on their sides anyway) but a falling book is always a possibility

We'll see if the camera and mics caught anything more...

ats

cormac_s wrote:

The bathroom theory is interesting ..........closing the door only to find there was no-one in there. the bathroom used to look out onto the backyard until we knocked down the outside wall and built the extension - which is where the camera recorded the sounds.

The hardback book theory is interesting too as there is a bookshelf. again though, none of the books looked like they had been disturbed (in fact most are stacked on their sides anyway) but a falling book is always a possibility

when you say looks into the yard do you mean this use to be door to the yard or a window? because then assuming a paranormal explanation maybe "someone" is leaving the house by that route.

if we consider the book theory, the first noise within the first second could be a door opening, then the next two at around 12-14 seconds the book dropping or being closed, but then what about the 4th in the final second? maybe the door closing again?

do you have any more info in relation to the teen that died? do they have a link to the house other than they died close by? did they live there before? maybe die there? or any info on how the teen died? maybe they had a close friend living there or if the death was not accidental maybe someone connected with it lived there previous or did you live there at the time of the death?

cormac_s wrote:

5) I have heard crashing noises, as in something falling off the wall (kinda a 2 part sound ........(around 2am …

6)........ plus I have heard sounds of ceramics (for example, i heard the distinctive sound of the ceramic lid of a toilet being slammed, but the sound came from the hallway, not the bathroom, and anyway it was 2-3am....

These could both be the noises you are experiencing now, what time are we talking about this time? Both the above are at the 2-3am time slot and in roughly the same location right?

cormac_s wrote:

….. little nephew (he's about 5) staying and he asked who the men where that he heard talking in the hallway during the night....

friend of mine was over from teh US last year for a visit and stayed in my moms. he asked if anyone had ever died in the house. I said yeah 2 people. one peacfully the other in a lot of pain. but both of natural causes. he explained that he "felt" people walking through teh house. basically he had stayed up in the living room one night after we'd had a few drinks and he had one or two to finish (light weight) and so i hit the sack, he decide to have a few more so it would have been over an hour later before he hit the sack. anyway he said he felt people walking through our living room but that they where dressed in old cloths. scared the life out of me when he said that. I lived in that house for 28 years and never experienced anything.

now i may not be as in touch as him but have had experiences where i knew who was calling before i answered the phone, I recieved a Dear John letter from someone abroad when i had planned to move over to them, all the arrangements had been made and we had spoken on the phone only days earlier yet i knew what was said or at least the general content in that letter as soon as it was handed to me (none of the phoen calls gave any hint of a problem, and we always wrote as we where both broke and in college). and reciently i looked up another old friend on the web don't know why after 15 years of no contact, found out someone with a different surname but the same madien name and a picture her where her face was covered with her hair an knew it was her. this same lass appeared to me in a number of dreams over the last 20 years (not those types:D ) one she was running through a forest and being chased by a wolf but then it lead her to safety. soon after her parents house burned down but no one hurt. another only her daughter and herself kinda manifested as teh same person if you follow, this time being chased and i was protecting her but again teh wolf was in the dream running along side us and she finds out that same day i had the dream her husband has a tumour that needs removing but he will end up loosing hearing in one ear. so i'd say i am a little more in tune than others but never felt a thing in my parents house.

anyway can't wait to hear the other recordings

cormac_s

wow - strange dreams.

The girl used to live in our house - we bought the house from her parents who sold up a year or so after her death. and yes, there used to be a window leading to the outside just where those recordings were made. that area is now the new extension to the house

These could both be the noises you are experiencing now, what time are we talking about this time? Both the above are at the 2-3am time slot and in roughly the same location right?

very true - except I havent heard the ceramic sounds repeated.

I done some more recordings and all I can say is that I'll need to do more as these have thrown up more questions than answers. theres another 2 falling sounds (or sounds of something hitting the floor) plus theres a curious thing going on with the mic I set up seperately this time. besides the camera, I had a mic running and throughout 5 hours of recording there is about 10-14 occasions when there are tapping sounds on the mic head. I have to run anohther experiment by recording in a different house just to see if these tapping noises still occur, but i could only replicate these sounds by directly hitting the mic squarely and firmly with my finger. One theory I have is that it may have been a fly.

As well as these sounds I also captured a white streak on camera. I have my theories about this though too - it was in nightvision, (extra nightvision in fact) which I believe compresses the framerate - takes say 20 frames and processes them as one frame. then if we had a fly travelling for 20 frames, with the IR reflecting off it, by the time the nightvision has done its compression, we would have a streak of light. I'll post up the audio and the pic when I get a chance ...

ats

cormac_s wrote:

wow - strange dreams.

The girl used to live in our house - we bought the house from her parents who sold up a year or so after her death. and yes, there used to be a window leading to the outside just where those recordings were made. that area is now the new extension to the house...

ok so maybe this is what's causing the sounds. I might add that i'm only speculating as i have no experience what so ever in investigation (though am open minded) and am just througing ideas out there

cormac_s wrote:

I done some more recordings ... theres another 2 falling sounds (or sounds of something hitting the floor) plus theres a curious thing going on with the mic I set up seperately this time. besides the camera, I had a mic running and throughout 5 hours of recording there is about 10-14 occasions when there are tapping sounds on the mic head....

As well as these sounds I also captured a white streak on camera. ...

very strange, lets assume it is paranormal. could it be this girl that is somehow attached to teh house. as you said she lived there before she died. Spirits are known to attache themselves to places close to them. either where tehy lived or died. maybe this room is something to her and she comes in at night and finds your suff set up and is curious about it so touches it?? what use to be in teh room before you guyes moved in? maybe it was her room or something and you guys putting teh extension have disturbed her.

could the taping be maybe the fly landing on teh mic? if the white light was a fly then it could concivible be that that is taping the mic by landing on it.

cormac_s

it could be a fly or a fault in the mic. I think I'll set up a different mic and see what happens, and also set up the same mics in a different house and see if it still pics up noises - which would mean its a mic fault. The fly theory could be true but either its a pretty battered fly by the end of the night, or theres more than one of them. That area was the old bathroom, though it is right next to the girls old bedroom.

ats

cormac_s wrote:

it could be a fly or a fault in the mic. I think I'll set up a different mic and see what happens, and also set up the same mics in a different house and see if it still pics up noises - which would mean its a mic fault. The fly theory could be true but either its a pretty battered fly by the end of the night, or theres more than one of them. That area was the old bathroom, though it is right next to the girls old bedroom.

let us know how ya get on with the mics. could be a complete coincidence but the locatins seem associated with this girl, maybe it is her.

Ziycon

If it was more so around 3 o'clock it could be to do with this hour being used by demons to mock the holy trinity, demonic spirits become quite active around 3 according to the catolic church, but other people believe that the witching hour is after 12 or 1 which is when spirits, ghosts and demons become more active!!

I dont believe its could be a demonic spirit though, if its even a spirit its most likely a playful one or one trying to make contact.

Has there been any other incidents that stand out as very strange or even frightening??

cormac_s

I posted some info over at the TAPS website (the same audio as posted here) and people are finding voices in them - though I think they're looking just a bit too deep and maybe hearing things that just arent there.

Theres never been any frightening experiences around the house ever - the house has always had a nice vibe to it.

I have some more recordings from the other night which I'll post up - many of them are the mic tapping sounds but there is one of something falling as well. One thing I have to do is some research on how IR works in Sony DVs - specifically the 'Super Nightshot' mode. I got the following image in the second batch of recordings last week. The heads on the camera need cleaning (the hi 8 works perfectly but the digital 8 tapes always show with dirty heads no matter how much I clean them) - hence the three bars throughout the image. Its the streak at the bottom lefthand corner that Im interested in. Theres a very very good chance its an insect or fly due to the infrared maybe compression frames during processing but i need to check that out:

cormac_s

Here are a few more recordings:

There are various mic sounds here - i dont know the cause yet (maybe a fly or moth?) but over a 5 hour period it happened about 8 or 9 times

theres a sound of a switch or something here (like one of those pull cord switches used with showers)

ats

cormac_s wrote:

hence the three bars throughout the image. Its the streak at the bottom lefthand corner that Im interested in. Theres a very very good chance its an insect or fly due to the infrared maybe compression frames during processing but i need to check that out:

between teh lower and middle bars. toward the centre ya have a large dark object in the centre of the light, well to the left of that almost above your white streak. whats is that? a plant?

again same section this time to the far left. the dark mark on the wall?

listened to teh Audio

no 7 sounds like a cough to me.

what type of floor is in that area? reason i ask is, it reminds me of something like a marble you had as a kid hitting a stone or tiled floor. or a stick hitting a floor.

but 7 deffo sounds like a cough to me. cant hear no voices though.

was there a window open or any way of a draught coming in maybe knocking the mic?

ats

cormac_s wrote:

Here are a few more recordings:



theres a sound of a switch or something here (like one of those pull cord switches used with showers)

the second click is almost like an echo of the first.

cormac_s

7 shouldnt have been up there as its defintely a cough which i doubt is paranormal in any way. the m2 one though reminds me of the noise one of those cassette players from the 70s with the big play/rewind etc buttons on the front would make if someone pressed stop. or a switch of some kind

cormac_s

that is indeed a plant at the centre of the image and the dark thing to the far left is a door handle. the floor in that part is concrete as we havent finished the flooring yet. |The mic was placed in the bookcase, wedged between two sets of books, with a further book placed across the two supporting sets of books - it was nice and snug and shouldnt have moved. You can see the bookcase to the left of centre of the image. besides the fact all the windows are brand new and double glazed, theres no noticable draughts around that area - certainly none that would make a tapping noise on the mic. I done a basic test on the mic to see if I could recreate the tapping and the only way I could was by actually tapping the top of the mic. I had thought maybe something bumping off the side of it may have made the same noise but it didnt. I need to set it up running at a different location and see if theres a fault making the tapping noises

cormac_s

im also going to set up recording devices around various parts of that area to see if its possible to pin down when those falling noises are coming from

Dave!

Something falling?

Carrigart Exile

Why were you running the camera all night, do you suspect paranormal activity in your house or kids up to no good?