Date: August 15, 2015
Location: Books and Crannies / Iris Theater,
Terrell, Texas
Almost two
years ago to the day, we investigated a used bookstore located in the old
downtown Iris Theater in Terrell, Texas. On that trip we had quite a few
personal experiences, one very intriguing EVP in the basement, and video
footage of a book coming off a shelf. This time around, we did not capture any
video or audio evidence, but we did have a few personal enco
One item we
found particularly interesting was that the presence we encountered in the
basement the first time around didn’t seem to be there anymore. The basement
seemed peaceful, and whomever the man was that told us he “never drank” on our
first visit didn’t make himself known at all on this trip. While we will never
know for sure, we hope that he may have moved on.
This time
around we did have a few encounters with what seemed to be a young boy. On two
occasions, my dad laid down in the aisles of the bookstore with an audio
recorded and tried to talk to the children who are suspected to haunt the old
building. The recorder picked up a few faint responses that sounded like “uh
huh” or “yeah,” but they weren’t very solid responses.
My mom had the
most lively encounters of the evening. There is a hallway at the back of the
store that leads to the rear exit, and the storeowners had told us that people
tend to feel uncomfortable in that area. On our previous visit we picked up
consistently high EMF readings in that area, but on this trip the meters detected
only very low levels of EMF. However, when my mom went down there on her own
with a flashlight, the batteries were quickly drained even though they were
fresh out of the package.
The most
interesting personal experience of the night, which we were very sad to have
not captured on camera, occurred in the children’s section of the store. After
my dad caught the faint EVPs that sounded like a young boy, my mom decided to
sit in the children’s section and read a story aloud. While she was reading,
her flashlight was turned off at least twice, and at one point several books
from a low shelf were slammed to the floor only a couple of feet behind her.
Even though the books appeared to have come from a low shelf, they must have
been dropped with some force because the noise was loudly heard throughout the
store. After that, whoever had caused the scene seemed to calm down because she
finished reading the story aloud without further incident.
While our
return visit didn’t yield the solid evidence of our first trip, we enjoyed it
nonetheless. The old Iris Theater is still a charming downtown building, and we
enjoyed the company of Maddie the bookstore cat and our very kind hosts once
again.
Hayley.
