Sitting in my Shoppe the other day a man {John}, who lives in the area pulled up in front of the store in his hearse. When he came into the Shoppe we began talking about my ghost studies and photographs. As he went to leave he invited me to take photographs in the hearse so I agreed and we proceeded to walk out to the vehicle.

As I approached the back of the vehicle I took a photograph, then my camera went dead, I said well I guess they dont want me to take any other pictures so I crawled in the back to try again. This time I felt bombarded and as if I would faint so I got out proceeding to walk back to the store. He asked if I was okay that he thought I was going to fall down.

When I got back to the Shoppe I felt dizzy and stepped out back to get some air Lori and Jim told me I looked pale and I should sit down as I looked as though I would faint. I said someone followed me from the hearse and is trying to get through to me.

The next day as soon as I entered the Shoppe I could feel this presence again and I said I do not feel like talking to you right now about that time the lotion bottle on the shelve in the bathroom whizzed by my head, usually I do not ignore the spirits but I said enough leave me alone. Just after that some monks walked by the store in beautiful robes I grabbed my camera off the counter to take their photographs but instead got the man who had been trying so hard to get through to me standing by the Shoppes front window and door.

The next day John with the hearse came back in and I told him what had been going on. Jokingly I said out loud to the angry spirit your rides here. Well to my astonishment that night John and his friends walked outside and there in the front seat of the hearse they all saw the man I had taken photograph the day prior.

Why I did not respond to this spirit like I do others I dont know but I do know this he was very angry at me ignoring him and was happy to be back home in his hearse.

The photograph above the article is the photograph I took of this spirit. I feel bad for ignoring this spirit as I have never done this before and plan on going back to sit in the hearse this time perhaps to help this spirit find peace.

 

Within the city of Ogden, Utah sits Lori and my store Ravens Nest inside the quaint walls of this shop lives several spirits. When we first entered this space to start to restore the building we were bombarded by the presences nervousness of us being there.

One particular presence started to show her self in many ways you could feel her more then the others she was handicapped in life and very confused. Many women who would come in with blonde hair felt her stroke their hair as if admiring it or confused by its blonde color. Emma as we have come to know her has frightened some by getting in their faces and actually sniffing others. She pushed one young mans chin pushing him away from his mother as she had been playing with her hair when she walked into the back room. He jumped at her touch but later said it just scared him that she touched him.

When I first captured her on film she was dressed in the turn of the century clothing around the early 1900s to late 1800s and I tried to explain her look to Lori before she saw the photograph that she reminded me of perhaps the way the original bird lady from central park had looked. Emma did not like this explanation and threw things about in our backroom.

Since this time she has calmed down quite a bit and has become part of our lives one lady Sherry who she touches hair whenever she enters always greets her first when she enters our shop. If she forgets to say hello to Emma, Emma will remind her that she is there.

From doing research I have found out that Emma was probably Asian she looks to have had something wrong with her eyes as if perhaps blind in life. Many people who have sensed her have picked up she had been abused and killed on the premises. She is not and angry spirit but very frightened of men when they enter our shop I have gotten her crouched in the corner very scared. She has come around since the beginning and is starting to actually touch some of the mens hair when they enter our building now. One man in particular she likes hair and tends to pet his head when he stands by the counter, he also is a blonde.

I will keep you informed as to her progress and the others in future articles. I have come to find out that downtown Ogden, Utah is filled with history and haunted by hundreds of spirits in the buildings here a must for the paranormal enthusiast such as myself. If ever in Utah come by and visit our resident spirits at Ravens Nest you may leave quite surprised...

Photographs taken in Ravens Nest by, Theresa Jodray-Koch of EMMA.

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.

Daniel 12:2,3 NIV

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