Ghost hunters recall paranormal activity in Ferris State buildings - The Pioneer

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BIG RAPIDS — Among the famous buildings on Ferris State University’s campus, there are two that are infamous during the Halloween season.

The campus’s Alumni Building and West Buildings are known to be the host of some paranormal activity.

The Alumni Building is the oldest existing structure on Ferris’ campus, and custodial staff members have reported sounds of high heels clicking down empty hallways and the murmur of voices from darkened rooms.

The buildings themselves have been explored by the Michigan Area Paranormal Investigative Team, which began in 2006 with founder Daniel Mackin, of Traverse City, his brother Dave Mackin, and their cousin Roger.

The team has traveled throughout Michigan, and beyond, to investigate hauntings. Investigations have taken them to the Island House Hotel on Mackinaw Island, the City Opera House in Traverse City and the Blue Pelican Inn at Coral Lake.

Daniel Mackin said exploring the paranormal has always been an interest and he enjoys educating people on the topic.

“For private investigations, our goal is to help the client in whatever way they feel they need. Some people just want confirmation that they have spirited visitors, while others want a full house cleansing and to not have any ghosts left in their house,” he said. “For public hunts, we try to teach our audience about what we do and why, what techniques we use, and ultimately try to give the attendees a great experience.”

According to Daniel, he had paranormal experiences starting at a young age. Once the first ghost hunting shows came out, he decided to give it a shot. Paranormal shows helped to make investigating more acceptable to the mainstream public. Daniel wanted to find the answers he never had as a kid, but he has since learned that for every question that gets answered, 10 more arise.

At Ferris, there is a purportedly common spirit who haunts the Alumni Building named Michael. Apparently, the staff enjoys having him around as a type of protector. Ferris State approached the paranormal team to investigate — after receiving many reports from students and faculty of activity happening throughout the campus — and the team felt it would be a great opportunity to expand their repertoire.

“Before being contacted to investigate, the team had not heard of any of the spirits,” Daniel said. “We were filled in on the various activities and suspected spirits that were reported after being contacted. We felt like we had encountered some of the more well-known spirits, and we had activity in the rooms that had the most reports.

“Most of our activity was in the 'scary room,' as it has been named by students,” he added. “We often look for shadow apparitions, objects being moved, AVP or audio voice phenomena heard with our ears, and EVP which stands for electronic voice phenomena, which can be heard only when reviewed later.”

The team then went back to the campus to present the evidence it had gathered, and many students and staff came forward to share that they had the same or similar experiences and were happy to have their experiences validated.

In hunting paranormal activity, there are special instruments that can be used to pick up activity and attempt to communicate with spirits.

Daniel said the different instruments can help the team identify what kind of activity is present during and after the investigations.

“Some of the more basic tools are video camera, DVR system and audio recorder,” Daniel said. “The Spirit Box quickly sweeps through radio frequencies, and we hope to catch voices that carry over several frequencies/stations.

"An Echovox is a phoneme generator, and theoretically, it should not be able to generate full words on its own, as it only has a data bank of consonant and vowel sounds. When we are using Echovox, we are looking for full sentences that directly answer the question. However, the biggest and best tool is our own senses.”

Daniel said the evidence review is not as fun and glamorous as the TV programs show, but it is very rewarding. The first piece of advice he had for people interested in getting into paranormal hunting is to start small.

“Evidence review takes a lot longer than the 15 minutes they show on TV,” Daniel said. “My advice is to start small. You don't need thousands of dollars of equipment to collect evidence. A lot of the time we go in with just a handheld camera and voice recorder. Be wary of phone apps and do your research before using them. Try to debunk evidence scientifically before you present it as paranormal.”

Daniel said he and the paranormal team hope to make it back to Ferris someday to explore more of the haunted campus attractions to collect more evidence.

For more information on the Michigan Area Paranormal Investigative Team, and their latest paranormal hunt adventures visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MI.Area.Paranormal.

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