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INVESTIGATION REPORT

ELKS LODGE     ALLEGAN, MI

WEATHER= 73F     MOON PHASE= FULL     # OF INVESTIGATORS= 7

BUILT AS A HOSPITAL IN 1909, THIS BUILDING HAS A MYSTERIOUS HISTORY. THE FIRST OWNER, A DOCTOR JOHN ROBINSON, CREATED A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET FREE MEDICAL CARE. THE NEXT OWNER, ANOTHER DOCTOR, WAS FROM CHICAGO AND WAS RUMORED TO HAVE MAFIA TIES. A TUNNEL WAS BUILT WHICH RAN FROM A BASEMENT WALL DOWNWARDS TOWARDS THE RIVER BEHIND THE BUILDING. THIS WAS POSSIBLY USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF RUM-RUNNERS DURING PROHIBITION DAYS. THE REPUTATION OF THE HOSPITAL DID A DOWNWARD SPIRAL UNTIL THE ELKS ORGANIZATION PURCHASED IT. THE ELKS OWNED IT UNTIL JUNE, 2010. IT IS NOW PRIVATELY OWNED AND BEING RESTORED. GHOST HUNTERS MAY RENT THE BUILDING FOR INVESTIGATIONS. THIS IS WHAT WE DID, AND WE WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED. SHADOW PEOPLE WERE SEEN, VOICES AND STRANGE NOISES WERE RECORDED, WE WERE TOUCHED BY UNSEEN HANDS, AND MORE. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY OUR FINDINGS.

THE LODGE	FRONT OF THE LODGE AT NIGHT	BRONZE PLAQUE	CURTIS DISPLAYS AN ORIGINAL HOSPITAL SIGN, NOW USED AS A DOOR IN THE BASEMENT
VIDEO: CURTIS CAPTURED SOMEONE MOANING IN THE BASEMENT JUST AFTER THE FRESH BATTERIES IN HIS FLASHLIGHT DIED. WATCH HERE	VIDEO: CURTIS CAUGHT THE VOICE OF A WOMAN SAYING "SHIT" JUST AS WE GOT TO THE 2ND FLOOR. IT IS SAID THAT A FEMALE SPIRIT RESIDES ON THAT FLOOR & DOESN'T LIKE PEOPLE IN "HER" BUILDING. WATCH HERE	VIDEO: CINDY CAPTURED WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A SHRIEK COMING FROM THE ROOM WHICH WAS USED FOR SURGERIES. WATCH HERE	EVP: KIM CAPTURED THE VOICE OF AN OLD WOMAN SAYING "DON'T TAKE IT" AFTER ANOTHER MEMBER OFFERED HER CANDY. LISTEN HERE
ONE OF THE KITCHEN AREAS	A VIEW LOOKING IN THE FRONT DOOR	A STAIRWAY THAT NO LONGER LEADS ANYWHERE, IN THE CELLAR	A PATCHED OVER AREA IN THE BASEMENT, WHERE IT'S BELIEVED A TUNNEL BEGAN THAT LED TO THE RIVER OUT BACK
EVP: KIM CAPTURED A MALE VOICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "GET OUT". LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAUGHT A VOICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "IN THE SOD". LISTEN HERE	EVP: KIM CAUGHT A MALE VOICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "LOOK AT YOU...GET THE HELL OUT". LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE RECORDED THE GROUP'S REACTION TO FINDING A CAMERA KNOCKED OVER WITHOUT ANY REASONABLE EXPLANATION. LISTEN HERE
THE ELKS' BALLROOM ON THE 2ND FLOOR. PHOTO TAKEN BY SUE	PATTI TOOK THIS SHOT OF THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.	ANOTHER VIEW OF THE OLD BALLROOM BY SUE	ANOTHER VIEW OF THE BASEMENT
EVP: KIM CAPTURED A BOY'S VOICE SAYING "JOHNNY HELP ME" ON THE 2ND FLOOR. LISTEN HERE	EVP: KIM CAUGHT A VOICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "OKAY". LISTEN HERE	EVP: KIM CAPTURED VOICES ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "WHAT'S THAT?" & "i DON'T KNOW". LISTEN HERE	EVP: KIM CAPTURED A BOY SAYING "HELP", THEN A WOMAN SAYING "THEY WON'T HELP YOU" ON THE 2ND FLOOR. LISTEN HERE