PARANORMAL 2017

Are you ready for next year?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on 2016, and your plans for 2017.

You haven’t heard from me on my blog because—as usual—I have been extremely busy. This last year has been pretty eventful—new job, family and friend matters, and putting in studio time, and next year is going to be something special.  My friend and I have been working hard towards putting together a new show for certain public broadcasting channels, and next year we will start filming. As many of my friends are aware, I’m very into everything paranormal—especially when it comes to stories and legends of monsters and faerie folk. Long before ghost hunting and monster hunting shows became popular, I was out in cemeteries and deep, dark woods doing my own amateur investigations, and I have experienced more than my fair share of the supernatural. So, I’m taking some of these experiences, and many others that are not my own, and my team of camera, audio, and investigators out to film some very interesting and scary stuff.

I’m not ready to announce the name of our investigative team yet, or announce their names, but I can say that our team consists of three investigators: Lead Investigator/Interviewer, investigator/intuitive, and our investigator/hired gun, and of course a small crew of cameras and audio. I will be behind one of the main cameras, and you will hear me from time to time sharing some of the important information about each adventure. We will be using drones, night vision, and all the usual contraptions for documenting any evidence—and we will be using the CSI methods of collecting physical evidence.

One of our first episodes will be based on an experience I had here in Oregon, in the woods. I can’t divulge too much information about it, but suffice it to say, I already have some interesting photos for this that I have documented certain aspects of what happened. We will also be interviewing other local experts in various fields including: a volcanologist, and other local paranormal experts.

We won’t be focusing on ghosts, or Sasquatch, but more on local myths and legends of the North West. We will do a few ghost hunting investigations to get some practice in with the team, and I will post those on our website once it is up and running.

Stay tuned everyone—next year is going to be an adventure! 

Grimm and Twilight

As most of my friends know, I’m moving to Oregon (where I’ve called home before, and met my partner). On the way, I’ve taken a few side trips to Arizona and California (to visit family). Some of the places I’ve traveled through I’ll be posting more about on my new blog ‘The Victual Vixen’.      Now, I’m not a huge fan of ‘Twilight’, but I know a lot of my friends are, and many more are fans of the TV series ‘Grimm’. And so, recently, while looking for places to call home, I made a little jaunt to a couple of areas where Grimm and Twilight were filmed.  I must admit, the forest spots where they filmed Twilight are gorgeous, and the camera just doesn’t do them justice.  But here they are for you to enjoy:

Just heard today that this viewing deck and elevator in Oregon City was the recent site for a scene in Grimm ...

This is a photo of the ‘Grimm’ bridge used in one of the episodes—can you guess which one? In the back ground you can see another of the bridges (the green one) used regularly on Grimm ...

Here is where the police were checking out a dead body on the show by the same bridge:

Behind Stone Cliff Restaurant is where they filmed a number of the Twilight scenes. I believe this is a popular rock climbing spot for experienced climbers.

There were multiple signs with details of the scene, here is one:

Now here is the tree limb (not sure if it is the actual one, but it looks like it--look at the bottom of it):

And what fan doesn’t remember the sparkle boy scene:

Well, here are more random photos I took of the Twilight scene area:

Hope you all enjoyed a wandering in the woods … Oh, who’s that hiding behind a rock … Hey, I thought only vampires came to this spot—not Lausenschlange!