Haunted Alarm Clock?

I've also solved the riddle of why my TV would be doing the same as my alarm clock when my cell phone is nowhere near the tv speakers. My DSL modem was placed in such a way that any time a data transfer was in progress my speakers would go nuts. I solved this by turning my modem 180 degrees to the factory specified position, and voila... No more nutty speakers.

I am a bit dissapointed that this was not a paranormal phenomenon, but oh well. My home is always open to any spirits that want to haunt it. I serve tea and biscuits, and discussions are open forum so if anyone has an unwanted ghost, send 'em my way. There's plenty of room.

Thanks everyone!

DSE

I'm glad that you've figured out the other strange things taking place. Electronic anomolies are by far much easier to rid yourself of than a haunting. There's a big difference between going on a paranormal investigation (some call 'ghost hunting') as opposed to sharing your house with them. When you are on an investigation, and things get too scarry you can leave and it will all be over. (Unless they follow you... but if it is a place haunting it's less likely) When you do have a haunting, it is interesting and unique... but you can't controll it, and quite often cannot leave (atleast until you find someplace new to live, and then could you live with yourself after having some unsuspecting person have the same problems you had without warning them?) When things happen, you don't know what will happen, or when it will happen. Makes one a little edgy.

But perhaps you want to understand, to experience the paranormal to learn? This is good, never stop questioning the unknown. I know EVP has worked quite well for me. if you do take this path, be sure you're ready and have a knowledgeable guide to help you. That's not always easy to find, but when strange things DO start happening it helps to have someone who's been there who'll understand, as the topic can be unsettling for some. With luck you might be able to find a (good) paranormal group in your area.

~Avid
http://avidlebon.deviantart.com/

Thank you, Avid, for your helpful advice.

DSE

Thank you Avid,

To answer your questions, The TV and Alarm Clock are in seperate rooms, and also there are two alarm clocks in the bedroom. My wife has her own alarm clock. I just remembered that I've heard the noise from her clock as well. It is a totally different make and model than mine, and rests on the opposite side of the bed from mine as well. No discernable voices that I've noticed but I am interested in ITC and have been looking into ways to experiment in that field.

Here is the sound file hot off the digital press. I do not have the proper ability to clip out the specific section but I can say that the noise occurs between 18 minutes 41 seconds and 18 minutes 47 seconds. There is some background noise from a car that was driving by at the time, but the noise is very distinct, very loud, and very rythmic. There also seems to be a bit of a whisper immediately preceding the noise, but my wife was watching TV in the other room at the time, and there are little sound bits from that in other places on the recording.

Here is the sound file I recorded as I was going to sleep

Anyone that wants to, please feel free to analyse and play with it anyway you want to.

I recognize that as the sound of a Nextel cell phone too close to speakers.

Keep your cell phone well away from anything with speakers--and certainly away from your head!

~~==- Doug -==~~
Phone: +1 (586) 222-1397
co-host, Ghostly Talk
panelist, Paranormal Minds
fan of everything Indie

Hey Doug,

Thanks for the input.

I wish that were the case but we do not have any Nextel cell phones. We do have cingular, but I don't recall them being anywhere near these devices when they produce this sound.

I have acquired the means to clip the audio track, and have done so.

It can be found here.

EDIT: (1 hour later) I just turned my cell phone off, placed it on the alarm clock, and turned it back on. And the noise was repeated. Three Cheers for DOUG!!! Thanks for helping me solve the mystery.

I am soooooo sorry!

~~==- Doug -==~~
Phone: +1 (586) 222-1397
co-host, Ghostly Talk
panelist, Paranormal Minds
fan of everything Indie

We'll get 'em next time, Tiger!

Lol

Is there something wrong with cingular? I know absolutly nothing about cell phones. I just got this one a month ago. It's my first, and at 28 years old I'm rather proud that I've held out this long in avoiding the damnable contraptions.

Peace and Joy,

DSE

Don't know that much about 'em eh? The more I find out about them the less I want one.

Cellphones release EMF radiation, which is why your speaker made funky noises. EMF (or ElectroMagnetic Field) is a broad term which includes electric fields generated by charged particles, magnetic fields generated by charged particles in motion, and radiated fields such as TV, radio, and microwaves. 2.5 mG is the generally accepted limit of ELF magnetic field exposure but no one tells you that the average hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, or can opener you use EMITS AN AMAZING 300 mG or more!!!

Wireless headsets pose an even greater risk because the wire is replaced with a transmitter and receiver operating with low power at frequency levels between 900 MHz to 2.4 GHz. Microwave ovens operate at 2.4 GHz., and the maximum frequencies for wireless products compliant with Bluetooth and 3G specifications are 2.497 GHz. and 2.17 GHz., respectively.

You may already know this, but your cell phone happens to be a miniature tracking device that can be used to monitor your location from afar.

There are times when knowing your exact location is useful, of course. It would be handy for a phone to help you find a gas station in a pinch, or bleep when you're about to take the wrong highway exit. But the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have seized on the ability to locate a cellular customer and are using it to track Americans' whereabouts surreptitiously--even when there's no evidence of wrongdoing.

It's disturbing, as it demonstrates that the FBI swore never to use a 1994 surveillance law to track cellular phones--but then, secretly, went ahead and did it, anyway.

Sources: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6038770.html
http://www.emf-health.com/airtube-headset.htm

~Avid
http://avidlebon.deviantart.com/

That's great! Hauntings aren't fun, and are hard to get rid of.

~Avid
http://avidlebon.deviantart.com/

I'll have to download the file tomorrow, right now my connection is too slow for such a large file. I do want to mention, if you go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows , you can download the best free audio editing software availible. It supports pc and mac, even linux! It's also very easy to figure out if you should need audio editing software in the future, simply highlight the audio you want to crop out and I believe go under edit>trim. Make sure you download the LAME file, this is what lets you encode mp3's.

I'll save my thoughts on what it could be and what to do until after I hear the noise, and hopefully by then others will provide their thoughts on this annomaly as well. You've perked my interest with the mention of a voice, as I've spent some time developing an ear for EVP. :)

~Avid
http://avidlebon.deviantart.com/

I have the Audacity program and the LAME file, unfortunately it doesn't read .wma files, and I don't have a file converter program. If there is a way to get the files from my recorder directly as .wav rather than .wma that would be preferable, but I don't think it works like that. I may have to cave in and get the converter. Thanks again, look forward to seeing what comes of this.

DSE