We were conducting a private investigation and already it seemed to be quite an intense and emotional night for a lot of people that were there. I was about to sit at the dining table to do a spirit box experiment where I would wear noise-canceling to listen to the spirit box sweep and I would call out what I was hearing. I won't be able to hear the questions the other investigators were asking so the hope is that what I am saying would match up to their questions and I wouldn’t be subjectively influenced to ‘hear’ the answer they are looking for.
Well this particular night, I didn’t even get to start. The energy in the room felt heavy and thick. I felt on edge which I very rarely feel at Black Rock House. I went to sit down on the chair and I don’t know what happened, but I jumped up and screamed. I wasn’t touched. I didn’t see anything. I just had this sudden feeling of extreme fear. I started crying and had to leave the room. Everyone was asking me what was wrong. I couldn’t tell them because I didn’t even know why I behaved that way.
All I knew was that I felt scared and upset and I did not want to go into the house. That was the first (and last) time that I haven’t locked up. I was too scared to go into the house to lock it up, I gave that job to someone else for the night. Whether there was something going on in that room or I was just having a bad day, the fear I felt was genuine.
One of the favourite rooms of the house almost never disappoints. If something paranormal isn’t happening, you can at least get some amazing photos of this beautiful room.
In more recent years, passers by have claimed to see a figure jumping from the top of the building (where the old tower used to be) and men fighting in the front yard, thought to be a nod to a famous bare knuckle fist fight that took place on the property.
Black Rock House usually offers guided tours by costumed guides on the first Sunday of the month, 1-4pm.
