The Ygnacio Story: Born from the Fire

The history of this elaborate studio is that there was a restaurant downstairs and a nightclub upstairs. At one time this place was a “speakeasy” during the Prohibition period equipped with it’s own escape route. During the 50s, it was a jazz club. It has also been a brothel and a Japanese Gambling Parlor. This studio has a lot of history. You can even see where the stage was for the band and a fairly large dance floor for patrons of yesteryear.

Now let’s get back to that Disneyland thing I was talking about.
The studio is like eye candy filled with relics. A guest of the studio tells me that she describes the studio as an “eclectic mixture of religious icons which represent Catholic and Buddhist religions, with a variation of rebellious punk rock added.” Yes, I would have to agree with her, this art studio is all that and more and delivers a bag of chips!
As I surveyed the studio I saw various pieces of artwork, such as decrepit dolls, maniacal dolls, candles, dried flowers, voodoo type of dolls, skulls, disco balls, old photographs, beads, religious paraphernalia; plants, circus material, Gothic material, X-Mas lights and other assorted pieces of art. In fact the studio itself is one big art piece!
While the investigators were in awe of this studio, they walked around with their video cameras, walkie talkies, EVP monitors, temperature gages, while the TV monitors displayed what was being recorded. Did we see orbs? We saw orbs flying around everywhere, inside the studio and outside of the studio. Another guest at the studio, along with his girlfriend led me and another investigator to the cellar. In the cellar, we didn’t discover any ghosts, but we found some old relics such as a cat’s skull, tax forms dating back to 1942, an old jug, old bottles, light fixtures and a broken down chair. The cellar was treacherous to walk through, there was mud and huge gaping holes in which we could easily fall into. The resident even found some mummified feral cats in this cellar. I discovered a nasty black widow and I knew it was my time to leave. As we headed back into the living room, one investigator’s Electro Magnetic Field meter starts to fluctuate like crazy. Another EMF meter does the same thing. There is activity in the living room and two investigators feel a presence behind them. The presence is sort of ominous. The video camera records an orb that floats over to one and settles at her torso area and dissipates. About a minute later, she hears a rustling sound near her and jumps up from the couch in a fright! Was this the Italian ghost that the resident affectionately calls “Tony”? The two investigators capture some gorgeous orbs on their video cameras and are delighted to show me their photos. Around midnight, we started rounding up all of the equipment and were headed for home. When everyone works as a team and we all experience something out of the ordinary, it brings a closeness to the H.P.I. team. A closeness of all sharing similar experiences, which leads to a feeling of being part of a family. A family that greets and departs with warm hugs.

We all know that we braved through another investigation and we survived this adventure into the unknown. As I drive away, headed for home, I put on some mood music and one of the songs was “Sail Away” which picked up my spirits and the next mood song was the theme from the Exorcist. Oh no, let me pull out this CD! I don’t need to hear that! If you would like more information about H.P.I., please visit their website at: www.HPIparanormal.net

Paul Dale Roberts,
Jazma Freelance Writer
H.P.I. Ghostwriter/Paranormal Investigator
www.jazmaonline.com
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