This blog is a reminder that no matter where you are or who you are, spirits are never far from you, whether wanted or not. Even after spending the last 12 years investigating the paranormal and communicating with spirits, I have often found that many events and investigations tend to have little to no evidence of anything supernatural. However, I believe I have gained my best piece of proof while at work; I did not expect to have ended up capturing spirits on camera that night. Instead, I expected it to be another long boring night of grinding away securing my building.
This event happened in 2018; I was a night guard in Chelmsford in Essex, England. I was alone working guard, which means if and when things got a bit heavy, I never had any backup outside of being able to call the police, but it seemed that it wasn’t the living I needed to be careful of.
It was around 03:00, and I was due to go on patrol. I guarded a building which is a financial data building that had thousands of servers containing bank information of millions of transactions, as well as an underground printing facility and a cheque control room that had a few million pounds worth of blank cheques at any given time. I should mention that this building was relatively new and was built on a cemetery, which leads me to believe that this land had many attachments as opposed to the building being haunted.
While on my patrol, I took my heavy metal torch with me, which like most security officers in the UK know, is a great weapon should we ever come up against any unwanted trouble. Torches are also something legal we can carry; unlike our friends in the states who can legally arm themselves, we were not given any weapons, so we often buy the biggest and heaviest torches we can find. I headed downstairs to the underground rooms scanning the tags on my work phone, and then I came up to the post room.
As soon as I got to the room, just before entering, all the hairs on my body stood up like there was a massive pulse of static; I had goosebumps, and I just knew from experience that something or someone was close by, and I had this gut feeling telling me not to go in the postal room. So hence, I got my phone out, and instead, I took a Live Photo of the room through the door, and you can see below, clear as day, a “head” or “heads” with white eyes staring back at me, it was like they popped their head out of the box on the floor and were staring at me.
As soon as I saw the image, I realized I was not alone. I respected the spirit’s wishes to be left in peace and never entered that room again. I used to walk by and even say hello sometimes, hoping I could get on with my job and not disturb them any more than they had already been concerned, as I firmly believe these were spirits of people buried on the ground previously.
I class this as the best evidence I have ever captured as it’s blatant and in your face. I have the Live Photo also, which proves no image has been tampered with in any way, and on top of that, I was alone in the building as I was most nights. I have actively investigated hundreds of haunted locations, which is the best evidence I have ever received.
What’s more, I also covered a building in Basildon that the same company owned, and when doing a night shift alone there, I was the only person in the office as usual at night, and the investigator in me kicked into gear. I just felt like I was not alone anymore, so I took out my phone and took a picture of an office because I always felt like I was being watched when I walked past. I heard noises coming from there. I am 100% confident that no one else was in the building because at every doorway, entrance, and exit, you had to scan your pass to unlock the door, and with the software, I could see if anyone was in the building, there was not.
As I took the photo, I noticed a black figure sitting at the desk. The figure was transparent, as you can see the trunking on the wall behind it. Again, this event blew my mind, and I rang up one of the permanent night guards working in Basildon. He told me that he and other guards had witnessed a ton of stuff over the years, including a kitchen staff member who got pushed over and attacked the camera by what was nothing.
So let this be a reminder that you are never far from a spirit. Because spirits surround us, you should always protect yourself and be respectful; the spirit world is all around us, and you don’t need to seek it actively. As if a spirit wants to communicate with you, it will find a way.
About Alex Boas: Axel has been investigating the paranormal since 2010 . He owns and runs the Essex Paranormal Society. His interest in the paranormal started at a young age when he had encounters with evil entities which lived with him for most of my childhood. I now travel the UK with my team investigating and helping those who are affected by the paranormal, I have been a member of the Warren Legacy Foundation for about a year now and I am always looking for ways in which I can help the foundation and get the word out.
