For my brother’s bachelor party, we went out to dinner and then to find some ghosts. Our little paranormal adventure uncovered a lot of nothing and an occasional something. Skeptical or believer, there was something for everyone.

What is the Mill of Kintail?
The Mill of Kintail (formerly Woodside Grist Mill) is located in Mississippi Mills in Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1830 by John Baird. John immigranted from Scotland with his family and they worked and lived at the mill. Apparently not a well liked guy so when the family died out and the mill was abandoned, people were unbothered. Robert Tait McKenzie purchased it in 1931, where it was converted into a summer home and art studio. People liked him a lot more and he was friends with the local hero, James Naismith, inventor of backetball. After Robert’s death, Ethel, his wife, sold the property to Major James Leys in 1952. Eventually the Mississippi Valley Conservation acquires it in 1972.

Cast of Characters (For more information click the name!)
Baird Family (John, Catherine. Kids: Harry, Pearl, Alvin, Myrtle)
Robert McKenzie (Medicine man, scuplted a lot, smart. Married to Ethel)
Ethel O’Neil McKenzie (Poet and musician, loved playing the piano. Married to Robert)
James Naismith (Invented basketball, besties with Robert)

The Investigation (Team Spooky/Scaredy Pants)
Organized by the lovely Phantoms of Yore.

It is time for the investigation.

Location 1: The Gatehouse (The Baird Family)
Initial Feeling: I was internally freaking the hell out. It was so hot in this building, and honestly gave me creepy vibes. I felt unwelcomed. Not to the point of danger, but almost as if a ghost saw me and said, ‘ugh, seriously!?’ and went about their ghostly duties.

0:50 – “answer is here” (heard over the spirit box)
For the next bit we talk about how to pronounce the family name.
2:30 – I have the headset on, and I’m peeing my pants.
3:08 – “juicebox” (heard over the spirit box)
We deduce that downstairs is right there, but upstairs is there too.
5:36 – I am denied using the cat toy, what a world.
6:09 – We find a piece of paper on the ground.
6:26 – Me thanking the spirits just so they know I’m a polite person.
6:40 – Do you wanna come and touch this?
We start using the texting/response tools here, this is where my wife has too much fun. Please take the equipment away from her, I am scared.
7:48 – Is John here? Response: time
How old are you? Response: quite
Did you kill anyone? Response: ours
How did you kill them? Response: burn
Are you ashamed? Response: kind
Why are you ashamed? Response: hide
What are you hiding? Response: hide now
Are you threatening my brother in law? Response: foe
Upstairs – room with spirit box that sounds like an accoustic guitar. I was sweating buckets in his room, and it was so uncomfortable. Here’s where I thought I heard some interesting things.
14:23 – “trapped”
14:33 – “here” or “come here” In response to “Are you trapped?”
14:53 – “three” in a kid’s voice In response to “How many years have you been here?”
15:38 – “Penny” or “Henry” – Now that I think about it, I’m not really sure what the Baird kid’s names were. The ones I wrote at the beginning of this post are ones I found on a random blog. I’m a shit researcher.
15:58 – In response to “Where’s Isabella?” I thought I heard “downstairs” or “down here”
16:11 – “can’t help you”
20:32 – In response to “No body has ever learned your name, whats your name?” I thought I heard “Jason”
20:49 – We asked “Did you die in a fire?” and it makes a lot of noise, and I want to say I hear something, but it was just a lot of noise.
We mention the teddy bear and playing.
21:35 – crying or laughing is heard by the whole group
22:09 – “can you see me?” or “can’t you see me?” – I feel like I heard this so clear I’d bet money on it. Someone else’s money mind you.
My brother becomes terrified by a painted wolf, then we find Christmas decorations.
24:40 – You go first, no you go first. When my wife goes first I feel obligated to follow.
25:15 – I say “cool,” but in reality, it was not cool.
26:46 – All hell breaks loose. My brother freaked out because the ball lit up, because the toilet upstairs flushed. Sidenote: we have no explanation for the ball in the doll’s lap going off, since the toilet flushed again and it didn’t light up.
27:15 – Someone farted and continously did so, I won’t name names, but you can skip the next couple minutes in all honesty.
It was me.
The lovely Phantoms of Yore host came in to remind us of the time.
Listen, we talk about farting for a while here.
30:18 – 2+2 is 4, we test our basic math skills.
31:43 – “no” in response to “Is Isabelle or Genie here?”
Back upstairs!
49:00 We start packing it in and go outside to walk over to our next haunted location!

Now since I have the attention span of a grape that got lost under the fridge, this is where I end this paranormal post. I originally planned to write this in one post, but it takes a lot of time to listen repeatedly to the audio and watch the video.
Until next time, stay spooky!