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Real Name: GEPRS GEPRS Member Since: March 13, 2005 Last Signed In: October 26, 2008 Profile Views: 2217 Blog Views: 1511 Top Ten Most Haunted Places In Bakersfield By GEPRS WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR GHOST STORIES! Sasquatch & Yeti Sightings Are On The Rise! HAVE YOU SEEN SASQUATCH? GEPRS WANTS TO KNOW! Dream Interpretation: Can someone help us with this? PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS.... AVAILABLE FOR 2008 THE FOX THEATRE ROCKS!! Halloween Showing Of Spooky Double Feature Happy Halloween From GEPRS! Haunted Oleander! Haunted Bakersfield History - GEPRS Pure Halloween Genius! August 06 September 06 October 06 November 06 December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 GEPRS Is your local friendly Ghost Hunters. We have been an established group for the last few years and have discovered many Haunted Locations here in Bakersfield and in the surrounding area's. We are just 1 group in a Colition of varies groups around California. We will be posting ghost stories and spooky goings on here soon and we are looking for your stories. Let us know what experiences you have had. We can keep them Anonymous if you like. Privacy is our express policy. If you want to know more about us and what we do let us know. Peace 
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Have A Safe And Hauntingly "Happy Halloween"!! From GEPRS Your Friendly Neighborhood "Paranormal Investigators" Don't be mad just because someone dropped a house on your sister! HEHEHE! **Remember Not To Drink And Fly! Watch Out For Your Fellow Ghouls And Ghosties Out There!**
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GEPRS has had "many" people share their stories of Hauntings and Paranormal experiences. But this happens to be one of our very favorite stories. So in the "Spirit" of the season we would like to share it with you now. Although GEPRS has not yet formally investigated this account we think it is a great source of Bakersfield's "Haunted History"....Enjoy The Story:
There is a report of a "Haunted" location in a Bakersfield home that has quite a history. The current owners of the home report that there was once a very kind woman that owned a group of houses that were considered at the time "new homes" on the out skirts of Bakersfield, CA. This home is near the Oleander area. It was 1942. There was about five houses in this area and most of them were being rented out to Japanese families. {GEPRS has recently done research and ran across the story of a Japanese Cemetery in that same area. But that's another story}... Well as you may know 1942 was a time of War with the United States, WWII and there was a lot of suspicion and mistrust towards the Japanese people. Therefore the majority of the Japanese families in Bakersfield where relocated to Internment Camps all over the United States. There were a couple camps in our desert area's of California. But on studying this a big majority of these Bakersfield families went to a camp located on a Indian Reservation in Poston, AZ. The family that lived in the house was no exception. Before the families were shipped off the kind owner of the houses told her tenants that she would keep the homes open for them as long as she could so that when the war was over they all could return to their homes and live there as long as they wished. Well unfortunately this did not happen for some of these poor people. Although it is recorded that the people were well taken care of in the camps some were very old when they were moved there and did not live long enough to go back to their original homes. One of these people was a very old Japanese woman that lived in this house with her husband. This couple was reported to be very kind and friendly and they grew flowers and various plants for a living. Their "home" to this day has descendants of those very same exotic plants growing wild in the back yard. It is lovingly maintain by the people that occupy the house to this day. The Haunting: The old Japanese woman did not live to see the day in which the war would end and they would move back to their beautiful home in Bakersfield. The current family that occupies this home has reported on many occasions that the house is haunted and very active. Especially by the presence of this woman. The atmosphere of the house is nothing of a malicious and or negative nature but more of an element of gentleness and love. As if the Japanese couple has returned and are caring for the house as well as the family that lives there now. Most of the family members report actually seeing the little old woman and on many occasions have had full conversation with her while sitting at the families dining table. Or walking out the back door. This is were the garden is in the back of the yard surrounding the home. They have seen her there tending the plants and flowers. They still see and talk to her to this day. So although this is not a scary tale it is one of our towns history and that of a woman that refused to leave the home that she loved so dearly. GEPRS Golden Empire Paranormal Research Society
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You have got to check this out on YouTube! This is pure HALLOWEEN genius!! WE ARE RE-POSTING THIS FROM LAST YEAR BY POPULAR Well Its Almost That Time Again Kids.. "Halloween"
But it is also a time when the veil in between this world and of the world of the dead is at its thinnest. To those of us in the Paranormal Investigative World it is not only a time of heightened activity among the deceased but it is consider by some a time of remembrance and respect for those that have past on. Many friends have asked about what locations are Haunted here in So, please be respectful to the location and the people that reside there...With that being said have fun..haha! Are you ready for.... NOTE: Hauntings Do Not Only Occur At Night But
GEPRS Results: We have experienced some pretty strange things in this area as well as most of the buildings stretching around the downtown part of town. Starting at California through to 19th street on down.
GEPRS Results: We have had many reports of sightings and activity here. Especially from people that have performed at the theater or worked in the various buildings on the property. 3) Downtown Bakersfield Location: 18th, 19th, 20th, to Chester Ave. Details: Most of these area's have had reports of some sort of activity or sightings. Most are private residents therefore we can not divulge the exact addresses. But there has been many reports of patrons and employees of businesses being touched. A ghostly dog has been heard barking {see Bakersfield California}. Ghostly figures have been seen wandering. There is one home that has been rented out, vacated, and rented out many many times over the past few years because it is so active with spirits. GEPRS Results: Two member of GEPRS have personally experienced ghostly activity at this resident and also at a house not far from the other. {Note: That we have discovered that most of this area had once been an old city Cemetery. Most of the inhabitants had been exhumed and moved to Union Cemetery but obviously not all of them. Bones are still reported being found when construction takes place. As well as sightings of ghostly figures.} 4) Garces Circle Location: 30th St & Chester Ave. Details: Father Garces is known to weep, move his hands, wave his hat, move his arms, and whatever part of his body that he can move. Usually to warn of an appending car accident or fender bender. (Personally we think he is just tired of standing in the same place. hahaha! And "Ironically" there had been talk of moving the statute to make a new Over Pass so he may get his wish.) So as long as you are careful and don't get into an accident or hit by a car at the circle, there may be a good chance to see this highly reported phenomena on Halloween Night. GEPRS Results: None to report except what we have been told. And last but not least: 5) Kern County Museum Location: 3801 Chester Ave Details: Probably one of the most concentrated area's of active houses of buildings ever assembled. These are houses and buildings from all over Bakersfield and surrounding area's brought together into one spooky place. They may be having a walk through and for a small fee you too could have an experience like the many that have been reported there. {Once again this is a private area after a certain time so please only go there during business hours when the museum is open} GEPRS Results: A few especially active places are the old school house were children are still heard singing and talking, the old jail that has a feeling of despair and sorrow, and if you stand on the slab of concrete that is reserved for entertainment, located in the center of the surrounding buildings. You will always feel like someone is watching you from the windows of the buildings themselves. Well thats about it..there are many many more locations but these are just a few that are regularly reported to be Haunted. Oh wait ....one more just in... 6) Central Park Severity Of Haunting: Low To Fair Details: There is a ghostly woman in white that is seen floating around the area. It has been reported that actual human remains of a woman have been found there. One account is that the remains had a bullet hole. GEPRS Results: The reports of the human remains all here-say If You Would Like To Share Some Of Your Own Bako Haunts Or Report A Haunting Or A Weird experience....LET US KNOW We would love to hear from you. Soooooo...Happy Haunting And Be Careful Out There. GEPRS=Golden Empire Paranormal Research Society goldenempirepararsrchsoc@yahoo.com
WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THOSE BAKO-HAUNTS AND SPOOKY OR PARANORMAL STORIES! COME ON PEOPLE DON'T BE AFRAID TO SHARE **ALL IDENTITIES WILL BE KEPT ANONYMOUS IF NEEDED OR WANTED** CONTACT US HERE OR AT: GOLDENEMPIREPARARSRCHSOC@YAHOO.COM ***************THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE****************** **People have asked the members of GEPRS what experiences stand out most in our many adventures of Paranormal Investigating? Well, we can tell you of the several incidents that we have had being touched, pushed, pinched, etc. by unseen Entities. Video and Pictures capturing misty figures, Orbs, and even skeletal faces within orbs and in the top of a trees at many cemeteries. Or the many spooky and fascinating EVP {Electronic Voice Phenomena} recordings of human voices that we have accumulated. The list goes on.... But the one strangest and we must say "unexpected" incident that would stand out in our wanderings with the group has got to be when.... GEPRS Ran Into Bigfoot!! Yes my fellow Bakotopian's B.I.G.F.O.O.T.. The famous hairy creature that has been sighted and tracked all over the world. The story goes: We had met up with some fellow Investigators from the San Fernando Valley. We had planned and just completed a very successful investigation at a famous and very haunted location in Camarillo, Ca. It was a place that we were very familiar with and had been to many times before as had other Investigators before us. You could say it is one of the "Hottest" and most haunted places that any Paranormal Investigator might go and be guaranteed to get some sort of activity or have some type of experience "every time". As we left this location we had recalled seeing a sign on the way to that location that noted a cemetery. We had said that if we had time after the main Investigation we would like to check it out. If anything to secure a possible future investigative location. It turned out that since we were already on a "paranormal high" and as I had mentioned, came from a very successful hunt, we were "intrigued" and "pumped up" to discover a possible new location. So we decided to go ahead and go down the road and see what we could find. It ended up being a very "long" road and went some ways into a remote and wooded area. But once we got there we found a very well maintained and manicured Cemetery. It was a beautiful calm clear night. No moon and slightly over cast but very pleasant. To those of us that are "sensitive" the electricity was in the air. Partially because of the "supercharge" of our senses of the previous location But basically all the conditions were right that evening for something to happen. With all our senses heightened we were very aware of our surroundings. It felt at first calm and peaceful. As I mentioned a perfect resting spot for the dearly departed. Definitely an active place. But nothing violent or negative. The impression we got was more of curiosity from the residents within. For we did not believe that this location would usually receive many visitors that late in the evening or after hours. We moved through the cemetery with Audio & Video Recorders in hand for several minutes. Commenting to each other how beautiful the area was. But as we walked on further an uneasiness fell upon us. The group started to walk towards an area off to the side of the main Cemetery area and across a small access road to another area where there were more headstones. Behind this area and all around the property there was a heavily wooded area. Very dense. Like a great wall as if holding the inner area within. All of a sudden we heard crashing through the woods. The various sounds of frogs and other night creatures that you could hear previously fell silent. We stopped {pardon the pun} dead in our tracks. Reluctant to go any further. We actual had made recorded comments about the change in the atmosphere. And that we all really felt uneasy and should rap it up soon to leave. All of a sudden you could hear a loud blood curdling scream! At first only two of us heard this sound. You can hear us saying on a recording "What was that"! The scream was high pitched and held out for a few seconds. Directly after there was more crashing that you could clearly tell was coming closer to us. That was our cue to get out of there! So we all said our short goodbyes and headed to our cars. We bolted out of there as quickly as possible. Well to make a long story short. Naturally we wanted to check all of our data to see if we had captured anything on our recorders or video. {You see when investigating often we can not see or hear things around us and will not discover that anything happened until we study our audio and video tapes} **Special Added Note: Only on occasion will we hear things audibly. So we do believe that it was some sort of a "Live" creature and not that of a ghostly nature. But again it is not yet completely determined. As luck would have it we recorded something! We captured a recording of "the scream"! Personally I had had experiences in Oregon with weird smells and sounds that could have been Bigfoot but were never confirmed. But this time we had a recording. We sent it to a noted Bigfoot Investigator and he sent it to a sound expert on Primates. He sent back word to the group that in there opinion it was a confirmed, genuine recording of a primate, possibly bigfoot. Well of course the scientists that we are wanted a second opinion. We try to get as many opinions and information about our data as possible. We intend to do that soon. But we do know that something very large and something that has a very loud scream lives in that area. We hope to some day "dare to go back" to investigate the area more thoroughly and to see what we may capture again. Over all it has to be one of the most frightening and disturbing incidents that we have ever experienced.
**YOU CAN HELP GEPRS: If you know anything about Camarillo, Ca and about any of the Cemeteries there please contact us. **Note that we do know that at one time there was a Zoo or Animal park in the area and that it is only "rumored" that some animals may have escaped. But these are simply rumors and not substantiated as fact. Contact US: THE LEGEND OF LA LLORONA By GEPRS, Bakotopia.com Contributor La Llorona.. She was, in most stories, a beautiful Spanish woman, well known and respected in her community. She was also a mother and had children from a previous marriage. Over the years she becomes increasingly lonely for no one wanted her companionship, let alone marry her as long as she had children in tow. As the story goes on, the woman falls in love with a wealthy man that did not want children. In desperation she drowned her children in the river {or pond, or lake, or whatever body of water} that was near her village. After the deed is done the man decides to marry another woman. La Llorona realizes that now she will be completely alone and some say out of remorse for what she has done. And therefore she commits suicide. Thus committing two sins per her religious beliefs... Her tormented restless spirit walks abroad at night, crying out : "¡Ay mis hijos!" (O my children!) Or she will ask you "Has visto a mis hijos?" (Have you seen my children?) She cannot rest because of her sins, and is forced to eternally roam the world in search of her lost children, carrying a hatred for what has happened to her. She is bent on revenge and will coax people to come near her with her beauty - especially little children. If you fall into her grasp, she will transform herself into an old ugly hag and drown you in the closest body of water. Some say this story was told to ensure that children would come home before it got late at night or to stay away from the river or water unattended. Another version says that even one look at her, or by the mere mention of her name you could be cursed. How many times have you said her name out loud? Could the famous White Lady of Central Park in downtown If you feel sorry for her and attempt to help her find her children, BEWARE! Now on that pleasant note, here is a yummy drink that will hopefully ward off the curse of La Llorona... La Llorona-Broken Heart Margarita
Pour in glasses with salt on the rim, or throw a pinch of salt over your shoulder for good luck. Then ask that La Llorona stay away from you - In a nice way of course.
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