My tape stops recording at cemetery?

Question

This is a strange but true story and I really need some professional input, not smart remarks please. I have been conducting some studies with my nephew for a school project about Halloween and such. We decided it would be cool to take a small (expensive) tape recorder to the cemetery and turn it on for awhile to see what happened. Last week was during the day and it stopped within 10 minutes of recording. I changed the batteries and put new tape in last night and left at dusk to pick up this morn. This morning when we returned, the tape was still recording and this is only a 60 minute tape ( we were gone 13 hours) and also, it only taped the first half hour we were gone and restarted again this morning about 45 minutes before we came back. Why is this not letting us record there or is it someone protecting us from something. I do not want to continue experiment if not safe. And what is making the recorder stop. We covered with leaves and when it stopped we heard no leaves being mov

Also, just a note, we have been placing the recorder under grass or leaves at my grandmothers grave. so if someone was stopping it, we would hear as plain as day the movement

Answer 1

No smartass remarks from me--I believe you.

Did you ever listen to what was recorded on the tape? It would be interesting to know what got recorded.

I think that your tape recorder was tampered with by spirits who can maneuver physical objects. Perhaps it would be better if you got a digital recorder and left it out there. The Ghost Hunters group in my area uses digital recorders because they had problems with their tape recorders that are very similar to the problems you had.

Answer 2

as was suggested try using the recorder in your house first to see if its mechanically sound.
yes the night grounds keeper may have seen you hiding it and stopped it as a joke.
if you still have the first tapes see what if anything was picked up by the mike.turn the sound up as far as it will go if you have to.
do not leave the cover off of the recording machine as the change in temp and moisture can put enough strain on the reel to stop it until conditions change.check to make sure that no leaves or sticks are caught under the reel.
Don't worry its safe but prone to odd conditions real or man made.
You may have to wait until Halloween as that is when the veil is the thinnest with the best chance of picking up something.

Answer 3

I have the same problem with my small expensive tape recorder, with the exception that I don't frequent cemeteries at all. In the field of electronics we call that phenomena an "intermittent circuit", more common than the name Smith in the telephone directory. Also,most expensive small recorders have a function called "voice activation" and if yours is set to that, unless the dead are conversing, your recorder would stop until some noise would "wake" it up.

Answer 4

.you probably have the recorder set for voice activation and when there is no noise or voice sound the tape stops after afew seconds,,when you start talking or make a noise it will start recording again.
So when you left it, the tape stopped and only began again when morning noises caused it to start taping again until the 60 min tape ran out.

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Answer 5

Try using the tape recorder in a test enviroment first like leave it running in your house in another room to see if this is a faulty recorder.

Answer 6

even if you can give it technical explanations, trust me on this one, stop your recording, there are thigs that you are not meant to see. the cemetery is a place for the dead to rest in peace. it has definately something to do with white noise. you should stop, as you might see things you wish you never. all the best.


then again, i do understand your curiosity, andd would feel the same way.

Answer 7

that's creepy!!
maybe there is really someone or something that prevents you from recording..
you said " i do not want to continue experiment if not safe ", i think it is still safe to continue anyway...

i want to know if you succeeded to record something, because i had tried to do the same thing before but i haven't recorded anything .. you can contact/email me, here is my email address.. [e-mail]

thanks, and good luck.... :)

Answer 8

Wow that is really creepy. It is possible that your grandmother is turning it off because she doesn't want you to hear something. I don't know but I would probably stop it.

Answer 9

EMFs!!! creepy stuff going on in your grave yard. Go rent White Noise. It will give you more insight to what you are dealing with.

Answer 10

get another tape recorder
thats pretty much the only thing you can do