In September of 2001 four people entered the Barton Mansion, which is billed as being one of the most haunted houses in California (it's in Redlands, east of LA). What happened to them is described in great detail on the
Barton Mansion website that they created a couple of years later. Included is a
videoclip of their supposed encounter with a ghost (the clip looks staged to me). I'm not sure what the purpose behind the creation of the site was. They do sell a Barton Mansion dvd, but they're only asking $9 for it, so they can't make a huge amount of money from it. Maybe they're just big fans of the supernatural, or they're amateur storytellers hoping to create a Blair-Witch style mystery.
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Of course I'm not open-minded enough to believe in ghosts, so I might be wrong. 😉
So far as the $9 US for the DVD goes, if the blank costs the $1, and it costs $1 to ship, they have made $7 on the whole deal, less time spent on production and computer equipment and such. While $7 isn't a huge profit, it is ok for a self-made DVD.
But none the less, this doesn't make this video any less stupid.
This isn't a hoax, it's just a load of crappy ghost stories cobbled together by some kids. Did anybody read the letters? 'So I was like, 'I dare you to go to the swings', and my friend was like'ok' but like, when he got there, it was like really cold, and so we ran away.....like.
FFS!
The Barton Mansion thing is what it is... entertaining fluff. It's funny, it's fun, so who cares if it's real. People spend a hell of a lot more than $9 on utter crap, CGi ladden Hollywood drivel, that probably isn't half as entertaining as this. At least it's 4 people splitting the "$7", than some multi billion dollar machine, that spits out crap after crap every week, all the while whining they're "losing money."
In fact... I have an article from the papers right next to me where some people are planning on coming to my city to make a Blair Witch like film because supposidly the streets I drive to school on every day are 'haunted'
I had never laughed so hard.
Also, since when do Christians threaten to "meet up" with me, just because I kept reposting at their site, wanting answers? I told them in a reply, "Anytime", meaning anytime they want to meet up, I'd be more than glad to discuss the statements posted. And their reply was: "Barton Mansion Team (Moderator) posted 8/21/05 6:25 PM ---(and I quote)--- Hey scott, anytime? Now is great, you didnt mention where your punk ass is located and a meeting spot. If you have the balls, we highly doubt, you are probably some little punk kid that was molested as a child and is such a looser that all he can do with his day is get off by posting on our site. Let us know where we can meet you. If you have the balls. Did we mention how much of a pathetic looser you must be? Get a life you little shit!"
(this is what I copied & pasted)
Since when do Christians act/talk like this??? By them deleting all valid posts that question the authenticity of the video and/or "ghost", it leads you to believe that they set the whole thing up.
Also, the 1977 pictures they are passing off as real, are totally fabricated. The proof is the picture itself. The clue is the windows. In the photos of the actual mansion itself, you can clearly see that the 3rd story windows are dorm windows. But, in the 1977 picture, the windows are flat. I addressed this point in a post, but the post was deleted. That just draws even further suspicion.
if you really don't believe-- you should actually go to the house.
These guys keep bugging me and making my life more of a hell than it already is (and that is hard to do since I am from Hell). Mrs. Demon has been so freaked out with these guys coming and going at all hours of the night that she won't even give up the demon coochie anymore.
The night this happened we were relaxing and watching some Will Smith movies when we heard all the noise in the other room. I went through the evil vortex in the closet to see what was up and these guys start yelling and running around. My hounds of hell started barking and almost woke up most of the underground. I still have goblin neighbors from the lower planes of Hell complaining about the noise.
Please leave me alone so I can go about my non-existence in peace. I am a simple demon who works hard doing evil deeds all day and I like to spend my free time quietly stealing souls and causing unrest in the universe. I also like to spend quiet nights in my mansion with my demon wife without worrying about meddling kids coming in and making all kinds of noise.
The history of the mansion (and the area) also brings a hint of curiousness, which leads me to believe that there just might be something wrong in there, but who knows what.
Some believe in ghosts and supernatural and some don't. Deal with it people!
It was only when 100 or so dipwads failed to repay that they decided that rather than be completely ripped off, they'd SELL it for cost, shipping, and a very modest profit to go towards the maintenance of the site.
Anyone who thinks these guys are making any real money off this project is an idiot.
Look at the "creature".
It's wearing a white robe, and is holding a goddamn flashlight.
Notice when they shine the light twords the closet in the beginning there's no reflection, yet when the creature comes out, there's a light by it's right hand.
FLASHLIGHT.
This video is FAKE.
its not a flash light its a lantern.
and if you read anything on there website they didnt have flashlight to be shinning (if my memory serves me right) what the camera has is a night vision mode. it emits IR and amplifies ambient light. and why does wearing a white robe and having a light make it hoax? i cant say its real but i have yet to see anything proving its a fake.
Surprise! Later he confessed that it was all just a sham. So, yes, Christians are humans and they have been known to lie. They thought it would be funny and they had a lot of people believing it.
I saw the mask that the "demon" was wearing in a Spencer's store in the local mall a while back. There may be real supernatural occurances somewhere but this isn't one of them. Sorry.
I promise on anyone close to me that I love, that this is a true story.
I was driving back with my friend on San Timeto Drive, which is a long street that connects Redlands to Moreno Valley. I was coming back from a friends house at around 1 am. There is a railroad that runs parellel with the road. As I came up to the crossing, this tall figure, and when i say tall, he was literally 7 feet tall came lunging at my car. Take into consideration, there are no houses in this remote area.
What I saw scared me to death. He was dressed in dark clothing, held a lit lantern with his right hand, and had enormous ears. That is what I remembered the most. Thoes ears. He lunged so close to my car that I had to swerve into the other lane. Me and my friend both screamed. We kept saying to each other, what the hell was that!!! It didn't look human!!! Now, I am not one of thoes crazy people who believes in ghosts...I've never seen one. But I know what i saw. Its just so scary thatthe ghost in the video resembes what i saw. And this was about 3 miles from the Mansion.
It wasn't human. Thats all I remember saying.
The video gives me shivers, and I can't fathom what they would be getting out of the whole deal other than grief from skeptics. I'm sorry I missed the X-testers show about it...anybody know when or if it airs again?
However, I know a retired police officer whose grandfather was also a police officer, and they would tell me old stories of some of the rich well to do families there, in Redlands that would have wierd fire side rituals in the early morning hours at San Timeto canyon. They would get calls to the station from scared people asking them to go down and break it up. He said they were all dressed up do some weird sh?t.