El Monte Public Library

Pre-Investigation Findings:

April 22, 2010 (El Monte, CA) (El Monte Public Library) (Haunting)

Our group had a solo investigation team for this case.  We had SURGE P.G. Lead Investigator doing a pre-investigation of the El Monte Public Library. This was a small investigation.

The El Monte Library was founded in 1890, and joined the Los Angeles County Public Library in 1913. It has been at its present location since 1967.

There were reports from some employees that experienced unexplained activity in many different locations of the building.  They experienced that feeling of being watched and hearing unexplained noises.  Our Lead Investigator did his best to find some answers. No claims of flying books or shadows.

Our Lead Investigator used audio recording equipment, K2, Mel 8704, small DVR, temperature readers, and video camera to do a scientific investigation. 

In our analysis of our audio recordings we found no phenomenon in the hallways, restrooms or rooms. There was nothing found in our video recordings to claim paranormal (haunting), but did notice some high distortion of EMF (Electro-magnetic Field) readings.  The high gauss (mG) readings where coming from the electrical box that is located in the south hallway measuring at unsafe levels (reading 20.4 mG). This potentially harmful field reading could explain occupants feeling their hair standing up and sensation of being watched.   The distortions from the hallways and restrooms regarding orbs around our security night-vision cameras were caused by drafts coming from the poor doorway weather striping.  The analysis team did not notice this around the other cameras in the other rooms. We dismissed this due to the fact that there was lots of dust and a draft in the room (draft was measured on wind meter. Temperatures stayed the same across the rooms and hallways.  There were no cold spots experiences during the investigation.

We did not get any EVPs, images or unexplained phenomenon in the library during pre-investigation. We determined the unsafe range of EMF readings is due to the electrical panel in the hallway.

There were no signs of ghosts or spirits during our investigation.  There were no signs of paranormal distortion experienced or recorded.

We feel that fear of is a key element for experiencing a haunting at this location. When closing up for the night and turning off all the lights and making sure that there is no one left in the building before setting the alarm is what might lead to experiences. Humans have a tendency of overacting to explainable situations that occur in the dark, but due to the fear we feed ourselves in the dark; we tend to feel and see things that are not there.

It was difficult to come up with a conclusion based on a few hours of investigating. Our Lead Investigator did not experience any type of paranormal activity during the investigation.  Based on this investigation we have to say at this time that this is not a haunted location, there are no signs of paranormal activity.