Location Description and History

Nestled along the main road running through the small village of Corrales, NM, Prized Possessions is a jewelry/collectible shop and has been such since 1995. The "All Dolled Up" Show, an exhibit featuring sculptured dolls by Creative Doll Society of New Mexico and Kokopelli's Enchanted Dolls, is often hosted by the business. The building's past, however, has seen a wide variety of purposes since it's erection in 1910. The building, among other things, has served as a mattress factory, storage for farm equipment, a post office, and a society for men. SGHA was told that at one point, a small boy was murdered on the grounds after he hid under a haystack from an intruder. The intruder found him and eventually killed the boy. SGHA was unable to confirm the story or it's details.

Owners of the establishment report a variety of occurrences from phantom animals, apparitions, voices, moving objects, etc. The current owners believe one spirit to be that of a "guardian" who sits atop the wooden rafter overlooking the store, and often appears as a musician. There is also an older woman sighted with a bun in her hair, as well as man that walks through the main gift shop area who is said to have blonde flat-top like hair and a baggie shirt. A phantom cat is reported in the back room/office of the shop and the owners do report that "something" throws a chew toy for their dog, Ginger.

The owners report having things happen almost right away upon taking over the building. Figures are reported to be seen in the front main area, papers are heard rustling in the back storage area, bottles of dish soap are reported to have moved, as well as the lights and oven being turned off and on. The owners daughter has also claims to have had her shoulders rubbed and her hair being blown on as she sits down to do work at the computer located in the back storage area. Overall activity, however, is said to have calmed down recently.

We arrived at 7:30 to decide on a game plan for the investigation. It was decided that Kat would interview the owner, Janet, while Kristin, Ashley, Josh, and Dave swept the building for initial EM readings and pictures. Several fairly high EM Readings were found, but most can be attributed to man-made/electrical sources due to being static in nature. Josh did receive a spike of 10 mg while taking readings near the wooden rafters, a field that he could not find again. The meter that he was using at the time is calibrated at 50/60 HZ, so it's difficult to rule out this reading as being AC in nature. Although one picture that is of interest was taken in conjunction with this reading.

While Kat continued to conduct her interview, the team moved into the back storage area of the shop and swept the area for more EM fields. No strange fields were found that could not be pinpointed to a mundane source. One interesting occurrence did, however, happen to Josh at 8:45 pm. As the team continued to investigate the back room, Josh distinctly smelled the odor of an old cat litter box. Josh claims that the smell was quite strong but vanished after several minutes. Upon inquiry about this, Josh didn't know the history of any paranormal phenomena involving any animals. We asked about their possibly being a source present in the room that could be causing the smell, but the owners informed us that they didn't own anything that could be contributing to the odor.

At approx 9 pm, Investigation was suspended and the team gathered to discuss it's findings.