New Hampshire Store

Shown is the Ellacoya Country Store in Gilford, N.H. where a surveillance camera recorded what could be poltergeist activity.

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One of the most common claims people who supposedly live or work in a haunted location make is reports of objects "moving on their own."

As a paranormal investigator and enthusiast, next to actually being physically touched by a spirit, the one thing I would love to witness is seeing something move on its own.

Whether it be a door closing, curtain blowing where there’s no wind or having something thrown at me by an invisible hand, I would love to see such a phenomenon.

In early March, a surveillance camera in a Gilford, N.H., general store caught footage of a glass plate seeming to slide across a counter top and fall to the floor with no explanation.

Employee Heidi Boyd, who was the only person in the store at the time, said she heard a crash, went to investigate and saw the plate broken on the floor.

In the video, other plates and items are visible sitting on the countertop beside the plate that moved and fell, but nothing else seems to budge.

Skeptics have accused the store of rigging the plate and causing the outcome, but store officials say this is not the only strange occurrence that has happened at Ellacoya Country Store.

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Lisa Giles, store manager, said when the store first opened, a ghostly man was seen standing in a doorway.

Another employee reported hearing what sounded like a man whistling when there was no man present.

Store owner Steve Buzzota said the video has brought in some curious customers, but said the video is not a hoax.

Boyd, who was there when the event took place, is frustrated by accusations that the video is a hoax and took her fight to Facebook.

“We did not make this up, people,” she wrote in a status update. “I was the only one in the store! Couldn’t slide off and leave everything under it untouched.”

After watching the video, Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society Founder and CEO Doug Hogate Jr. said he believes it looks like poltergeist activity.

“Poltergeists attach themselves to a specific person that may be going through a change in their life or someone going through something big,” Hogate said. “While several people can experience the intense activity, it only occurs if that person is present.”

When you think poltergeist activity, don’t think about the popular 1980s film of the same name. That’s Hollywood’s take on the subject.

“In theory, the activity will just stop after a while,” Hogate said. “It is one of the most intense types of haunts and can be confused with demonic activity.”

But determining demonic activity takes much more evidence and research.

So, is there a poltergeist in the general store?

I’d like to investigate the place to see if there is any more evidence to be found.

What do you think of the video?

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