H.P.I. Paranormal Investigations of Northern California

	Shannon McCabe - President / Lead Investigator: I hate writing my bio, so I am just going to make a list! Ghost Hunter Wife to Bruce Kubel Mom to my poodle Rocket Ghost Girl #2 Singer Florist Screen Writer Actor Vocal Coach Event and Wedding Planner Producer Published Writer Web Designer Blah Blah Blah! A giant HPI thank you to Alicia Perry & Mary Casiano for the creation of this amazing web site!
	John Wachter - Vice President / Lead Investigator: Early in my childhood I developed a fascination with monsters when I saw Godzilla, Mothra and the original Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman. In my teen years I was interested in UFO`s, ghosts and the opposite sex! All my life I have been intrigued by spooky stuff. I took a night school class in the 80`s taught by a local psychic that proved to me there is more out there. First day of class she did readings of people based on objects of theirs that she held and got images and feelings from. I learned to do it to an extent. I also tried Transcendental Meditation, which was very interesting if you separated the gimmick aspects of it. When it came to the paranormal I had no clue that folks actually investigated this stuff, and when I first saw ``Ghost Hunters`` on the Sci Fi Channel, that REALLY piqued my interest. I spent a lot of time on the Internet learning all I could about the topic. (You may have seen me on the ``Ghoststudy`` message boards - I picked up lots of useful info there and elsewhere). Around this time last year I decided to look for a local group that did this type of thing, and hooked up with HPI. To my knowledge, I have not had a bona fide paranormal experience, although when I was a kid I often heard a voice call my name that did not seem to come from anywhere. I thought it was my parents calling for me, but that wasn`t the case. Anyway, I tend to be skeptical and try to find a natural reason for anything that appears to be out of the ordinary before I accept it is paranormal. I see so many pictures of dust orbs, hair/lint/camera straps that people really want to believe is a ghost. So, I want to get evidence of the REAL deal, and that`s why I`m here....aside from the free beer I was promised!
	Jennifer Baca - Lead Investigator/ Location Scout: I grew up as a military brat in far exotic places such as Yokota-Japan, Del Rio-Texas, and Okinawa-Japan with minor stints in Guam & Sacramento, CA at a very young age. I graduated high school on Okinawa with dreams to become an actress - HA! Or a marine biologist. After high school I pursued a career in the Navy to boost my finances, help with college and make a good impression on resumes, always with the intention of exploring other opportunities when my 4 yrs. was up with the military. I became an electrician with the Navy and was stationed onboard the USS Camden out of Bremerton, Washington. After getting out in '95 and trying out other venues, I felt that being an electrician was my best option. After working a couple of years in the electrical field doing construction & low-voltage stuff, I met my hubby while attending apprenticeship training here in Sacramento. We married in 2003 and I managed to squeeze out two beautiful children who are now in the ``Pawns of Satan`` phase in their lives. Despite that, I enjoy being a stay-at-home mother while my hubby, Tony, works full-time as a superintendent for a General Contractor. We live happily, most of the time in a nice house in Antelope. My hobbies include doing investigations with HPI! YEAH BABY! Um, and what else, oh yeah...riding quads, scuba diving, travelling & shopping!!! I'm living the American dream, Baby!
	Brian Colbert - Past Investigator: Let's see, well, I am retired if that helps, and it does for research purposes. I was a computer analyst for about 15 years with the State of California (Caltrans) and learned not to hate computers, but to use them wisely. I spent my 35 years there at the State before retiring. I am also a Ballroom/Swing dancer and have done that for the past umpteen years and have competed in many a contest during that time as well as made many friends all over the USA. I try to maintain a dance webpage at: www.softcom.net/users/bcdancer/ As far as the paranormal is concerned, I seem to want more and more since going to ``The Brookdale Lodge`` with some of my HPI friends in December of 2006. I have little background in this field, but have been adamant in learning as much as possible in the shortest time possible. I am also learning to be a little more skeptical at investigations and not come to the wrong conclusions or present evidence before its been documented and corroborated by another investigator. I am very open to all possibilities, though, and love working with technological equipment. I also belong to the Stockton Paranormal Investigators group, a local Photographers group in Elk Grove, CA., the A.A.E.V.P. Association which promotes investigation of video as well as audio EVPs, and I am currently taking a Certified EVP technician class at Flamel College.
	Bryan Coleman - Official H.P.I.Cameraman: We are so lucky to have Bryan Coleman filming the H.P.I. Investigations! Thank you Bryan!
	Holly Delaughter - Investigator/ Sensitive/ C.H.T.: Holly DeLaughter, 38, California native. Holly is one of our newest members and will serve HPI paranormal well with her Hypnotherapist skills and her sensitivity to paranormal activity. Holly is the most well traveled Californian we know... she lives 3 hours south of our base in Sacramento, but she is here in a jiffy if we need her! Holly is a mother, writer, photographer, artist, and C.H.T, trained by the Sylvia Browne Corporation (SBHTC) and she is on a High Sense Perception Mission to promote truth & healing.
	Carol Gillis - Treasurer : I was born and raised in Los Gatos California, a beautiful little town at the foot of the Santa Cruz mountains. When I was 20 I got bored with it all and joined the Navy were I went to exotic lands and met wonderful people. In all my travels I made sure to check out the ``night life`` and have seen and felt a lot of things I could not imagine. After 20 years of roaming the world I got a job in Sacramento and settled down to my short lived mundane life. Then I met Shannon. Needless to say life is an adventure again. I also bought a Harley and joined a motorcycle club. I look forward to more paranormal adventures with the group. I have been to many haunted places, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle and high street (they locked plague victims in their homes to die). Nagasaki Japan and Tokyo (I had a lot of past life flash backs there).
	Chris Grissom - Lead Investigator: I grew up in Merced, Ca, where the heat is sweltering and the fog is thick. I was very active in sports most of my life. Soon after high school graduation, I decided that I need to do something with my life. So I went into the military, and spent four years holding an M-16, and counting rivits on airplanes. The pay wasn't great, but I now have great memories. After my service was complete, I decided to live in Sacramento, Ca. I now have a great job I enjoy, and a wife I adore. Then one October morning, my life changed forever. I was blessed by God, and was givin the love of my life. My daughter was born, and I was humbled from that moment on. I cherish every smile, hug, and kiss I get from her. As far as the paranormal goes, I have had experences as a child. Like hearing my name being called out when nobody else was home. I have been woken up several times at night, having my hair played with, only to turn around and find nobody there. I grew up wondering, and now as an adult I finally decided it was time to find some answers. I found HPI, and decided this was a perfect opportunity to get some of those questions answered.
	Tim Hawkins - Secretary / Lead Investigator: I grew up in Long Beach, CA and have always been fascinated by ghost stories and such. My birthday is at the end of October, so Halloween was always my favorite holiday. I moved to Sacramento over 10 years ago. Shortly after moving here, I rented a house in Carmichael where strange things began to happen. A picture flying off the wall, crying heard in another room, the door to the guest room opening at night, and a wandering burning smell. I don`t live in that house anymore, but, suffice it to say, that whole experience peaked my curiosity. I found H.P.I. in February of 2007 and decided jump right in and become a member of the Board. I try to bring a healthy dose of skepticism to each investigation, but am still waiting for that big moment when we ``catch`` a ghost.
	Michelle Paykel - Investigator: I was born in San Francisco, CA but moved to the Sacramento area before I was a year old. I attended Del Campo High School and went on to American River and, Sacramento State College in which I studied Business and Dramatic Arts. These are some of the experiences that I have had. I have always had a liking for the supernatural and paranormal activities ever since I was about eight years old, when I saw my first apparition. It was my Grandfather who had past away in our home in Carmichael. Before he had passed away he would come to the door of my bedroom and stand there and say good night. After he had passed away I would be visited by this glowing figure with my Grandfather's hat. It wouldn't make any noise but just stand there in the doorway for a brief moment and then slip away. At first, I admit I was scared. It wasn't until later that I figured out that it was my departed Grandfather saying goodnight to me like he did when he was alive. Years later, the night my father passed away, my husband at the time and I were in the bedroom next to my father's. All of sudden we heard drawers opening and closing and things moving around in my father's room. No one else was in there or home for that matter. We both looked at each other asking each other if they had heard it. When I look back on it now, I wish I had gone into the room, but at the time I was too afraid to look. They say that you are more susceptible to seeing ghosts when you are younger. This was proven to me when my daughter had seen my father after he had passed away.� She was about 2-3 years old when I was holding her on my lap on our front porch. This was the same house in which I saw my Grandfather years earlier. My daughter was facing the kitchen window. She started smiling and waving and giggling. I had asked her who she was laughing at. She told me that she saw Grandpa in the kitchen. Mind you that my father had passed away. Of course I turned around and saw nothing. But she did. Being a part of H.P.I. has given me a chance to find out more about what we can't always see. I look forward to welcoming all the new members and of course all the new and exciting investigations that we encounter.
	Alicia Perry - Webmaster: Alicia is an AWESOME webmaster! Her website is: Newrain Designs
	Donna Reynolds - Investigator: Donna is our sweet, earthy investigator. She brings a lot of really great energy to her investigations and the clients feel really comfortable with her. She is a practicing Wiccan and has taught us a lot!
	Paul Dale Roberts - Ghostwriter / Investigator/ Demonologist: Paul Dale Roberts served in the US Army from 1973 to 1976 working with C.I.D. (Criminal Investigation Division), D.S.T. (Drug Suppression Team). From 1979 to 1986 he re-enlisted in the US Army, but this time with Military Intelligence as an Intelligence Analyst with the Photo Interpretation Center in Seoul, Korea. Later Paul became an OPFOR (Opposing Forces) Soviet Threat Instructor teaching elite troops like the Navy Seals, Army`s Special Forces, Army`s Airborne Rangers on how to use a variety of Soviet made weapons. Paul has also been involved with the entertainment industry as a professional dancer and doing dancing appearances in movies and commercials during the 70s and 80s. Paul is now involved in the promoting of aspiring writers and artists who are trying to break into animation and comic books through his website Jazma Online! www.jazmaonline.com In fact his 1996 comic book The Legendary Dark Silhouette is being prepared to be made into a movie by independent movie producer Howard Nash and the first internet ad for the movie can be seen here: www.jazmaonline.com/lds_movie.asp Paul is a freelance writer and has written travel articles, comic book reviews, paranormal stories on ghosts and UFOs. In fact Paul recently has been a guest on the X-Zone, a Canadian paranormal radio show discussing the connection between Military Intelligence and UFOs. He has also been a guest 4 times on Spirits, Wine and Song paranormal radio show in Sonoma, California, hosted by Carla Heine. Paul`s real job is an office manager for a government agency. He enjoys traveling the world and has been to over 40 countries and territories from Moscow to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paul`s other recreational activities has been taking lessons to fly a Cessna airplane, helicopter, he still has not gotten his pilot`s license. He recently learned how to skydive and ever once in a while he does some rappelling, he recently rappelled down Moaning Caverns. Last, but not least Paul was also a firefighter for the California Division of Forestry in Colfax, California. After coming close to getting burned in a major fire in the Sierras, Paul decided to take a cushy office job with the government and stay away from the heat.
	Kristen Sheley - Historian / Investigator: I grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland that is best known for being the World Headquarters of Nike. After an uneventful childhood, I went off to college at the University of Oregon to earn a journalism degree. Then, jaded by the world of contemporary media, I earned a Masters of Education to teach high school English. A job offer took me from my hometown to Sacramento in 2003, and I`ve been here since. In my ``free`` time, I write fiction and am the author of a YA series called ``Partners in Time``, which you can easily find at the local Amazon.com, Barnes & Nobel, etc. Regarding ghosts, I have been interested in those since I can remember. I was quite the reader as a child and devoured fiction and non-fiction books about haunted places and ghosts. For a time, my mom fretted about me because the non-fiction books on ghosts were set next to books on demons and the occult in our local library. As I grew up, I collected articles in The Oregonian newspaper about haunted locations (local or otherwise) that were printed, usually around Halloween, and loved the show ``Unsolved Mysteries`` for the occasional pieces they had about haunted places. In high school, I spent a semester doing a 60 page research paper on ghosts, impressing a teacher who thought that the selection of such a topic would not be taken seriously. During my teenage journalistic endeavors, I wrote a story about the haunted McLoughlan House in Oregon City , Ore. for my high school`s newspaper, interviewing the curator-at-the-time about her experiences there. I also wrote a story about the haunted auditorium in South Eugene High School for the UO`s student newspaper, after a tip from a college roommate, and was able to track down a student who had possibly captured the ghost on film. Article URL: www.uoregon.edu/~bmurray/ghost1.html In spite of being in many authentically haunted places, however, I have yet to see or sense anything strange. I want that experience – but I am also supremely skeptical and logical, trying to find earthy reasons and explanations for supernatural activity. I suppose that makes me a ``skeptical believer`` and something that is probably a good attitude to have when conducting investigations.
	Michelle Stump - Researcher/Investigator: As a child, Michele spent her summers at an old ranch in Ice House, California that her mother was the caretaker of. The ranch house was the home of the late Victor Forni, of Foothill fame. She experienced some paranormal activity in the house over the years. Her mother was touched on the shoulder, brother was thrown out of bed and witnessed �an old man� in the window many times. Michele witnessed footsteps pass her and run up the stairs when she was the only one there. Michele brings something unique to HPI. A self proclaimed skeptic that will look for plausible explanations before determining the possibility of a haunting. This ghost hunter has a voracious interest in the historical significance of the locations that she investigate's. Architectural design, area history, significant events, artifacts, headstone carvings, genealogy, geography, and any other research are instrumental in getting to the bottom of any paranormal activity. She has also been known to research any events, people, or other information to substantiate any psychic claims. To Michele, an old, run down, spooky building is beautiful. A graveyard at night is one of her favorite places to be. It is her pleasure to share her hobbies and interests with such a dedicated group of people in HPI. Michele lives in the foothills with her two daughters.
	Cherie Vincent - Inactive Investigator: Cherie is one of HPI's most colorful investigators. She not only has colorful hair, she is just an incredibly fun and interesting person to be around. Cherie has a certain knack for getting stellar EVP's. She has actually made friends with some of her favorite graveyard ghosts and visits them often. She has gotten numerous EVP's of their conversations! We hope she comes back aboard soon!