Thoughts about our first meeting and walk through

Captain Con's Fish House Does not seem like any extra-ordinary place when you first look at it.  When we first arrived at the Restaurant you get a feel of a very nice and friendly business with a owner that loves what she does, serve people great food.  But that is not all she does, The owner and her entire staff are some of the most outgoing people we have met, when it comes to making you feel welcome.  

Once we entered the building, we were met by the owner,  and her staff for what we call a meet and greet.  Which is what we do with all of our clients.  During a meet and greet, We listen to all the clients accounts, and allow them to ask any questions about us our how we do things that they can think up.  In the case of Captain Con's they had a lot to tell us, they told us of feelings of being pushed to actually seeing something out of the corner of their eye's that they believe where "ghosts".

We then proceeded to Walk through the restaurant.  While the owner and her staff explained what they saw and then where they saw it.  Once again, they were very specific and very educational on their beliefs about their personal experiences. 

History of Pine, Bokeelia Island

In the year 1513, famous Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, finding no suitable anchorage for his 3-ship flotilla on the southeastern coast of Florida proceeded to sail around the tip of the state and then north, up the Gulf coast.

On May 23rd, he discovered the "islands that jutted out into the sea." Finding an opening between Cayo Costa and Gasparilla Islands, he sailed into Charlotte Harbor, anchoring eventually in a protected sound off an 18-mile-long island covered with tropical foliage. The "sound" was Pine Island Sound and the tropical island, of course, Pine Island. In a return trip to the area in 1521, de Leon was fatally wounded by an arrow in a fight with native Calusa Indians, dying a few days later in Hispaniola.

Whether the subject is the Calusa Indians and their mysterious ceremonial shell mounds, Ponce de Leon and the Spanish explorers, or the notorious coastal pirates of a later century, such as Jose Gaspar (Gasparilla), the history and folk legends of Pine Island make for fascinating reading.

Largely forgotten during the first half of the century (electricity did not come to the island until 1941), Pine Island, with its enchanting natural beauty, is now being rediscovered by thousands of people looking for a place to live that still retains the authentic charm and natural splendor of "Old Florida."

Still comprised primarily of unspoiled natural terrain, featuring lush, tropical and subtropical foliage, stands of Lob-lolly pines, and hundreds of inlets, creeks, bays and sounds, all teeming with fish and wildlife... Pine Island today is one of the last areas on the Gulf Coast that pretty much looks the same as it did a hundred years ago.

The island's current population of approximately 7800 year-round residents is for the most part congregated in four basic communities.

Some history of Captain Con's Fish House Restaurant

Located at the northern tip of Pine Island, with a sweeping view of Charlotte Harbor and Boca Grande Pass, Bokeelia is a gem of a spot, sprinkled with resort cottages, two marinas and some of the greatest fishing piers in the world. In 1904, H. W. Martin built the first house where a popular restaurant is today. Inside was Bokeelia's first post office and store, and his wife ran a boarding house for passengers off the boats. It was the pioneer settlers of Bokeelia who made the Pine Island mangoes famous. The piers at Bokeelia and nearby Jug Creek are legendary in Southwest Florida for great snook fishing. And, of course, Boca Grande Pass... the most famous tarpon fishing spot in the world, is just minutes away by boat.

Some points of paranormal interest

There have been other research teams that have studied with high interest Captain Con's Fish House, such as SWIPI, and Florida Paranormal Research Inc., and now our team.  When it comes down to having research done on this restaurant, the owners are no strangers.  In fact they are extremely outgoing and willing to help.  
For our investigation, we requested Florida Paranormal Research to join us on this venture of research due to the fact that they were very well versed in this business' history and folklore.  For us, this was the best move we could have made.  
When it comes to research in the field, like many other jobs, we have a saying: "If it can go wrong, it will".  This case was no exception, we had power supply issues, we had computer issues and everything else that should have and would have ruined the investigation.  Luckily!  We did invite F.P.R. and the white noise network!  Don't get me wrong, we would have fixed the issues, and this is not how bad a investigation normally runs, but it did that night.  F.P.R. had our backs that night, all their equipment was there and it all worked with ours very well.  This saved us hours of rework and running for our backup equipment.  Which is one of the reasons we (Paranormal Extreme) advocate a network like the White Noise Network, where our teams are there to help each other in every way we can from support, to extra personnel, and even sharing our equipment.
Putting it as briefly as possible, we used multiple: Infra-red cameras, digital voice recorders, handheld  digital cameras, handheld video cameras that had Infra-red capabilities, handheld electro-magnetic field detectors,  K-2 meters, digital thermometers, and a paranormal-puck. 
We also completed the investigation live on www.ghostshow.us on Saturday night Paranormal, operating on I believe 4 screens that night and hosting a chatroom where people at home were able to talk to our investigators live and ask questions or let us know if they seen anything firsthand.

Some of the Folklore

One key point/folklore is there is a tree directly behind the restaurant that seems to be nicknamed the "hanging tree".  This tree is mentioned to have been used to hang some "criminals" by.  According to this rumor:  this point of the island was a long way from the closest courthouse and judge, so when a person did a crime that deserved it, they would have a trial right there.  If the criminal was found guilty, there was the tree to hang him by....of course the crime would have been worthy of death,  They weren't barbarians!

Another key point/folklore is that One of the original owners that used the building for a bed and breakfast and also made the first post office in the building.  Sadly this family lost one of their precious daughters to the ocean (a drowning).  The ocean is only a few yards out front of the building which still exists today.  In fact, the building is still very much how it was back then.  obviously it now has a/c and better electrical and better pluming, but the building is still very much the same shape, and same rooms as it was then.

Another key point/folklore is that many believe one of the original owners (female), still resides in the building making herself known to the clients and staff when she feels like it.

Lights!  Camera!  Action!  - Results?

We spent months studying the results from the investigation.  Unlike what people have seen on tv, this type of review process does not happen overnight.  In fact for every hour we are investigation, you times that for each video camera, plus we get a hour of review for each voice recording, then all of the pictures, handheld video cameras, etc.  I am sure you get the picture.
Once we completed our review we basically are down to this:

1.)          We had multiple videos that we recorded, sadly we had no evidence of paranormal activity recoded on any video we reviewed.

2.)          We had multiple digital voice recorders recoding throughout the investigation.  We did have some anomalies that our team found of interest.  In our research they are characterized as E.V.P.'S, 
               Also known as Electronic Voice Phenomenon's- which is a disembodied voice that were not heard by anyone present

3.)           We didn't have any pictures that showed any paranormal activity.

4,)           We did have some reactions picked up by the paranormal puck.  When we sent 5 of our investigators out to the tree to see if they get any responses on any of our equipment.  When it came to 
                the paranormal puck, it responded with:   Five, Gather, Tree, Night.  The fact was that there were five investigators that gathered at the tree that night at that point in time, which seems to
                validate the puck.

5.)           Personal experiences:  We had a few of them, we had team members that felt as if they were brushed by something or someone.  We had members that heard,  what sounded like someone 
               speak to them, when no-one was there.  We had a couple of Sensitizes that gave their beliefs of what was going on.  Even though we do listen and respect "sensitizes, we will not call anything 
               haunted by simply their opinions only, we do go by physical evidence or recorded evidence that we can replay on demand for proof.

6.)           We also had a lot of reactions / interactions with our K2 meters.  We tried to verify that the interactions with us were paranormal or not by looking for other excuses.  We found no electrical 
               devices, wiring, battery operated devices.  We found no explainable reaction for the K2 responding to our questions like it did, and with the timing it answered.  

Conclusion: