SVPS Investigator Kelli Jones Birthdate: August 9 Astrological Sign: Leo Location: Birmingham, Alabama Strong Interests: Ghosts, Hauntings, After-life Communication, Paranormal Research, Quantum Physics, Eastern Religions & Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Social Issues, Music, Research and Reading. Other Interests: Travel, going to concerts, movies, theater, coaching my daughters cheerleading squad, watching my kids play sports. I have always had an interest in ghosts and all things paranormal.   This continued into adulthood, but it was more or less entertainment for me.   I was a skeptic, but I was an open-minded skeptic.   There had been enough unexplainable events in my life that I knew there was more to the big picture than science could tell us about.   Even though I was open-minded, the continuation of any form of life after physical death was the issue I was most skeptical about. That changed in a big way in the late summer of 2005.   My family and I began to experience a haunting in our home that changed everything I believed about the survival of consciousness after physical death.    It was scary, stressful, and at times almost unbearable.    At the same time it was exciting and exhilarating for me.   I had found a new path in life.   That path was to try to find the answers and understanding about what had occurred in my home that no one else could give me.   Instead of receiving support and understanding from family and friends, we found ourselves completely alone, ridiculed and shunned. My husband, Curtis, is also interested in paranormal research and is a new member of the group.   I have two children, Caitlin age 10 and Cole age 4.   They are great kids and also have a better than average interest in all things paranormal.   Caitlin is very spiritual and wise beyond her young years.   Cole is also very bright and seems to be very sensitive to things and people that most of us cannot see or hear.   He gave us a lot of helpful and useful information about “who” was in our home and what they were doing from day to day! After leaving our haunted home, I began reading everything I could get my hands on about ghosts, hauntings and everything paranormal.   It became my mission and my passion to explain what had happened to us.   It was very comforting to know that I was not alone, and that there were actually groups out there that investigated hauntings.   I am thrilled to be a part of such a great team, and look forward to contributing in any way that I can in the very important field of paranormal research.

SVPS Investigator Curtis Jones Birthdate: September 10 Astrological Sign: Virgo Location: Birmingham, Alabama Strong Interests: I enjoy traveling, movies, going to rock concerts and music festivals with my wife, and watching my kids play sports.   I like all sports, but especially college football (Roll Tide!),mathematics and science (especially Astronomy), photography, World War II and Vietnam War history. Spending time with my wife, Kelli, and our two children Caitlin age 10, and Cole age 4.   Most of my time is spent on my job in sales which requires me to travel quite extensively.   It is most enjoyable during the summer when my family can travel with me. My interest in the paranormal came about after experiencing it first-hand.   It was not something I ever thought about, because I did not believe in anything that I could not see for myself.   I consider myself to be a very pragmatic and logical person and never even pondered the "big" questions such as life beyond death.   All of that changed during the summer of 2005, and I was forced to re-examine my entire belief system and accept the fact that some form of consciousness does indeed survive our physical death.   This startling realization came as a result of a "group" of ghosts that decided to take up residence in our home in Birmingham, Alabama. After many weeks of trying to find a logical and natural explanation for all of the strange events happening in our home my wife obtained undisputable evidence of the entities in our home.   She captured an EVP where multiple voices can be heard responding to my wife's questions and requests to make themselves known.   I always said, "I have to see it to believe it" and in this case "hearing it" was proof enough.   As months went by the paranormal activity continued and even increased in frequency.   Then I also saw it. One night my wife and I heard a very strange noise.   My wife describes it as a sound like a grunt, growl, sneeze, cough, hiccup and burp all at the same time.   I immediately sat up in bed and looked toward the doorway where the noise had come from.   There in my bedroom doorway was a black shadow with the general outline of a human form, however, it was not well-defined and sort of like a blob.   It was about 3 ½ to 4 feet tall and just as I got a good look at it, it left and proceeded to make its way down the hallway.   I had gotten all of the proof that I needed to accept the existence ghosts. Although, I cannot deny the existence of ghosts I still remain a fierce skeptic.   I still look for a logical and natural explanation first.   When all other possibilities are exhausted, then I will concede to the possibility of paranormal activity.   Then further, tangible proof is still required.    I believe that the majority of reports of paranormal activity can likely be explained through naturally occurring phenomena.   I hope to bring this philosophy to the group as the "debunker".   I feel rigorous scientific testing and methodology will eventually prove the existence of life after death.   This will be one of the most important discoveries ever made, and will have a profound effect on humanity.   I am here to contribute in any small (or large) way I can to the exciting and very important field of paranormal research.