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If so, you may very well My father died in 1987, passing away on a have had a paranormal encounter; and not couch in front of the fireplace of our longtime even cognizant it has happened! weekend house on Prince’s Lake, just outside Phantom odors are a very familiar com- of Nineveh. The house was his labor of love ponent in the realm of paranormal investi- for years and it was only poetic he would go gations, and as evidence, equally as impor- there. Putting this as delicately as I can – my tant with audio recordings, camera footage, father retained large amounts of gas. It had a shadow movement and apparitions. While very distinct odor. He passed it a lot. Silent still a personal experience, when it hap- but deadly was my dad, but I loved him still. HOW IS COVID-19 AFFECTING pens to more than one person at the same After his death – for many months – this time, it's something to consider. These odors odor would suddenly surface, and then just as sometimes tell a story, putting a time stamp suddenly disappear. Coincidence? YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS? upon a life once lived. Yet, for whatever rea- Had our weekend home – with so much son after death – do not depart.