Cemetery EVP Sessions & Dowsing: Washoe to Virginia City Road Trip

Tim Wood and Lilly explore two Nevada cemeteries during a cold daytime livestream, with a substantial road-trip segment between them. At the old Washoe cemetery they inspect deteriorating markers and try dowsing rods near possible unmarked graves. A first recorder session produces playback they describe as a loud howl or scream, while a follow-up yields little they can decipher. They then drive to Virginia City, discussing the surrounding landscape, future filming and local mining stories; microphone settings and weak reception affect the stream. At the Virginia City cemetery complex they walk toward a sparsely marked section, use the rods again, and conduct multiple recorder tests. Several playbacks are explicitly described as empty or unclear. Later sessions include a tentative “Samuel” interpretation and questions recalling an earlier Silver Queen experience. The investigators also encounter an unidentified bone-like object and consider an animal origin. Their psychic impressions, grave identifications and audio interpretations remain unverified; the recording includes wind, passing traffic and technical interruptions.

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Key Moments

Chapters combine transcript-supported additions with existing archive chapters and attributed viewer observations where available. Source labels identify reviewed additions. Reported experiences and transcribed interpretations do not establish their cause.

Reviewed captions span 0:00–1:43:40. Auto-generated captions may mishear speech and do not independently verify audio or images. Only loaded Top comments were sampled; replies and live chat were not exhaustively reviewed, and viewer flags remain unverified.

  1. Old Washoe cemetery introductionSource: transcript review
  2. Dowsing rods near early grave markersSource: transcript review
  3. Road traffic, wind and cemetery walkSource: transcript review
  4. DOWSING: Further rod questions near weathered markersSource: transcript review
  5. EVP: First cemetery recorder sessionSource: transcript review
  6. EVP: Playback interpreted as a howl or screamSource: transcript review
  7. EVP: Follow-up recorder questionsSource: transcript review
  8. EVP: Playback: little decipherable responseSource: transcript review
  9. DOWSING: Rod movement and subjective cemetery impressionsSource: transcript review
  10. Road trip toward Virginia CitySource: transcript review
  11. Microphone troubleshooting during the driveSource: transcript review
  12. Arrival at the Virginia City cemeterySource: transcript review
  13. Choosing a route through the cemeterySource: transcript review
  14. Lilly describes subjective impressionsSource: transcript review
  15. DOWSING: Rods used to seek an unmarked graveSource: transcript review
  16. EVP: Recorder test and empty playbackSource: transcript review
  17. DOWSING: Tim tries the dowsing rodsSource: transcript review
  18. EVP: Recorder questions and another negative playbackSource: transcript review
  19. DOWSING: More rod movement and recorder questionsSource: transcript review
  20. EVP: Playback and another recorder attemptSource: transcript review
  21. EVP: Repeated playback of a faint interpreted responseSource: transcript review
  22. EVP: Work-history questions and playbackSource: transcript review
  23. Bone-like object found; animal origin consideredSource: transcript review
  24. DOWSING: Rod questions near a small markerSource: transcript review
  25. EVP: Recorder placed near a possible unmarked graveSource: transcript review
  26. EVP: Unclear playback and tentative name interpretationSource: transcript review
  27. EVP: Follow-up questions about Samuel and Silver QueenSource: transcript review
  28. EVP: Playback of follow-up; earlier Silver Queen recalledSource: transcript review
  29. EVP: Final recorder questions and playbackSource: transcript review
  30. Cold weather and low phone battery end the streamSource: transcript review
Original YouTube investigation notes