PHELPS DODGE HOSPITAL IS LOCATED IN THE SMALL DESOLATE TOWN OF AJO ARIZONA. SITTING ATOP A LARGE HILL OVERLOOKING THE SURROUNDING VALLEY, THIS 28,779 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING HAS AN OMINOUS PRESENCE. CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON THE BUILDING IN THE 1940'S AND WAS NOT COMPLETED UNTIL THE 1960'S. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE THAT WAS DESIGNED WITH SPANISH AND ARABIC INFLUENCES. THE BRUTAL DESERT ENVIRONMENT HAS BEGUN TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON THE STRUCTURE, BUT IT IS STILL MUCH IN TACT. THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RENOVATING AS WELL AS GENERAL MAINTENANCE TO ENSURE THE PROPERTY REMAINS FUNCTIONING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. WHILE IN OPERATION THE PHELPS DODGE HOSPITAL CATERED TO INJURED MINERS FROM THE NEARBY OPEN PIT MINE, AS WELL AS SICK AND DYING TOWNSPEOPLE. THROUGHOUT HISTORY INFLUENZA EPIDEMICS PLAGUED THE TOWNS YOUTH AND AS A RESULT MANY INFANTS AND CHILDREN DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. ONCE THE MINE WAS CLOSED IN THE 1980'S AND THE TOWNS POPULATION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, THE HOSPITAL WAS CLOSED PERMANENTLY.
ONCE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL WE BEGAN OUR INVESTIGATION BY SCOURING THE HALLS AND ROOMS OF THE HOSPITAL IN SEARCH OF ANY OBVIOUS SIGNS OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. WE SET UP A BASE-CAMP AREA AT THE 2ND FLOOR NURSES STATION, AND SET OUT IN GROUPS OF 2 WITH VARIOUS I.T.C. AND E.M.F. DEVICES. WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE NUMEROUS K-2 SPIKES, AS WELL AS STATIC FREQUENCIES BEING CAPTURED ON OUR TRIBO-METER. OUR BASE-CAMP LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF NUMEROUS TIMES DURING OUR INVESTIGATION WITH NO EXPLANATION. COUNTLESS NOISES COULD BE HEARD FROM VARIOUS AREAS OF THE BUILDING WITH SEEMINGLY NO SOURCE. AS A RESULT WE WERE ABLE TO DOCUMENT AND PRODUCE A VERY COMPELLING VIDEO FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. THANKS TO ALLEN D. FOR ALL YOUR ASSISTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE. WE PLAN ON REVISITING THE HOSPITAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
