Email from Jennie About her Cat Whom Passed

Recently on one of the blogs I wrote, a woman named Jennie wrote me in the public

comments section about her experience and feelings through the event of her cat's passing. Below is her note and my response, which may be helpful to some other pet parents. - Rob

JENNIE'S NOTE: October 3, 2020 at 7:18 PM 

   Hi Mr. Gutro,I'm Jennie.About 2 and a half weeks ago my cat became very ill and the vet said he was severely anemic and that a blood transfusion would only prolong his life by a few days before needing another one. I'm heart broken and feeling tremendous guilt. 

 For over a year I had spent very little time petting him or allowing him to snuggle with me. I was very stressed out and short tempered. I never hit him but raised my voice, sometimes yelled when he would come behind me and bang his head against the back of my knee while I was trying to fix his meals. 

 Well, I had him euthanized because I didn't want him to suffer. 

But I'm so angry at myself for treating him the way I did. I wish he knew how much I love him and that he was my little angel. 

 I received his ashes today and I will be keeping them close to me. I will talk to him. I hope he hears me. Thank you for listening ❤🌈 

MY RESPONSE: October 19, 2020 at 7:22 PM Hi Jennie- As parents, whether pet parents or human parents, it's normal to be agitated or irritated at behavior of our "kids." I'm so sorry for your loss. But please know that your cat knew what was going on with him, and the stress that you have been under. He read your stress and realized it wasn't from him - he was just there. 

He also read your energy, and knew that you struggled to make the decision to help him cross. 

He also knew that his little body couldn't handle another transfusion either. He doesn't want you to feel guilty. You are a great pet parent, and you're being thanked from him on the other side for caring enough to bring him to the vet. 

He can hear you. He's energy now, and sound and thoughts are energy. He will always be around you! 

I recommend reading one of my Pets and the Afterlife books to get an idea of what signs he may use to show you he's very much around.

Learn about the Haunted Old Yellow House and More in "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking"

 A new book called "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking," by best-selling paranormal author Rob Gutro takes readers on paranormal investigations into private and historic homes where ghosts were traumatizing families. 
   Learn about the Old Yellow House, a haunted childhood home of IGT founder Margaret Erhlich, and how the ghosts inspired her to form the paranormal team many years later that brought the team into many strange situations. 
   Rob, a medium in the Inspired Ghost Tracking paranormal group, announced the release of his seventh paranormal book that brings readers along on investigations and reveals some bizarre and shocking things the group found and how they helped the ghosts and families.     
TO BUY ON AMAZON: https://tinyurl.com/yba6ofbj

"When earthbound ghosts have traumatized families in their own homes, Inspired Ghost Tracking (IGT) of Maryland has gone in to cross them over," Gutro said. "Every case is different, too. Some have had earthbound ghosts that were friendly, others were not. IGT experienced a lot of bad energies that caused people to become physically sick or mentally traumatized. IGT investigators had to figure who, what, when and why things were happening, to finally bring peace to the living and the dead."  

In this collection of IGT cases, you’ll read about the "Burned Ghost," ghosts of two different time periods in one home, dark things that Ouija boards brought into homes, a very haunted Maryland mansion, many ghosts of Baltimore’s Federal Hill, a ghostly attachment, a Steelworker’s ghost, poltergeist activity, the famous IGT “Double Murder Ghost Investigation” and many more.

You'll find answers to questions like why ghosts choose to stay in a place, the differences and similarities between ghosts and spirits, why energy is the key to the paranormal and much more.

Although Rob has become known as a "Pet Medium" through the success of his best-selling books "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2," he also connects with human earthbound ghosts and spirits.

Gutro is the first in the paranormal field to make the distinction between earthbound ghosts and spirits who have crossed over. Rob has three books about his experience with human ghosts and spirits, called "Ghosts and Spirits," "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," and "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," and most recently, "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit."   

Rob Gutro has been featured in the Washington Post and nationally syndicated radio programs like "Coast to Coast AM." Rob is a volunteer with Dachshund and Weimaraner rescues and gives fundraising lectures for animal rescues around the U.S., teaching grieving pet parents how pets communicate from the afterlife.   

Website: www.robgutro.com, www.petspirits.com

Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/ghostsandspirits.insightsfromamedium

www.facebook.com/RobGutroAuthorMedium

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobGutroAuthor

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/robgutro 

YouTube:   https://tinyurl.com/wcvhqbt

Paranormal Q and A: How Do you answer requests for Investigating Houses for Paranormal Activity?

Inspired Ghost Tracking core investigators

Each week, I'll answer a question about the paranormal, whether a general question, or one about human or animal ghosts (Earthbound) or spirits (crossed over). Here's this week's question:

QUESTION: How Do you answer requests for Investigating Houses for Paranormal Activity? 

ANSWER: I'm a member of the Inspired Ghost Tracking Group from Hanover, Maryland. Whenever people suspect a haunting, that is, an active (Intelligent) ghost in their home, they contact the IGT group through their website. They answer extensive questionnaires and then the manager sets up a phone call and if she thinks it warrants, a paranormal investigation happens.

 During investigations, I work with another medium or two, and tech people on the paranormal group to investigate what may be paranormal problems in private residences. If we can't debunk what's happening, we consider it paranormal. Since I'm a meteorologist I can debunk atmospheric issues, and we have an architect on staff who can debunk house-settling noises, We have dealt with many actual Earth-bound ghosts, and some poltergeists (mental activity that simulates a ghost, caused by a teenager going through hormonal changes).

 - We always cross the ghost over to the other side. I'm never nervous, but sometimes concerned if I know that someone was using a Ouija board - because those can open doorways to bad people in spirit!

 For Rob Gutro's 7 books on the paranormal, visit: www.amazon.com. All of Rob's books were written to help explain the paranormal, and teach readers how to find signs from spirit.

Check out my friend John's Travel Blog for Ghosts and History

If you love travel, enjoy learning about places to visit around the world (especially so you can plan to go after the pandemic), and you like haunted places, you can find all of those things in my friend John's Blog called' Travel with Ackbar." 

 John and I have been friends for about 40 years since we were teenagers and he's worked at Disney for decades. He's artistic and has an eye for photography. He's combined those passions with his love for travel, history and the paranormal (not everything on the blog is about ghosts, however, the history and photos are awesome!) . You'll want to make his blog a favorite: https://travelswithackbar.com/ 

    Here's a snippet from his latest post

Travels With Ackbar

Nerdy Adventures Around The World

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Spectral Cats and Dogs

Near The Tower of London, All Hallow’s Church shared in the bloody history of it’s neighbors. Legend states that the beheaded victims of Tower executions were sent there for temporary burial. Among it’s happier memories are the baptism of William Penn and the marriage of John Quincy Adams. Being so close to The Tower of London, one may expect All Hallow’s to have it’s share of headless spirits. This is a different kind of ghost story.

In 1920, the choir noticed a grey haired old lady in old fashioned dress watching them as they practiced Christmas Carols. The choirmaster was surprised to see the woman as he had locked the church’s door. Once they choir rehearsal had ended, the mysterious woman had vanished. The boys heard a strange sound “as if a cat was in the building and was trying to get out.” One of the boys shouted to the choirmaster, ‘There it is sir! I saw a cat rush out of the room and go down towards the south aisle!’ The group searched the aisles for the cat and found nothing, even noting that the front doors were still locked. Several years later, an old man approached the choirmaster. He explained that he thought he knew who the mysterious woman was. As a choirboy at that very church almost 60 years prior, there was an eccentric lady organist with a strong passion for cats. He told him that cats would follow the woman everywhere and she would pay him to help feed the cats.

The Atheneum Club, The Traveler’s Club and The Reform Club are located off of Pall Mall. On our last night in London, we took part in a ghost tour. As we stood in front of these old men only clubs once frequented by the likes of Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, we listened to the story of a phantom dog that caused car accidents. It has been reported that several accidents were caused when a small dog ran out in front of one of the drivers. No sooner than the end of this tale, two cars next to us got into a fender bender.

Tucked away in this square lies the grave of a German Shepherd named Giro. Giro was the companion of the German Ambassador who resided in the area. It is considered the only Nazi memorial in the UK and in recent years there has been discussion of removing it. Could Giro be running around the Mall after dark just trying to be a real dog?

You can read more about Giro and his master here…

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/london-s-hidden-memorial-to-a-nazi-dog

For more information on pets in the afterlife check out my friend Rob’s books…

http://ghostsandspiritsinsights.blogspot.com/

In the News: Ghost hunters capture 'chilling' images of England's 'lost queen'

 Here's an article that appeared in Sept 2020 from the United Kingdom's Lincolnshire Live newspaper about a paranormal group's encounter with a famous ghost.   I also had the pleasure of visiting the UK and you can read about my encounters with the ghosts there in my book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," available on Amazon.   Here's this week's haunting:  

 Ghost hunters capture 'chilling' images of England's 'lost queen' 

 A group of ghost hunters claim they have managed to capture photographs of what they believe is the spirit of one of history's lost monarchs. The Retford Ghost Hunters claim to have captured one of their members coming face-to-face with a chilling apparition at the historic Rufford Abbey in Sherwood Forest..  

The group believe they encountered the renowned White Lady of Rufford who, according to legend, is believed to be the spirit of ill-fated Arbella Stuart. Arabella was tipped to take the throne before she found herself at the centre of a political wrangling which saw her banished to the Tower of London. The great, great granddaughter of Henry VII and the niece of Mary Queen of Scots' eventually died of starvation in 1615.

(Photo: The "White Lady of Rufford" appears to be standing face to face with Rachel (Image: © Retford Ghost Hunters / SWNS)

 The ghostly figure was captured during a ghost hunt which was streamed on Facebook Live. The "White Lady of Rufford" appears to be standing face to face with Rachel (Image: © Retford Ghost Hunters / SWNS) Group leader Rachel Parsons said: "I couldn't believe it when I looked up the history of the place the next day. "The first thing that came up was the White Lady Of Rufford. She's been spotted there quite a few times by all accounts.

It was about 11pm inside the ruins when we all heard a woman's cough so I ran towards the direction of it with my torch.

"I then sensed something on the spot where I was and I said to the others: 'She's standing right in front of me'.

At that point I told our viewers watching the live stream on Facebook to get screenshotting because I knew she was there. "It was only when we got back home and a viewer sent the screen grab that I discovered how close I was to her. "People have said it looks like a horror movie poster but I was just delighted to get such compelling evidence of what could be the famous White Lady of Rufford." 

The 48-year old said she only until she researched the history of the 12th century abbey that she uncovered the story of it being haunted by the White Lady of Rufford. But the White Lady wasn't the only ghostly spectre captured that night; spooky images showing a face at a doorway where also captured, which the ghost hunters believe could be the spirit of one of the monks who resided at the abbey.

(Photo: Lady Arabella Stuart, also known as Arbella. (Image: SWNS))

SOURCE: https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/retford-ghost-white-lady-rufford-4542744

Paranormal Q and A: What are some common ways a spirit would try to contact a loved one?

Each week, I'll answer a question about the paranormal, whether a general question, or one
about human or animal ghosts (Earthbound) or spirits (crossed over). Here's this week's question:

QUESTION: What are some common ways a spirit would try to contact a loved one?

 ANSWER: Some common ways that spirits communicate with us involve using things around us. Coins are a common item because they require little energy for spirits to use. Whenever you find a coin, look at the year and that will give you a clue as to whom may be trying to let you know they're around. Other things include feathers, flowers, influencing birds, butterflies or other insects to behave oddly around you (that correspond with a birthday, anniversary or holiday). You may also see someone that looks like the person or pet in spirit.. I provide many more examples in my books "Ghosts and Spirits" and Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" for human spirits; and "Pets and the Afterlife" and Pets...2 for signs from pets!


For Rob Gutro's 7 books on the paranormal, visit: www.amazon.com. All of Rob's books were written to help explain the paranormal, and teach readers how to find signs from spirit. 

New Video! Inspired Ghost Tracking Group Members Talk about 2 IGT Haunted Cases!

In this 50 minute video, medium Rob Gutro and Margaret Ehrlich, paranormal investigator and founder of Maryland’s Inspired Ghost Tracking team  discuss several of their most unusual Maryland investigations, including the case of the Burned Ghost and spirit dog. They also explain what it’s like to be a paranormal investigator. They close out the event with a look at some of the hauntings at the historic home of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Lincoln. Learn why ghosts stay behind and how the IGT team works with them to bring them solutions and peace. October 31, 2020

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/t6t0P0N2Vgc

 

Meet the Alleyway Ghost and More in a new book "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking"

A new book called "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking," by best-selling paranormal author Rob Gutro takes readers on paranormal investigations into private and historic homes where ghosts were traumatizing families. 
  You'll read about the Alleyway Ghost in the pages of Case Files. You'll learn why he's there and why he died there, just as we did when the paranormal investigators met him in the alleyway behind a house in the Baltimore area. Rob even sketched him out and got confirmation from the homeowner that that was indeed the ghost they saw walking around in their house! 
  Rob, a medium in the Inspired Ghost Tracking paranormal group, announced the release of his seventh paranormal book that brings readers along on investigations and reveals some bizarre and shocking things the group found and how they helped the ghosts and families.     
TO BUY ON AMAZON: https://tinyurl.com/yba6ofbj

"When earthbound ghosts have traumatized families in their own homes, Inspired Ghost Tracking (IGT) of Maryland has gone in to cross them over," Gutro said. "Every case is different, too. Some have had earthbound ghosts that were friendly, others were not. IGT experienced a lot of bad energies that caused people to become physically sick or mentally traumatized. IGT investigators had to figure who, what, when and why things were happening, to finally bring peace to the living and the dead."  

In this collection of IGT cases, you’ll read about the "Burned Ghost," ghosts of two different time periods in one home, dark things that Ouija boards brought into homes, a very haunted Maryland mansion, many ghosts of Baltimore’s Federal Hill, a ghostly attachment, a Steelworker’s ghost, poltergeist activity, the famous IGT “Double Murder Ghost Investigation” and many more.

You'll find answers to questions like why ghosts choose to stay in a place, the differences and similarities between ghosts and spirits, why energy is the key to the paranormal and much more.

Although Rob has become known as a "Pet Medium" through the success of his best-selling books "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2," he also connects with human earthbound ghosts and spirits.

Gutro is the first in the paranormal field to make the distinction between earthbound ghosts and spirits who have crossed over. Rob has three books about his experience with human ghosts and spirits, called "Ghosts and Spirits," "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," and "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," and most recently, "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit."   

Rob Gutro has been featured in the Washington Post and nationally syndicated radio programs like "Coast to Coast AM." Rob is a volunteer with Dachshund and Weimaraner rescues and gives fundraising lectures for animal rescues around the U.S., teaching grieving pet parents how pets communicate from the afterlife.   

Website: www.robgutro.com, www.petspirits.com

Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/ghostsandspirits.insightsfromamedium

www.facebook.com/RobGutroAuthorMedium

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobGutroAuthor

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/robgutro

YouTube:   https://tinyurl.com/wcvhqbt

A Big Thanks to the Strathmore Mansion for the Halloween Tea Event

 On Wednesday, Oct. 28, I returned to the Historic Strathmore mansion for the fourth year to give a talk during the annual Halloween Tea event. This was held in person, and so many protective measures were taken (since we are in the middle of a pandemic). 

    The tea was so well-organized, and there was social distancing, lots of ventilation, everything was disinfected, everyone wore masks, and it was a super-safe environment. My thanks to Mary Mendoza and the entire staff for taking so many steps to keep everyone safe. After all, I don't want anyone to wind up on the other side before their time!  

   Fortunately, it was a beautiful weather day and I got to stand outside on the small landing and speak into the room through open double doors. I talked about one of the cases from my newest book "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking."  

   There was a good number of people (about 20 or so) and there were many questions. In fact, there were so many that my 30 minute talk lasted over an hour once I answered them all!  I really appreciate the folks who came out and enjoyed the delicious tea, sandwiches and desserts and the beautiful music created by live musicians in the music room. It was a memorable time. 

   If you would like to read about TRUE cases by the paranormal group "Inspired Ghost Tracking" of Maryland, check out my new book available on Amazon.com under $10 paperback and $3.99 ebook. You never know what you're going to find when you go into someone's house, and if there is a ghost, a spirit, a portal, dark energy, a Ouija board, or poltergeist activity. In some cases we found combinations, and found ghosts of different time periods! 

If you'd like to check into a Tea at the Strathmore, call 301.581.5108 for reservations. Pre-paid, non-refundable reservations required. Vegetarian options are available; please be sure to request a vegetarian meal when making your reservation. Tea for Two gift certificates make great gifts! To purchase, call 301.581.5175 or visit the Shop at Strathmore located in the Mansion. https://www.strathmore.org/events-and-tickets/afternoon-tea

LIVE EVENT _ Saturday, Oct. 31- Hear about Local MD Paranormal Cases; 1pm EDT

 On Sat. Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. ET Westminster Branch Library presents a Lecture on "Cases from Inspired Ghost Tracking" with  Rob Gutro and Margaret Ehrilich, IGT manager.  

 WATCH:   https://ccpl.librarymarket.com/events/paranormal-casebook-maryland