The Mini-Box

The latest device to enter the interdimensional communication field has researchers in a high state of anticipation. The Mini-Box has made its debut, impressing even Frank Sumption, the creator of "Frank's Box" devices.

The Mini-Box was developed by engineer Ron Ricketts, New Carrollton, Texas, of the Association for the Study of Unexplained Phenomena, directed by Rick Moran. The ASUP began work on their own version of Frank's Box when they could not obtain one of Sumption's originals. Sumption has made all of his boxes by hand and few are in existence.

Like the original Frank's Box, the Mini-Box scans low-band AM radio frequencies, which is supposed to provide a matrix of sound for spirits to form words and pull words from the scans to answer questions and deliver messages. It's like real-time Electronic Voice Phenomena (See my post on Frank's Box.) The Mini-Box is much smaller, with printed circuit boards and a rechargeable gel battery that lasts for about 50 hours. It is also for sale, and units start shipping in January. I have taken possession of the very first one off the line.

I had introductory sessions with a prototype of the Mini-Box at the haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado recently, and was impressed with its scan and sensitivity. Sumption was given a demonstration, too, and came away equally impressed. Another expert to experience the prototype was Mark Macy, of one the world leaders in instrumental transcommunication (ITC), a field that involves a variety of high-tech, real-time communication research. I have two original Frank's Boxes, and welcome the addition of the Mini-Box to my research tools and to the field. Now more people seriously interested in researching our ability to talk to the dead and other beings in real time will have the means to conduct experiments.

Do the boxes work and really deliver the other side? It's yet unproven — but tantalizing.