Should this go in the armed citizens thread

**internet troll** · August 31st, 2018, 07:49 PM

http://www.journalinquirer.com/towns...5e5317934.html

Guy was defending himself against a ghost. Seeing as it was not a ghost gun I don’t know if I should put it in the armed citizens thread. Please advise.

TOLLAND — A self-described paranormal investigator is facing charges after firing a gun at a masked intruder he later conceded could have been a ghost, state police said.

Christian J. Devaux, 25, of 71 Old Post Road, was arrested Friday following a motor vehicle stop in Vernon, where officers found there was a warrant for his arrest. He was later charged with illegal discharge of a firearm, making a false statement to police, second-degree reckless endangerment, misusing an emergency call, and disorderly conduct.

According to an affidavit supporting his arrest, Devaux dialed 911 early on the morning of July 26 to report that a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a mask and holding a rifle had broken into his home. While still on the line with dispatchers, Devaux could be heard yelling “Hey!” and firing two shots in an apparent attempt to scare off the intruder, troopers said.

Investigators who arrived at Devaux’s home, however, said they found no evidence that his residence had been broken into or that the mysterious man described in the 911 call was anywhere to be found.

A trained dog failed to pick up a scent in the area, the affidavit states, and a canvass of the street turned up nothing suspicious. In addition, neighbors said they did not hear or see anything that morning that would have raised an alarm, except for the two gunshots fired by Devaux.

Troopers also found problems with Devaux’s sworn statement, where he described firing the two bullets as warning shots that he intentionally aimed over the intruder’s head. Investigators found that scenario unlikely, however, after a ballistic analysis showed that the two bullets had punctured a wall in Devaux’s home less than three feet off the floor.

After state police uncovered even more inconsistencies — including shell casings discovered in front of Devaux’s supposed firing location — Devaux told troopers that “there are some things he just can’t explain, like seeing ghosts.”

Devaux then told state police that he has been a paranormal investigator for five or six years and most recently encountered an apparition at the former Mansfield Training School and Hospital, investigators said. Devaux said that while he did not want to be considered “insane,” he had to allow for the possibility that the intruder was of supernatural origin.

When a trooper at the scene asked Devaux if they could both agree that no one had been in Devaux’s house earlier that morning and that he may have seen a ghost, Devaux replied, “It had to be,” according to the warrant.

State police said Devaux had made a strikingly similar report about a phantom home invader back in 2011. In that incident, Devaux reported that he heard a loud bang and found a stranger in his home. A canvass of the area also turned up nothing.

Devaux was released after posting $5,000 bond, troopers said, and is expected to appear at Vernon Superior Court on Sept. 11.

**littlefitz** · August 31st, 2018, 08:55 PM

More like the "armed morons" thread.

**Noah_Zark** · August 31st, 2018, 09:14 PM

No, not really. Not this time.

Noah

**streaker69** · August 31st, 2018, 09:14 PM

Was he carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator?

**Daycrawler** · August 31st, 2018, 09:57 PM

So if he did shoot a ghost, would a bullet kill it? Why if he saw a ghost, didn't he try and communicate with it? Some ghost hunter.

**dannyb** · September 1st, 2018, 08:46 AM

This guy sounds more abnormal than paranormal to me. I wonder if he has been using special sensitizing tablets, liquids, or inhalants in order to help in his investigations.