EVP Classifications

What are EVP’s? What are their classifications?

An EVP is an electronic voice phenomenon many will have heard this term over and over on any “ghost” show out there. A digital recorder is most often what is used to catch an EVP and is used frequently as a tool for ghost hunting. The digital recorder is such a handy tool as it is capable of picking up the sounds or voices that cannot be heard by the human ear. I have never found an “official” or universal classification system for electronic voice phenomenon, but it is usually agreed upon by most investigative teams that I know of that there are four classes of EVP’s.

The Class A- EVP is a clear voice that can be understood by anyone who listens to it. The Class A will not need to be cleaned up to be understood, a laymen would easily be able to distinguish the Class A. It does not necessarily have to be a loud voice to have this classification, but this is the rarest EVP to capture on any piece of equipment.

The Class B-EVP is going to be a voice that can be discernable by some of those who may listen to it and they will easily be able to agree to what is being said. This kind of EVP is rated as such due to the fact that not all who hear it will be able to agree on what is being said. Some may have to employ the use of headphones and the EVP may have to be cleaned up for others to understand it.

The Class C-EVP is often not heard by the human ear. It can be a sound or a voice that is not understood easily without a great amount of cleaning or amplifying to be understood, and even then only a few who hear it may be able to understand what they are hearing. In most case this class of EVP will only have one or two words that can be discernable while the rest of what they hear is garbled and unrecognizable.

There is one other form of EVP and most investigation teams will have their own name for it. This EVP is one that when played normally will be completely unidentifiable, but when played in reverse it will be clearly audible to the naked ear. These too are as rare as a Class A-EVP, but have been found occasionally in an investigation and since it is so rare it is completely awesome when one is found.