Been thinking about this a lot lately after running a few sessions in my house up here in Cumbria. The front bedroom and the old kitchen consistently throw up orbs on camera, but the living room and bathroom - absolutely nothing, ever. Running a Ricoh WG-70 for stills and a basic IR trail cam overnight.
My working theory is that it's less about the room and more about what the room contains or has experienced. The front bedroom was apparently used as a sick room by previous occupants (landlord mentioned it casually, didn't think much of it at the time). The kitchen is the oldest part of the structure, probably mid-Victorian.
A few things worth considering when comparing rooms:
Air circulation differences - yes, I know the dust/moisture argument, but airflow patterns genuinely vary room to room and could affect both genuine phenomena and false positives, EMF baseline - I've measured noticeably higher readings near the kitchen range area, Historical use - rooms with more human activity over time seem more active in my experience
What I'd push back on is the idea that orbs appearing in specific rooms automatically means they're residual rather than intelligent. My spirit box sessions (using a Panasonic RF-2400 sweep) pick up more responsive audio in exactly those same rooms too, which feels like more than coincidence.
Has anyone else cross-referenced orb locations against EMF readings or done audio work in the same spots? Curious whether the pattern holds elsewhere or if I'm just seeing what I want to see.