Methods of Distraction

Ghost Hunting

Sharon Coleman, my friend and colleague, spent last weekend with The Ghost Hunters from the Sci-Fi Channel. This is a bit of my fan side coming out: I was and still am jealous. At least she got my press kit for season 4 signed!

Here is her account along with some photos:

My sister and I went to Philadelphia to meet the Ghost Hunters from Sci-Fi at Fort Mifflin and had a blast. We left about 6 a.m. on Friday and drove through West Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, and Pennsylvania to get there. We got stuck in traffic on I -95 and finally got to the hotel around 2 p.m. We checked in and drove around to park and unload. After settling in in the room, we went to the lobby to wait for the meet and greet to start. We saw Dave Tango arrive through the front doors and his dad was running around the lobby for while. After checking in and showing our tickets in the Ball Room, we waited in line to see the guys at the table in the front of the room. We bought pictures and t-shirts and had some stuff signed by them. It was fun seeing them up close. Got a few pictures and made some people really happy seeing a press kit being signed by the guys. Jason Hawes was the first to see it, he was completely fascinated, asked if I had bought it off eBay. Grant Wilson just liked seeing himself pop up. Next was Steve Gonsalves, another one fascinated with it. Dave Tango and Kris Williams were next, just signed and handed back to me. We listened to the welcomes and ate the pasta bar, was not impressed at all with that. Next was Jay and Grantás lecture. They are so funny, they play off each other really well. Went through some case studies, real cases they had been on, and tried to guess what was going on. It was about an hour of entertainment. After that, Lee from Fort Mifflin gave us the history and then John Zaffis, the demonologist, gave a talk. Then it was time to head to the fort. We were at the fort from 9 p.m. until after 2 a.m. We spent an hour with each of the investigators, exploring different parts of the fort, including casemate 11, the underground prison they found right before the first episode of season 4, which included the Ghost Hunters investigation of the fort, was shot. We were the first group to go in since the Ghost Hunters did during filming. It will not be open to the public until sometime in July. They had just finished installing steps down into it that day. The only experiences I really had were it felt like I was being touched a few times in the Generalás Quarters in the room next to the one where the little girl, âElizabeth,ã killed herself in. Also, in one of the casemates, I felt my hair being pulled. After a long night of investigating, Jay and Grant fired the 18th Century cannon before we left. After stopping to get pictures with Tango and Steve, we bought a few souvenirs in their shop and then headed back to the hotel to "sleep." Instead of doing that, we decided to go to Denny's next door and eat and luckily the group was there eating also. Ended up at a table right next to them and listened in on conversations. After eating and because I was dead tired, we headed back to the hotel once again so that I could post some pictures on Myspace and Facebook and take a shower, we were filthy. At the wrap up session that morning, the entire gang was there again, minus Steve, and everyone shared their experiences and listened to some of the things that people had captured on film or recorded. Very spooky!! The gang thanked us for being so well behaved and posed for more pictures with everyone and then we were off!!

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