Post by Tomspy77 on Jul 1, 2013 14:21:06 GMT -6
Cottage Grove National Guard building
A group of women who claim they can detect paranormal activity say there is something strange in the downtown neighborhood that houses the National Guard Armory.
And with the city’s blessing, they have done some investigations at the 33,080-square-foot, 1931 armory, concluding that there are several spirits with ties to the military who hang out there.
City Manager Richards Meyers, who granted access to the Coast Ghost group, said he would give the same access to anyone who asked to see the building, which the city acquired in 2010 for $395,000 and plans to use as a community center.
The members of Coast Ghost — who live in Reedsport, Florence, Coos Bay and Springfield — recently toured the building, accompanied by Meyers and city Councilor Jake Boone — the resident skeptic — to demonstrate what they said they found on earlier visits.
The first time they visited they got the most activity they had ever seen in the building, said the group’s leader, Ann Fillmore.
“Oh,” she said pointing at a laptop screen, “the medic’s room is always active.”
Most of their evidence consists of floating circles they called “orbs,” some of which had faces, caught with digital cameras and processed through filters.
The women have not seen any full-blown apparitions, but said they feel the faces in the orb are convincing enough. They have used an electrician’s tool, the K-2, which they said can detect electromagnetic fields, as well as flashlights and video and still cameras in their search for ghosts.
A group of women who claim they can detect paranormal activity say there is something strange in the downtown neighborhood that houses the National Guard Armory.
And with the city’s blessing, they have done some investigations at the 33,080-square-foot, 1931 armory, concluding that there are several spirits with ties to the military who hang out there.
City Manager Richards Meyers, who granted access to the Coast Ghost group, said he would give the same access to anyone who asked to see the building, which the city acquired in 2010 for $395,000 and plans to use as a community center.
The members of Coast Ghost — who live in Reedsport, Florence, Coos Bay and Springfield — recently toured the building, accompanied by Meyers and city Councilor Jake Boone — the resident skeptic — to demonstrate what they said they found on earlier visits.
The first time they visited they got the most activity they had ever seen in the building, said the group’s leader, Ann Fillmore.
“Oh,” she said pointing at a laptop screen, “the medic’s room is always active.”
Most of their evidence consists of floating circles they called “orbs,” some of which had faces, caught with digital cameras and processed through filters.
The women have not seen any full-blown apparitions, but said they feel the faces in the orb are convincing enough. They have used an electrician’s tool, the K-2, which they said can detect electromagnetic fields, as well as flashlights and video and still cameras in their search for ghosts.