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Ghosts At Mystic!

A report from the Mystic Seaport museum details a search by paranormal investigators into reports of a ghost sighted on-board the Charles W. Morgan, the old whaler that is one of the prize possessions of the museum.

A five-member team from the Rhode Island Paranormal Research group visited Mystic Seaport on Friday night to spend time on the Charles W. Morgan, a wooden whaling ship where several visitors have reported seeing the apparition.

The 165-year-old craft made 37 ocean voyages in search of whales during the 60 years it was in use. About 1,000 men worked on the Morgan over those decades.

The paranormal investigators became interested after three separate tour groups reported seeing someone dressed in 19th century clothing below decks. The apparition did not speak to anyone but did nod in their direction. At the time, there was not supposed to be anyone in that area. Museum officials are cooperating, not because they believe in ghosts, but because they thought it would be a fun thing.

"The fact that we had three reports that were the same made everyone's eyebrows go up," Laird said.

He said that he also received about 40 other reports of possible paranormal activity before those groups related their experiences.

Museum officials gave the group permission to conduct the investigation.

"We're interested in what they find out," said museum publicist Mike O'Farrell, who attended Friday night's investigation. "It's not so much we believe in ghosts and spirits, but it's a chance to do something fun."

Laird and the other investigators said their few hours on the ship convinced them that there was enough evidence of paranormal activity in certain areas to warrant a return visit with more sophisticated equipment.

Well, while we hesitate to call the Rhode Island Paranormal Research people rank amateurs (because we don't want to get sued or anything) we do want the world to know that we here at Blue Crab Boulevard take a back seat to no one in the search for paranormality. Accordingly, we dispatched a crack team of investigators from the Professor Gaius Paranormality Research Academy and Coffee Shop to scoop the Rhode Island folks. And, of course, we succeeded. Because we're more paranormal than just about anyone. Behold! Photographic evidence of the haunted Charles W. Morgan!

Foto Phun, Humor | Gaius Monday, 24 April , 2006

By Angel, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 2:03 pm

lolz…aw havent seen cute lil Casper in ages…gosh he hasnt aged a bit..grinz
By Gauis Arbo, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 2:06 pm

One of the Rhode Island people said they sensed the name “Gerald”. But it was Casper!
By Black Jack, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 5:45 pm

Points for correct identification:

I’ve got a whale of a tale to tell you lads,
A whale of a tale or two,
’bout the flappin’ fish and the girls I’ve loved,
The nights like this, and the moon above.

A whale of tale and it’s all true,
I sware by my tatoo.
By Gauis Arbo, Monday, 24 April , 2006 @ 6:00 pm

There once was a man from Nantuckett…..
By Black Jack, Tuesday, 25 April , 2006 @ 1:13 pm

There was Mermaid Minny, met her off the coast of Madagascar,
And, she’d kiss me anytime that I would ask her.
By Gauis Arbo, Tuesday, 25 April , 2006 @ 1:21 pm

Ah, the classics!
By Activity, Thursday, 27 July , 2006 @ 12:42 pm

The toilets flishing themselves? and no apparition? how disapponting.