Paranormal Staging from Owners

gizgremlin · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

if someone sends it to you ghostgal send it to me. Im hoping its not one of my all time favorite resturants in savannah which is supposed to be haunted..
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rocknrandy · Mist Joined: May 07, 2005 Posts: 114

I would like to know too. We can never get a sitter for GS but Randy & I love Savannah and go once a year or so!! Someone please pm me the location you are talking about! Thanks ~ Aimee

Miss204 · Mist Joined: Jan 29, 2006 Posts: 302

Giz, ghostgal & RnR - I PM'd it to all 3 of you.
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ghostgeek · Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:15 am Post subject:

Fayelle · Mist Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 246

Very unfortunate indeed.....

There is activity there....The problem being that there were so many people inside the place at that time....It was fun to see the place and hear the experiences that some had had.....But the staging really hurts the place for future validations....

Sad, very sad.....

One thing I think that needed to be understood was that there was unlikely to be a whole lot of activity with so many people around at the time......

In fact I felt nothing but a jumble of energy in the hottest area of the place, until there was only the 2 of us there.....Then there was obvious activity but it took other energies leaving the area before it tried to manifest.....

Unfortunate that they were so desperate to please a few that they managed to alienate many and discounted the place as a future site for GS.....

Fay

goohsmom · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 3:13 am Post subject:

I'm afraid we might start seeing more and more of this, Fay, as owners and managers start to realize the potential publicity of having an "active" location. It's one of the things we try to pay a lot of attention to, especially in locations that particularly WANT to be investigated around Halloween. I can think of at least two local places that we've been more cautious about, since they have an incentive to portray themselves as more active than they really are, for the publicity.

As for this particular location, I hope they're not indicative of a trend in Savannah for business owners to try to capitalize on their reputations in a hope of increasing revenues, but I'm afraid they won't be the only one. As with anything else, it's imperative that we as investigators have our eyes wide open and not be afraid to stand by our reputations.

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hkolln · Mist Joined: Jul 16, 2004 Posts: 260

I'm sorry everyone that this happened and turned out this way. I just want to say it was a travesty when it happened and that this particular place did not need that type of thing to get business. We had to totally throw out ALL the evidence we collected that evening and we won't be going back as a team for any investigations in the future. I appreciate all the support I am getting and I hope if this happens to any other teams in the future you guys would keep me informed too. We need to support each other and if we don't know we can only guess. Now I have heard of this happening but when it happens in front of you it can be very disheartening.
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mooneybeams · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:46 am Post subject:

What really sucks is that Friday of GS3 at this place was SO MUCH FUN, and now we can't go back.
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Debilee · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:12 am Post subject:

I'm sure we can find another place to host us that would be just as fun! Clown

I say we just all continue to boycott this place and as word gets around that groups will start avoiding those places for that reason, hopefully, people will think twice before trying it at their own location.
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Spoofy · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:51 am Post subject:

Hey, their's always Moon River.
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mooneybeams · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

Ewwwww Spoofy GREAT idea!
Of course I like anything that has a moon(ey) involved Razz

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Fayelle · Mist Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 246

Another place that might go for it and would be fun is the Oyster Bar on River street.....

The people were very nice and we were informed of upstairs activity when we went to dinner there wearing our tshirts....

Plus they have a nice atmosphere and good food!

I also hope its not indicative of future problems with places in Savannah...Salem really became touristy surrounding the witch trials and has lost its true energy in obvious places due to the monitary side of things....So you really have to look to find that previous draw.....

It used to be that hauntings were a secret and something that people hid because of the stigma surrounding it....Now with the media frenzy and new television interest it has become a tourist trap of sorts.....

Ahh well....

Fay

gspceo253 · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject:

Fay, You bring up a great point. I've really noticed how the paranormal has started to become more mainstream. You're right, TV shows like Supernatural, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Whisperer, etc. has really begun to shed more light on the paranormal. Whether it's ghost hunting or not, I've noticed that people are becoming more open to it. I know that last year when I posted about the paranormal in my blog, not many people were willing to respond to it. When I posted about it this year, several people are responding well. A lady who's mother passed away 3-4 months ago says that she is seeing shadows in her home where her mom passed. She asked me if this was one of the shadow people or could it be her mother.
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JessiCaM · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

But as it gets more mainstream, unfortunately, more places will begin to stage stuff.... Makes it kinda sad, and tough to determine the genuinly haunted places.
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Fayelle · Mist Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 246

Yep like anything else it can be a double edged sword.....

Luckily there is enough out there that does not need staging and those places are generally only known about seriously by people who are interested in the genuine article and not a haunted house for halloween fun only.....plus in all honesty in my experience paranormal activity is not nearly as glamorous as it is portrayed in media......So people lose interest quickly....Not only that I think real activity frightens people it is happening to at times so they are not going to be outwardly advertising the activity but will be interested in obtaining proof of the activity and perhaps an explanation so they will be more inclined to ask for an investigation rather than publicity.....

Fay