I've been watching Ghost Hunters on SyFy (Why did they change it from SciFi?). For many days, I've been annoyed by some of the things they often use:
"We actually had an actual apparition" - The word "actually" just so annoys me. It's like I'm lying but I'm trying to assure you I'm not lying.
"To be honest.." It's never honest. Anyone who ever says "To be honest, I.." is so lying..
"Honestly, I.." am lying. Yes.
There is some good evidence, but I know a place that has real haunting, real apparitions. There is one place Ghost Hunters International should visit:
+66° 22' 32.24", +25° 22' 53.88"
The place used to be small inn, with seven rooms in a separate building. It's been closed for years now, but I know six people who have had experiences there, me being one of them. I've been there at night, after closing, before opening, seen the kitchens, cabinet, etc.
I think I have mentioned the place before, but I'm starting to be pretty sure that place is really haunted. It even has a good story. While the germans were moving to the north to burn Rovaniemi, they had a camp there. It's not known if the story is true or not, but supposedly they raped and killed people there; women, children, men..
I'll list everything I've heard or seen myself:
A singer, who had a gig there, was having a drink after the doors closed. She heard children yelling and crying. She went and asked my mother (whom she knew very well) that if her kids (me and my kid sisters) were still up. We often slept in one of the rooms if our mother had to work late and the rooms were free. We were sleeping at home that night. The same singer had a beer bottle threwn at her later that night. Only, there was no one to throw stuff at her.
My mother had closed up and was counting the bottles, when she saw something walk by her. She thought that the bartender had returned for something and asked him what he had forgotten. She got no answer, but a beer bottle at the counter exploded. The bar tender had left the premises the moment he had finished work, so my mother was alone there.
It was daytime when my older kid sister went to our mother and said: "There's a man in the cabinet". Mother got upset because I was supposed to open the doors in half an hour and she thought I'd let someone in. She went to find the man and ask him to go outside, but didn't find anyone. I was sitting in the reception and she came to give me a shout. I told her to go check the door and the door was locked.
My youngest sister sat in a chair and talked to someone who wasn't there.
The cook heard banging, as if someone had been shooting inside. He went to check and nobody there...
I went to the cabinet, I was supposed to do something I guess, but I felt so uneasy there, like really uneasy. I got scared and ran away. I never got the nerve to go to the cabinet alone.
There were two hotel rooms that got the chills running down my spine. Room 1 was the finest room, a little honeymoon suite feeling to it. One day I was changing the sheets (because I had to work there sometimes) and had my back turned to door. There was this guy, who worked at the hotel and he was supposed to help me. So, I felt a hand pushing my shoulder and I thought he had come. I talked to him and when got no answer, I looked to see if he had Walkman on or hadn't heard me, but there was no one there. I went to see him and found him setting up glasses at the pub. Room seven was even creepier. We were sleeping there at one point and I woke up having my covers pulled off me. My kid sisters were sleeping next to me, but they weren't moving or pulling the covers. That room was so creepy anyway, I always had to sensation of being not welcome there.
The pub was scary as hell. Even with lights on, I was so scared there. It felt very hostile. I was doing my homework there one time, when I was sure someone was standing at the counter. I raised my eyes, but nothing. Just this evil, hostile feeling.
The fireplace room was creepy too. Often the workers saw someone walking by the counter, from the sauna to the main hall. For me, that place had the less creeps.
Oh yeah, and one of the employees, a guy in his twenties, was scared of being there alone. He got fired and killed himself later by jumping to a river.
Bangs, wailing, crying, footsteps, exploding beer bottles, people, shadows.. that place had everything!
I was eleven at that time, my mother was violent towards me and I was troubled. Poltergeist anyone?
I so want to go back there and spend a few nights hopefully with equipment, like cameras and stuff. It's a shame it's such a long drive from where I live, ten or so hours :(
I think that with all these investigations, they should use a catalyst..Which would be better than a tormented child?