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This weekend kicks off the second weekend of Huntington Paranormal's Haunted and Historic Guyandotte Tours! In this installment of our 2013 tour season, we're bringing back our popular Ghostly Encounters Walking Tour of downtown Guyandotte!
The Ghostly Encounters tour will take visitors on a guided walking tour through Huntington's oldest, and some say most HAUNTED, neighborhood! At a little under 2 hours and a little over a mile in distance, your Ghostly Encounters tour will take you to about a dozen of Guyandotte's most haunted locations. History combines with legend to provide a unique experience that is sure to leave even the most skeptical shaking their heads! Every year we change things up a tad, and every year multiple visitors report having their own paranormal experiences! Cameras are highly encouraged as a way to document YOUR experiences!
As always, this tour is being offered to the public for FREE, and is led by knowledgeable guides eager to make your tour experience one you'll never forget. Tours leave from the Guyandotte Branch Library on Richmond Street and early ticket distribution begins at 6 pm. This year, the library is holding a special movie night in conjunction with our tours! Arrive at 5 pm for a FREE horror movie and popcorn while you wait for your tour to start. Bring your camera and flashlight, and be sure to wear comfy shoes and join us this Friday and Saturday, October 18th and 19th for Ghostly Encounters!
An interesting side note: Friday's tour falls on the 2013 Full Hunter's Moon! The Hunter's Moon is the full moon immediately following the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox. Sometimes referred to as the Dying Grass Moon or the Travel Moon, the Hunter's Moon signified the start of the time when hunters began stocking up on meat for the upcoming winter. It is believed to have gotten its name from Native American origins, but the first mention of it comes from a 1710 edition of British Apollo, which states that its the name the country folk used to describe the October full moon. Some believe that a full moon can actually increase paranormal activity, but either way, it'll be a hauntingly beautiful and somewhat spooky experience as we tour the town under the light of the full moon!
I'd also like to take a moment to thank all of our volunteers and all of our guests! HPIR has been offering these free ghost tours since our inception at the 2008 Guyandotte Civil War Days. We truly enjoy offering this service to our community and have gotten wildly positive feedback. We often say that the best way to teach history is through a good ghost story and I've personally seen this in action year after year as some of our regulars can quote, nearly verbatim, Guyandotte's early history up through the Civil War! We hope you continue to enjoy our tours as much as we love giving them. Hope to see ya out this weekend, and please see our website for full details on the Ghostly Encounters Tour, and the rest of our season's schedule!
Upcoming Tour Dates:
October 18th and 19th-Ghostly Encounters Walking Tour
October 26th-Guided Ghost Hunt
November 1st and 2nd-Civil War Haunted History Tour
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| Strange Photo Taken from a Previous Tour |
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