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Ghost Hunters Stake Out Aviation Museum Save Email Print
Posted: 9:11 AM Aug 22, 2007
Last Updated: 11:02 PM Aug 22, 2007
Email Address: deb.farris@kake.com

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A team of ghost hunters is investigating the Kansas Aviation Museum in Wichita.

For decades, volunteers at the museum have seen mysterious images and heard noises and voices. Just two weeks ago, a member of the museum staff saw the door handle to the boiler room rattling. No one was inside and a volunteer reports seeing footprints in the hallway.

"It's an old building that makes noises," said museum director Teresa Day. "We just need to find out what's going on or if it could be something else."

The museum called on Sam Tyree of the Great Plains Paranormal Investigations team.

"I've been in the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs which claims to be the most haunted hotel in America," said Tyree. "What we got there isn't even a fraction of what we got here."

Tyree and his team took over the museum this weekend. They placed nightvision cameras in hallways, used recorders and other devices that they claim will detect ghosts.

It was here, where a 1931 cropduster is being restored that Tyree became convinced museum staff and volunteers aren't crazy.

"This is the pilots stick and there was a free floating electromagnectic field here. It would resond to questions - 'Did you crash the aircraft, do you want us to scrap the aircraft?' And the meter just jumped."

He believes they were conversing with the dead pilot. Whether these are ghosts or something else, the museum just wants answers.

Tyree says he will continue to analyze his evidence and his team will be back to do more testing to determine whether ghosts really walk these halls.

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Posted by: Angie on Sep 25, 2007 at 10:36 AM
George, my uncle has a website that may help you. Go to www.spookstalker.com

Posted by: Amber on Aug 23, 2007 at 12:51 AM
I am a member of this team of ivestigators and also a volunteer at the museum. If you would like to find out what we found at the museum that night check out our teams website www.gppi.us When we are finsihed going over all our findings, they will be posted there. Also this website has a way to contact the group leaders, for George who asked about contacting them.

Posted by: Jim on Aug 22, 2007 at 04:40 PM
EEEEEEEEEEEEk, I'm scared! :)

Posted by: Jeannie on Aug 22, 2007 at 01:23 PM
This is the first time I have seen a ghost story on the air in some time that didn't have anything to do with Halloween. If there really is a ghost there, then the next question becomes: What does it want? Comply with the ghost's request. It probably knows more about the situation than anyone living does and has it's reasons for warning us. Then it will go away having fulfilled it's quest. Oooh and Aahhh, help it, and let it cross over in peace.

Posted by: Annique on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Good for the Museum! Maybe this will attract more "sight" seers. Paranormal Investigators are their own worst skeptics - they look for any and every reason why something would happen naturally before saying a place has paranormal activity. Only after careful evaluation with a number of tools and several verifiable instances will a place be considered "haunted." There are some things in this world that defy explanation. Paranormal investigators simply assist in discovering what is behind the unexplained phenomenon people experience.

Posted by: George on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Great article! Looks like we have a professional team of ghost-hunters compared to past teams of novices. Who else is on Sam's team? I have heard and seen ghost activity here in my home as well. How do I find that same guy to come here? Do they work for free?

Posted by: Tim on Aug 22, 2007 at 09:30 AM
GREAT. That's what we get for putting the Aviation Museum in Kansas! Amelia Earhardt wants to say, "Good Morning Kansas"...

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