Story By: Chad Alan

 

Fort William Henry - Lake George, New York

 

Fort William Henry was built in 1755 by the British and used in the French/Indian war.  The French destroyed the fort in 1757 after a bloody battle that left over a 1,000 dead.  The Indians involved in the battle ravaged the wounded of the fort by scalping them and some were cannibalized.  The Fort was restored at a later date and now serves as a museum and apparently a home for paranormal activity.   Workers and visitors have experienced being grabbed, hearing footsteps, whispers, and seeing full bodied apparitions of soldiers.

 

TAPS co-founders Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson started their investigation in the dungeon area where wounded soldiers were brought during the battles.  A row of wooden jail cells line the walls.  It wasn't long before they began hearing footsteps coming from the floor above them even though they were the only investigators in the building.  They tracked the footsteps to an enclosed area that could not easily be accessed by anyone.  Jason and Grant did spend some time in the outer area of the fort to see if they could debunk the reports of noises and movement.  It became pretty clear to them that a lot of these noises could simply be from animals wondering the grounds.  This hypothesis was soon backed up when one of them caught himself before stepping on a raccoon.

 

Investigator in training Adam Berry, and veterans, Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves, were the next to head to the dungeon.  Not much activity in the dungeon so they headed to Col. Monroe's office.  This glassed off area is where an apparition of a solider has been reported.  As they were doing their EVP session, they experienced a strange noise that sounded to them like somebody was clearing their throat.  An EVP would later reveal what they believed something saying "Whatever" in response to one of their comments.

 

K.J. McCormick and Amy Bruni spent some time in the gift shop area where multiple reports of strange noises seem to resonate from the ceiling area.  After a few minutes they heard the noise and then something caught their attention in the corner of room.  They believed they were involved in a game of hide and seek as they would navigate to an area where they saw something and then another noise would come from behind them in another area of the store.   K.J. and Amy left baffled and hoped they would have additional evidence on their recorders.   They were able to catch a shuffling noise on their recorder coming from behind them. 

 

Grant and Jason called the Fort "active" and felt that others could have an interesting experience during their visit. 

 

 

Buffalo Central Terminal - Buffalo, New York

 

TAPs used the second part of the show to go through and showcase their results from their live Halloween special.  Just like past Halloween specials, the show consisted of a lot of cross-promotion including a professional wrestler from one of the channels kids' shows.  No reports of Hulk Hogan being onsite.  As usual, the guests were more of a waste of space then helpful investigators.  TAPs had investigated the terminal before and felt it was worth another 6 hour investigation instead of going "Trick Or Treating."  There were a few good moments of a flash light going on and off when Amy and Adam asked it to, which included some extreme readings coming from the K2 meter.  A thermal video camera caught an interesting presence that disappeared when Grant approached it, making whatever was caught an intelligent being of sorts.  Jason and Grant also received responses to a knocking game that they like to play to use to try and interact with any spirits that may be in their presence.  A few EVPs were also revealed, with one saying "Tango", possibly calling for investigator Dave Tango.  TAPs left the Buffalo Central Terminal impressed again with the paranormal activity that they experienced. 

 

 

Ghost Hunters airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Syfy.  Check your local listings, especially since the HD channels offer different times for the show.

 

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