I ain't afraid of no ghosts

I had a good time covering the story of some ghost hunters at the Pendleton Center for the Arts (Who ya gonna call - East Oregonian, Oct. 25, 2009 ). I don't really believe in the whole ghost thing, but I like the adrenaline rush of being scared -- and face it, any old creaky building is at least a little bit scary.

Doug Sanders, director of the team from the International Paranormal Reporting Group, gives direction to a couple of his team members before beginning the investigation.



I wish this photo had more dramatic spider webs on the wrought iron gate - that would have lent itself to being more eerie.

James Haight can be seen through hallway windows as he writes down data in the ceramic room during the investigation. I thought I was being pretty "outside the box artsy" with this photo, but the copy desk didn't choose it to go along with the story.

When Tasha Haight was taking photos of the outside windows she paused while looking at the LED screen -- focusing on the upper left pane of the photo.

Later Doug made the comment that the way the window was, someone would have to be at least 15 feet tall to look out the window. I didn't say anything (because as a journalist I feel like I observe and record events, but am not a part of them, per se - although if someone offers to let me eat at an event that has food, well, yes then I'll take part in that : )

Anyway, my thought was looking down at the basement window from the sidewalk you can see into the room and a person standing 10 or so feet away from the window (inside) you'd be able to see them through the pane. (I know this because of the pictures I took, I could see things on the shelf across the room). I'm not even a detective or ghost buster and I could figure that one out.