Dr. Justina Ford. Many say her spirit haunts the old museum
“[Spirit PI] brought children on this investigation to see if they could stir up the spirit of Dr. Justina Ford.”
Did I just read that correctly?
I know some people include children while ghost hunting, like in family operated paranormal groups and such, but I would think that using them to “conjure up” spirit activity is irresponsible. Check out the report on CNN and the investigation done by the “Spirit PI” team.
What do you think?
Full source: 9 News Colorado
Written by: Jeffrey Wolf written by: Bazi Kanani
DENVER – Is history all in the past, or is it still here with us? The answer to that question has changed for some people at the Black American West Museum in Denver.
“Every single person who has volunteered here at the museum has experienced something,” Museum Executive Director La Wanna Larson said.
Larson believes the museum is haunted and says for at least one of those volunteers, an experience with a ghost was just too weird.
“He said, ‘I have to go home now and rethink everything I used to think about these things.’ He was clearly shaken up,” Larson said.
Earlier this month a team of paranormal investigators asked if they could look for signs of any ghosts at the museum. The president of Spirit Paranormal Investigations in Littleton, Kevin Sampron, brought children on this investigation to see if they could stir up the spirit of Dr. Justina Ford.
“The doctor seems to get agitated when kids seem to get out of hand a bit, and typically she will do something, make a noise, knock a picture off a wall or something,” Sampron explained.
He and his crew placed voice recorders and cameras in rooms around the house. As the children ran through the home they, they monitored the cameras from a location outside the house, hoping to record any evidence of paranormal activity.
Besides pictures falling from the walls, visitors have also reported other evidence that Ford is lurking.
“They say, ‘Well, I thought I saw a woman walk across the room and then when I went there, she was gone,'” Larson said.
Ford was the first African American female doctor west of the Mississippi. The museum’s building was her home in the early 1900s. It’s also where she treated patients who couldn’t get care elsewhere because of discrimination or poverty.
“Everyone she took care of referred to her as their best friend,” Larson said.
Ford is described as a kind and generous woman, but apparently she doesn’t like people touching her belongings. The ghost hunters reported an odd occurrence after they held Ford’s eyeglasses.
“The same two women who were mishandling her glasses said they felt this huge wave of nausea, and then when they left the room they felt better,” Larson said.
The official results of the investigation are still pending. Even if they can’t convince the skeptics, they won’t dissuade the believers.
“Yes, I believe because I’ve experienced it. It’s that simple,” Larson said.
The Black American West Museum is offering haunted house tours on Friday and Saturday nights during the month of October. To find out more and sign up, contact the museum at 303-482-2242. You can also visit www.blackamericanwestmuseum.com.
The paranormal investigators also have a number of events during the Halloween season. To find out more, visit www.spiritpi.com.
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