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In the haunted building on our Haunted St. Augustine – Paranormal Investigative tour this past week, our guide Rick asked the spirits in the back record room if they could trigger the REM-POD to make sounds and very soon it went off making non-stop noise for quite awhile. The P-SB7 Spirit Box was on to transmit spirit voices (EVP) and after REM-POD stopped making noise, two ladies on the tour introduced themselves to the ghosts and soon after their names came through on the P-SB7. Rick asked how many spirits were there and right after “three” came through on the P-SB7. (Post date June 18, 2016).

The date was 6-6-16 and it happened on the Everdark Express Shadow Shuttle tour. GhoSt Augustine tour guide Matt describes the haunted activity:  At the Lighthouse park, a lady on the tour passed under a massive oak tree branch and she could feel her hair lifted up with a bit of a pull. Shortly after, at the playground 1 of the swings bagged down in the middle as if someone sat on it. And then it began to swing, just a few inches. It was enough to be noticeable though and it went on for three to four minutes. The tour guests and Matt attempted to film the action but none of their cams would function. Their cams had worked perfectly a little shortly before. Interesting is that it is well documented for spirits to be fuel up on energy…

Ahhhh, she screamed inside the haunted building. What made her scream was a light touch to her foot. She described that if felt as if her foot was was wrapped in spiderweb. Then it felt like it had a light burn on her skin. Our guide turned on the lights and her ankle looked like it was bruised. It clearly was red. No spider web – insects or any other explanation could be made. There was no mark as if she had been bitten by an insect. The redness disappeared later that same night after she left the building. Right before she felt this thing on her ankle, her sister-in-law had put her engagement ring on the table and asked if the ghost could make it turn. It did! It turned about half a turn and all the K2 EMF…

Today it’s 15 years since GhoSt Augustine opened for business! The tours will be running as usual, but between 4-7:30 pm our main store will be closed between 4-7:30 pm since we are having a small celebration among the staff. Who was the first person that came in to the store at the original 123 St. George Street store? I don’t know his name but I was happy that someone finally did enter since I had had the door open for hours without a single person coming in. There was a person standing just outside the store and I bated him with that he would make history if he just walked over that threshold. He walked over the threshold and then out again. Pretty anticlimactic. But he broke the ice and got the party started! The sale finally came for…

On the Haunted St. Augustine tour inside the Antique shop in the backroom – the closet / storage area – our Guide Rick and the tour group used the P-SB7 and a Voice Recorder to catch EVP’s and there’s a girl named Morgan in the tour group. It sounds like a voice is coming through saying it’s name is Everett (sounds like) and then when the group greets him he responds ‘Hi!” and Morgan says in the end “It was nice talking to you” and a response is recorded on the Voice Recorder that comes through as ” And you Mooorgaaan”. Morgan took a selfie and there is a strange mist across her face and one can make out two faces in front of her and one it looks like he is wearing a hood – like   munks used…

Tour guest’s leg mysteriously scratched on our Everdark Express tour. This happened this past Saturday. First he felt something brushing against his leg and then a burning feeling on his leg. When he looked there were 3 long scratches on his leg. It is generally believed to be representing a mocking of the holy trinity. A couple of weeks ago our tour guide Davis also received these 3 scratches on his leg – but higher up – on his thigh.These 3 scratch marks also appeared after first feeling a burning feeling. He also felt something putting pressure on his shoulders as he was sitting down doing an Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) session. Like someone was leaning on him – pushing him down in the chair. Both these scratchings happened inside the 2nd haunted building on the Everdark Express. If you…

Recently on the Everdark Express: One girl got a light push in her back inside the upstairs of the haunted pub – no one was close behind her. Another girl felt like it was burning on her arm and rolled back her long sleeve. Under our tour guide’s flashlight 3 scratches were revealed running far up her arm. These girls also felt heavy pressure over their chests. Same night on the same tour, but the midnight departure one, at the Haunted Antique store a man got chest pain and headache as soon as he entered the back room. Each time he went out of the back room – the symptoms were gone.

We’ve had a lot of paranormal activity reported in December and January both downstairs and upstairs at the British Pub at 213 Anastasia Blvd. The bartenders have after closing up and cleaning the pub when it is all quiet felt an ominous heavy energy that triggers intense fear. On several of such reported occasions soon after various objects have come crashing down. Upstairs, when entering in the morning, a cloth on the counter in the first room has mysteriously twice been found laying on the floor. Both times, the last person leaving have confirmed the cloth was still on the counter when locking the upstairs for the night.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah and Happy Holidays to you from us at GhoSt Augustine! We kicked off the season with a Whoville Christmas themed company Christmas Party this week on Monday Dec 7th at the British Pub on Anastasia Island. We ate and cheered in the season with good spirits! Not everyone could make it unfortunately. Better late then not making it! Thanks to all of the GhoSt Augustine team members for the outstanding job you do every day in our stores and every night on our fab fantastic tours! P.S. Still can’t post photos here – but you can see them on our fb page – search for GhoSt Augustine. Follow us on fB!

The St. Augustine Christmas Parade this past Saturday Dec 5th. Our Whovillers handed out tons of candy to small and big kids even though it literally rained on our parade. At least it made the Grinch smile. Thanks Grinch! (alias Mr. Ed). Thank You Yvonne, Gina, The rest of the Hillis family for fixing up our majestic 1992 Cadillac Hearse -Colonel Blake Cassidy -with the decor, being in the parade, and for making it happen once again! Well done! For some reason we can not post pictures in our blog, you can see them on fb – just search for GhoSt Augustine on fb!

Yesterday,all of a sudden, I, Jonas – owner of GhoSt Augustine, was sitting working inside the haunted old offices/sleeping quarters of the haunted pub. I was sitting at the big table in the main room and was just wrapping up the day at 6 and opened a beer and as I poured in it in my glass the window behind me started to vibrate, rattle and shake and made the type of sound like someone driving by blasting an extreme car sound system with a heavy base. I ignored it thinking that that must be what is going on. Then it dawned on me that there is a roof outside the window so no car could be out there. So I turned around and looked at the noise making rattling window and then I realized that only that one window…

It’s a great beautiful October day here this Halloween Saturday! Blue clear sky and sunny and perfect temp! Bunch of tours today from 6 pm to Midnight! Still space available on some departures! Call us! Or book online. We have a SPECIAL SEANCE in a Haunted Building tonight at Midnight conducted by ex-TAPS member Holly and assisted by our wonderful long time tour guide Lisa. We have 8 total that can be in the séance and 8 seats to view it. It will be very interesting and we will film it and post it on youtube most likely. HAVE A GREAT HAPPY HALLOWEEN!