So, with these things in mind, we set forth to the lighthouse. Firstly, I would like to say that I was a tad bit disappointed with the fact that there were roughly 30 people on the tour (even though they split us up so no more than half were in one place at one time). Anyways, as the first group entered the lighthouse, our group entered the lightkeeper's house. Upstairs I felt absolutely nothing. If anything, it was comfortable and peaceful. Downstairs the air did feel a bit more heavy but that is probably because the upstairs had a dehumidifier running. Finally, we enter the basement where most of the personal accounts from the house are reported. In the basement, I am listening to the man giving the tour, however, in the next room, I repeatedly saw something moving past one of the two windows (on level with the ground) which was covered with some kind of drape (so I saw a shadow). I brushed it off as someone outside. We enter into this second room, I am looking around, and Brian tells me that he saw the legs of a figure walk by in a long jacket but not walk by the window which was less than a foot away from the other. Now I was intrigued. I begin watching the windows, I tell Erock, and we begin watching both. Then, literally out of nowhere, something FAST goes by the first window without us seeing it in the second.
Now, we were REALLY curious. During some free time, we headed outside to determine what the hell it could have been. We head over to the windows, and take a look around. We simply walk past one window to check see if the curtain was heavier on the second but we did see our shadows in that window as well. Then, standing in the tiny space between the windows, we tried to figure how something could get up to the speed that we saw it go by without getting a head start. Honestly, not much we could come up with. On top of that, nothing at all explains the blatant trench coat we saw the figure wearing. Nobody that evening had one on. In fact, they would have been crazy to have one on seeing as it felt like 90 degrees.
Now, it was our turn for the lighthouse. I was so frickin excited about this. In the beginning of the night, the tour guide had told us all to pay attention for the smells of cigar or pipe tobacco around the grounds because apparently one of the ghosts likes to smoke or some shit. I walk in this lighthouse, make it up 2 stories, BAM there it was. Except, it was SO damn potent that it seemed staged. Up two more stories, AGAIN, same thing. We later decided that if this was recreated by the tour guide, she would have needed some kind of technological equipment to release the smell at either increments or upon movement. However, during quiet, free time later, we went back up in the lighthouse alone and smelled absolutely nothing.
As a side note, apart from paranormal experiences, the view from the top of the lighthouse this late at night was UNBELIEVABLE. Absolutely gorgeous. That alone was worth the 25 dollars in my opinion. You could see all of St. Augustine, the ocean, and the powerful beams coming from the lighthouse.
Now, as I said before, during our free time, we made it back into the lighthouse when there was nobody there. We were very lucky for this because of the sheer number of people on the tour. It was at this time that we went up about 2 stories, paused, I kept looking up and analyzing everything around me. Then, just like in those damn Ghost Hunters findings, ZOOM, a friggin shadow goes moving by about 2 stories up. I make Erock and Brian came over and tell them to watch where I saw it as I walk up further to try and force it to move. They watch, I make it up pretty far, and they see nothing move. They come up to where I am, we sat, relaxed, and watched everything for a while. We decide that it's about time to go, Erock starts leading the way down the stairs, he happens to look up and friggin AGAIN. This time he sees some shadow move by real fast on these stairs. He calls me over, I start looking and again nothing.
Overall, I guess you can say, our night was an interesting night of personal experiences. But, sadly, nothing that can convert me to being a believer. I am still VERY intrigued in some of the improbable occurances which took place last night, and, in all honestly, I am going to try and make it back there. I thought that the tour itself was not the highlight of the night. I truly enjoyed myself during the quiet, free time when nobody was there to bother us or hinder our experiences. I would recommend this tour to anyone who would actually take it seriously. Nothing ruins a night more than immature people visiting who want to make noises, scare their significant other, or talk loudly and destroy the atmosphere. In fact, if you would like to go, let me know, because I would jump at the chance to go again.
Once a skeptic, always a skeptic... until you can prove me wrong.
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