Anythink public library system<\/a> near Denver. Iolaus, 28, who works at the Wright Farms branch, remembers finding a lost MP3 player inside a medicine cabinet.<\/p>\nThe siblings believed then that a \u201csmall ghost child\u201d residing in their bathroom was responsible. \u201cWe would hear laughter sometimes,\u201d Patrice said, \u201clike a little girl giggling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now, they have the technology to test for paranormal activity by checking out one of the public library\u2019s ghost hunting kits. They are packed inside hard-shell cases with five paranormal investigation tools: a UV flashlight, an EMF reader that measures electromagnetic fields, a digital voice recorder, an infrared thermometer and a \u201cspirit box\u201d that scans radio frequencies.<\/p>\n
The idea originated in 2021, as the library system was reopening after the coronavirus pandemic and brainstorming ways to draw people back. \u201cAt that time we wanted to create moments of surprise and delight when you walk into the library,\u201d said Keely Smith, who buys many of the objects \u2014 air quality testers, Wi-Fi hot spots, EnChroma glasses for color blindness \u2014 that are circulated through the system\u2019s Library of Things collection.<\/p>\n
A few librarians suggested paranormal equipment, so Ms. Smith assembled five kits, trying to keep them portable and easy to use for beginners. \u201cThey just started checking out like crazy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Today the system owns 30 kits. Patrice and Iolaus recently brought one home to their new apartment and spread the equipment across the bedroom and kitchen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not doing this alone,\u201d Patrice said, thinking back to the ghost-hunting television shows they watched growing up, including MTV\u2019s \u201cFear.\u201d \u201cWe can\u2019t even get through a Halloween haunted house alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
After little luck with the EMF reader, they set up the spirit box. The device scanned through radio frequencies as the siblings asked questions into the apartment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs anybody here?\u201d Patrice asked. \u201cWould you like to talk to us?\u201d<\/p>\n
The spirit box produced a word:<\/p>\n
\u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n
After several more questions, the box produced another word:<\/p>\n
\u201cGo.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo then we left,\u201d Patrice said. \u201cWe\u2019re rule followers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Eventually, the siblings nicknamed the supposed ghost Bob.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a one-word guy,\u201d Iolaus said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While they were growing up, Patrice Alexander and her brother, Iolaus, suspected that something strange was happening inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[107565,1149,51918,35419,7400,84742,47741,100599,9,11,10,101560,17820],"class_list":["post-280170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-american-girl-inc","tag-art","tag-dolls","tag-dresses","tag-ghosts","tag-libraries-and-librarians","tag-mushrooms","tag-musical-instruments","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-proms","tag-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}