Ghost hunters check out a new haunt in Canal Fulton
By Erin Pustay
IndeOnline.com staff writer
Posted Sep 20, 2011 @ 11:20 PM
Jake Tolin of the World Paranormal Investigators USA sets up equipment to investigate paranormal activity at the Canal Fulton
Public Library.
Jake and Todd, Technical Team
James Dreussi for IndeOnline.com
CANAL FULTON —
Every so often, things really do go “bump” in the night.
Books fall off shelves all by themselves and shadowy figures slip around corners. Occasionally, footsteps will fall when nobody else is
around and the sweet scents of pipe tobacco will linger in the air, though nobody is smoking.
When things such as that happen, Greg Feketik wants to be there.
He lives for the moments when he captures an image or a voice that can’t be explained. He lives for every encounter with ghosts.
“Ever since I was a kid, I read books on ghost hunting and the paranormal; I was always interested in that,” Feketik said.
A number of years ago, a co-worker mentioned in passing that he thought his house was haunted. Feketik immediately offered to set
up a camera and search for evidence. It was his first real hunt.
“I captured something that night,” Feketik said, “and we couldn’t explain it. From that moment, I was hooked.”
In the years since that first investigation, Feketik has been a part of close to 100 investigations.
Last weekend, he embarked on another.
Feketik and a few fellow members of World Paranormal Investigations went on a ghost hunt in Canal Fulton. Saturday evening, they
brought in their ghost-hunting equipment, turned out the lights and went looking for evidence.
“We’re looking for pretty much anything that can’t be explained,” Feketik said. “We have personal experiences and we base some of
our findings in personal experience, but we rely on anything that we get on video or anything we get in photos and audio.”
On Oct. 20, WPI will return to the Canal Fulton Public Library to present the findings of their investigation. The entire community is
welcome to attend the free 6:30 p.m. program.
“There is always a chance that we won’t get anything,” Feketik said. “That doesn’t mean that the location isn’t haunted. It just means
that nothing happened the night we were there.”
In addition to presenting any findings from the Canal Fulton library search, Feketik and his comrades will talk about other
experiences they have had during investigations.
LIBRARY RESEARCH
When researching anything, the library, of course, is a fine resource.
According to “Haunted Stark County: A Ghoulish History,” penned by Canal Fulton resident and owner of Haunted Heartland Tours
Sherri Brake, the Canal Fulton Library is a great place to start when looking for ghosts.
The building that now houses the library was constructed in 1879 by contractor Timothy Sullivan. A grocer by trade, Sullivan and
his wife lived in the home for several years before selling it to E.R. Held, who later turned the property over to Charles Daily.
Throughout the early part of the 20th century, Daily used the building as a mortuary, operating his undertaking business out of it
before selling it in the 1920s.
In 1949, the house became the home of the Canal Fulton Public Library, which had previously been housed in the high school.
According to the book, librarians and staff have, over the years, reported seeing shadows, hearing footsteps on the second floor after
hours and even smelling the scent of pipe tobacco after closing up at night.
Saturday night, the ghost-hunters wandered through the library with cameras, both still and video.
“We rarely ever get anything in photographs,” Feketik said. “I’ve done close to 100 investigations and — just me — I’ve taken 13,000
photographs and roughly 12 photos have anything in them and nine of those photos were taken in two locations.”
Feketik notes that he can’t guarantee anything of a ghostly or haunted nature was captured during the team’s search of the library,
but he’s counting on the audio recordings to reveal something.
“We pick up a lot of audio (on hunts),” Feketik said. “What we will do is go into a certain area talking and asking questions. It’s as if we
are having a conversation with someone and we are waiting for the reply. We do, sometimes, get a reply, but you don’t hear it at the
time. When you go over the evidence, occasionally, you will get a voice in the recording that you can’t explain.”
Feketik is also the first to admit that, sometimes, there are often ways to debunk the evidence or experiences of hauntings. He also
knows that there are people who will second guess the work he does and, Feketik said, that’s fine.
“There are a lot of skeptics,” Feketik said, “and, in a way, I’m a skeptic, too. I tell you these are deceased people coming back to haunt
us. It could be some sort of phenomenon. But I can tell you that stuff goes on and stuff does happen that I cannot explain.”
For more information about WPI visit www.wpiusauk.com. Additional information about tours and programs offered by Sherri Brake
and Haunted Heartland Tours is available at www.hauntedhistory.net
Copyright 2011 The Independent. Some rights reserved
By Erin Pustay
IndeOnline.com staff writer
Posted Sep 20, 2011 @ 11:20 PM
Jake Tolin of the World Paranormal Investigators USA sets up equipment to investigate paranormal activity at the Canal Fulton
Public Library.
Jake and Todd, Technical Team
James Dreussi for IndeOnline.com
CANAL FULTON —
Every so often, things really do go “bump” in the night.
Books fall off shelves all by themselves and shadowy figures slip around corners. Occasionally, footsteps will fall when nobody else is
around and the sweet scents of pipe tobacco will linger in the air, though nobody is smoking.
When things such as that happen, Greg Feketik wants to be there.
He lives for the moments when he captures an image or a voice that can’t be explained. He lives for every encounter with ghosts.
“Ever since I was a kid, I read books on ghost hunting and the paranormal; I was always interested in that,” Feketik said.
A number of years ago, a co-worker mentioned in passing that he thought his house was haunted. Feketik immediately offered to set
up a camera and search for evidence. It was his first real hunt.
“I captured something that night,” Feketik said, “and we couldn’t explain it. From that moment, I was hooked.”
In the years since that first investigation, Feketik has been a part of close to 100 investigations.
Last weekend, he embarked on another.
Feketik and a few fellow members of World Paranormal Investigations went on a ghost hunt in Canal Fulton. Saturday evening, they
brought in their ghost-hunting equipment, turned out the lights and went looking for evidence.
“We’re looking for pretty much anything that can’t be explained,” Feketik said. “We have personal experiences and we base some of
our findings in personal experience, but we rely on anything that we get on video or anything we get in photos and audio.”
On Oct. 20, WPI will return to the Canal Fulton Public Library to present the findings of their investigation. The entire community is
welcome to attend the free 6:30 p.m. program.
“There is always a chance that we won’t get anything,” Feketik said. “That doesn’t mean that the location isn’t haunted. It just means
that nothing happened the night we were there.”
In addition to presenting any findings from the Canal Fulton library search, Feketik and his comrades will talk about other
experiences they have had during investigations.
LIBRARY RESEARCH
When researching anything, the library, of course, is a fine resource.
According to “Haunted Stark County: A Ghoulish History,” penned by Canal Fulton resident and owner of Haunted Heartland Tours
Sherri Brake, the Canal Fulton Library is a great place to start when looking for ghosts.
The building that now houses the library was constructed in 1879 by contractor Timothy Sullivan. A grocer by trade, Sullivan and
his wife lived in the home for several years before selling it to E.R. Held, who later turned the property over to Charles Daily.
Throughout the early part of the 20th century, Daily used the building as a mortuary, operating his undertaking business out of it
before selling it in the 1920s.
In 1949, the house became the home of the Canal Fulton Public Library, which had previously been housed in the high school.
According to the book, librarians and staff have, over the years, reported seeing shadows, hearing footsteps on the second floor after
hours and even smelling the scent of pipe tobacco after closing up at night.
Saturday night, the ghost-hunters wandered through the library with cameras, both still and video.
“We rarely ever get anything in photographs,” Feketik said. “I’ve done close to 100 investigations and — just me — I’ve taken 13,000
photographs and roughly 12 photos have anything in them and nine of those photos were taken in two locations.”
Feketik notes that he can’t guarantee anything of a ghostly or haunted nature was captured during the team’s search of the library,
but he’s counting on the audio recordings to reveal something.
“We pick up a lot of audio (on hunts),” Feketik said. “What we will do is go into a certain area talking and asking questions. It’s as if we
are having a conversation with someone and we are waiting for the reply. We do, sometimes, get a reply, but you don’t hear it at the
time. When you go over the evidence, occasionally, you will get a voice in the recording that you can’t explain.”
Feketik is also the first to admit that, sometimes, there are often ways to debunk the evidence or experiences of hauntings. He also
knows that there are people who will second guess the work he does and, Feketik said, that’s fine.
“There are a lot of skeptics,” Feketik said, “and, in a way, I’m a skeptic, too. I tell you these are deceased people coming back to haunt
us. It could be some sort of phenomenon. But I can tell you that stuff goes on and stuff does happen that I cannot explain.”
For more information about WPI visit www.wpiusauk.com. Additional information about tours and programs offered by Sherri Brake
and Haunted Heartland Tours is available at www.hauntedhistory.net
Copyright 2011 The Independent. Some rights reserved
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