INVESTIGATION REPORT

YPSILANTI FIREHOUSE MUSEUM      2004

WEATHER= 30F, WINDY & COLD. MOON PHASE= WANING GIBBOUS

# OF INVESTIGATORS= 13, AND ONE GUEST

THIS MUSEUM CONTAINS MANY ANTIQUE FIRE TRUCKS AND LOTS OF EQUIPMENT TOO. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1898, AND A LARGE ADDITION PUT ON RECENTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MAJOR FIRES IN THE BUILDING-ONE IN 1901 AND ANOTHER IN 1922. A MAN NAMED ALONZO MILLER WAS FIRE CHIEF FROM 1919 UNTIL 1940. HIS GRANDSON NOW WORKS AT THE FIREHOUSE. SINCE THE DEATH OF ALONZO MILLER, MANY PARANORMAL EVENTS  HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE INCLUDING DOORS OPENING BY THEMSELVES, WHISTLING NOISES, THINGS MOVED AROUND, AND OTHER MYSTERIOUS NOISES. IN FACT, THE DOOR THAT LEADS TO THE BELL TOWER STAIRWAY HAS OPENED SO MANY TIMES THE STAFF HAD TO BLOCK IT WITH A HEAVY TOOLBOX TO KEEP IT SHUT. BOTH THE BUILDING & THE EQUIPMENT INSIDE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND WELL MAINTAINED BY THE PROFESSIONAL & COURTEOUS STAFF. WE FOUND VERY LITTLE GHOSTLY ACTIVITY, BUT FOUND THE PLACE TO BE INTERESTING AND WELL WORTH A VISIT.

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A VIEW FROM THE UPSTAIRS.	EVEN ELVIS & UNCLE SAM HANG OUT HERE!
A SMALL BRIGHT ORB CAPTURED BY LARRY	LOOKING UP THE BELL TOWER STAIRWAY.  TAKEN BY ANDREA
A FAINT BLUE ORB CAPTURED BY OUR GUEST-CHARLES.	A GREEN ORB IN THE KITCHEN AREA-BY CINDY
A NICE BRIGHT ONE CAPTURED BY FIONA	A VIEW INSIDE THE ATTIC SHOWING THE BURNT WOOD FROM THE TWO FIRES.
A NICE ORB IN THE TOWER STAIRWELL. TAKEN BY PAM	A CLOSE-UP. TAKEN BY PAM
SINCERELY THANK THE STAFF AT THE  MUSEUM FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND KNOWLEDGE-FILLED GUIDED TOUR. ALSO- A LOCAL HISTORIAN; MR. JAMES MANN, HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ENTITLED "FOOTNOTES IN HISTORY". FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK, YOU CAN EMAIL MR. MANN HERE: MR. JAMES MANN	CONCLUSIONS: WE CAPTURED SOME QUESTIONABLE ANOMALIES AT THIS SITE. I CANNOT SAY CONCLUSIVELY THAT IT IS HAUNTED, BUT WE HOPE FOR A RETURN VISIT ONE DAY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH.