The Haunted West

This past weekend I attended the Virginia City Paranormal Conference hosted by Janice Oberding. First let me say, I had a great time. Janice did a fantastic job. The conference was held at the Silverland Hotel. The Silverland is built over the lower end of the old Redlight District and the upper end of Chinatown. It is reportedly haunted, and we were going to be given the opportunity to investigate the basement areas. I arrived at around 5 pm on Friday evening. As soon as I got out of my car, I ran into Jill Smith, from R.E.A.L., another local investigation group. I met Tiger, er...I mean Jill, last fall during the TMCC paranormal series. I remembered her as a sweet, quiet person (as opposed to our very loud, boisterous group). She introduced me to Bert from Full Moon Paranormal. I knew that if there were going to be other groups at this conference, it was going to be good, because I am a net worker by nature. (a nice way of saying I am nosy, and want to know everybody's busin

Yesterday Paula, my friend and fellow paranormal investigator, and I had a conversation that went something like this... Paula: Did you catch____the other night, they did a live feed on an investigation. Me: No. Was it any good? Paula: It was hilarious. There was this female investigator wearing a red dress, and with the IR cameras, it looked like she was walking around in her underwear. Me: No! Paula: Yeah! Me: No! Paula: I swear! Me: How did that happen? Paula: She was wearing red. Me: So? Paula: Well, with the IR, red is a neutral color, it disappears on film. Me: That doesn't sound right. Paula: Yep, red clothes vanish. It was like watching an xray. Me: You sure it wasn't the material of the cloth? Paula: Nope. It's the color red. Me: I don't believe that. Paula: Trust me, the woman looked like she was parading around in nothing more than her bra and panties....That and her high heels. Me: She was wearing high heels? Paula: Yep