August 2020 - These Curious Times

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NEWS A still from the security camera at the Bowers Museum. ‘Bowers’ from Front ghost hunters have “the orb,” as it is affectionately referred to by believers and non-believers alike. Though June is at least in part a summer month, it is well known to Californians as June Gloom. On June 27th of this year, at 5:24 am a motion alarm went off in the Old Wing of the Bowers Museum. It was in the sunless, pre-dawn hours of the morning that a Security Officer arrived to check on the situation. When they checked on the alarms, he noticed a frightful thing: nothing. No windows or doors had been opened or broken, no paintings or cases disturbed and all through the museum not a creature was stirring. But the alarm had been tripped. When the officer checked the security footage, he saw the image of an almost imperceptible transparent orb traveling through the frame. The tales of the ethereal get more physical, including multiple cases of a very specific happening in the museum’s historic wing. The first person who recorded such an occurrence was the First Shift Assistant Security Manager. He had arrived early in order to set up an event in the Fluor Gallery which was to take place later in the day. “With nothing but the dawn’s lazy first light illuminating the way, I passed through the wing when suddenly my right shoulder brushed up against something thick and smooth, just as I heard a whooshing sound.” Certain that he had bumped into a plant or some other out of place object he’d missed in the gray morning light he turned around, but there was no plan in sight. Another employee shared a similar story. Descending from the Fluor Gallery on the staircase in the old wing he too sensed something sweep over his right shoulder. Again when he looked to see who it might have been, no one was there. Over the years the historic wing has acquired something of a reputation for being haunted. One account from a housekeeper working late into the night near the Indonesian coffins recalls the terrifying experience of witnessing a full-size floating apparition; there have sounds of banging on the walls; echoing whispers out from the old exhibits and even an apparition out in the admissions area. Next time you visit the Bowers bring a friend, or brave a solitary journey. But you may not be alone. The Jonathan Corwin House in Salem, Mass., aka ‘The Witch House’. 4 ‘Salem’ from Front allowed into a site at a time. At present, the following Haunted Happenings events and programs will not take place this year as they customarily do: Haunted Happenings Grand Parade Mayor’s Night Out Kids’ Costume Parade Lanterns in the Village Biz Baz Street Fair Creative Collective Merchant Marketplace vendors Salem Food Truck Festival Outdoor food vendors, including Fiesta Shows food trucks Great Salem Pumpkin Walk Haunted Harmonies Howl-o-ween pet parade For further information visit Salem Haunted Happenings www. hauntedhappenings.org
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