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PARANORMAL ACTIVITY He implores us not to provoke or antago- nize the spirits. "We have to deal with them on a consistent basis," Cruz says. "If we get a message to leave, we leave." Each of us is handed a flashlight, an EMF meter and a glassy crystal that was charged under a full moon to amplif y paranormal activity. When no one is looking, I leave mine on the table. There is no electricity on the top two floors, and the rooms are bare and creepy, with rotting floorboards and cracked w indows. My heart is pounding and I am walking all too close to a man I have just met. At 11:22 p.m., we have our first paranor- mal experience. A member of our group took photos of two chairs several feet apart, but when he reviewed the shots a few minutes later, the chairs appeared next to each other and at strange angles. We all rush back to the room and sit on the floor around Bender. "If there a re a ny spirits here, ca n you please make the meter light up?" she asks. "We're friendly. We just want to chat." A few of our devices begin to flicker, then not h i ng. Mi nutes later, Bender squea ls. "Something just touched me." "Do you want us to the leave the room?" she asks the grabby ghost. "Light up our me- ters if you do." Mine goes off like a pinball machine, and I run from the room recalling Cruz's advice to leave when told. I can take a hint. At 3 a.m., we go back to the a llegedly haunted Silver Queen Hotel & Wedding Chapel, where we're staying. I climb the stairs to my room and crawl under the covers, hop- ing the supposed spirit is as tired as I am. I'm still not sure what to believe, but I fall asleep with the light on. The only interaction with spirits that KATHLEEN PARRISH has had since visiting Virginia City, Nev., are those con- jured in a distillery. She is a regular contributor to Ameri- can Way and an instructor of journalism at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. She still sleeps with the light on. "I've had a lot of things happen to me that I can't explain. I've seen dark shadows flit across the room, objects move and heard noises that I can't figure out where they came from." 52 O C TO B E R 2 01 4 A A .CO M/A M E R I C A NWAY FloorLiner ™ Laser Measured All-Weather Floor Mats ©2014 MacNeil IP LLC For US Customers : WeatherTech.com For Canadian Customers : WeatherTech.ca For European Customers : WeatherTechEurope.com WeatherTech.com · 800-441-6287 A u t o m o t i v e A c c e s s o r i e s Available in Black, Tan and Grey for Virtually Any Vehicle For the past 25 years, American customers have donated millions of unused AAdvantage® miles to support organizations that make a difference. Now, we're adding new causes that may be near to your heart. Join us in changing lives by donating your miles to our three programs: · Miles for Kids in Need · Miles of Hope · Miles for All Who Serve Learn more at aa.com/joinus. Share your miles. Warm their hearts. AmericanAirlines, aa.com, AAdvantage, Miles for Kids in Need and the Flight Symbol logo are marks of American Airlines, Inc. oneworld is a mark of the oneworld Alliance, LLC. © 2014 American Airlines, Inc. All rights reserved.