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NEVADA RENO LAS VEGAS VIRGINIA CITY CALIFORNIA UTAH ARIZONA PARANORMAL ACTIVITY A s many as 40 of them also died in the mines — in a methane fire that swept through the Yellow Jacket, Crow n Point and Ken- tucky mines on an April morning in 1869. Not all of the bodies were found, and many believe the spirits of those lost souls continue to roam and pester visitors to this frontier town, so well preserved that it looks like a Hollywood movie set. Ghosts, ghouls, apparitions or whatever one prefers to call them are generally thought to be the spirits or souls of deceased people who for one reason or another are caught between the human plane of existence and "the next." Some say ghosts are people who don't know they're dead, but Bender agrees that the honest answer is that no one knows. "They could be an echo of someone's ex- istence, an emotional imprint or an entire entity that gets left behind," says Bender, a "skeptical believer" and founder of Bats in the Belfr y, a popular ghost-tour company in Virginia City. "I've had a lot of things hap- pen 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." Whether you believe in the paranormal or not, consider that nearly every language in the world contains a word for ghost, and our inability to scientifically explain their dis- embodied existence hasn't stopped us from trying. Maybe we seek them out because we want a cheap thrill, or maybe we just want to know that the essence of our loved ones is not lost in death but etched like tattoos on the expanse of time. Across town from the Knights of Pythias building, on a desolate hilltop dotted with sagebrush and juniper trees, sits St. Mary's Art and Retreat Center, a building that was the city 's first hospital and is now an ar t 5 0 O C TO B E R 2 01 4 A A .CO M/A M E R I C A NWAY AZ - PHOENIX, CA - CARLSBAD . IRVINE . ANAHEIM . TORRANCE . ONTARIO . SANTA CLARA . SAN FRANCISCO . SACRAMENTO . SAN DIEGO, CO - DENVER FL - FT. LAUDERDALE . MIAMI, GA - ATLANTA, IL - BUFFALO GROVE . ADDISON, TX - AUSTIN . HOUSTON . SAN ANTONIO . DALLAS, WA - SEATTLE AMERICA'S PREMIER INDOOR KARTING CENTER 1 0 0 % E LE C T R I C ARRIVE & DRIVE ADULTS AND JUNIORS 48" AND UP GREAT FAMILY FUN! SPACIOUS LOBBIES |