Blood Runs Cold in New "Beyond Bizarre" Tour Exploring Portland's Haunted Hideaways and Supernatural Stories.Portland Walking Tours Introduces Bone-Chilling Ghost Tour A ghost tour (also called a haunted tour, ghost walk, or haunted walk) is an activity themed around the paranormal providing an entertaining and often educational way to present ghostlore. July 1 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Unexplained mysteries Unexplained Mysteries is an American documentary television show that originally aired in 2003-2004 for a single season and is currently in syndication. The show deals with eyewitness accounts of paranormal activity, especially aliens, UFOs, and ghosts; almost all of the them , ghostly adventures and spooky stories fill the new "Beyond Bizarre" evening tour from Portland Walking Tours. The tour begins July 1 and offers both family-friendly and over-21 versions. "We hired a leading expert on the paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. and a proven clairvoyant to help us develop this tour, and now, as certified members of the International Ghost Hunters
Armed with real ghost hunting Ghost hunting is the process of investigating locations said to be haunted. Typically, a ghost "hunting party" will involve 4-8 individuals who work as a team to collect evidence of paranormal activity. equipment, walkers venture down shadowy streets to reveal Portland's paranormal, catch glimpses of ghosts, expose psychic hoaxes and duck through haunted passageways. The spine-tingling Beyond Bizarre tour invites thrill-seekers to: * Wield a working electromagnetic frequency meter to search for supernatural activity at the entrance to the legendary underground Shanghai Tunnels The Shanghai Tunnels, less commonly known as the Portland Underground, are a group of passages running underneath Old Town/Chinatown down to the central downtown section of Portland, Oregon, United States. , one of "America's top ten most haunted Most Haunted is a British paranormal television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity. It is shown on the satellite and cable channels Living, Living2 and Virgin 1 (Formerly Ftn), primarily for the UK market. places," according to the Travel Channel; * Visit the site of Portland's deadly cholera outbreak while trying not to disturb the sleeping spirits lurking in the nearby burial grounds; * Tiptoe through the top floor of Portland's most haunted hotel to catch a glimpse Verb 1. catch a glimpse - see something for a brief time catch sight, get a look see - perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he of skin-crawling sights; and * Hear tales of dark Tales of Dark are a Serbian death/doom metal band from the city of Novi Sad, formed in 2003. Biography Tales Of Dark is a Serbian doom metal/death metal band from Novi Sad, formed in 2003. secrets, strange rituals and things that go bump in the night. "In all my years of researching the paranormal in the Pacific Northwest, I've never seen an urban area with a higher concentration of supernatural activity than here in Portland," said Jefferson Davis, author of A Haunted Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest. "This tour visits the top three haunted places in the city and gives walkers the unmatched opportunity to witness other-worldly things most never experience." Family-friendly tours are offered daily at 7 p.m. and a late-night version with true tales of murderous mayhem, deadly debauchery Debauchery See also Dissipation, Profligacy. Debt (See BANKRUPTCY, POVERTY.) Alexander VI Borgia pope infamous for licentiousness and debauchery. [Ital. Hist.: Plumb, 219–220] Bacchus (Gk. and extreme weirdness for the over-21 crowd begins at 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. All Beyond Bizarre tours start at Old Town Pizza, located at 226 NW Davis (between NW 2nd and 3rd Avenues). Tickets for the 7 p.m. tour are $19 for Adults ($17 when booked online), $15 for Senior/Youth, $5 for Children, and Tots are free. Tickets for the longer 10 p.m. tour are $29 (which includes a drink voucher). Tours regularly sell out and advance ticketing is required to reserve ghost hunting equipment. Space is limited and tours begin promptly, so walkers are required to arrive at least 15 minutes before start time. About Portland Walking Tours Portland Walking Tours, a division of Hometown Advantage, offers guided tours exploring Portland's food, history, art, architecture, fountains, parks and neighborhoods. Private walking tours and school field trips are also available. Parent company Hometown Advantage, www.hometownadvantage.com, provides event and meeting planning services including customized group tours throughout the Willamette Valley and Columbia Gorge as well as step-on guides, transportation services and entertainment. The 24-hour Portland Walking Tours information and ticketing line is 503-774-4522. Additional information and online ticketing available at www.portlandwalkingtours.com. |
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