Columbus,GA National Civil War Naval Museum

Columbus,GA National Civil War Naval Museum

“Books are flying off the shelves – One hit a customer square in the back. Others from the museum gift shop’s rear bookshelves land up to 7 feet away — sometimes upright, as if someone set them there in a flash,” reports Tim Chitwood for the Ledger Enquirer.

Chitwood reports, “Jerry Franklin, the museum’s maintenance supervisor, said he was standing near the gift shop entrance one day when he saw a book shoot across an aisle and smack a woman in the back, right between the shoulder blades.”

“To workers who run the gift shop, this is common: “This happens all the time,” said Susan Ingram, the 1002 Victory Drive museum’s visitor service manager,” reports Chitwood. “On average, a book shoots off the shelf every two weeks or so, sometimes more often, she said: “It kind of goes in cycles.”


“An Alabama Paranormal Research Team led by Faith Serafin of Salem will conduct a seven-hour investigation in the museum after it closes. Serafin did not want to say exactly when, fearing pranksters might play ghosts,” writes Chitwood.

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