SOUTHWICK – Something strange has been happening at Town Hall, and it has nothing to do with town business.
Reports of things going bump in the night prompted the Cultural Council to seek out the Agawam Paranormal Society to conduct a little ghost hunt on the property.
Cultural Council member Patricia McMahon requested permission from the Board of Selectmen this week to schedule the event on a weekend in January. McMahon said she came across the group at a library event.
“They are a paranormal investigative group that goes to historic buildings and records anything that goes on,” said McMahon.
Southwick Town Hall was built in 1928 and was once a school. Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart told McMahon there is a lot of documented history available on the building and pointed her to a longtime resident who is the town’s unofficial historian.
Administrative Assistant Sondra Pendleton told McMahon she would love to attend the ghost hunt and said she has seen odd things while in the building alone.
McMahon said the Society would compile its findings into a report for the Cultural Council.
“They will also make a presentation that will be open to the public,” she said, adding there was no cost associated with the investigation.
According to its website, Agawam Paranormal is a family and friends based team that conducts investigations locally, at the request of a client, for both commercial and residential sites that are suspected of having paranormal activity.
“We use a vast array of equipment and experience to attempt to capture evidence supporting the client’s claims of paranormal activity at their location. While this team does believe in a scientific approach towards any investigation, it is also a fact that some people are more sensitive to a spirit’s presence and as such we also do have a psychic/medium on our team full-time,” states the site.
Selectmen Joseph Deedy and Russell Fox approved moving forward with the event.
