Soldiers of Misfortune
(Puerto Rico)
Another on the fly recap!
Case #1 "Old San Juan Fortress" aka El Morro - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Everyone (particularly Barry) is excited about being in a warm climate for once.
Susan explains that there are actually two fortresses connected by a mile-long corridor. It's one of the oldest active fortresses and has a lot of creepy activity. It's freaking out the tourists, which means no money, so they bring in GHI. When the team rolls up, it's pretty freaking impressive.
First they are brought to a dungeon and told that a Chinese ghost hangs out around here. Yeay!!! Joe gets a storyline! In the light house a woman sees a ghost-guy in some period clothes. The guy walks right through the wall! In the second fortress they go to the soldier's barracks. A young woman reports that she felt very creepy in the room; she snapped a photo and points out orbs. Whatever. Another woman claims to have seen a shadow-person in the shape of a soldier.
After the tour, Barry is a little worried about getting both fortresses covered in one night. But he's confidant that they will get the job done. Paul suggests splitting the teams up.
Kris and Barry hit the light house first. Kris busts out some rudimentary Spanish. Barry keeps speaking English and sees a shadow through the corner of his eye. Kris kinda seems skeptical - maybe she's just jealous that her crappy Spanish didn't do it for anyone. They look for other explanations for the shadow but can't find anything. Barry does offer that it could be a trick of the light even though they can't seem to replicate it.
Paul and Susan are in the second fortress checking out the tunnels, which are wicked creepy looking. They are in the same area where the shadowy soldier was walking around. Paul also gives a go at Spanish and is even worse than Kris. Susan fares a little better, though. Paul (excuse me, Pablo) asks that whoever is with them make a noise "right here, right now." There's a crash and COMMERCIALS!
Both of them are pretty freaked out by the noise. Susan does not like it in the tunnel. Paul goes after the noise, trekking down the tunnel by himself (with a cameraman) and finds that there is no one else in there, but it sounds like someone is walking in there. Susan comes after him and complains about dizziness and being weak in the knees - almost as if she were going to faint or fall into a trance.
They continue to hear sounds behind them. Paul even thinks he sees a shadow peek out from a corner and then dart back. Susan didn't see it, so they don't really pursue it. Susan still feels pretty crappy and Paul suggests they go up to the rooftop so she can get some air. When they are outside, Susan confirms that she feels much better. Creepy! Susan had something like this happen to her before. I forget where they were - maybe Germany - and she was getting creeped on by some kind of entity. Barry got pretty pissed off about it and tore into the spook.
Joe and Scott are in the dungeons AND OHMYGODMYCAKEISDONE! Sorry, I'm going to a house warming/Oscar party later and I promised I'd bring something. Also: my blood sugar is low. Back to business! I guess the dungeons are also a theater?! That's kinda cool. Anyway, Joe admits that he can only speak a little Chinese. He busts out some good stuff, even asking if the ghost was killed here. I think he's speaking Mandarin but his accent is kinda crappy. Either way, it seems to work: Scott swears he sees something coming to them and then COMMERCIALS!
The boys ask if the ghost wants to hang out with them - Joe translating most of the conversation. I LOVE JOE CHIN!
Back to Barry and Kris - now in the tunnels. Kris hears something behind her and Barry confirms. It's a female voice whispering from a cell. Barry asks that the ghost do something to let them know it's there or else they have to leave. Nothing happens. Cue "sad trombone."
Back to Joe and Scott! They are in the soldier's barracks. They try taking pictures to get the same orbs the young woman claimed to have captured. Joe points out that the room is very dusty and could easily look like orbs. Scott snaps some photos and, sure enough: orbs ("orbs").
Barry has everyone wrap it up. Back at the hotel the team sifts through the footage. Susan explains that there were three different light houses where the current one exists. What's even more interesting is that one of them had a door exactly where the woman claimed to see a man walk through the door! Pretty good! Scott catches some wicked creepy sounding EVPs.
Time to reveal the evidence. Debbie, the historian that gave the team the tour, is just the most joyful person ever. Barry mentions that all of the team members had their own experiences. He then goes on to explain why the orb photo is bunk - Debbie is OK with that. Kris plays the recording and it sounds like "Damn." Another recording sounds like a female voice laughing. Barry shows Debbie the information about the old light house and Debbie is stoked about that. Barry explains that even though there is paranormal activity, the place is perfectly safe for tourists!
Debbie is very happy about all this and has nothing but kind things to say about GHI. Success!
Case #2 Tapia Theater - San Juan, Puerto Rico
They are now in old San Juan. Barry and Kris meet with Bruce, a local investigator, about a case. He speaks of a theater that used to be a gallows! They meet with Lunna, the director of the theater and she gives them the tour. In the Mezzanine, Lunna tells of a man that appears. A young woman, an usher, also mentions hearing voices. In the workshop under the theater, there are voices and the doors move on their own. On the stage, we hear about a woman that was performing on the stage and fell down and died. After that, people claim to hear singing! Spooky!
We being with Joe and Scott (FOR ONCE) and they start on the Mezzanine, looking for the man. They start to hear footsteps behind them. They don't see anything but their meter is going off the hook! The EMF readings are high, just as a base reading. Joe claims that if the ghost wants to scare them, he (Joe) might pee himself a little. Something happens and it spooks Scott, making him push Joe out of the area they are in and COMMERCIALS!
According to Scott, something pushed his arm forward. It spooked him pretty bad, even giving him wicked goosebumps. They continue to hear footsteps, now above them, even some dragging noises.
Barry and Kris hit the basement. This is where the door opens and closes on it's own. They mess around with the doors trying to figure out what's going on. The doors open inward but they want to see if maybe a gust of wind could move them; Barry goes outside and it immediately locked out. So: that's not it!
Next they find some wicked creepy tunnels that they have to get on hands and knees to scope out. Kris complains that she should have worn sneakers and Barry asks what she just said. Kris repeats herself but Barry insists that wasn't it. It must have been a ghost. They continue to hear creepy noises and voices and agree that it's kinda angry sounding. Kris points out that people probably don't come down here very often, so it could be pissing off whatever they are hearing. They decide to leave.
On to Paul and Susan. They are in the backstage area. Susan feels that the room is kind of "off." She wants to do an EMF sweep - there are some spikes. Paul asks some questions and the spikes continue. Not much else happens though.
Back to Barry and Kris - now on stage. Kris recounts the story of the woman that dies there. As Barry takes full-spectrum photos, Kris claims to hear noises and Barry swears he sees some shadows and movement on the second balcony. They aren't seeing anything on the camera. They go up to the second level and right away start hearing things. AND seeing things. It's getting weird. What's really disappointing is that they can't seem to get it on the camera. Time to break it down and call it a night.
Paul is confident that they will catch something. Susan has everyone listen to a recording - it sounds like a breathy voice that may say "let me go." Paul has some full-spectrum footage for them to look at and there is some weirdness on it! COMMERCIALS! They pimp the new season of Ghosthunters and I am excited.
Barry and Kris sit with Lunna. They talk to her about the tunnel and play a recording that sounds like "help." Then they play the "let me go" recording. Kris points out that the "help" came just seconds before the "let me go" - spooky!! Then they play the recording from Joe and Scott hearing the footsteps - it's kinda freaky. It's confirmed that there was no one on the roof, no one could get up there and that there's nothing up there to drag, either way. Finally, Barry busts out the full-spectrum and explains that the image is hard to see because whatever is moving is moving very fast. They also caught it on the heat image camera - it's a weird shape, nothing that I could distinguish.
Lunna is very happy with the evidence and is also happy that Barry doesn't think there's anything harmful here, so everyone should be OK. I beg to differ - especially with all the pissed off sounding voices in the tunnel and the ghost grabbing Scott. But whatever, I'm sure Barry felt he had to say that.
Back in the car Kris and Barry talk about where they should go next and my DVR cuts off. I bet Kris suggests more warm weather places!
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