| The Battleship USS North Carolina Wilmington, NC |




| ~April, 2009~ Port City Paranormal visited the Battleship NC for the first time. Beside the core team we were joined by Ben Steelman from the Wilmington Star News. We were initially disappointed to find some of the most sought after areas on the boat were not available to us due to restoration efforts, but we began our investigation with high hopes. Danny showed us around the ship and entertained us with stories of past haunted encounters. We set up 4 night hawk IR camera with wireless recording setup. Stereo digital recorders were positioned throughout the site and most of us carried thermometers and emf meters along with our personal recorders. We used handicams with IR to follow the teams on their vigils. Much care had to be taken to prevent our evidence from possible contamination by noise or drafts from open hatch ways. The ship also had it's own "personality" of pops, groans and creeks as it cooled down after the hot day. It wasn't long before we heard footsteps, faint voices and very loud bangs from the mess areas. We also experienced cold areas. Two team members were touched and all of us felt there was a playful spirit that lead us on a chase about the aft of the ship. He also said a bad word! The engine room seemed to have one lonely sailor who seemed to take a liking to one of the ladies. She felt the touch of the spirit and became dizzy and nauseated. As she left the area an EVP was recorded saying " Don't Go" |





| A Short ghost story |