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Chills and Thrills for Paranormal Tourism (Tasmania)
February 21, 2012
Scott Bacon, MP
Tasmania: Explore the Possibilites

The Minister for Tourism, Scott Bacon, today welcomed the exciting new late night, adults-only Paranormal Investigation Experience operating out of Port Arthur.
Mr Bacon said that the tour would offer a very different experience to the Ghost Tour at Port Arthur and would prove to be an interesting draw card to the already popular world heritage site.

“The Paranormal Investigation Experience will begin after the ghost tours finish and last about 4-5 hours and includes a supper mid-way through the investigation,” Mr Bacon said.

“Through the course of the evening the guides will lead the participants into a number of buildings around the Historic Site which have a reputation for ghostly occurrences.

“The Participants will be provided with an introduction to the function and operation of a number of specialised pieces of equipment used in paranormal investigations.

“Those involved in the tour will then be able to set up the instruments and make observations and readings.

“The Port Arthur Historic Site is believed by many to be one of the most haunted places in Australia, so I have no doubt that those interested in this sort of activity will have a ‘wail’ of a time,” Mr Bacon said.

A tour guides for the Paranormal Investigation Experience, Caitlin Vertigan, who is also a scientist with a PhD in biology said the tour is a much more active experience into the paranormal.

“The participants will be learning to use the various sensing instruments and observations in an attempt to collect physical data where none currently exist,” Ms Vertigan said.

“We have historical reports going back more than 150 years of the unusual things people have seen and felt at Port Arthur.

“The Paranormal Investigation Experience will aim to provide a body of scientific data that will build over time, or we may end up debunking the ghost stories entirely.

“Whatever happens, we will add to the value of the Site as a place of study and research.”

The first Paranormal Investigation Experience will run on Saturday February 25, 2012.

The Paranormal Investigation Experience will then operate on the last Saturday night of each month (or by special arrangement for groups) at the Port Arthur Historic Site and will be limited to just 20 people per tour, in two groups of 10.