MY FIRST OPERA EXPERIENCE

When you hear the word "opera" , you almost imagine some overweight performers on a darkened stage singing in a foreign language about revenge and unrequited love. But the OPERA I am talking about is a metaphysical fair that happens on a regular basis here in Oklahoma. Where people who run metaphysical stores can sell their wares, such as: stones, statues, clothing, ritual tools, and various other things. Psychics have tables set for you to have a reading done. It is all very cool and the place is filled with all sorts of feel good energy.

The whole purpose of me being there though was to promote our society and do a Q&A panel. Which was pretty rad, I felt like a rock star at a more adult oriented comicon. I was there with Chris and BJ which we were greatful for. Or else Chris would have had to man the whole thing himself. I was slightly nervous when we started, but after a minute it was easy sailing. We had a very awesome audience and they asked some pretty good questions. A few of them Chris and I had to mull over for a second. Poor BJ was really uncomfortable, but did a great job at answering questions.

We also had a good amount of people sign up to be investigated and possibly become investigators. All in all it was a good turn out all around. I really enjoyed being able to cater to a public audience and especially getting on a personal level with people after our time was up. There are a lot of people out there who are in desperate situations and up in arms about what to do. I am glad that I am able to help them to the best of my abilities.

GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA JOB CORPS

I attended Guthrie Job Corp Center in the late summer of 2006. This is where I met my husband and best friend who is also a distant cousin of mine. I originally went to Job Corp to get my high school diploma and leave. Though while there I spent a couple of months in Culinary Arts not only because I was interested in cooking. But because my husband was in there. Unlike me he finished his trade and became a certified cook.

The history that I learned about it was that it was once a convent for nuns and later became Guthrie Job Corps. On the grounds they still have a cemetery where several of the nuns are still interred. During the time it was a convent there was a great fire and hardly anything was left except for the shed that is right next to the cemetery. Not only was it a monastery, but they also took in orphaned children. Not too far away from Job Corp was the old wayward boys home. The boys home was a hospital, sanitarium, and boarding school for boys with psychological issues. The home was demolished a few years ago. Also in Guthrie is the famed Stone Lion Inn, and the Pagan Temple.

During my stay at Guthrie Job Corp and the surrounding area I had a few strange experiences. Some that still bother me to this day. One of the main ones being the Jesus monument in the cemetery. It can be day or night if you take a picture of it. The face is completely distorted. The rest of the statue is completely fine except for the face. My only guess is that somebody or a group of people desecrated the cemetery in some way. At night my friends and I would walk by and a see a silhoutte of a nun flitting above the graves. Or walking to the shed. There are rumors that the mother superior didn't make it out of the fire.

In the boys dormitory they claimed that they saw a red and black mist with red eyes streak down the halls and it left an acrid stench. I have also heard from RA's of the boys dorm that they have seen it also and have smelled the stench. A few boys rooming together refused to stay in their room and wouldn't leave the RA office until they were given a new room. They claimed that this thing was terrorizing them on a nightly basis.

In my dorm we had some odd things happen as well. If the laundry room doors were not locked they would open and slam repeatedly on their own. We would hear someone running past our doors at night. A few girls claimed that objects would move about in their rooms. A girl I knew claimed that a shadow like man attacked her in her bathroom.

I don't know much about the 21+ dormitory except for lights flipping on and off.

Another place we experienced activity was an abandoned train in the woods. We had went AWOL so we could explore more of Guthrie. We came across a train with all of its main cars intact. It was a passenger train. Nothing happened until it began getting dark. We were in the third to last car. When we heard a few door slams. We thought somebody had gotten in the train with us. But as we hid in the car we were in we watched the door at the front of our car slam and the door at the end slam. So we got off the train and made like bats out of hell.