December 7th, 1941--Japan launched a surprise air raid on Pearl Harbor.
2,402 people were killed.
On December 7th, 2006, the Pacific Aviation Museum-Pearl Harbor opened on Ford Island, in a hangar that survived the infamous attack.
"So this has a lot of of spirit in it," said Anne Murata, the museum's marketing director.
And the spirits often make their presence known.
One night, Anne Murata was working late.
"I started hearing really interesting music out here on the floor. and I started hearing men's voices," said Murata. "I walked out here and the lights were still on and everything stopped."
And she's not the only employee who claims to have had a paranormal experience here.
"You hear all the stories about museums coming alive at night, and this one truly does," said Murata.
Employees swear a mannequin, nicknamed "Kramer " moves on his own.
"You'll come in the morning and his arms will be in different places sometimes he's holding a piece of paper," said Murata.
Preston Galera and Blaise Atabay are the founders of Hawaiian Island Ghost Hunters.
They use stuff like electromagnetic field readers, digital thermometers, cameras, and digital recorders to record their paranormal findings.
Preston and Blaise took us to an adjacent hangar, where the Museum's other planes are being stored.
This hangar also withstood the infamous attack and Preston and Blaise say they've had a paranormal experience here.
"Looked like someone was walking on the other side of the helicopter -- legs walking across and when came up to the front nothing."
And right after that ..
"We heard footsteps walking upstairs on the second deck."
No strange sights or sounds while we were there--at least ones that we could see or hear on our own.
In some of the digital photos we snapped -- we noticed orbs, or balls of light.
Those who deal with paranormal activity believe that orbs represent spiritual energy.
And when we played back our videotape, we noticed a whisper that was possibly an electronic voice phenomenon, or EVP.
Back at the Museum, Preston and Blaise turned on their EMF detectors next to the actual wreckage of the Japanese Zero that crashed on Niihau.
"Is anybody here with us? Oh there we go," they asked.
And again and again their K2 meter lit up, apparently responding to the pair's requests.
"If that was you, we'd really appreciate it if you light up oh there you go oh that went up to red," they requested from the spirits.
When you take into account what happened here 69 years ago, the strange accounts are not surprising.
Are they paranormal? You decide.
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Preston and Blase will be teaching "Ghost Hunting 101" in the Spring at Kapiolani Community College -- as a Continuing Education course.
For more information visit:
https://www.hawaiianislandghosthunters.comRelated Story:Haunted Hawaii: Masonic Temple
