Spanish Point Ghost Hunting Tour

Osprey, Florida: As be get closer to Halloween, our tour of historic haunts continued with a ghost tour in our own backyard. We have been looking forward for the Spanish Point Ghost Hunting Tour for over a year. After our experiences last year, which you can read about here, we could barely hold back the anticipation for this year's tour.

Historic Spanish Point is a thirty acre historical preserve located along Sarasota Bay.  The grounds feature over 5,000 years of history dating back to the Native American, through the pioneers of the late 1800's and eventually ending with the Palmer family in early 1900's.  With so many era's living on the property, it is only fitting that Spanish Point would be rich with paranormal activity.

We booked the middle tour at 7:30.  The sun just set over the bay and the bats were flying overhead, setting the stage for a great tour.  We met our group of thirty people at the gazebo and set out for the tour.

The first stop of the tour was the burial mound near the entrance to the park.  Here the ghost apps started lighting up with activity and several orbs appeared in the photography.

As we continued down the path to the Guptill House, the ghost radar once again lit up with activity and we encountered a cold spot on the path.  It did not last long, when the app showed the activity gone, the cold spot went along with it.

When we reached the Guptill House, we split our tour group into two groups.  One group explored the house while the other group went to the sunken gardens.  We were in the group that toured the house first.

In the house, were were introduced to the spirits for Frank and Lizzie.  There was quite a bit of activity in the house.  In addition to the active EMF detectors, the photos showed a bunch on abnormalities.  We captured a black shadow that moved around the lens from photo to photo to a mist on the corner of a photo.  The bulk of the activity seemed to be centered around the first floor bedroom.

After our time was up in the house, we headed to the sunken garden.  That was quite an adventure, from there our tour went from ghost hunt to wilderness adventure as we fought our was through the brush.  We did capture a bunch of orbs in the sunken garden as well.

Then we took a nice leisurely walk across the Cock's Footbridge spanning the bay on the way to our next stop, the White Cottage.  It is here where my wife had an encounter with a lady in white in which she observed near the corner of the cottage.  It was only after my wife asked if I saw it that the guide told the story of the lady in white who is known to haunt the cottage.

Our final stop was the pioneer cemetery.  It was here where I was expecting to see the most activity.  But it was relatively quiet.  The EMF detector only responded twice and the phone app did not show any activity.  But I did get some interesting photos including one that I really can not explain.  Anybody who has tried low light photography knows how difficult it can be.  Low lighting leads to blurred photos at any small movement.  I managed to get a photo where the guide was communicating to a spirit and the EMF was active.  But the photo had some abdormal results, there lights were streaky and the area above the grave was cloudy or misty.  However the guides face, her arm holding the flashlight and the shrubs are clear.  My first thought was the lights blurred due to movement, but then looking at other photos I took, movement would cause the entire photo to blur, not just portions of it.  So while I can not 100% say it was paranormal, it also doesn't make much sense to me.  Here is the photo, you be the judge.

The cemetery mark the close of another wonderful experience.   This was our second time visiting Spanish Point for their ghost tour and both times did not disappoint.  With experiences on both visits, it is safe to say that Spanish Point is a mecca for paranormal activity.  I only wish they offered the tour more often or had a special tour in which they take smaller groups for a Ghosthunters style investigation.  I do think with more time and smaller groups there would be even better results.

Let the countdown begin, 364 more days until the next ghost hunting tour.  I can't wait!

Until then check out the photos from last night's Spanish Point Ghost Hunting Tour.  Click on the photos above to visit my Spanish Point Ghost Hunting Tour photo gallery.