Ghost doctor operates from the grave

Ghost doctor operates from the grave

As we approach Halloween, October becomes a month filled with ghost stories. Some of those stories are coming from people who have visited a museum in Denver. Cameras were rolling at the Black American West Museum, where there have been reports of hauntings. Is history all in the past or is it still here with us? "Every single person who has volunteered here at the museum has experienced something," said Lawanna Larson, museum executive director. It was just too "weird" for one of those volunteers. "He said I have to go home now because I have to rethink everything I used to think about these things," Larson said. "He was clearly shaken up." Larson thinks she knows who is lurking and wants to hear even more from the ghost. A team of paranormal investigators hopes children will stir up the spirit of Dr.Justina Ford. The first African American female doctor west of the Mississippi lived here. Dr. Ford also treated her patients here; the many who couldn't get care elsewhere because of discrimination or poverty. Pictures aren't the only way visitors say they've seen her. "They say well, I thought I saw a woman walk across the same room and then when I went in there, she was gone," said Larson. The ghost hunters reported an odd occurrence after they held Dr.Ford's belongings. "The same two women who were mishandling her glasses said they felt this huge wave of nausea," Larson said. "And then when they left the room they felt better." The official results of the paranormal investigation are still pending. Even if they can't convince the skeptics, they won't dissuade the believers.