Ghost hunters say Deering Estate is ground zero for lost spirits

Miami Herald ^ | 10/21/09 | Howard Cohen

[CurlyBill]

Ghost Ping!

[CurlyBill]

Ghost Ping!

[painter]

Ghostly bump!

[GodfearingTexan]

Let’s see....it’s county-owned...it’s beginning tours for the public...there’s no such thing as ghosts...hmmm, does anybody smell a rat? hello? fraud!

[Frantzie]

ACORN is probably down there registering the spirits votes.

[fortunate sun]

request to be added to “ghost ping” list? thanks

[Boiling Pots]

The Deering Estate has been open to the public for years. I used to go to the Cutler Deering estate all the time when I lived down there, and my wedding reception was at the Deering estate in Coconut Grove (aso open to the public for decades). I never saw any ghosts, though.

[frankenMonkey]

Was there a "Ghost of Presidents Past"?

[Florida native]

I’m from South FLA - toured the Deering estate, AKA “Vizcaya” many, many times. A aerial shot of the estate was featured in the movie “Airport ‘77”.

[HangnJudge]

[Hang'emAll]

Maybe someone could help me understand this.

They talked about seeing an Inca dressed man in one sighting and someone pushing a person in a wheel chair in another sighting.

I can wrap my head around seeing dead people floating around. But where do they get historic clothes, why aren’t they naked and where do they get a ghost wheel chair from?

[Ditter]

Cool!

[COBOL2Java]

Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical book stacking! Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947!
Dr. Peter Venkman: You're right, no human being would stack books like this.

[Moonman62]

I believe the Deering Estate and Vizcaya are two separate entities. Vizcaya the home of James Deering, and the Deering Estate the home of Charles Deering. Vizcaya is where Reagan met with Pope John Paul II.

[COBOL2Java]

Over the years, staffers spoke of hearing noises and witnessing odd occurrences, such as elevators moving on their own.

Man at Elevator: What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut?
Dr. Peter Venkman: No, we're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on twelve.
Man at Elevator: That's gotta be some cockroach.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Bite your head off, man.
Dr Ray Stantz: [Entering elevator] Going up?
Man at Elevator: I'll take the next one.

[PLD]

I believe in Spirits that never move on..I also believe that a person goes to his/her own funeral..I saw it for myself..And Aunt of mine died (one that I loved very much)I saw her standing at the right of her own casket..She was looking out and smiling like to say I am alright now..Have you ever been sitting and say watching TV and smell this oder that is familiar to you ..well I have and have had things moved from the place I put them..It does not bother me I just say I don't feel like having you here and tell them to go where they will be peaceful..Oh BTW all of my spirits are good ones..

If you don't believe that is alright, one day you might get to see a spirit..or smell them or hear them..

[expat_brit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantosmia

[TStro]

When we first moved into our house (it was our weekend lake house) my wife was on the 3rd floor ironing. Our poodle woke up, perked up her ears, and barked at the bathroom. The light in the bathroom clicked on. It was one of the old switches that makes a loud click. We couldn’t get it to stay in a “neutral” position, no matter how hard we tried. We frequently had doors open and close by themselves. The guy who owned the place committed suicide (not in the house) when his business went south. It has been a long time since anything strange happened, and we never felt threatened. Could be shifting foundation or some such.

[BastropBarbie]

“I believe in Spirits that never move on..”

That’s why they are referred to as “familiar spirits”.

http://www.gotquestions.org/familiar-spirits.html