By ROBYN STUBBS, 24 HOURS
Even after everyone else has left for the evening, Marisa Ferrari senses she's not alone in Burnaby's historic Ceperley House.
Now the site of the Burnaby Art Gallery, the ghostly spirits of the house's former residents, including a monk, a caretaker and a little blonde girl, have all been said to roam the gallery halls. But the strongest spirit arguably belongs to the original 19th century owner, Mrs. Grace Ceperley.
Whatever - or whoever - it is, there are some very strange things going on, says Ferrari - items are misplaced overnight, motion sensors go off when no one's there, loud bangs can be heard coming from upstairs after the gallery has closed and several visitors have reported seeing ghostly figures.
So what do you do when you think you have a ghost? Call a ghost hunter.
"Ghosts might just be something quite normal, but still not understood," offers Jan Gregory, founder of Vancouver Paranormal, which conducts about 20 ghost investigations per year using electromagnetic equipment, recordings and photographs.
"We get people telling us their stove burners will turn on and off by themselves, lights will flicker when they enter a room. They'll get infestations of weird bugs, and their toilets will back up for no reason," explains Gregory.
They might also see weird lights, shapes of shadowy things, and strange smoke moving from room to room. Strange noised may also be heard.
"There's no science to ghost hunting - you try to eliminate as many ghostly-caused effects as you can, like double exposures. We try to do things as critically as we can, but we have been exposed to really strange things," she says.
According to a recent Ipsos Reid poll, nearly half of Canadians believe in ghosts, 18 per cent say they have been in the presence of ghosts, and nine per cent say they've lived in a haunted house.
As for the Ceperley House investigation, several images depicting a ghost-like presence around the house have been captured - take a look at www.horrorseek.com.
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