Why Hunt Ghosts in Greenville, South Carolina

We were in South Carolina because we ‘invited’ ourselves to my friend’s territory, as my childhood friend, May Godfrey, could not help but offer her house to us for a short stay. May accompanied us around parts of South Carolina, including an out-of-this-world adventure: the Greenville Ghost Tour. The Philippines has enough ghost stories to scare us, but hunting for Greenville ghosts was surely an intriguing adventure.

Since, the tour would involve about one-and-a-half hours of walking, May thought that we should have dinner first. It was also a good time to meet her daughter, Camille and husband, Mike Hammond. Camille and Trina, my daughter, were classmates in their kindergarten days in the Philippines. We were also joined by Lei, our Asian friend. Since, May had been pumping us with food the whole day we contented ourselves with chips and iced tea.

(L-R) Me and May munching on chips before the tour.

(L-R) May, Camille, Mike, Lei and Trina.

Greenville has been fast becoming popular with tourists. A one-of-a-kind adventure that tourists choose to do is the Greenville Ghost Tour. Led by Jason Profit, “a psychic and paranormal researcher, the tour he created is an amazing tour of lovely downtown Greenville, South Carolina. The tour provides interesting yet chilling things about this gorgeous southern town in this exclusive haunting and historical city (http://greenvilleghost.com/).”

The tour started at around 8:00 pm in front of the Army-Navy store on Main Street in the West End of Greenville. Jason led us into downtown Greenville where ghosts have been reportedly seen. Accordingly, “there was room 1408 where a ghost killed a resident. The elevator of this same building plummeted down four floors in 2009 (http://greenvilleghost.com).”

Another haunting story according to Jason was “about the founder of a local business who reached out from beyond the grave to speak the names of local radio personalities during a historic paranormal investigation.  Moreover, the tour provides some of the shocking evidence uncovered on one of Greenville’s most haunted blocks (http://greenvilleghost.com/.”

                It was still light when we started this Ghost Tour. It was not the most appropriate time to be scared. But even as we finished the tour in front of Hyatt Regency Hotel, I did not feel goose bumps nor did I get any hints of any sightings to make me fear the ghosts of Greenville. We reviewed the pictures that we took, anticipating mysterious lights or orbs to signify the presence of ghosts, but we were disappointed. The famous Greenville ghosts did not show up in our tour. We got tired walking around Greenville for more than 1 and ½ hours, but we appreciated that we were able to see much of the history and architecture of this fast rising city. Admittedly, I don’t have the ‘feel’ for ghosts. But there are some who can see ghosts. Maybe they should try this Ghost Tour in Greenville. For after all, to see is to believe.

A urinal on the street.

For your tickets to the Ghost Tour, you can buy online at their website (http://greenvilleghost.com/). Ticket costs $20/adult and $10/child. The Ghost Tour is open all-year-round. Who knows, the Greenville ghosts might show up when you visit.