GUEST COLUMN: Do you believe in ghosts … now?
You walk into a room full of people, look around and find a seat. You shuffle through your papers for the story you will read tonight. The room is buzzing with voices. You begin a study of faces, smiling to yourself. You listen to others read their stories, then your name is called and it’s your turn to go to the front of the room.
Everyone is watching, then out of the blue you ask, “How many of you believe in ghosts?” Not a sound is heard. “Come on,” you say. Then, over in the corner, a hand goes up. You smile and say, “Only one?” Slowly hands start to rise, until about half of the people in the room admit it.
You smile and say, “I will read you a true story, and then I’ll ask again.”
A few years back, when I was a teenager, some friends and I would take a carload of girls and go ghost hunting. We went anywhere there were supposed to be ghosts.
This story started when a friend of mine was told about a drive-in theater between Kingston and Cartersville. Finding us a couple of girls, we went in search of the drive-in.
As we went past Kingston we saw two houses that sat off the road. They were empty and we could see that the doors were open. I told my buddy Duke, “I bet we could round us up a ghost in those houses.”
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