Paranormal Walk to explore ghosts and legends in Medina
MEDINA — The bustling village of Medina may not conjure the image of the home of the extraordinary.
Yet hidden among the stores lining Main Street and pedestrians on the sidewalks are Iroquois legends, aliens and Civil War era ghosts.
Starting on Oct. 5, the Medina Paranormal Walk will be touring the village every Wednesday in October through Oct. 26 regardless of weather. The walks will be hosted by Professor John Koerner, a social sciences professor at the north campus of Erie Community College,
“About two years of research went into putting the Medina walk together,” he said. “This involved interviewing residents and workers, plus digging into archival material.
“As an historian I feel obligated to get the facts correct,” he continued. “Anyone can say a place is haunted, but if you can find specific historical incidents that reinforce these firsthand accounts that are reported, it gives more credibility to the story.”
Although Koerner currently teaches at ECC, he formerly taught at Niagara County Community College and Genesee Community College for five years.
While at GCC and NCCC, he said he had students approach him telling him Medina and Lockport were haunted.
