INVESTIGATE THE HAUNTED PUTNUM HOTEL IN DELAND

THE RIP HUNTERS HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE WITH THE PUTNUM HOTEL, THAT NO OTHER GROUPS CAN INVESTIGATE http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/9/5/f/global_42831551.jpeg THE PUTNUM HOTEL BECAUSE WE WILL BE HANDLING THE GHOST TOUR THAT STARTS AFTER THE 1ST OF THE YEAR.

There are a few stories about the Putnam Hotel in Deland, Florida, but all have to do with one thing: ghosts. The hotel is said to be haunted by many ghosts: a man and woman who have been claimed to be seen by a number

of people. At 225 West New York Avenue strange things can happen not only to the visitors, but to the staff as well.
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In 1917 the original Putnam Hotel burned to the ground, but was rebuilt and opened again in 1923. Supposedly the hotel is haunted by a man who visited there and then murdered his wife and killed himself. Some say that you can feel the sadness emanating throughout the empty and aged corridors of the old hotel; there is definitely a lot of history within the walls. There have been numerous reports of people claiming to have seen a shadowy figure at the other end of the hallway or even footsteps or whistling coming from empty corridors.

When I first arrived in the hotel I asked the check-in lady if she has seen anything spooky while she has been working there and she told me that she had also seen the shadow person who can only be seen out of the corner of your eye, and she had also heard footsteps behind her when going up to the 6'th floor and turned around to find no one behind her. I asked her more about the sixth floor and she informed me that it was off limits and was for storage. Well after telling the members of my band this a few of us decided to go check it out anyways. The stairs to the sixth floor were steep and unlike the stairs on the lower floors (http://www.associatedcontent.com/theme/491/floors.html) and to make things more foreboding, we were in complete darkness when both doors to the stairwell were shut. With our lighters burning our fingers we ascended the steps into the top of the building to find lots of old stuff sitting there like an antique shop. A few of my band members stayed behind to investigate after I decided to go roaming the other stairwells to get pictures; they all felt a presence but no one saw anything of the paranormal.
During my trip there I believe that I experienced a few things that could have been encounters of the paranormal kind. One event occurred when me and my band were on stage in the bar playing our set I thought I saw the

sound guy out of the corner of my eye over against the wall beside the drums twice, but when I looked to see what he was doing to my sound there was no one there both times, but I was sure that someone was standing there watching me. And while I was alone in my apartment suite just on the other side of the kitchen turning off the air conditioner I heard a sound in the tiny bathroom that was tucked away in the bedroom free from any air vents and drafts. I went to investigate and found that the plastic cup with my girlfriends toothbrush in it was in the sink still rattling around. This struck me as strange and a bit frightening because I couldn't explain how the cup had been knocked off of the shelf. I backed out of the bedroom and walked as fast as I could into the hallway to wander around and take some more pictures and try to put my mind at ease.

The RIP HUNTERS MEETUP GROUP investigated the Putnum Hotel in July 2011 and we had a huge amount of activity there. I took my team of 6 people to the first session in room 313 and I set up the equipment on the floor and I also sat on the floor and sat my team in chairs in a half circle towards me. We were getting responses from a young pregnant woman that had committed suicide many years ago and the EVP'S were awesome. I asked if there were any others that would like to talk with us to come forward and right at that moment I saw a shadow figure come through the door right behind my team. I just started to ask everyone if they saw what I was seeing, and I wasn't able to get 2 words out when everyone jumped up and said they all had felt a heavy energy pass right through them. One of the girls landed in my lap and said she felt some pain in her stomach when it happened. I know that what they felt was really happening because I felt the same energy pass through me and not only that but I could feel this entity standing right next to me for a few minutes. This entity communicated with us for a few minutes and then it left. I will definitely be going back to room 313 to do some more investigating. This is one of many things that were very interesting that night and I am looking forward to going back there. I hope to see you all at this amasing meetup and GOOD HUNTING....Mike Damsel