UFO man looks for ghost stories

By JENNIFER LANG
ALL HALLOW’'S Eve.

Legend -has it that the
souls of the dead are clos-
est to the living ‘al this
time of year.

Oct. 31 is the date of

. the Celtic New Year, Sam-

hain, when the veil be-
tween the physical and
spiritual-worlds is the thin-
nest and the souls of those
who have died during the
year bid farewell.

Maybe that’s why our
thoughts turn to ghouls and
ghosts and ‘things that go
bump in the night. Or
maybe. it’s the longer
nights,

Whatever the reason,
ghost stories — especially
“true” ghost stories — hold
an irresistible fascination
for many readers.

Surprisingly few pub-
lished ‘reports of hauntings
Originate from northern
B.C., however.

“There’s lots of stories
around. — it’s petting
people to talk,” says Brian
Vike, the northwest’s resi-

dent. researcher on the
_paranarmal.
Vike, who lives in

Houston, B.C., is coltlect-
ing true ghost tales for his
new journal, The Canadian
Communicator, a publica-
tion devoted to topics like
UFO. sightings, Jake mon-
slers and sasquatches,
hauntings and crop circles.

His first issue explored
one ghost story in detail,
but it came from Ontario,
says Vike, who’s better
known as: .a UFO invest-
igator who's tracked down
an impressive number of
first-hand accounts of UFO
sightings from north-
western B.C. residents.

But so far, he’s invest-

TELLING TALES: Children’s Librarian Jess Dafoe reads fictitious spooky stor-
ies to local children tonight and tomorrow. {See B2 for info). But researcher
Brian Vike hasn't been able to collect many ‘real’ northern B.C. ghost tales.

igated few local ghost
Stories.
“[ know they’re

around,” he says. “I’ve
been trying to gather some
from around here.”

Vike has now collected
more than 100 UFO reports
from people in Terrace,

Smithers, and even Sew-
ard, B.C. The majority
stem from a string of sight-
ings across Highway 16
earlier this year.

He’s also a frequent
guest on radio shows -
local, regional, national
and even international

[one Mexican interviewer
provides a simultaneous
translation for his listening
audience when Vike ap-
pears on his show].

Vike can be reached at
1-250-845-2189 or at
yogibear@bulkley.net

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