Avalanche of Spirits: The Ghosts of Wellington by author Karen Frazier.
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Avalanche of Spirits: The Ghosts of Wellington, a new book by author Karen Frazier, takes a paranormal look today after the devastating 1910 avalanche that killed 96 people there.
Frazier, who is an editor and journalist for Paranormal Underground magazine, spent
much of her time last summer at the site of the 1910 Wellington, Washington, avalanche.
Originally intending to film a documentary, Frazier interviewed and investigated with a number of paranormal investigators who are intimately familiar with the site and firmly believe that Wellington is haunted.
“I was immediately captivated by the story of Wellington,” Frazier says. “I had no idea of the history of the place until I visited it. It’s a very unique place,” she continued. “You walk in and can’t help but feel the weight of what took place there.”
March 1, 2010, was the 100-year anniversary of the avalanche that took more than 96 lives and eventually led to the town of Wellington disappearing off of the map.
“I wasn’t entirely convinced that ghosts were real,” Frazier says, “and then I visited Wellington. After the things that I have experienced there, I am a believer.”
Perhaps more significantly, according to Frazier, her husband Jim also became a believer after visiting Wellington.
“That’s pretty stunning,” Frazier says. “Jim has a strong scientific background in nuclear engineering, and I never thought I’d see the day where he would believe in something as impossible to prove as ghosts.”
Frazier’s book covers the history of the avalanche and town, experiences of paranormal investigators and visitors to Wellington, as well as a chronicle of Frazier’s own experiences while investigating Wellington this past summer.
“When I was there, I promised the ghosts that I would tell their story,” Frazier says. “This book is how I decided to tell it.”
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Sounds like a very interesting book. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Martha. I think this a good read.
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