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| | GHOST HUNTERS / First of two parts: Despite the naysayers, cliche rituals like seances and dowsing rods, a cadre of ... |
 | | Young talks about the origins of her organization, noting that it began 15 years ago, "in a cemetery with flashlights." She also discusses the origins of ghost hunting; the earliest recorded evidence of it was in 1909, but there are also indications that it was done in the late 1800s. |
 | | A scholar of comparative religions, Lindo delivers a fascinating lecture on other American subcultures that "deeply, deeply believe in ghosts." American Indians, Latinos (with their Day of the Dead), Chinese, Filipinos and especially the Hmong, from Laos, who have a large population in the Central Valley, and whose funerals are "a ghost hunter's dream. |
 | | In other words, the goal of Ghost Trackers is less about the gee whiz of encountering a spirit than it is about liberating those who might be trapped and need directions to move on. |
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