The Gettysburg Haunted Trolley Tour

If you enjoy a night of good storytelling, take the Gettysburg Haunted Trolley Tour while visiting this historic town. The Haunted Trolley Tour will take you to sites that are often overlooked by visitors but are well known by the locals.

Gettysburg is chock full of stories about ghosts that haunt the countryside supposedly confused about their untimely death. One story that was told on the Haunted Trolley Tour was that of the local high school students that spent an evening on a battlefield near the creek. What started out as an evening of fun became terrifying for the young students. The two boys were quickly surrounded by a dense fog that made it difficult to see further than a few feet in front of them. They could hear sounds of soldiers marching around them and the smell of nearby campfires wafted through the air. A man dressed in a uniform that may have been that of the Zoars escorted them from the fog and sent them back towards the current roadway that winds through the battlefields. They never returned after their experience, afraid that another ghost might not be so helpful or friendly.

Storyteller Bob Michels was on board when I took a tour on a clear night on Memorial Day weekend in 2006. What started out as an interesting evening quickly became frustrating as my camera went on the fritz, starting with the tour of the back of the local grade school. I was using a 35mm Cannon camera and shot a few photos in different directions just in case I'd catch something interesting on film. The picture of the horse drawn carriage shows several orbs floating around in the area, which is also the site of a battle.

After the trip to the local school we continued to a brickyard and disembarked for more stories of the brave men that fought the War Between the States. The first photos I shot of the building were normal enough but my camera started acting erratically. I checked my camera and then attempted to shoot some more photos. The initial photo of the storyteller appeared normal but the second photo was truly bizarre.

After speaking with Bob Michels he explained that often times the presence of spirits can wreak havoc with cameras and other items that run on batteries. If this was true, the spirits were having a ball with my equipment.

The next stop was near the entranceway of the college. It was also near a building that President Lincoln visited frequently with his wife, Mary. I reluctantly stayed on the trolley with my mother because my children had fallen asleep. Bob Minter, the trolley driver was telling me some great stories about ghosts he had seen while growing up in Gettysburg to help pass the time. I loaded a new roll of film, put in fresh batteries and shot another strange picture of my family while on board the trolley.

If you ever visit Gettysburg be sure to take this fun tour. You'll hear stories that you'll never read in books told by local people that live and work in this beautiful town. Be sure to bring your camera and plenty of film and batteries. If you're lucky, you might just catch a glimpse of a spirit on film.