"Back off, man. I'm a scientist!"
Writing about the awesomeness of Ghostbusters is like trying to write about the bigness of the Grand Canyon. This is it — this is the nerd movie. Except that it's also the paranormal movie. And it's the movie for collimated particle beam...
No. You know what? I can't do this. THIS IS GHOSTBUSTERS. A better writer than me will have to describe the towering monolith of nerd awesomeness that this movie represents. I'm just going to let the picture below do the talking for me:
I mean, for goodness sake, look at the expression on Dan Akroyd's face here. Does that not say it all? Dan Akroyd invented Blue Steel in the Eighties, for heaven's sake!
In fact, with the possible exception of my own father and his UFO-hunting colleagues, I don't think anyone has ever made fringe science look so stylish.
Here's the 1984 trailer:
Fort Mifflin: EXTREMELY Haunted
Fort Mifflin, "the fort that saved America" was continuously operated from 1777 to 1952. For a crucial five weeks, it prevented the British navy from bringing supplies and relief to the British troops in Philadelphia, allowing George Washington to escape to Valley Forge. It’s a beautiful spot on the Delaware river, with lots of beautiful, grassy knolls, and plenty of dim, haunted tunnels.
And those dim, haunted tunnels, by all accounts, are packed full with ghosts.
In 2006, an entrance to Casemate 11 was uncovered, which had been sealed up for 139 years, and probably was just packed floor-to-ceiling with old Babylonian dieties. You know how those old Civil War tunnels are.
Today, Fort Mifflin is a hotbed of paranormal-investigator activity. These investigators take their jobs very, and converge on the Fort, bristling with all sorts of electronic detection devices:
Map and Directions
Fort Mifflin is right off the end of the runways at Philadelphia International Airport; in fact, you've probably seen it if you were looking out the left-side windows while landing in Philly.
When
Friday, May 29th, 2009, at 8:30 PM.
What to Bring
- Warm clothes. We might be outside on the grass, or we might be inside (well, underground, really) in one of the casemates, and it gets cold in there (possibly, with an unearthly chill from beyond the grave). Bring a blanket!
- Chairs, hand-warmers, thermoses of coffee.
- A flashlight and/or camp lantern.
- Snacks. There are no snacks on site.
- A proton pack, but only if it's licensed.
Wheelchair access: Yes!
Dogs: Sorry, no. I hear that dogs
really don't like going into the casemates, anyhow.
Bathrooms: Indoor bathrooms on site.
Kids: Kids welcome, as long as they're old enough to not be freaked out by devil dogs, or Rick Moranis reminiscing about the rectification of the Vuldrini. Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
