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Myself and many others have spoken out about the dangers of encouraging kids to ghost hunt, with kid ghost hunting shows, like the one on Cartoon Network. Some people think we are all just party poopers who like to complain and criticize. Stories like this one which I found on the net today, only exemplify the reasons why some of us in the field feel that children should not be encouraged to join the craze and take up this new form of hobby. I think this girl's parents would agree with myself and the others who want the TV programming to take more seriously what they promote. It is the nature of kids to want to try things themselves that seem to be the current fad. When it comes to ghosthunting, that can turn out to be a dangerous thing. Even if you set aside the possible paranormal implications of danger, the danger that exists from the living is more volatile, for kids who go out to deserted places, old houses, cemeteries etc. at night to look for ghosts. Some of these kids who get the idea to go out and look for ghosts may end up ghosts themselves. This is just one of many stories where kids have wound up in trouble or worse, by ghost hunting.
Some people in this field have even started junior ghost hunting groups for kids, and more teen ghost hunter shows are being considered for programming as you read this. next time you see a petition to stop the kids ghost hunt shows, think about this Girl in the story below. Better yet, think about the safety of your own child, and where this kind of curiosity can lead them.Getting shot for trespassing is just one thing, getting raped or kidnapped and killed in a dark deserted cemetery is another. This has happened as well. Falling through the floorboards of a rotting old house, and breaking their necks is yet another. Maybe you might sign the next one. Please read this tragic story, and give it some thought.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORTHINGTON, Ohio - A teenager out looking for ghosts with friends was
shot in the head and critically wounded near a house considered spooky
by local teens, police said Wednesday.
A man who lives in the house, Allen S. Davis, 40, was charged in the
shooting and told reporters Wednesday from jail that he was trying to
drive off trespassers and didn't intend to hurt the teen girls, whom he
called juvenile delinquents.
He said he fired his rifle out his bedroom window Tuesday night after
hearing voices outside the home, which is across the street from a
cemetery and blocked from view by overgrown trees and shrubbery.
"I didn't know what their weaponry was, what their intentions were," he
said. "In a situation like that, you assume the worst-case scenario if
you're going to protect your family from a possible home invasion and
murder."
The 17-year-old girl, Rachel Barezinsky, and two of her friends got out
of their car parked near the home about 10 p.m. and took a few steps on
the property, police Lt. Doug Francis said. They jumped back in when a
girl in the car sounded the horn, and they heard what they thought were
firecrackers as they drove away.
The girls - all seniors at Thomas Worthington High School in suburban
Columbus - drove around the block, and Barezinsky was struck while
sitting in the car as they passed the house again and heard a second
round of what turned out to be gunshots, Francis said.
Davis, a self-employed nonfiction writer, said he had prepared the rifle
after numerous previous instances of trespassing, but he didn't know
until Wednesday that teens considered his house haunted. Police should
charge the teens with trespassing, he said.
"It's really something how homeowners defend themselves and the way the
laws are written, we're the ones brought up on charges while the
perpetrators get little or nothing."
Francis said police do not intend to pursue criminal charges against the
girls at this point.
As the girls' car drove away from the house, the driver noticed she had
blood on her arm and passengers in the back seat also discovered blood,
police said. They saw Barezinsky had collapsed in the front passenger's
seat and drove until they could flag down two police officers. The other
girls were not injured.
Some classmates at the high school, which has about 1,700 students, were
planning a vigil Wednesday night at the football stadium.
Principal Rich Littell said he had talked to Barezinsky, a well-known
cheerleader, at a freshman welcome dance on Monday night.
"It just kills you. She's a great kid, very, very athletic. She was
looking forward to ... the tumbling she was going to do at the football
game," he said.
Davis, who was charged with five counts of felonious assault, told
officers he had been annoyed by trespassers and that he was aiming for
the car's tires from his first-floor bedroom, police said.
"He admitted to never calling the police, but it just had been occurring
and he got frustrated and he was upset, saying someone trespassed on his
property and he was protecting his property," Francis said.
Barezinsky, who also was struck in the shoulder, was taken to Ohio State
University Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The hospital would not provide an update on her condition Wednesday.
Francis said Davis' home had a reputation at the high school for being
haunted by ghosts and witches, and students have been daring each other
to knock on the door or go in the yard.
Zoning officers have visited the home where Davis lives with his
64-year-old mother because of complaints that the property has not been
kept up, police said.
Betty Davis, 69, who lives around the corner, said Allen Davis was quiet
and kept to himself. She said she's not related to him.
"I guess last night was the last straw," she said.
"I think it blew everybody's mind it would come to this."
Some people in this field have even started junior ghost hunting groups for kids, and more teen ghost hunter shows are being considered for programming as you read this. next time you see a petition to stop the kids ghost hunt shows, think about this Girl in the story below. Better yet, think about the safety of your own child, and where this kind of curiosity can lead them.Getting shot for trespassing is just one thing, getting raped or kidnapped and killed in a dark deserted cemetery is another. This has happened as well. Falling through the floorboards of a rotting old house, and breaking their necks is yet another. Maybe you might sign the next one. Please read this tragic story, and give it some thought.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WORTHINGTON, Ohio - A teenager out looking for ghosts with friends was
shot in the head and critically wounded near a house considered spooky
by local teens, police said Wednesday.
A man who lives in the house, Allen S. Davis, 40, was charged in the
shooting and told reporters Wednesday from jail that he was trying to
drive off trespassers and didn't intend to hurt the teen girls, whom he
called juvenile delinquents.
He said he fired his rifle out his bedroom window Tuesday night after
hearing voices outside the home, which is across the street from a
cemetery and blocked from view by overgrown trees and shrubbery.
"I didn't know what their weaponry was, what their intentions were," he
said. "In a situation like that, you assume the worst-case scenario if
you're going to protect your family from a possible home invasion and
murder."
The 17-year-old girl, Rachel Barezinsky, and two of her friends got out
of their car parked near the home about 10 p.m. and took a few steps on
the property, police Lt. Doug Francis said. They jumped back in when a
girl in the car sounded the horn, and they heard what they thought were
firecrackers as they drove away.
The girls - all seniors at Thomas Worthington High School in suburban
Columbus - drove around the block, and Barezinsky was struck while
sitting in the car as they passed the house again and heard a second
round of what turned out to be gunshots, Francis said.
Davis, a self-employed nonfiction writer, said he had prepared the rifle
after numerous previous instances of trespassing, but he didn't know
until Wednesday that teens considered his house haunted. Police should
charge the teens with trespassing, he said.
"It's really something how homeowners defend themselves and the way the
laws are written, we're the ones brought up on charges while the
perpetrators get little or nothing."
Francis said police do not intend to pursue criminal charges against the
girls at this point.
As the girls' car drove away from the house, the driver noticed she had
blood on her arm and passengers in the back seat also discovered blood,
police said. They saw Barezinsky had collapsed in the front passenger's
seat and drove until they could flag down two police officers. The other
girls were not injured.
Some classmates at the high school, which has about 1,700 students, were
planning a vigil Wednesday night at the football stadium.
Principal Rich Littell said he had talked to Barezinsky, a well-known
cheerleader, at a freshman welcome dance on Monday night.
"It just kills you. She's a great kid, very, very athletic. She was
looking forward to ... the tumbling she was going to do at the football
game," he said.
Davis, who was charged with five counts of felonious assault, told
officers he had been annoyed by trespassers and that he was aiming for
the car's tires from his first-floor bedroom, police said.
"He admitted to never calling the police, but it just had been occurring
and he got frustrated and he was upset, saying someone trespassed on his
property and he was protecting his property," Francis said.
Barezinsky, who also was struck in the shoulder, was taken to Ohio State
University Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The hospital would not provide an update on her condition Wednesday.
Francis said Davis' home had a reputation at the high school for being
haunted by ghosts and witches, and students have been daring each other
to knock on the door or go in the yard.
Zoning officers have visited the home where Davis lives with his
64-year-old mother because of complaints that the property has not been
kept up, police said.
Betty Davis, 69, who lives around the corner, said Allen Davis was quiet
and kept to himself. She said she's not related to him.
"I guess last night was the last straw," she said.
"I think it blew everybody's mind it would come to this."
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