{"id":51215,"date":"2020-10-01T18:57:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/haunted-history-downtown-ghost-tour-now-available-in-person-through-app\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T00:57:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T00:57:47","slug":"haunted-history-downtown-ghost-tour-now-available-in-person-through-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/haunted-history-downtown-ghost-tour-now-available-in-person-through-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted history: Downtown ghost tour now available in person, through app"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Laine Johnson, owner of Horsefly History Tours, leads a group on Main Avenue.<\/span>Courtesy of Laine Johnson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And it\u2019s also a good time to catch up with Durango residents who don\u2019t know they have died and are lingering in some of downtown\u2019s oldest buildings \u2013 like the ghost of a little girl who has set up shop in a basement in the 900 block of Main Avenue. People have seen her \u2013 she\u2019s in a white nightgown and her hair is in braids, although one has come loose, like she\u2019s just woken up from an otherworldy nap and is now looking for a playmate \u2026<\/p>\n

For the living, it\u2019s also a great time for a good old-fashioned ghost tour in downtown Durango.<\/p>\n

Laine Johnson, owner of Horsefly History Tours, is offering two ways to get your local ghost and history fix this season: a traditional, in-person tour around downtown and a new virtual experience through the Junket app.<\/p>\n

Johnson said the idea of a virtual walking tour came to her this summer when she was brainstorming ways to continue to safely run her tours. She decided to still offer her Halloween Ghost Tour this year because the in-person walks are mainly outside, are kept to 10 people or fewer and face coverings are required.<\/p>\n

And the addition of Junket is a cool new feature, which allows Johnson to not only include information about specific places along the tour, she can also add additional content as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s all kinds of digital content, too \u2013 there are pictures, YouTube videos, some of the stops I\u2019ve videoed myself so you can actually see me telling it; there\u2019s a paranormal investigation we did at the Ranch \u2026 there\u2019s a lot more material than any of my regular tours,\u2019 she said. \u201cI was able to add a lot more and connect other information.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junket is free to download to your phone, but the virtual tour is $10. Once you\u2019ve created an account, you can see all the tours available in the region. And once you buy the tour, you don\u2019t have to take it all at once \u2013 the download is good for at least a few days, Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI created my own route and everything, it\u2019s GPS-enabled, so you do it with your phone, so the Rochester is on it, and a lot of the same stops from my regular ghost tour, plus some different ones, too,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool because if you\u2019re taking it with your phone and you get within a certain distance of, like the Rochester, the location pops up. It was a leap for me because I\u2019m kind of sharing all of my secrets on there, but it\u2019s worth it, too, for people just to get to know things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson is also offering the in-person tour through Halloween. This year, because of the seemingly never-ending COVID-19 pandemic, she\u2019s shortened the tour to an hour and has lowered the price to $20 per person. The tour is limited to 10 people (which it\u2019s always been), and masks are required.<\/p>\n

And while there\u2019s nothing better than getting all goosebumpy listening to spooky stories about Durango\u2019s past residents, Johnson said there are other lessons to be learned from the tours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a great way for people to learn about the history of downtown. Obviously, I tell ghost stories, but I tell a ton of the history that\u2019s connected with them,\u201d she said. \u201cI think of all the tours I\u2019ve done, the most interest has been over the ghost stories from downtown. And I just myself have been so interested in the little secret hidden places downtown, like the basements and the stories that you hear because there\u2019s a lot. I just like giving some of the facts to the lore that circulates around town.\u201d<\/p>\n

katie@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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If you go<\/h4>\n

For more information and to book a tour, visit
\n www.horseflyhistory.com
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