Haunted World War II by Matthew L. Swayne

Author:Matthew L. Swayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: CVR01122018;haunting;haunted world war 2;world war ii;world war 2;haunting;true hauntings;matt swayne;paranormal;paranormal phenomenon
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2018-09-06T16:19:31+00:00

The USS Arizona, circa January 1941.

Although most of the sailors, airmen, Marines, and soldiers who served at Pearl are now gone, more than their memory is alive today at the Hawaiian base. Some say the psychological intensity of the battle may have etched itself in the spirits and the souls of those who lost their lives in the attack. And they return, even after all these years.

It comes as no surprise to the experts of the paranormal that the USS Arizona Memorial—the solemn center of remembrance at Pearl Harbor—is also a hub for supernatural phenomena at the base. The memorial is built over the top of the wreckage of the battleship, which took the brunt of the horrendous Japanese bombing run on the base. That type of emotional intensity and that level of tragedy tends to naturally attract anomalous activity, paranormal theorists suggest.

These experts and believers in the paranormal have no trouble believing that ghosts stalk the Arizona. It is more than a memorial. After all, it’s actually the tomb for more than a thousand sailors and officers who served on the battleship, one of the jewels of America’s Pacific fleet, on that early December morning when a flurry of bombs hit the ship. One of the bombs crashed into ammunition magazines, detonating a catastrophic explosion.

As a tourist attraction, the memorial is the subject of thousands—hundreds of thousands—of pictures. In addition to the photogenic quality of the Hawaiian base, visitors just want to take home a long-term memento of their journey to the site. But some tourists say they got more than that—they believe they have evidence of an eternal reminder. In some of the shots, weird shapes and oddly lit orbs of light are visible, ones that the photographers swear weren’t in the frame when they snapped it. Over the years, people visiting the Arizona have taken photos that show orbs, oddly shaped shadows, and even what appear to be images of people. These images are often foggy, or appear as human-shaped mist, according to some reports. EVPs popping up on digital cameras and smartphone screens are one thing, but actually seeing a ghost is another.

One of the ghost tales told most often is the story about a sailor tasked with morning watch right before the attack. The story says that the man briefly left his post on the deck of the Arizona. Minutes later, the Japanese planes zoomed in and dropped their lethal cargo. The sailor and hundreds of other men were killed instantly.

The figure of a sailor is said to appear near where the USS Arizona once docked, usually on misty mornings during low tide. He is seen—on eternal watch now—looking out onto the memorial. Some speculate that he is perhaps driven by remorse or guilt for leaving his watch at the worst possible time.

It’s not just electronic phenomena and misty apparitions that point toward a supernatural occupation of the naval base. Some say you can hear the ghosts of the past. Alarm bells blare near the memorial.

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