The Burlington Free Press (Vermont) has an article about the paranormal group called Paranormal Investigators of New England (PI-NE).

More than 130 years ago, miners blasted 5 miles through the Berkshires to connect Boston with western Massachusetts via rail. The tunnel became known as the “Bloody Pit,” where nearly 200 men died in nitroglycerine explosions and cave-ins. The miners believed American Indians cursed the mountain above.

The hauntings were said to have begun during construction. Men saw phantoms and heard voices, and a supervisor was allegedly killed by the ghost of a dead worker.

Which is why Stewart and Lorefice paid the tunnel a visit.

“That tunnel — that was a very unique place,” Lorefice said. “It’s a different kind of fear.”

Stewart, Lorefice and three other members of Paranormal Investigators of New England shared tales of the Hoosac Tunnel and other haunted sites at the Brownell Library in Essex Junction on Wednesday.

The article calls the group “hobbyists” which I guess is a correct term since most paranormal investigators do not do this work for a living. Generally because they don’t accept payment from clients. But it also confers the feeling that these people are somehow less than professional. We have heard from too many paranormal investigators who are much more than hobbyists.