点评:Oof, where to start. I will begin by saying that we booked a 3 hour paranormal tour ~48 hours ahead of time...kind of a spur of the moment thing. Paid our money & tickets downloaded to the trusty Apple wallet. Almost exactly 24 hours ahead, I received this text: "Hi **** - this is Rolling Hills Asylum. Apoligizes for texting so late. I had an issue printing tomorrows guest list - can you please confirm the number of tickets you purchased and for which option (6hr or 3 hr). Thank you!"
I responded with "2 tickets for the 3 hour" to which she asked me to have each of us fill our own registration form (with our own different emails/cell phones), which we did. We both read the registration form - which was full of really vague rules - but we filled the forms out. No other communication from anyone at Rolling Hills.
We arrived exactly 30 minutes ahead of our schedule time...waited in a small line...met another group (of 3) who had a similar texting experience as us the night before. The staff comes out at exactly 15 minutes before entry...and this woman (who we would later learn is the owner Sharon) walks up to me...yelling and pointing her finger at me saying "you can't bring that backpack in...I sent emails". I never received an email, but I put my backpack back in the car. My husband loves his video camera & tech stuff, and we asked if we could video inside. Sharon responded "Yes", so he heads back to the car to grab his camera. We get back in line...only to have Sharon tell us to move to the back of the line, as she needed to speak to us. She told us that my husband's video camera "looked like a professional setup" and that if we wanted to use it, we would have to book a PRIVATE tour. The video camera is our own person video camera...yes, he has an infrared 'thing' that he puts on the top of it so he can film our ghost hunts. I'll be honest...as my husband walked his camera back to the car, I questioned Sharon. The website says we can video. She said we could video. Apparently, since our video camera is nicer than hers, we couldn't video. I pushed her & stated that we had agreed not to live stream or post anything to any of the big social media outlets...she said "How do I know you won't"...ummm...because we signed that we wouldn't, and our video camera can't livestream? She did offer a refund to me, but I figured we had driven almost 5 hours & we had a hotel...I said we wanted the ghost hunt they advertised on the website. Husband came back from dropping the camera, and she asked him to empty his pockets. She literally made him pat down all of his pockets..."I think there's something in your front pocket." (SHOCK: When he pulled the fabric liner out of his pants, they were empty) THEN...she took my husband's flashlight. Yup, a flashlight. She said it was "too bright"...but nothing on the website about handheld flashlights...just headlamps, which we did not have. We watched her take inhalers from other guests...chapsticks...the control was insane. BUT...we met several groups during our tour that had the same exact flashlight that was taken from my husband...but they were very quick to say that they were returning guests & they get "perks". Our tour was scheduled from 8-11pm. We left at 10:15pm...no video camera...no flashlights...no ability to be able to record/verify what we were seeing...time to leave.
We have been very blessed to have been able to have many paranormal adventures for almost a decade...we live close to Gettysburg, PA, and having so much history & "active" places to check out within a few hours/overnight drive, we have had so many amazing & welcoming experiences. Unfortunately, this was not anything close to those. We will never return to this place, and I will continue to tell anyone I meet to give this place a HARD PASS.
翻译:哎呀,从哪儿说起呢。我先说一下,我们在大约48小时前临时起意,预订了一次为期3小时的灵异之旅。付完款后,电子票就下载到了我的苹果钱包里。几乎就在24小时前,我收到了这样一条短信:“您好,****——这里是Rolling Hills Asylum。很抱歉这么晚才给您发消息。我在打印明天的游客名单时出了点问题,能否请您确认一下购买的门票数量以及选择的套餐类型(6小时还是3小时)?谢谢!”我回复说:“要两张3小时场次的票。”随后她让我和我的同伴各自填写注册表(使用各自不同的电子邮箱和手机号码),我们照做了。我们俩都仔细阅读了注册表——上面的规则极其模糊不清——但还是把表格填好了。此后便再也没有收到Rolling Hills任何人的联系。
我们比预定时间提前了整整30分钟到达……然后在一个小队伍中等候……我们遇到了另一组人(共3人),他们前一晚也有与我们类似的发短信经历。工作人员在开放时间前15分钟准时出现……这时那位女士(后来我们才知道她就是店主莎伦)朝我走过来……大喊着,还用手指着我说:“你不能带着那个背包进去……我发过邮件的。”我根本没收到任何邮件,但还是把背包放回了车里。我丈夫非常喜欢他的摄像机和各种科技产品,于是我们询问是否可以在馆内录像。莎伦回答说:“可以。”于是他回到车里去拿相机。我们重新排回队伍中……结果莎伦让我们站到队伍后面,因为她有话要跟我们说。她告诉我们,我丈夫的摄像机“看起来像专业级的设备”,如果我们想使用它,就必须预订私人导览服务。那台摄像机是我们自家的普通摄像机而已……没错,他只是在上面装了一个红外装置,方便拍摄我们的捉鬼过程。说实话……当我的丈夫拿着相机走回车里时,我质问了莎伦。网站上明明写着我们可以录像。她也说我们可以录像。但结果却是因为我们的摄像机比她的要好,我们就不能录像了。我坚持指出,我们之前已经约定好不会进行直播,也不会把任何内容发布到各大社交媒体平台上……她却反问:“我怎么知道你们不会这么做呢……”呃……因为我们已经签字承诺不会那样做,而且我们的摄像机根本无法进行直播啊!不过,她倒是提议给我退款。不过我想我们已经开了近5个小时的车,而且也订好酒店了……于是我说我们想要体验网站上宣传的“捉鬼活动”。丈夫把相机送回去后回来,这时她要求他掏空口袋。她真的让他把所有口袋都检查了一遍……“我觉得你的前口袋里有东西。”(令人震惊的是:当他拉开裤子的内衬布料后,口袋里其实是空的)接着……她拿走了我丈夫的手电筒。没错,就是一只手电筒。她说那只手电筒“太亮了”……但是网站上没有任何关于手持手电筒的信息……只有头灯,而我们并没有头灯。我们看到她从其他游客那里拿走吸入器……还有润唇膏……对物品的控制简直疯狂至极。不过……我们在游览过程中遇到了好几组游客,他们用的手电筒和我丈夫被拿走的那支一模一样……但他们很快便声称自己是回头客,能享受“特权”。我们的游览时间定在晚上8点到11点。我们在10点15分就离开了……没有摄像机……也没有手电筒……我们根本无法记录或验证自己所看到的景象……是时候离开了。
近十年来,我们有幸经历了许多超自然现象相关的冒险……我们住在宾夕法尼亚州的葛底斯堡附近,周边有许多具有历史意义且“活跃异常”的地点可供探索,因此我们获得了无数奇妙又难忘的体验。可惜这次的经历完全无法与以往相提并论。我们再也不会回到那个地方了。我会继续告诉我遇到的每一个人:绝对不要去这个地方。