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Adsila from Above the Norm left a comment on my post explaining the video I’d put together of our Ghost Tours of Quebec jaunt asking if we’d seen any ghosties. Funny she should ask. We saw a bunch of ghosties on our tour!
None of them were real, however.
You see, we took the Ghost Tours of Quebec tour. Along the way we passed the other ghost tour company operating in Quebec City. (Which I believe was called Les Promenades Fantomes.)
Our Ghost Tours of Quebec guide came equipped with a lantern and was dressed in top hat and long coat/cape, harkening to the dress of days gone by.
Along the way we passed the other tour company. Their guides were also dressed in period attire (late seventeenth/early eighteenth century duds I’d venture to say), but not only did their attire look more costume-y, they also wore white makeup to give themselves a ghostly visage.
We couldn’t help but glimpse part of their tour. They were much more flamboyant and boisterous than our sedate, mysterious guide. They yelled, screamed, and overall imparted greater dramatics in the telling of their ghostly tales.
However, like real ghosts, I had a heck of a time getting pictures of them. For one, at the beginning of our tour our guide asked us to please refrain from using flash photography. My camera wasn’t equipped with night vision. In some spots if the lighting was just right I could get a decent pic using the night setting, but otherwise I was screwed.
Which was a bummer. At one point, we filed right past them on one of the narrow sidewalks. I tried to get video, but all that came out was black blobs. Drat.
So, the only pic I got of any ghosts was this one:
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p style=”text-align: left;”>I snapped it fast as our tour marched past them from a ridge above the courtyard they had set up in to tell their next tale. (Which, from what I gathered, had to do with some woman being hanged.)
And, shhh, don’t tell, but I think I had the flash on for it. (I just wish I’d had time to try and get one without the bar blocking her face. Her makeup really was ghastly…in a spooktacularly fun way. But I hate getting in trouble and didn’t want to make John mad!)
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
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How wonderful! I love it when ghostly guides dress up. When we were on the Chicago ghost tour we passed another ghost tour on mopeds in full ghost makeup. It was a lot of fun just passing them. Your picture is far better than any of ours from our Chicago trip. I think you did wonderful just catching a shot of them.
OH THAT WOULD’VE BEEN SOOOOOOOO NEAT TO SEE!!!! Ghosts on mopeds…oh man, that’s classic!
Cool, lol. Did he say what happened to his hand? Looks painful.
Thanks for answering my question Courtney. I am glad you had a wonderful time and thanks for sharing.
Hi JoAnne! You know, someone did ask him about it…or he told us. I forget what he said though. Broke it somehow I want to say. And there was a story that went with it, but darned if I can recall it now!
Adsila…Actually, you have me the PERFECT lead in to write this post. I’ve been wanting to anyway. More fun having a conversation to reference it to, and another blogger to link back to. 😉 THANKS!!!