What to Do in Fort Lauderdale ? Take the Ghosts and Mysteries Tour
As the burnt orange light of dusk dimmed into deep, dark blue on the evening western horizon, Scarlet the Wiccan ghost tour guide of Fort Lauderdale did her glide-walk around the corner of Las Olas and Andrews to meet tonight’s group of ghost hunters in the Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends tour.
It is what to do in Fort Lauderdale beyond the pale of the ordinary. Are you drawn to the mysterious, the unknown and the explained? Then this is your thing to do in Fort Lauderdale — under the cover of the night sky.
For most ghost tour guides giving a ghost tour, it is merely a night job to make extra income. But for Ms. Scarlet the Wiccan, dealing with the spirits is part of her life. “I believe in the afterlife,” she says, “and that is a part of my daily life. The spirits are always with me. As they are with all of us.”
She adds, “Ghosts have felt the need to reveal themselves to me since I was four. My first visitation was from a great aunt. I didn’t realize she was a ghost until I told my mom about the lady in my room. My mom gathered up the old photo albums and asked me to show her who it was. The lady I selected was my great aunt who had passed three days before I was born.”
“I wear a black dress, black cape and top hat. It is not simply part and parcel of an entertaining night out with someone wearing late 19th century attire. Black is traditionally worn to protect from evil spirits. So this getup actually has a purpose, no matter where a ghost tour is.”