Kaitlyn Hart
Life Editor
It’s not every day you hear about the Hollywood big shots coming to little old Pocatello, Idaho, but during the summer, something so exciting, haunting and truly terrifying happened in our own local high school.
On August 21, an episode of ‘Ghost Hunters.’ centered around the haunting of Pocatello High School, aired on A&E and American pay Television Network.
Principal Lisa Delonas, contacted Grant Wilson, one of the main ghost hunters on the show, to call and ask if they would be willing to come and spend some time at the high school to attempt to reach out to the afterlife, to see once and for all if Pocatello High School is really haunted.
Back in December of 2014, that caught the eye of students and staff. In one of the hallways, it is believed that the security cameras picked up a visual of an un-earthy being.
According to the episode summary, called ‘School Spirit’ on A&E.com, “During her tenure, the principal has dismissed many of these rumors as mere urban legends. However, when the school’s security cameras capture an unexplained electrical disturbance followed by what appears to be a ghostly apparition in the hallway, she begins to fear there may be some truth to the local legends. Might Pocatello High School truly be haunted? Or is there some other explanation? The Ghost Hunters are on the case to investigate.”
Watching the video, filmed on a cell phone of the school’s security footage on a monitor, the lights in the hallway seem to flicker completely on and completely off for about 20 seconds, until a dark figure shaped like an adult male, shows up on the bench across the hallway, flies across the wall and slams the closet door open.
According to the Idaho State Journal, “Some of these legends include the story of a school librarian who, after a relationship ended poorly, committed suicide by hanging herself from a chandelier in the library located on the second floor of the school’s main building.”
“Another legend is the story of a boy who haunts the school after he drowned in a swimming pool located somewhere at Pocatello High.
New episodes of A&E’s “Ghost Hunters” reboot will air every Wednesday at 7 P.M. You can also watch the Pocatello High School episode called, “School Spirit” on the A&E website, Youtube, Amazon Prime, iTunes, and Google Play.
