Is it possible that vintage aircraft on display at a Central Florida attraction are haunted?

Officials at Fantasy of Flight in Polk County don't like to use the word "ghost" but for years there have been stories, from visitors and employees, of unexplained occurrences such as unidentifiable noises, temperature changes and the detection of mists and shadows.

Paranormal Investigator Cliff Kennedy, of Apollo Beach, says he met a former Fantasy of Flight employee who said his late wife saw what she believed was a ghost of man sitting in one of the airplanes.

The attraction located near Auburndale houses 40 restored vintage aircraft such as a World War II-era B-17 which seems to generate a lot of the stories.

One legendary account recalls a family that was touring the facility and when they reached the room housing the B-17, they met an elderly man who knew details about the history of the B -17s. As they were leaving, they turned back to thank him and he had vanished – he was not an employee.

Fantasy of Flight General Manager Kim Long says there has been so much interest from the paranormal community that the attraction wants to see if the general public is interested, too.

In what may be Florida's first paranormal attraction event, Fantasy of Flight is presenting "nightFlight," a chance for guests to experience a professional paranormal investigation.

On Saturday, Feb. 13, Feb. 20, Feb. 27 and March 6, Kennedy and a team of his volunteer ghost hunters from Apollo Paranormal Investigations (API), will guide a limited number of guests in paranormal investigations from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. It costs $75, plus tax, per person to participate.

Long says this is not a traditional ghost tour. "We won't have fog machines or people in costume or anything like that," she says. "It will be something that believers and skeptics can enjoy if they are interested in the paranormal. It will be as scientific as these investigations claim to be."

Long says the idea for the paranormal nights came after numerous requests from paranormal investigative teams to check out the facility

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