Exploring beyond logical reason

I recently went to the Shawshank prison ghost tour at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. It was exciting because it's beyond my sense of understanding. To be able to speak to, react to, physically and emotionally feel and understand the realm of paranormal activity present is well past anything that can be truly defined by words alone. I went on the tour with what I wanted to believe was an open mind, and despite my apprehension, I left my mind open to anything.

When I first arrived, I went off on a guided tour around the prison. Our guide spoke of what each room we visited was meant for in real use and what it was used for in the movie, Shawshank Redemption. Within the first 15 minutes of the tour, I received my first sign of potential life. Standing with my boyfriend, I felt a gentle poke to my left hip/buttock area. I looked over at my boyfriend standing at my left, thinking that maybe he was flirting with me, but I realized his right arm was over my shoulder and his left arm was at his side. I looked over to my right and no person was standing within 5 feet of me. I shook it off and told the guide. She said that there had been reports of activity in that room.

Throughout that entire tour, I personally encountered a total of three, possibly four signs of paranormal activity, from the poke, a slight brush against my pant leg, a shadow figure passing and the most blaring of all signs, a welted scratch mark across my left hand. I found the scratch after passing through and exploring the west cell block of the prison. Once I reached the central meet-up point, I went to the restroom and found it while washing my hands. I came back to the room to show my boyfriend. He examined it, as well as the glove I had been wearing. There was no damage or marking on the glove. (As a side note, it was very cold within the prison and the glove I speak of is one in a pair of winter gloves)

This trip, although awkward in my novice experience of any paranormal investigations, was eye opening and exciting all the same. I look to entertain the idea on expanding my explorations and write about them.