Okay the thing to remember is this – What you are told on a 'tour' and what is reality are as different as "night" can be to "day". There are 'tours' that set up 'canned paranormal' and are some what good at this – they 'talk with the experts'.

Now not being there – I would only suggest that if this was a 'tour' – well … 'set ups' for tours are done – to bring people back or to spread the 'rumors' … see this picture alone brings one thing "Curiosity" … There is a rule of thumb I follow when I go into 'tours' and such -- always take 3 – 5 pictures of the same thing. Hey I have a large memory stick.

Also one post brought up a good question – "what is the history" or such of this place? Is it 'paranormal'? Is it being 'sold' as such? How many other's were 'unique' in their experience? (And were told, thought or lead to believe such was the case?)

Since you were not allowed to go upstairs … to be honest, you have no clue actually what was upstairs. (Right?) <- Asking. But your posts seem to relay that you did not – do not have any clue what was up there???

As another post stated, this picture raises more questions than not – and I have a feeling we are shy a 'few' answers … because of honest ignorance.

So I tend to go on the side of … well doubt of anything but … questions that need answers before anything else can be said or done … Pure speculation at best … I personally tend to speculate on the side of Boring …. until I'm offered something with more substance.

I hope you understand where I am coming from?

I totally hear where your coming from. The town has a lot of history of paranormal activity. We were able to go to the second and third floors of this building. Like I said, this pic was taken at the end of the tour. We had just come down from that floor. The only stuff up there was extra tables and chairs. Galena is the home of Ulyssis S Grant. And dates back to the civil war. The area is surrounded by limestone.

Maybe I should have told the entire story from the start. I just didnt want to write a book on here. We went to Galena to see the history of the town and area. The main tour was more about the history of the town. Galena is where part of the movie field of dreams was filmed. It was very interesting. The tour guide also told about the paranormal history of the town. He told us about the documented experiences that occured in the different buildings we were in.

We toured the entire downtown area. We also went through the Desoto House Hotel which was reported to have paranormal activity in it. We did not have any experiences there. We also were told about the Dowling House, Galena History Museum, Turner Hall, and the Ulyssis S Grant House. We did a tour of the Grant house, but did not experience anything. We were also told about many other private residences and establishments that are reported to have activity in them. It is a old city with lots of history. It was a great experience.

Again thanks for your impute. That is why I post this picture here. I knew I would get straight and honest opinions and responses. I was not sure what we got in this picture, and still am not positive. But it is the unknown that is so interesting about this picture, and the experience as a whole.