Paranormal PA: See What Makes State A Hotspot For The Otherworldly

PENNSYLVANIA — Spine-tingling sightings make Pennsylvania among the top 10 paranormal hotspots in the country, said a new study.

Ahead of National Paranormal Day on Wednesday, May 3, a U.S. betting website analyzed reports of UFO sightings and ghost sightings,from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) and GhostsofAmerica.com, and also tallied the number of ghost towns in each state.

The study by USBettingReport.com revealed that California, Texas, and Florida were the states “most stalked by the supernatural.”

Pennsylvania came in seventh on the list of all 50 states, the study found. The Keystone State has 46 ghost towns, and has 4,876 UFO sightings and 2,262 UFO sightings listed in online reports from NUFORC and Ghosts of America.

“Ghost towns” are abandoned, neglected, or barren communities which are scattered around the state and country. Some of these in the state still have structures standing or have been converted into outdoor museums, or else absorbed into the parks system. Others may be difficult to find, if sites have been converted to pasture or natural land.

One of the listed ghost towns in Pennsylvania is Centralia in Columbia County, where a coal mine fire has been burning under the borough since 1962 and where only five people live as of the 2020 census. There are a number of these sites along the 46-mile Ghost Town Trail in western Pennsylvania.

Dozens of users in Pennsylvania have reported sightings to the National UFO Reporting Center this year, describing the duration of the sighting and a summary of what appeared. Some even include photos.

GhostsofAmerica does not list the exact dates of sightings on its website.