(United States of America) – Some folks across the nation are getting that sinking feeling again when it comes to something in the dark.

In Alton, Illinois, the local newspaper there is atwitter about a neighborhood bar that’s a haunt in more ways than one.

Tim Brueggeman, co-owner of the Spirits Lounge in the old Masonic Temple on State Street, says the name of his bar and restaurant can be interpreted two ways.

"We have had two or three ghost investigations here," Brueggeman said. "They all seem to gather evidence that they interpret as being (paranormal activity). This is supposedly one of the most haunted buildings in the area."

According to the company's Web site, several paranormal investigators believe that former Masons continue to haunt the building, including the famous "Mr. Butt Print" who sits on dusty surfaces and leaves his mark.

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A group in Fostoria, Ohio wants to get into a local courthouse and dig into the old building’s penchant for paranormal buzz.

The Buckeye State Paranormal and Haunting Investigators, which boasts that it is the only paranormal group accepted as a member of the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, wants a crack at documenting some non-corporeal traffic inside the historic 1884 building. The group submitted a written request to the county commissioners this week for an opportunity to investigate the harrowing halls that lead to the county's Common Pleas and Juvenile courts.

Commissioner Dave Sauber said at Monday's board meeting that he knew one of the organization's members from high school and suggested giving the investigators a shot at the downtown courthouse before any possible renovation or new construction occurs at the site.

"Grand old lady's still sitting over there," he said. "Maybe we'd want to see if there's anybody floating around in there."

At one point during the meeting, Commissioner Michael Bridinger teased developer Franklin Conaway about whether he had witnessed anything eerie during his frequent inspections of the building.

The board plans to contact the group about signing liability forms before setting up equipment for overnight undead surveillance.

"I think it's something that a lot of people believe in," Sauber said.

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Leory "Gordo" Cooper, an Oklahoma-born man, has made the news about his work in the UFO field, according to this article.

Cooper spoke of seeing extraterrestrial craft, relating having seen classified Air Force photographs of a UFO landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Studying the photos, he described a saucer-shaped craft that approached the ground, extended three legs which served as tripod landing gear, and landed. He noted that the photographers who had just taken the photos were extremely emotional when they handed their film over. Gordo was told that upon approaching the craft, it immediately rose into the air, retracted its landing gear, and flew away, the whole episode lasting mere minutes.

Cooper was so adamant about the existence of UFO´s that he spoke in front of a United Nations panel discussion on the UFO phenomenon in 1985, saying, "I believe that these extraterrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets, which are a little more technically advanced than we are on Earth. I feel that we need to have a top level, coordinated program to scientifically collect and analyze data from all over the Earth concerning any type of encounter, and to determine how best to interfere with these visitors in a friendly fashion."

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