In June 2003, Sony took Billy to New Orleans to
film a documentary to promote Ghost Hunter, a new Playstation 2
game. Accompanied by New Orleans parapsychologist, Kalila Smith,
Billy was taken to haunted venues that replicated those seen on the
game. These were a spooky graveyard deep within the Louisiana
swamps, a haunted plantation house and a second World War Battleship
that had been sunk in the war, with hundreds of fatalities.
Although there was a lot of paranormal activity in the
swamps, Billy said that the most frightening thing was having to
contend with the snakes and alligators. Picture this: whilst Billy
was standing in the graveyard beneath an eerie crescent moon, trying
to psychically analyse the atmosphere through the spooky shadows of
the trees, a huge owl hovered above his head, flapping its wings
against the still air, before finally flying off to disappear in the
darkness of the night. 'It's a good thing it didn't call my name,'
remarked Billy cynically, ' as according to north American Indian
tradition, this portends death.' As you can imagine, Billy was glad
to vacate the swamps.
The haunted plantation house was the
house featured on the label of the well known southern Comfort
liquor. This had been the place of countless mysterious deaths, and
was full of much paranormal activity, particularly the ghost of a
young girl, resembling the one featured on the game.
Of all
three venues, the Second World War Battleship was the less active.
Apart from shadowy forms and disembodied voices, caught by the
camera, nothing spectacular really happened.
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Billy and parapsychologist, Kalila Smith, explore
the spooky atmosphere of a haunted graveyard
deep within the
Louisiana swamps. |
