Ghosts of Anoka Tour Docent

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Volunteer Position: Ghost of Anoka Tour Guide (aka Docent)

Time Commitment: Ghost Tour Season runs May through October. Tours run Thursday and Saturday evenings through August with additional days added in September and October. Tour lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Choose shifts that best fit your schedule.

Training: Must be able to attend one of the following trainings held May 28 and June 4, 2016.

Qualifications: Comfortable with public speaking, ability to guide a group on a mile long street walking tour, ability to project voice to approximately 25 people, friendly and personable, enthuasiastic, must pass a background check.

Ghost Tours of Anoka: Stories abound in Historic Anoka of odd happenings and eerie encounters. There is a house where the rocking chair rocks with no one sitting in it. A business in town has employees who refuse to enter certain rooms because of the woman that is seen in the mirror. There are doors that lock themselves, displays that change on their own, unusual cold drafts....might they all speak of things unexplained?

As a costumed tour guide you will lead groups through historic neighborhoods telling the stories of unexplained events had by people who live and work in Anoka. Learn about Minnesota history and the paranormal while being part of a volunteer team that illuminates the fun in sharing history through storytelling.