PORT ANGELES — Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson want to preserve the ferry Kalakala, but their interests are of a paranormal kind.
They contend that the Kalakala is the Northwest’s “most haunted location.”
“I believe there are spirits on her,” LeFevre told Peninsula Daily News on Thursday.
“That is our interest in her. That is why she is in our ghost display.”
LeFevre and Lipson are the directors of the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries, with exhibits, a library and cultural center that covers UFO history, ghosts, Bigfoot, Northwest history and mystery.
LeFevre and Lipson visited Neah Bay on Wednesday to view the Kalakala and talk to Makah tribal members about the 1935 vessel for which owner Steve Rodrigues is trying to finance a $15 million restoration project.
She says that while walking her dog on a moonlit Wednesday night, she thought she saw lights coming from portholes on the aft of the silver art deco ferry as it sat anchored in Neah Bay.
The museum has launched a “Save the Kalakala from Being Sunk Campaign,” and is gathering pledges to save the vessel from a trip to Davy Jones’ locker.
