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October 2024 | Vol. 18 Iss. 10
HONOR STUDENT EXPLORES THE SPOOKY SIDE OF HISTORIC DRAPER
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By Katherine Weinstein | k.weinstein@mycityjournals.com
W
hen unexplained events began happening at the coffee shop where she worked, the ghost of an idea began to take shape in Anna Sokol’s mind. Inspired by ghost tours she had taken with her family, the Alta High School honor student decided to do some research and put together her own walking tour of haunted locales in historic Draper. Sokol hosted her first Draper ghost walks last year and is bringing them back on Oct. 25, 26 and 28. "I think ghost tours are such a good way to learn about history in a fun way," Sokol said. "It's more intriguing." She explained that she has been on ghost tours in Washington, D.C., Denver, Colorado, Salem, Massachusetts and London, England. “My favorite one was in Washington, walking around the older areas where the presidents used to live,” Sokol added. She explained that her dad was the one who got the family into ghost tours. “Me and my dad are the adventurous ones,” she said. She said that her mom also has “a spiritual side” and some of her own ghost stories as well. Sokol’s “Historic Draper Ghost Tours” starts at the gazebo in Draper Historic Park and mean-
Alta High School senior Anna Sokol, who hosts ghost tours of historic Draper, was photographed on Fort Street. (Photo by Juliet Bryant)
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