Some are alive and kicking, and some have passed on.
The question is, have they left?
Earlier this month, Jersey Unique Minds Paranormal Society was asked to investigate the VFW based on many claims of personal experiences.
"They originally called us because there were several stories told through the years of people experiencing things there," said JUMPS Founder and CEO Doug Hogate Jr. "Basically they wanted to validate whether the stuff that was happening was true or if there was another explanation."
After setting up several infrared cameras and audio recorders, investigators Susan Sacavage, along with her daughter Sammi and investigator Cara Davidson, began investigating in the bar area of the old building.
"At the bar, they pour a shot for the dead person and leave it out," Davidson said.
She said she was asking if anyone wanted a shot.
"I thought I heard a 'no' response throughout the night when we offered beer," Davidson said. "I was reviewing the recorder and you can hear us offering drinks and I got the EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) 'Don't like beer, I drink (unknown)."
The last part of the EVP wasn't understandable.
The bartender, who participated in the investigation, commented that "no serviceman wants a beer," and an EVP was captured saying "no."
Sacavage's daughter Sammi, 15 and a junior JUMPS member, was sitting in the bar area during an EVP session.
"I felt weight on my shoulder," she said. "It felt as though someone came up behind me and put their hand on my shoulder."
This happened a few more times, she said.
Davidson said JUMPS Director of Operations BJ Hoffman placed the REM Pod (a device that radiates its own electromagnetic field which, when disturbed, sets off a series of lights and sounds) near Sammi.
"We put it there and nothing happened," she said. "When we took it away, it happened again. It was always my right shoulder and it just felt safe. Not scary or bad."
Sammi said the first time she felt the pressure on her shoulder, investigator Anthony Grothaus said he saw a shadow go into the back room behind the bar.
"That's when the boxes moved," Sammi said.
Grothaus said he heard something shift in a back room.
"I went into the room and found the box moved," he said. "Then I heard shuffling sounds from the opposite corner, but nothing was there."
Being touched was Sammi's only experience, but her mom had an unsettling incident upon returning to the VFW a few days later.
JUMPS participated in a family Halloween event at the VFW and Sacavage attended to represent the team.
"I went outside and when I came back in, I went in the side door which is into the room behind the bar," she said. "I was stopped dead in my tracks. I felt like I couldn't move."
Sacavage said her chest got extremely heavy and it was hard to breath.
"It felt like forever, but was only a few seconds," she said. "I felt better as soon as I went back outside. It lifted."
About an hour later, she went back into the same area - that's what we paranormal investigators do - and felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up when she went to the corner of the room.
"It felt like something was crawling up my leg, but I guess it could have been a bug," Sacavage said.
That must have been some bug.
Hogate said the evidence is still under investigation and a full report with EVPs and video clips will be available at jumps.2fear.com as soon as the review is complete.
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