Ghost expert Mason Winfield to appear at NIGHT LIGHTS
WNY GHOST EXPERT AND AUTHOR MASON WINFIELD TO CONDUCT GHOST LECTURE AT “NIGHT LIGHTS AT THE HERON” ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Mason Winfield appearing at NIGHT LIGHTS at The Heron
9:00 p.m.
NIGHT LIGHTS at The Heron
The Heron, 2361 Waits Corner Road, Sherman, NY
Admission: $10 (includes entrance into NIGHT LIGHTS)
Mason Winfield appearing September 5th
Western New York’s unique eco-tourism attraction NIGHT LIGHTS at The Heron welcomes ghost expert and author Mason Winfield on Saturday, September 5, 2009. Mr. Winfield will tell Western New York ghost stories that pertain to the forest and outdoors at the Café in the Woods. The lecture will be outdoors and seating will be available.
NIGHT LIGHTS at The Heron is a unique outdoor light show attraction that is set throughout the forests and ponds of the Heron where guests walk a series of paths through a forest that is transformed with light and sound installations using different colors and tones inspired by the natural world. NIGHT LIGHTS is a one-of-a-kind attraction in North America
Author, researcher, and “supernatural historian” Mason Winfield studied English and Classics at Denison University, earned a master’s degree in British literature at Boston College, and studied poetry and fiction at SUNY Buffalo with internationally recognized poet and MacArthur grant recipient Irving Feldman. For 13 years he taught English at The Gow School (South Wales, NY). While at Gow he chaired the English department, won a 50K cross-country ski marathon, and was ranked several times among the Buffalo, NY, area’s top ten tennis players. He has published six books and a DVD.
A historian, folklorist, and “paranormal generalist” who publishes articles on a wide range of subjects, Mason is also a fiction writer whose short story “The Hunters” won the year 2000 JobsinHell/Feoamante.Com contest for Horror Fiction and received honorable mention in the year’s Best Fantasy & Horror. A popular lecturer and frequent media guest, Mason designed and hosted The Phantom Tour, a 2-hr TV program/DVD on haunted history in Western New York. He has appeared on NBC’s Today Show and stars in an episode of the summer 2006 Travel Channel program Legend Hunters. Mason is the founder of Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc., a company that designs and develops various forms of “haunted” tourism, including walking and carriage tours, conferences, and performances.
