Local ghost hunter visits Marion Public Library

Ghosts, aliens and Bigfoot was the topic of conversation in the Marion Public Library on Friday.  

The library brought in local ghost hunter Malichi Durieux to talk about his time pursuing the paranormal.  

“Going to start off by saying, like, I’m not a scientist, I’m not an expert by any means. I just do this at the bottom as a hobby. just because I’m like, talking about this and stuff. I don’t necessarily believe 100% and I’m always trying to be skeptical,” Durieux said.  

He has ghost-hunted in multiple places in Indiana but the place he has been in the most is the Randolph County asylum.  

“I have five times. Yeah, it’s very expensive, but it’s very fun,” Durieux said.  

During his presentation he showed videos of his encounters from his YouTube called The Paranormal Patriot.  

Durieux said he got started ghost hunting only because he’s always found it fascinating and does not know what is out there but has experienced weird stuff in his own home according to his fiancé.   

“I was home alone with our not even one year old at the time. And the fire alarm in the nursery started going off and they were the type of smoke alarm that didn’t need batteries you would just have to buy a new one when it was time…. So, I took it down so she could sleep because it woke her up. So, I took it to the landlord, and she swapped it out and I put the new one up. Then the next night it went off and this all took place at exactly 10:00 at night. So, the new one went off…. So, there was no fire alarm in the nursery so I thought everything would be fine until the fire alarm in the room next to hers went off. So, I called my parents and left the house,” Durieux’s fiancé said.  

She said they kept taking down the smoke alarm that was going off, and the one next to it would start going off almost like the spirit was moving at 10:00 p.m. every night.  

“I like spoke to him and told him that he couldn’t be there and explained that not one could sleep and after that it stopped,” Durieux said. 

His fiancé was the one who actually got him in touch with the library for the event. 

 “His fiancé is actually related to one of our librarians,” Librarian Kelsey Winters said.  

The event was a success, and people were very engaged. 

“People seemed engaged, and he even went over time so there’s that,” Librarian Crystal Gosnell said.  

The event ended with Durieux giving a live demonstration of his equipment that he uses when he goes hunting.