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Psychic Lee Barron investigates the ghosts of Miracle mile in Episode 5: The La Brea Tar Pits of Death. Since the dawn of time, this Hancock Park natural pool of viscous tar has led to the demise of many a prehistoric mammal, including large and threatening beasts such as saber-tooth tigresses and wooly mammoths. The tar reaches the surface at several locations in the park, forming pools. Methane gas also seeps up, causing bubbles which makes the asphalt appear to boil like a witch's cauldron.
Because the Ghost Wanted crew only investigates after sundown, Psychic Lee Barron was unable to legally gain access to the park grounds, so the reading was performed at the gated entrance, adjacent to Koo Koo Roo's and the Craft & Folk Art Museum.
Fortunately, Lee was still able to uncover a number of significant human death imprints in the foliage surrounding the park, as well as the strong energy of a recent crime scene shooting and a fatal car accident.
WATER LEVEL: HIGH (NEXT TO LAKE OF WATER?TAR MIXTURE)
UPDATE 3/5/09
A docent form Pit 91 has informed GHOSTS WANTED that the pool of tar that Psychic Lee Barron is standing in front of in this video is a man-made reservoir (and not actually a "pit").
Before the archeological value of these naturally ocurring pits was realized, people used to buy this tar to patch roofs and roads. So, a reservoir was dug next to Whilshire Blvd. to hold the black goo, and make it more accessable for trucks.
Thus, there are no pre-historic remains in this lake of tar shown in the video, which means that once again Psychic Lee Barron was correct when he could not "feel" any animals in that "tar pit."
