History & local legend
Staff at the Butler County tourism office in a house on East Grandview Avenue in Zelienople reported seeing a young boy they called Robert. Their accounts brought investigators Jeff Gettman and Scott DelleDonne of Pittsburgh Paranormal Research to the building with equipment—and toys intended to interest a child.
They rolled a baseball across the floor, placed dominoes on a desk and tried a toy car and candy. None of those efforts produced the response they were seeking. A flashlight, however, began to flicker.
In a 2010 interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the investigators said they repeatedly asked Robert to turn the flashlight on and off and believed it responded to their requests.
Sources
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2010 interview with Pittsburgh Paranormal Research investigating this Grandview Avenue house
- KDKA, distinct local report about this tourism office in 2015
- Center for Rural Pennsylvania, listings identifying exact Butler County Tourism address
- Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, current Experience Butler County office
- Esri, verified address point on Grandview