Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is associated with supernatural encounters due to the historic Shakers' belief in a lively spiritual realm and their practice of communicating with the deceased through "inspired instruments" during the 1830s-1850s Era of Manifestations. While not a typical haunted house, the village has documented accounts of "spirits" appearing as plainly clothed Shakers, and visitors report unexplained events like seeing figures and hearing sounds. The village's Spirit Strolls tour explores the history of death, violence, and illness at Pleasant Hill and the Shakers' interactions with the spiritual world, according to Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. A period from the 1830s to the mid-1850s when Shakers extensively practiced spiritualism and claimed to receive messages from the departed. Shakers used "inspired instruments" and other methods to communicate with the deceased, who sometimes relayed messages to living Shakers. For the Shakers, the spiritual realm was very active and played a significant role in their daily lives, offering encouragement and reassurance in times of struggle. Visitors and staff have reported seeing plainly clothed Shakers going about their daily routines in the village, mistaking them at first for historical re-enactors. There is a sense of presence, or "spirit," within the village that can be felt by visitors.