On what was considered one of the hottest days recorded in the city of New York, residents along the five broughos tried different methods to beat the summer heat.
Some folks hit the public pools or beach, while others decided on an indoor activity, whether it was going to a movie, play,musical, or even one of the many museums the city had to offer.
On this day one of New York's most well known museums The Museum Of Natural History was experiencing high volume of activity, not for the latest exhibits, but because of the appearance of ghosts.
A group of class 3 entities to be exact.
And it was up to the Ghostbusters to catch them.
The four member team split themselves into two groups as a way of trying to find the spirits faster.
Dr. Peter Venkman and Winston Zeddmore raced up and down the main floor and the second level, while Dr. Ray Stantz and Dr. Egon Spengler searched the third and fourth floors.
The group kept in contact with one another using walkie talkies.
Peter and Winston had found the entities on the second level, chasing them out of the Louis Calder Laboratory.
As the two raced down the stairway, back to the main floor, Winston called Ray on his walkie talkie and said,"Ray, Peter and I found the ghosts.
Where are you and Egon now?"
"Third floor in the hall of reptiles and amphibians," Ray answered.
"Must us on the first floor pronto!"
"We'll be right there!"
Thankfully, when Peter and Winston made it to the main floor, they were able to keep the ghosts contained with their proton streams, as they waited for Ray and Egon to arrived, which they did a few short minutes later and joined the rest of the group.
"We've got them steady now!" Ray shouted.
"Egon, get the trap!" Winston called out.
"Better make that two traps!" Peter added.
"Here they come!" Egon yelled, as he slide not one but two traps at a time under the ghouls.
Egon and Peter each stomped on a trap at the same time, as they along with Winston and Ray lowered the ghosts inside them.
Once the entities were caught, the traps were closed shut.
"We got them," said Ray, kneeling down near the now smoking traps.
Egon gave the room a quick sweep with a PKE meter and said,"It's all clear.
No sign of anymore ectoplasma activity.
As Winston gave Ray a hand with picking up the trap, he noticed a small object on the ground.
It was a ring that had a metal band with a small red colored stone on top.
Winston picked up the ring.
He looked over it and said,"This looks like a decoder ring I had as a kid.
Ray took a look at the object and said,"I had one like that to."
"Same here," Peter added.
"I wouldn't know what one looks like," said Egon.
"That's because you probobley didn't have you."
"Correct.
What I'm curious to know is what an object like that is doing in the middle of the museum."
"Maybe it fell and roll out of the gift shop during the commotion," Ray pointed out.
"Well, I think it's kind of neat," said Winston, as he placed the ring onto the ring finger of his left hand.
After meeting the the head of the museum to collect their payment and Winston paid for the ring at the gift shop, the ghostbusters left the building and headed for their car Ecto-1.
When the traps and proton backs were loaded, the group climbed into the car with Winston in the driver's seat.
However, when he turned the igintion key, the engine wouldn't start up.
"What's going on?" asked Ray, who was in the front passenger seat.
"Ecto's not starting up," Winston answered.
"Maybe the car's out of gas," Peter suggested.
"I filled up the take this morning."
Egon sniffed a bit and said,"Is something burning?"
Sure enough, he was right.
As at that moment, smoke was steaming out of the hood of Ecto-1.
"What the hell?" said Ray, as he and the other ghostbusters scrambled out of the car.The four member team gathered around the front Ecto-1.
Winston carefully reached over the lift the hood opened.
Once he did, more smoke rose around the ghostbusters, causing them to start coughing and choking.
"Must be the engine," Ray, sputtered out in between coughs.
Once the smoke cleared away, he and Winston were able to get a better look inside.
Egon went to the back, and took out the emergency road kit, next to the packs.
He handed the box to Ray, who took out a flashlight.
He looked around the engine to see what the source of the problem was.
"The engine must have overheated itself," said Ray, who handed the flashlight to Winston, who said,"Could be issues with the distribulor cap as well."
Winston reached for a small screw driver out of the road kit, and lightly touched the engine with it.
However, a stream of oil squirted out, spraying his face and the front of his flightsuit.
"Was that your knack on fixing the engine?" Peter asked with a laugh.
Winston simply rolled his eyes, as he wiped his face with a cloth.
"I'll call for a tow truck and have them take it to the firehouse," said Ray.
"Good idea.
But let's take the equipment out first, I don't want to risk any accidents," Egon pointed out.
While Ray called for a tow truck, Winston,Peter and Egon removed the packs,traps and PKE meters out from the back seat.
As Winston was taking out his pack, the wiring got caught on a meter, causing it to slide out of Ecto-1.
Though he tried to grab it, the meter slipped out of Winston's hand and it shattered on the sidewalk's pavement.
"Smooth move," said Peter.
"Sorry about Egon," said a slightly embarassed Winston.
"Not to worry.
I can fix it once when get back to the firehouse," said Egon.
Ray returned from the payphones and told the other ghostbusters that a tow truck was on the way.
As he was giving his team a hand removing the rest of the equipment, Peter handed Ray the smoking traps and said,"You better hold these Ray.
We don't want to risk any escapes."
"How come?" asked Ray.
Peter told Ray what had happened to the PKE meter, causing him to get a glare from Egon and making Winston feel even more embarass.