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November to December

 2008 Ghost Stories

In recent weeks it has come to my attention that certain parties are using my ghost stories and those of my contributors as references for their own commercial enterprises.  If you or someone you know is writing a book on ghosts in the Pacific Northwest, PLEASE DO NOT!!! copy or use the following stories or any other materials within this website as references.  

Jefferson Davis (25 April 2003)

DATE:  3 November 2008

FROM:  Chris S

SUBJECT: 

I know a haunted town were a lot happens here in Oregon it’s called Mill city it is an logging town and there are some ghost I have scene and freaky dreams have happened and I don’t want to tell you my real name so if someone I know reads it they won’t think I’m crazy I have seen ghost relieving themselves to me my uncle says it’s a gift I don’t think so I get scared to death sometimes but if you want some times I seen them email me back   

DATE:  12 November 2008

FROM:  Darrell H.

SUBJECT;  Wolf Creek Inn

Jeff,

I was the innkeeper at the Wolf Creek Inn from 1998 to 2001.  My wife and I had some interesting encounters which I would like to share if you are interested.

Darrell H

 DATE:  18 November 2008

FROM:  Ellen Allmendinger 

SUJBECT:  Greetings

Greetings!

My name is Ellen Allmendinger and I am the Founder and President of The P.A.S.T. is Present paranormal investigation team.   The P.A.S.T. is present is a new paranormal investigation team based out of central and southeast Washington. 

 We now have our website up and going and would love to add your site to our link section, as well as possibly adding our link to your site.  Although our website is under some construction, we do have information in each section of the site that explains our group.  Please feel free to go to our site for our link banner, as well as join our forum which you can access thru the website.  www.thepastispresent.org is the location of our site.

 We should love to hear from your group as well.  You may contact me thru the website, forum or at ellenallmendinger@yahoo.com.
Thank you,
Ellen Allmendinger
Founder & President of
"The P.A.S.T. is Present"
"Unwrapping the past..one presence at a time."

DATE:  23 November 2008

FROM:  Tristan P

SUBJECT:  Camp Adair

Hello;
 
I am certain you receive endless e-mails on account of your investigations of places such as Camp Adair.  None the less I am inclined to ask a few questions.  As a member of a Portland based group I am interested in the location of the Hospital on the grounds of Camp Adair, aka E.E. Wilson.  I have searched the internet only to find vague descriptions of exactly where on the property it is located.  Beyond that, I am curious how one gets any kind of entry to that location, beyond that which I already know.  I have been there, wandering the grounds, aimlessly, and am aware you can pretty much get in the greater part of the park at any time. 
 
I also noticed you managed to get into one of my favorite wish list locations, the Vancouver Barrack hospital.  Although my group has done, and done, the Vancouver, Ft. Vancouver area, to death, as it were, we have not figured out how to get acceptance to such a location.  I lived in Vancouver for many years, was fortunate enough to have my mothers friend live on Officers row, allowing me a glimpse into one of the hauntings reported there, sadly only when I was a child and my parents dismissed the experience.  I also lived in a haunted house in the older district of Vancouver.  I am aware of the long history of the area, and what seems to go on in the area, but am so far uncertain how to obtain access to any of the places I most want to go.  If you have any suggestions as to how one obtains access to a location, I am more than happy to attempt it.  I assume it usually begins with a letter, similar to this one, none the less we tend to be unassuming in our requests.  I am still interested in asking the present residents of my old house to allow us to investigate, I know the story, why it is haunted, and for how long, seeing as I lived there for several years, but it seems odd to go to the door of a stranger and say, well hiya, I used to live here and we had a real ghost problem, do you?  Seems like that would end in a door slam in the face...  So goes life.  As an up and coming group, we would appreciate any help.  We have several great places of experience, but no houses or buildings, due to the privacy of such things, and the difficulty in gaining access.
 
Thanks for hearing me out, and I appreciate your listening.
 
Tristan

Hello Tristan,

 Thanks for emailing me, sorry it took over a week to respond.  I've been doing a few events, as well as had some family problems.  However I am trying to get back to requests for information such as yours. 

At Camp Adair, it was not the hospital that was supposed to be haunted, it was the clinic where the German POWs were treated.  It was some distance from the hospital.  As far as getting in to see the building, that is a bit tricky.  It is located within the National Guard complex of Camp Adair, so your best bet is to contact them, not going to the commander, but trying to find the facilities manager, and asking questions about walking around the old World War II barracks area to take pictures.  I suggest you ease into the question of "haunted" until late in your conversation. 

Check with the Benton County museum at: http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org/   There is also a Camp Adair Museum exhibit ( http://www.armuseum.com/exhibitcampadair.html ) that you might want to visit, to see if they still have displays showing what the post looked like, and perhaps a historic map or two.  After the war they tore down most of the buildings, or sold them off.  The Museum folks might give you some insight into where the POW buildings were.  Follow this link, http://timberwolf104.tripod.com/adair.html  There is a photo of a map showing the basic outline of the post.

 As far as the Vancouver Barracks Hospital, I am afraid that there is no access to the old hospital now, or in the near future.  The building is in bad shape, and the managers are not interested in allowing paranormal groups inside to investigate.  That includes myself, unfortunately. 

As far as the house you used to live in, I agree that it is difficult gaining access to residences, even if you were a former resident.  As you suggested, either a letter or a knock at the door are the only two options.   And depending on the whim of the owner, they may not even open a letter addressed to:  Occupant   or answer a door.  I cannot add any other suggestion.  It does seem like you have done your historic homework in documenting the events leading to the haunting.

 I will be doing more public events in the coming year.  I hope to have a chance to meet and speak with you in person, if you can attend.  Until then, I hope that I have helped you a bit in your Camp Adair question.

Best wishes,
Jeff Davis

FROM Tristian:

Thank you for getting back to me.  I appreciate your help, and it is good to know where on Camp Adair to go, rather than investigating the wrong sight.  I apologize for taking a while to thank you, my computer has broken down, and I am using my work computer until mine is fixed.  The information you gave is useful. 
 
I was curious what kind of events you do.  Are they regarding paranormal/parapsychology?  I may be interested in hearing more about those.  Thank you.
 
Tristan Pl

DATE:  24 November 2008

FROM:  Stephanie and Rachel: 

SUBJECT:  New Link to Puget Sound Ghost Hunters

Please visit their link at:  http://www.psghosthunters.com/.  Especially if you need something "taken care of!"

DATE:  29 November 2008

FROM:  Steve F

SUBJECT:  Officers Row Post Hospital

Mr. Davis,

I read your section on your paranormal investigation on the Fort Vancouver/Officer's Row Post Hospital.  Very cool!  I used to work graveyard security at the Fort and have had some paranormal experiences there myself.  It has been several years since I've been back inside of the hospital.  Been outside many times, gazing inside wanted badly to go back in.  I was wondering what avenue you used to be able to go in there at night?  Who did you talk to to get permission and what did you tell them?  Where they receptive to you doing a paranormal investigation?  Did they charge you any fees or have you sign any waivers?  I badly want to get in there!   If you can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it!  Thanks

Steve F

Hello Steve,

 Thanks for your email and comments about the old hospital.  I am afraid that the hospital is closed to visitors and curiosity seekers, for the forseeable future.  The folks who are managing it are sensitive to stories of my and other people's experiences, and (rightly) concerned about attracting elements who might damage the building or its place in our local heritage.  I hope that they change their minds soon, but that may take some more time and work.

 I hope that you might have the time to email me with some of your experiences there, and I will post them on my website.  I hope that more people will come forward with their own accounts.

 Best wishes,
Jeff Davis

Jeff,

Thanks for the quick response.  I went back to Officer's Row the other day and met up with some of my old contacts there.  Apparently they are under a new management company which means there is a possibility for a new discussion regarding the Hospital.  Coincidently, I mentioned your book to a good friend of mine Matt H., he said you have done some work with his mother.  Small World!  I intend on contacting the new management company for Officer's Row and I will be sure and let you know what they say.  Matt H. and I and a few others will be putting together a myspace page with "blogs" of our events at the hospital (when we worked security there) and current and future investigations we are working on. When it is ready, I'll send you a link so that you may read our stories and if you wish, use the material on your site.  Anyway, thank you again for contacting me.  I just began reading one of your books yesterday, and I am definitely a new fan of your work!  Thank You and take care. 

Steve

DATE:   5 December 2008

FROM:  Beckah W.

SUBJECT:  Haunted Restaurant

Hi there, 

 I live and work in Port Angeles Washington.  I am a waitress at Michael's Seafood and Steakhouse.  Our restaurant is located underground in the part of the city that was rebuild over after the floods 70ish years ago.  Most of our restaurant has no windows because of this, which makes it kind of interesting anyways.  However the part that makes it quite scary for me ( when I am here by myself at night) is the fact that our resonant is haunted.  I think you really should add our restaurant to your list of haunted places.  Most of the staff has had some type of encounter with the ghosts, spirits, what ever you want to call them.  I have had guests ask to be moved to different tables because they felt like someone was sitting next to them, Vie had psychics tell me things like, "oh wow, there are ghosts in here, did you know that?".  Anyways, it can be quite weird, but its also really neat!

  Bekah W  

DATE:  16 December 2008

FROM:  Tara

SUBJECT:  Ghost

Last night some REALLY weird stuff was going on. Around 12:30/1AM I started smelling this smokey smell. I went down and made sure all the heaters were off and checked the kids room - no smell there just in the bedroom. When I got back in bed my side of the bed was FREEZING cold, yet the room was about 71degrees. I covered up and closed my eyes and it felt like something was touching my feet and legs with an icy feeling to them. Then I felt it on my face. @_@ Then it went away. LATER in the night I felt that feeling again touching my face!!!

 I have this really bad/weird feeling that something bad happened at my house, and I have since we moved in. There are times when my daughter wakes up screaming and shaking for no reason.

 Hello Tara,

 Sorry it has taken so long to respond to your email.  Because of the weather, my Internet has been interrupted as phone/power lines have gone down.  I do not know what to suggest in your case.  This event happened after moving into a new house?  Have you asked the real estate agent for any history of the house? Or the neighbors?

 What does your husband say about the strange doings.  It may well be he will say you're crazy, or it could be that he has experienced stuff, but has not mentioned it because he does not want to be called "crazy" either. 

 Oddly, not acknowledging some events like this can make it worse, because the anxiety and fear you experience, waiting for it to happen again can energize it.  Sometimes simply saying to your cold toucher, "Yeah, I know it's you again.  Now please go away."  And in a lot of cases, the events will cease.  Some spirits just want to be noticed.

 If you are a Catholic, asking a priest to come and do a blessing would probably not hurt either.

 Best wishes,
Jeff Davis

We live in military housing and other neighbors have said that the house was un-occupied for a while - which is odd to me bc most military housing once someone moves out they move someone else in within a week.   I told my husband my experience but he said he hasn't noticed anything, and hes a heavy sleeper

 Tara,

 Are you at Fort Lewis?  I cannot remember the name of the complex, but there is an older one just to the right, as you enter North Fort.  I traded several emails with one woman who said that they had problems with bath water turning cold, and their pets had odd reactions too.  The husband did not notice anything, but the neighbors did.

 They just learned to ignore it, after telling it to knock it off.
Jeff

Actually we live on BANGOR Subbase in Silverdale WA.

I do know in my master bathroom when your showering and have the door closed the whole room will be steamy/foggy bc of the heat yet one wall is really cold.