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February 2004 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)

FROM: Robert M.  

DATE: 10 Jan 2004

SUBJECT: My Haunting

Hi Jeff,

 I am presently living in Medford, Oregon. This entity followed me home when I lived in San Francisco. Briefly, I believed that I opened myself to this entity when I was studying vocabulary. When I couldn't immediately recall a word or definition, I would leave myself open so that the information would come to me, much like a person opens himself while using a Ouija  board.

 Well, there I was sitting in my van at my favorite spot overlooking the bay of San Francisco. I was trying to recall something by opening my mind and letting the answer come to me. I heard someone strike a cigarette lighter. I looked out my window and saw an evil looking man smoking a cigarette and looking at me. I felt no fear.  I'm not easily frightened, but when I turned to look at him again, he was gone. I finished my study session and went to my apartment.

 That night I was sitting in my apartment near a window, when I heard a loud noise like something had struck the wall next to where I was sitting. I looked out the window and saw nothing. I went back to what I was doing. Suddenly, I heard the noise again, only louder. It occured to me that something unusual was happening. I had never seen a ghost, but I did believe that they existed.

 The banging noise was made again. I looked at the wall and window. Nothing was damaged. Well, whatever it was, it had my attention. Then there was another bang. This time I addressed whatever was making the noise. I said," Wow, that must have hurt! There was no more banging.  At the time I lived in an efficiency apartment, and my bed was against a wall. The next night, there was scratching on the wall near my head. Then I knew that I had a problem. I determined to not let this entity upset me, so I started tapping a tone on the wall. Soon the scratching stopped.

 The next day, I was washing dishes when I heard a noise and felt a tingling sensation all over my body. I surmised that the entity was doing this. I started to sing and dance. It Stopped.  I was taking classes at San Francisco City College. This thing would follow me to school. It often made a tap-tap-tapping on the elevator wall when I used it. I took a break one day after my classes and went to the park to take a nap. It took a dirty paper ,rubbed on my face to wake me up.

 When it is time to go to sleep at night, this entity frequently makes a noise to wake me up. Finally, I do go to sleep.

 After a while I noticed that I didn't have my usual strength as I went about my daily activities. It occurred to me that the entity could be draining the energy from my body. Sometimes I'd feel like my old self, and at other times, I feel weakened.  One night I was listening to Art Bell's Coast to Coast program on the radio. One of Art's guests was talking about entities that drain energy from its host. The description sounded exactly like the entity that I was having problems with.  So, I was better informed. But what could I do? I moved to San Jose, and, you guessed it, the entity followed me. By now, it had given up on making loud noises, and made a little tap near me, letting me know that it was there.

 I had received an injury while I was in the military and I re-injured myself. I eventually went to the V.A domiciliary at White City, Oregon for treatment. I lived at the domiciliary while I was receiving treatment. The entity followed me. I have never seen this thing. It very infrequently touches me, because I strike at it when it does. Once when I was laying in bed, it came up to my face and made stupid unintelligible sounds like it was trying to say something. One night when I was really farting, it touched my annus. Another time, it hit a metal object near me and gave my body the tingling sensations that I had felt in San Francisco. I ignored it.

 I like Medford, so I decided to make it my home. I had been in my apartment for couple of weeks. Now, all this time I was feeling on-and-off that my body was weaker than usual. I try to walk or cycle daily and follow a moderate weight-lifting regimen. Sometimes I can't walk or cycle very far or lift weights.

Other times I can.

 For instance, yesterday I walked for an hour, and lifted weights. Today, I could walk only for twenty minutes, and forgot the weights. One night I was awaken from sleep. I felt something on my back. I reached back and felt a flat furry thing clinging to my neck and back.  I beat it off, and  it went away. Is this thing doing this every night?

 I was beginning to think that maybe this thing isn't a ghost, but some other evil entity. I've never seen it. If I did, I'd attack it. I ignore its tapping, but I hate it. If this thing can't have fun with me by scaring me, I guess that it feel that sucking energy from my body will do. This thing isn't very smart, because there are a number of things that it could do to annoy me, but it hasn't.

 One night Art Bell had a guy named Robert Bruce and he was talking about "Practical Psychic Self-Defense". That also was the the name of his book. I bought the book, read it, and tried the things that he said would rid me of this "neg", as he calls them. I'm not a very spiritual person or given to meditation and such. So the techniques he recommended didn't seem practical or workable. However, I'm going to read his book again and try real hard to put his techniques into  practice. This thing has been pestering me for almost four years now.

 Every night when I go to bed, I know its there. When I fall asleep, it wakes me up. When I fall asleep again it does its dirty work. I'm not in agony, or frightened. I just feel like this thing is a big burdon.  I need help. Can you help me? Or, do you know someone who can help me? 

Sincerely,

Robert M.

FROM: Kristie M.)

 DATE: 12 January 2004

SUBJECT: Pictures (Longview, WA)

 I SENT YOU A PICTURE I TOOK LAST NIGHT OF A RED ORB IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I ALSO HAVE A BIG YELLOW ONE THAT HANGS AROUND MY BARN. DO YOU KNOW IF THE COLOR HAS ANY MEANING? ARE THEY GOOD OR BAD? SHOULD WE GET OUR HOUSE BLESSED? 

MY TEN YEAR OLD SON FELL OUT HIS WINDOW LAST SUMMER & HAD A SMALL FRACTURE IN HIS BACK. HE SAID HE WAS STANDING CLOSE TO THE WINDOW, & ALL OF A SUDDEN HE WENT BACKWARDS OUT IT. NOT EVEN A HALF OUR AFTER THIS HAPPENED OUR CAT WAS KILLED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE BY A CAR, & MY DOG WAS HIT BUT NOT KILLED. MY FOURTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SWEARS THAT SOMETHING TOUCHED HER A COUPLE TIMES ON HER FACE & THEN SHOOK HER BED. 

SHE TURNED ON THE LIGHTS & WENT TO SEE IF IT WAS HER BROTHER OR SISTER BUT THEY WERE ASLEEP. SHE SLEPT WITH A LIGHT ON FOR A LONG TIME. DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN ANYTHING? OR IS THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN JUST A FORM OF IMAGINATION? EVERY TIME I SHOWER OR TAKE A BATH I ALWAYS LOOK BEHIND ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING WATCHED. I REALLY DON'T MIND SPIRITS VISITING BUT HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOURSELF & FAMILY FROM EVIL ONES? 

SOME GHOST HUNTERS CAME OUT TO VISIT KRISITE:

 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, I WISH YOU WERE AROUND TO COME DO AN INVESTIGATION YOURSELF.

 Kristie M.

Does anyone have any suggestions to make to Kristie?

FROM: Alysha N.

DATE: 12 January 2004

SUBJECT: Hello

 In the Mt.Baker Theater in Washington State it is said that there is a ghost that haunts it. Her name is Judy.  The theater was built over her house. The house she lived in caught fire and she was trapped inside and sadly; killed. They say that her ghost is getting revenge on whoever built over her home. BEWARE! of JUDY!

I am a 7th grade student and I can tell you if you sit in the theater long enough you will see her she sits on the balcony on the left hand side.  When she moves you see a shimmer of blue and white light. Thank you

 Alysha N

FROM: Christian

DATE: 23 January 2004

SUBECT: Ghosts

 Hello Mr. Davis have you ever found a ghost by Cashmere Washington?  It's by Wenatchee.   Well I hope you have good luck and email me if you ever do find a ghost.

Thank you,
 your fan Christian

 FROM: Holly L.

DATE: 28 January 2004

SUBJECT: Newport’s haunted lighthouse

 My name is Holly L. Before I relate to you the following account I would ask you to not hold the fact of me being of a fairly youthful age against me. Please believe that this is NOT a fake account nor is it a childish prank. For some reason I have always been what you might call sensitive all though most times I wish it was not so. 

I was born in the town of Newport, Oregon. In younger year my parents would take me, and my older brother on family outings around the city on one such outing they toke us to Newport's haunted light house. I was about five at the time, and my brother Ash was ten. I did not take to the tour well, so I was told to wait in the car, but like most five year olds I soon tired of that to. I quickly decided to find Ash who was some were up near the top of the light house with my parents. As I climbed the stairs head lowered in defeat I became aware of the sound of approaching foot steps. I looked up only to find what looked like a pale, and some what distraught girl coming towards me .

She was so distraught that she seemed to not see me.  I called out to her but she did not hear me. I quickly moved to one side, but it was a some what narrow stair well I was afraid that she would knock me down. For some reason it got very cold as she swept past me.  I closed my eyes and held my breath till she had past, but when I opened my eyes she had vanished. It was only later that I learned the story behind the light house. I have had many such happenings since then if you have any information about sightings at this location please let me know

Holly L.

FROM: S.H.

DATE: 28 January 2004

SUBJECT: Haunted sites to visit

 Dear Jeff,

 My name is S. H.  and I live in Astoria.  I have always been interested in the paranormal.  I have had "physical" contact and other members of the family have had numerous contacts.  

The reason for my contacting you is that my husband and I have decided that instead of spending spring break at a tourist spot, we would visit haunted sites.  I have found your information useful.  But, we have one week and I would like to know if you have any favorite spots that are open to the general public (not bars due to our 13 year old son).  We would like to go to as many as we can.  We are all very excited about this trip.  Any more info you can give is appreciated.  Also, are the Portland tunnel tours a good idea?

Thank you,
S.H.

FROM: Amanda Jeanne

DATE: 6 February 2004

SUBJECT:  Ghosts

 The reason for my contacting you is that my husband and I have decided that instead of spending spring break at a tourist spot, we would visit haunted sites.  I have found your information useful.  But, we have one week and I would like to know if you have any favorite spots that are open to the general public (not bars due to our 13 year old son).  We would like to go to as many as we can.  We are all very excited about this trip.  Any more info you can give is appreciated.  Also, are the Portland tunnel tours a good idea?

Hi my name is Amanda and I live in Surrey B.C.  My little sister Brittnee has being seeing things in out apartment  building.  The first thing she saw a man dressed in all black standing in front of her closet door in front of her bed.  Another time she saw a woman wearing a light blue gown walking near her bed.  The third time was, when Brittnee had woken up she walked into my parents room and saw the same man standing over my dad who was laying down and she said the ghost looked like he was strangling my dad. 

Another time was when my sister came downstairs up to the Kitchen table, she leaned over to kiss her cat that was sleeping on the chair, when she had got up she saw a man standing behind the chair as if he was looking over to see Brittnee kiss her cat. Just a few nights ago I heard things like when I was sleeping in my room a few days ago, my mom leaves a night light on in the hallway.  And my boyfriend had been woken up by loud footsteps in the hallway. He then woke me up I saw what looked to be a shadow of someone passing by my door.

Another thing when I was younger my bed use to be beside my door and in front of my bed I had a vanity wit a mirror. So from lying down if I were to look at the mirror I can see my door. Well one night I woke up and I looked at my vanity I saw a tall man standing in front of my door.  I couldn’t tell what he was wearing because it was so dark. But I could see the shape of him. It was so dark but it looked like the outline of his body was sort of glowing. My boyfriend moved in and the family never told him what goes on in my house.  But there’s been so many times that he comes to me and tells me that when he’s in the bathroom having a shower he feels like someone’s there with him in the bathroom.

My sister Brittnee has told a girl across the hallway what’s been going on and the girl Tabatha has told Brittnee she sees the man. Her mom came to me yesterday and has asked if anything has happened lately and I told her and she said her boyfriend who moved in recently has seen bright white lights on the corner of his eyes.  Almost like flashes right near him also her daughter Tabatha. They say when they see the lights when they turn to look to see what it is there’s nothing there. My mom and Tabatha's mom has reported to the Landlords about what’s been going on and my mom told me that the landlord was shocked to hear this because when they first came to manage the place when they have moved in, her husband always says that he sees a ghost in the house.

I have tried to find out what was built here but no one can look back that far to see.  I have looked threw old newspapers but still nothing.  I have looked on the Internet but there’s nothing.

PLEASE! IF THERES ANYWAY TO HAVE ANYONE COME IN TO TELL US WHATS GOING ON OR WHO'S HERE PLEASE CONTACT ME.  OR IF THERES ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR IDEA'S PLEASE E_MAIL ME AT 

Amanda_J_C_@hotmail.

DATE: 5 February 2004

FROM: Ghost Busters

SUBJECT: Ellensburg Washington Haunting

This is a true story from Kittitas county Washington about a haunting in the town of Ellensburg. It seems this small western style town was the site of some very gruesome crimes back in the late 1890s by a guy named Greg who lived in a building that once stood on the lot of XXX, East Tacoma Street.  Greg was said to be the son of a marriage between a brother and sister who were Satanists so Greg grew up with the influence of the great “Dark one” so one day he started kidnapping the local children and murdering them in ritual sacrifices.

When the townsfolk learned what was happening they formed a lynch mob to dispense a little frontier justice upon inbred Greg, but before the mob made their way to Tacoma Street he killed himself and set his dwelling ablaze.  The startled town’s people scrambled to put out the roaring blaze but not before the flying embers ignited the rest of the tinderbox dry Ellensburg’s buildings burning almost the entire city to the ground on July 4th 1898, thus costing Ellensburg the their bid to be the state capitol which went to Olympia.

After the fire was over and the ashes were sifted many townspeople committed suicide because of their losses but Mr. Davidson Rallied the residents of Ellensburg together and quickly rebuilt the town with fireproof bricks made at the old Canady’s mill which still stands today a few miles from town. Mr. Davidson placed the satanic symbol of the Phoenix rising out of the ashes on his own building.

The gruesome story of Inbred Greg still lives today as many people visiting businesses on the 200 block of East Tacoma which is now the U-haul dealership/Play and pack and Independent auto, have reportedly encountered the bearded Inbred Greg complete with Body odor and stinky feet and thick glasses, also a mob of crazies often emerge from independent auto.  The manager of XXXXXXXXXX  is always glad to tell you the spooky story if you stop by and ask him about Inbred Greg and he also holds séances and sometimes a full moon sleep over

From,  Ghostbusters

OK, I took the liberty of not giving the true address of this place.  I don't want too many people bothering the manager.  If you area interested and on your way to Ellensburg, please email me and I will try to put you in touch with the ghostbusters who sent me this email.   Jeff

DATE:          9 February 2004

FROM:         Jamie B.

SUBJECT:    Seeking advice or information from Vancouver, WA

 Hello Jeff. 

 I live in Vancouver, WA and have been residing in this area all of my life, 26 years to be exact.  All of  my life I have felt a connection to the unknown or unexplained.  During my childhood I always felt something was around me, I have never been scared of this feeling because it has always been a part of my life.  Some of my first feeling was in a house I was born and raised in, the area is Cascade Park.  Strange things would happen and when I'd tell my mother she'd reply, you have always had an imagination.  So I started keeping these experiences to myself.  Only to find out a few years ago it was my mother who was having her own encounters. 

During my early teenage years I started being able to predict things, whether psychic or coincidence I'm not sure but it started scaring my friends.  The psychic feelings went away after I had my daughter and ended up with anxiety and depression, but one thing that has never changed is my connection to the paranormal.  Almost all of the places I've been I could tell if something was around me. 

I have lived in Cascade Park, Downtown Vancouver, Ridgefield, and I'm now living in Orchards.  All of the homes I've resided in have been with others from an unknown vibe.  Now I wonder what is my connection, am I a comfort for ghost?  I don't have these feelings all day everyday just certain times of the year, perhaps a change in the seasons.  

I have read one of your books, which was wonderful.  Now I'm wanting to know more about these feelings.  I live behind Orchards Park, which from what I've been told has had murders.  A little skeptical on that info.  I'm wondering if you have heard of any thing that might link my ghost to that park.  As I have always done, I usually keep this info. to myself, unless it is brought up by another individual.  However, my 10 year old daughter recently came to me with her stories, which I just listened and didn't share any of my experiences just so I could compare my encounters with hers, and it turns out I have had the exact same experiences. 

The house I'm living in is one me and my boyfriend Joe are buying from his father.  Joe grew up in this house and according to his mother and sisters strange things happened here before my time.  I've been living here for four years and have had a lot of unexplained things happen. 

Now I need to know where to go next.  Recent experiences from me, my daughter, and our new roommate has me on a hunt to know more.  Please send me any advice you might have, or if you know of any places to find information I would greatly appreciate it.  

Thank you for your time.

Jamie

FROM:       Allen G.

DATE:         14 February 2004

SUBJECT:  This is my experience in Ft. Vancouver

Dear Jeff,

It is nice now being able to write you.  I have just started into my ghost hunts.  And one of my very first experiences was right before I was supposed to fly to Ft Leonard wood.  I was going back into the army.  My experience came in the building the same one on the cover of you book of ghost and critters of the northwest.  Well now to my story.  The guy I was suppose to take with me to Leonard Wood so he could go to basic, well our flight got canceled and we were stuck in Portland for 5 days.  So we went up to Vancouver to hang with his parents before we leave we arethere for about a couple hours and his mom does tours of the old fort for ghost hunters twice a year this was in 2000 when we decided to check out the building.  And everything she told us about it this was before she told me about your book of Ft Vancouver.  And that building on the left side of the building always seems open.  So, my friend Garret and me go to check it out.  There is this SGT that lives on the post and asks us what we are doing.  Since we were going back into the army and my friend going in for the first time he says that he is ok with it but that building he says the kids there don't even go in there cause they are scared to death about it.  

So, we go in there and I close the door behind us.  And we start checking out everything from the basement to the top floor but not the attic not yet.  And we realized that at the time the only doors that we found on the left side looking up that is from the road but I guess it would be the right side of the building but anyways the only doors there are the ones to enter the building and all through the building no doors.  And some rooms we get cold chills and some are warm.  So we decide to leave and come back with some cameras and when we get down stairs the door we entered and I closed was open.

Which at that point was kinda weird.  So we leave and I close the door again.  We come back with cameras and the door is open we go inside I close and lock the bolt and the one on the handle and I move a desk in the entry way in front of the door.  And we start going around inside taking pics of everything where we felt different temps and feelings and start our way up into the attic and as we are heading up to it something stops us and we can not take anymore steps up so we take our pics and leave.  You should know that there are like little auditoriums on each floor in the wings and we are in one remember like I said there are no doors and I remember my friends mom telling me the name of one of the ghost and I ask him what here name is and he tells me.

So I shout it out, "Eeeevveee" and before I finish saying her name a door slams shut right behind us.  And we feel the gush of wind from it we look at each other and then behind us.  And like I said no door and we both agreed that it was a door that shut behind us but we don't freak out just too many unanswered questions at that point.  So we go down stairs and the door that I locked and secured was open and the desk was back in it original place and some of the pics that I took their are dots and some there is a blur like something was flashing me back with a camera.  That same ghost, Eve has shown herself from time to time to the soldiers that go there for their weekend maneuvers.  Like one time my friends mom told us there was officers playing cards there and one felt something sitting in his lap.  She appeared smiling at him and then she disappeared and none of the officers now what to make of it only that she was dark complexioned skin black hair and in a old style red lace dressed.  I just wanted to share my experience there cause I am starting to get more and more into hunting for ghost.  

I appreciate you time in reading this.  I hope to hear from you soon.  If you have any suggestion or tip on helping me get started and who to hook up and work with I would love the help you could give me.

Sincerely, Allen c Goddard

My Reply to his email:

Thanks for writing to me.  I'm glad you enjoyed my books.  Thanks for sharing your experiences too.  I > am back in the US, but I'm at MacDill AFB in Florida  right now.  Otherwise we could meet up at the Barracks.  There are some good ghost hunter groups out there.  I think the one closest, that has an open membership is the Trail's End, in Oregon City.   My friend Martina lives a bit further south.  You > can look in the links section of my website and pick out a group that interests you. 

 Jeff Davis

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