May to June
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)
FROM:
Joseph W
DATE:
21 May 2008
SUBJECT:
A fan enquiring about the Vancouver Barracks
Hi,
my name is Joe and I bought all three of your GHOSTS CRITTERS & SACRED
PLACES OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON at a little bookshop in downtown Vancouver. I
just finished the section noted in the subject and it occurred to me I live
relatively close to the Vancouver Barracks. I
was wondering where you got your info about building 638 and if you have any
advice on getting permission to stay the night inside.
I
am a Hospitalsmans Mate 3rd Class for the Navy (or soon to be. I
passed the test but am waiting for the ceremony). I
have one deployment to Iraq under my belt. Sometimes
it’s not in your best interest to tell other military people you are also in
the military when asking a favor. I
don’t know how to approach anybody about staying in the building, but this
sort of thing is a hobby of mine. So
whose butt should I kiss?
I
also have a story for you. My friend
Ryan went to the cemetery right next McLoughlin Middle School in Clark
County for ghost hunting. He went at 3 am and him and his buddy reported the
following occurrences: a clicking sound like boots stepping echoing on both
sides of him from a distance, shadows moving incorrectly out of the corners of
his eyes, and a grave he shined a flashlight on which seemed remained pitch
black even though light was being shone on it. Me and Ryan repeated the
experiment months later and at the same time of night.
We
didn’t see anything for a long time. I noticed something out of the corner of
my eye but considered it not paranormal in nature or at least not likely enough.
5 minutes later I was swiveling my
head a little more avidly to catch something. I
saw a silhouette of a person jump like a frog from one tree, past a garbage can
ten feet away, to another tree also ten feet away and then it was gone. It
didn’t go high in the air, I don’t think it reached above the garbage can at
all. We also heard the clicking
noise coming from both sides of us. We subdued anything on our clothes that we
thought could possibly be making the clicking noise but it continued for a
while. We eventually got to the
grave that Ryan told me about earlier. This time it did not remain pitch black
when we shone our flashlights at it, but we went up close to touch it and there
was something that felt like a magnet pushing our hands away and like a small
shock when we touched it.
We
left soon after. It should be noted
that we had to walk around for about 2 hours before anything good happened and
we were probably there about 21/2 hours in all. I can contact Ryan about it and
also get better details on it if you like. I’m
22, Drug free and of sound mind. I
consider myself a thrill seeking open-minded skeptic. Ryan
is drug free as well. Also, I can’t remember the details at this time but Ryan
said one time something followed him home and since we were crashing at his
house and I didn’t want to cause any problems, I did the sign of the cross and
said the Lord’s Prayer, before we entered his house.
Anywho,
thanks for listening and any reply would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Joe
I
told Joe that it was not easy getting into the Barrack's buildings. The
city of Vancouver owns half of them, and the rest are still used by the military.
Sorry. Jeff
DATE:
7 June 2008
FROM:
Tim
SUBJECT:
Ghost in Portland’s Washington Park?
Hi
Jeff,
Hope things are going well for you and the Reserves are not keeping you
too busy.
My
name is Tim and I am with Oregon Paranormal Investigations. We met at the White
Horse Saloon when you were doing your book review and have emailed on several
occasions as well as web links.
I
had an individual contact me asking about if I have ever heard of a ghost in
Washington Park, Portland, Oregon. I personally have not but I thought I
would throw it your way.
I
would be happy to include your name and website in my reply to them regardless
rather you have or not.
Thanks
in advance for your time.
Tim
OPI/Founder
HI
Tim,
Thanks for emailing me. Did the people who sent you the email about the
Washington Park ghost have any more details? There is the "Witches
Castle," But that is in Forest Park. Other than that, I have not
heard of any prominent ghosts in Portland's parks.
Sorry,
Jeff
Hi
Jeff,
Thanks
for the reply. No, she did not state what area in Washington Park. The Witch's
Castle is about all that I could think of also. My intentions were if I
had some general history of activity in the area I would have considered setting
up an investigation.
I
will cc you on my email reply to her.
Thx,
again.
FROM:
James C, Punk Rock Cowboy
DATE:
11 June 2008
SUBJECT:
A reoccurring event
Dear
Sir;
Having
lived in my neighborhood since I was 13, I never gave much thought to the St
John's Catholic Cemetery which lies quietly nestled in a patch of woods a couple
of blocks from my house. Over the past few years, however, developers have
cut down the trees surrounding the graveyard and started to put up new houses.
Even more recently, the original entrance to the cemetery has been fenced and a
small roadway has been placed between (and over) the graves. It
appears to my wife and I that the local residents of the grave yard seem to be
lost and wandering.
Growing
up in the Tay Terrace neighborhood, everyone in my family from my mother to my
siblings were used to seeing shadows and strange lights out of the corner of
their eyes in the grave yard while driving by at night. After marrying and
buying a house in the same neighborhood, my wife and I began to notice that the
shadows were no longer detained to the cemetery, but rather would freely cross
the road right in front of us. As development increased, so did the
activity.
As
recently as last Sunday night, my wife and I have heard what sounds like a young
boy calling for "Mamma" or "Grandma." This happens
almost every Sunday night between 10pm and 12am. Being a self - proclaimed
cynical believer, I hopped onto a bicycle one night a few years ago to find the
source of the weekly disturbance. I chased this voice around the
neighborhood for a good 15 minutes, but to no avail! Sometimes it was to
the left, other times it was to the right. Sometimes it was in front but
once it ended up behind me as well. The last time that I heard the voice
that night, it was calling out from far down the street right by the grave yard.
My
wife and I aren't the only ones to hear it call out either. When my mother
- in - law was staying with us, she asked us one Monday morning what was going
on in our neighborhood. She was disturbed because she had heard the voice
(which we had not told her about) calling from right outside of her window.
When she looked, there was nobody there. My wife and I have told a few
people of this strange experience but I don't think that most of them believed
us. I will say that as the years go by, the voice becomes clearer and
clearer and we have even started to experience some strange things in our home.
I
hope that you find interest in this story. I know we have because we're
still living it! Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
James C
FROM:
Kassie
DATE:
12 June 2008
SUBJECT:
Governor Hotel
Dear
Jeff,
The school where I work recently had a fundraiser at the Governor Hotel. I
experienced chills and thought I saw a shadow descending before me as I went
down the stair well, and asked the girl working our coat check if it was always
so chilly in the stair well, but did not mention anything else. She told
me she had heard that it was haunted.
Kassie
DATE:
25 June 2008
FROM
Jon T
SUBEJCT:
Hood River Middle School
Hey
I was reading your haunted places in Oregon and I saw that you had Hood River on
there and well I have heard stories about the Hood River Middle school being
haunted. Some teachers that have
worked there for a long time have their stories.
And also a kid in my grade has a dad that was shot with a gun in the back
of the school. I also heard stories
about a girl that got raped in the auditorium.
And my friends where there one night running around the track behind the
school at night and they saw one of the rooms with its windows open and they saw
a red face with yellow eyes looking out. This
room is on the 3rd floor right below the attic.
And just to tell you this was during summer break.
And this room used to belong to a respected teacher who has heard things
in that room and there is a door that leads to the attic in there and the new
teacher covered it with a bookshelf. But
my friends were very scared the most scared I have ever seen them.
And the other night I had gone with them to run the track at night and
they kept telling me that there was someone sitting in the dark between some
trees. But I couldn't see anything.
But I have glasses and I don't have the best vision.
But yeah the school is pretty freaky you should add it to the list.
it was originally built as a high school in 1927.
And there are a lot of mysteries about the school.
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Jeff
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