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Wonderful evening

#1 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:18 pm

Group from work went out tonight and took a two hour "Ghost Tour" on a charter bus. 6 staffers and 2 'others', one husband and one Big J. About 30 people all told on the bus.

We left around 6:30 and drove to some of the most Haunted locations in town, Apparantly, Victoria is one of the most haunted locations in the Western Hemisphere, only Geneva has more :shock:

The crowning moment of the tour was passing an old house, previously owned by a well known Wiccan, who bought the house 40 years ago.....



FROM MY PARENTS!!!


My old childhood house is haunted. Dang, wish I knew that before. I thought is was just me and my brother being little sheets LOLOLOL.

Big J was wonderful, polite and respectful and showed great interest in the stories.



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#2 Post by kayrharris » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:51 pm

The ghost of Saucy and her brother! Have you told your
parents about it?

Big J! is growing up for sure.
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#3 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:57 pm

kayrharris wrote:The ghost of Saucy and her brother! Have you told your
parents about it?

Big J! is growing up for sure.
Yup, he sure is.

This was a great old Tudor style house. Had the most marvelous attic to play in, and a creepy basement. It was huge. 4 bedrooms upstairs, 3 bathrooms and a den. Main floor had the living room, dining room, huge kitchen, sunroom, butlers pantry and very large foyer, and another bathroom.

Basement was very low, with enough room for a train table, there was a type of cold storage room, and a dry storage room.

Didn't notice any creepiness when we lived there, but who knows. I do remember some areas of the house were really cold, even with sunlight pouring in the room.
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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:31 am

a1mamacat wrote:
kayrharris wrote:The ghost of Saucy and her brother! Have you told your
parents about it?

Big J! is growing up for sure.
Yup, he sure is.

This was a great old Tudor style house. Had the most marvelous attic to play in, and a creepy basement. It was huge. 4 bedrooms upstairs, 3 bathrooms and a den. Main floor had the living room, dining room, huge kitchen, sunroom, butlers pantry and very large foyer, and another bathroom.

Basement was very low, with enough room for a train table, there was a type of cold storage room, and a dry storage room.

Didn't notice any creepiness when we lived there, but who knows. I do remember some areas of the house were really cold, even with sunlight pouring in the room.
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#5 Post by kayrharris » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:17 am

Sounds like a great house. I was always a bit afraid of our
basement when I was growing up and wouldn't go down there by myself. 8)
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#6 Post by nitrah55 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:25 am

I've been to Victoria!

About 29 years ago, for an afternoon.

If its anywhere near as beautiful as it was, it's one of the most charming places on the continent of North America.

Aside from the ghosts, of course.
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#7 Post by WheresFanny » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:51 am

a1mamacat wrote:
kayrharris wrote:The ghost of Saucy and her brother! Have you told your
parents about it?

Big J! is growing up for sure.
Yup, he sure is.

This was a great old Tudor style house. Had the most marvelous attic to play in, and a creepy basement. It was huge. 4 bedrooms upstairs, 3 bathrooms and a den. Main floor had the living room, dining room, huge kitchen, sunroom, butlers pantry and very large foyer, and another bathroom.

Basement was very low, with enough room for a train table, there was a type of cold storage room, and a dry storage room.

Didn't notice any creepiness when we lived there, but who knows. I do remember some areas of the house were really cold, even with sunlight pouring in the room.
That would be so cool, I love houses like that! Do you have any pictures of it?

We have a few haunted places around here, they had a team from one of those "Haunted" shows here last year or year before going around to Miramont Castle, the Cliff House and a few other places, but I never heard of them airing any of it.

Last weekend was the annual Emma Crawford Coffin Races.

http://www.manitousprings.org/coffin_races.htm

My sister works it each year and said this year it was so packed they couldn't even do the complete Parade of Hearses.

And I think it was the second year for the seance.

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#8 Post by Hello, Mini! » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:59 am

When we were kids we used to read stories about girl detectives and the wonderful clues they would find in the attic. It was sorely disappointing to find out we were the original owners of the house in a new subdivision and the attic only held our old crap until my parents could smuggle it to the curb behind our backs.

We're the second owner of this house, but I kept seeing something low to the ground moving up the back stairs. My m-i-l put up a St. Benedict's medal and sprinkled holy water. My kids called it The Ghost Dog since we knew no murders or deaths had occurred here. It hasn't been seen since we replaced the carpeting with wood on the stairs.

All we found in the attic when we moved in was flattened U-Haul boxes. If we ever move, the next owners will probably find SQUIRREL POOP!!!!!!!
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#9 Post by tlynn78 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:49 am

All we found in the attic when we moved in was flattened U-Haul boxes. If we ever move, the next owners will probably find SQUIRREL POOP!!!!!!!


You could do your part for future generations and throw a body or two up there, or at least a cryptic letter, torn at a strategic point...

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#10 Post by minimetoo26 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:53 am

tlynn78 wrote:
All we found in the attic when we moved in was flattened U-Haul boxes. If we ever move, the next owners will probably find SQUIRREL POOP!!!!!!!


You could do your part for future generations and throw a body or two up there, or at least a cryptic letter, torn at a strategic point...

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#11 Post by MarleysGh0st » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:51 pm

ulysses5019 wrote: Has Marley ever been to Victoria?
I have.

Not in Saucy's old house, though. :wink:

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