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LOOK: The states with the most UFO sightings

Laura Bradshaw - Published: July 12, 2023

For each state, we’ve also included details of famous UFO sightings in that state. Of note is that almost three-quarters of all UFO sighting reports in the United States occur between 4 p.m. and midnight, and tend to peak between 9 and 10 p.m. Food for thought next time you're out scoping for alien life. Keep reading to see which states have had the most UFO sightings.

#51. District Of Columbia

- UFO sightings: 87

Throughout the month of July 1952, a series of sightings known as the “Big Flap” put Washington D.C. residents into a panic. It began July 19: Repeated radar blips and sightings of lights moving at irregular speeds and trajectories (unusual enough to rule out shooting stars or aircraft) inspired the U.S. Air Force to send fighter jets into the sky to intercept what was assumed to be enemy aircraft and possibly a Soviet-led invasion. The radar signals disappeared each time jet fighters approached and reappeared when they moved away. The signals returned the following week, two more F-94 jets gave chase, and the blips vanished again. One jet pilot claimed to see a light in the distance, but couldn't close in on it. The government ruled it a “temperature inversion” to explain the mystery away.

#50. North Dakota

- UFO sightings: 192

Veteran World War II B-25 fighter pilot George F. Gorman had a 27-minute sky encounter with a white ball of light over Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 1, 1948. Known as the “Gorman Dogfight,” Gorman saw what he described as a flying disk with clear edges and many bright lights that he pursued for the better part of half an hour. Gorman attempted to make contact with the craft, which dodged Gorman's advances at speeds in excess of 600 miles per hour. His story was verified by two air traffic controllers and another pilot flying in Fargo that night.#49. Wyoming

#49. Wyoming

- UFO sightings: 266

Two triangular UFOs with three blue lights were spotted over Cheyenne's countryside on March 4, 2019, just a few weeks after almost a dozen multicolored lights were recorded traveling north over Riverton at various altitudes. Local residents' tendencies to look skyward is perhaps best illustrated in Green River: When a comet crashed into Jupiter in 1994, Wyoming's Green River city council turned its local airstrip into a refuge for potentially fleeing Jovians. The "Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport" has to date only shown evidence of terrestrial life.

#48. South Dakota

- UFO sightings: 272

During the evenings of Aug. 5 and 6, 1953, nearly four dozen civilians in the Bismarck area and multiple Military Air Defense system personnel at the Ellsworth Air Force Base reported a red, glowing light making sweeping movements across the sky. The light was further detected on radar by the Air Defense System. Similar sightings were reported earlier in western North and South Dakotas. The extensive documentation by the Air Force makes the Ellsworth Case among the most significant UFO sightings in American history.

#47. Delaware

- UFO sightings: 294

Delaware may rank low on how many UFO sightings it gets, but where it falls short on documentation it makes up for with imagination. The state is home to two prefab, UFO-shaped structures created in the ‘60s by a Finnish architect who thought the design could provide a solution to the housing shortage on Earth. Many UFO sightings in Delaware center on odd light formations and shapes in the sky and, in February 2019, a possible spacecraft with multicolored lights being pushed out of the airspace by five (presumably terrestrial) planes.

#46. Rhode Island

- UFO sightings: 448

Two of the most iconic flying saucer photos of the ‘60s were snapped in 1967 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The first, on June 10, was taken by Harold A. Trudel, who pulled his car over in East Woonsocket in order to wait for a UFO sighting (several of which he claimed to have already experienced in the area). The seven images he captured over the course of five minutes have long been disputed. The other photo was captured on June 18 and bears striking similarities to the craft another man, George Adamski, claimed to have captured on film in 1952 (which one German scientist said was nothing more than a faked photo using a surgical lamp).

#45. Alaska

- UFO sightings: 448

Eighteen-year-old Adonus Baugh on March 19, 2019, videotaped a still-unidentified glowing object apparently falling from the Anchorage, Alaska, sky. Another Anchorage resident captured photos of the same mysterious object, which a spokeswoman from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson said did not resemble any aircraft from the base.

#44. Vermont

- UFO sightings: 459

Among Vermont's most famous UFO stories is the Buff Ledge Abduction, in which, on Aug. 7, 1968, four UFOs appeared over Lake Champlain and allegedly abducted two camp counselors in Vermont. The lights from that encounter were reported by multiple witnesses.

#43. Nebraska

- UFO sightings: 468

One of Nebraska's most well-known UFO stories was turned into a comic book in 2019, aptly titled “An Alien Encounter.” The book illustrates a 1967 eyewitness account from Nebraska State Patrolman Herbert Schirmer, who saw what he assumed to be a tractor-trailer but which turned out to be a UFO. Under hypnosis, Schirmer recalled being abducted and shown how the spacecraft worked.

#42. Hawaii

- UFO sightings: 495

Two Harvard astronomers in 2017 released a draft paper about 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for “scout” or “messenger”), a cigar-shaped UFO spotted with the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope at the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii in October of that year. The paper suggests the spinning craft—roughly a quarter-mile long and with no detectable tail—may have been a sign of alien life from well outside our solar system.

#41. Mississippi

- UFO sightings: 537

Two fishermen on the Pascagoula River in 1975 claimed to have been abducted by aliens. While Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker's story was met with cynicism at the time, three more witnesses came forward in 2019 to substantiate the claims. Parker, who died in 2011, at the time assumed the blue light on the water meant cops had shown up to kick the men off the property. Then, he said, he noticed the lights were coming from above. According to the story, three aliens without legs injected the men with a sedative, abducted them, and performed physical examinations aboard the spacecraft before releasing the men back along the river.

#40. West Virginia

- UFO sightings: 621

The Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, is a premier location for scientists who make it their work to study extraterrestrial life (OK, and star-mapping, supernovas, and other, more generalized scientific research) by documenting energy waves from hundreds of lightyears away into computers via giant radio telescope. With many signals so faint they're easily drowned out by any ambient noise, these scientists abide by the National Radio Quiet Zone, a code of science that bars normal everyday tech devices so they can conduct their work without interference.

#39. Montana

- UFO sightings: 717

Minor-league baseball team manager Nick Mariana in 1950 captured two silver crafts spinning in mid-air over Great Falls, Montana, on his 16-mm camera. A governmental panel was gathered in 1953 to review Mariana's footage, other U.S. Air Force UFO data, and a second short film of a sighting in Utah. The panel concluded in its report that Mariana’s images were the result of sunlight reflecting off off Air Force interceptors—and that the Utah footage showed light glinting off seagulls in flight.

#38. Louisiana

- UFO sightings: 763

For visitors to Louisiana who have a hankering for supernatural encounters, the Abita Mystery House in Abita Springs is a must-stop—particularly for its UFO crash site. Shreveport’s proximity to the Barksdale Air Force Base translates to plenty of UFO sightings, as military exercises and tests are commonly misconstrued by the civilian population.

#37. Arkansas

- UFO sightings: 788

Arkansas’ history with UFOs goes back at least to April 20, 1897. Railroad conductor James Hooton claimed to be hunting in Homan when he came upon an otherworldly airship and chatted with its bespectacled pilot and crew. Hooton described the craft as cylindrical, with wheels and a horizontal blade above it that moved by compressed air.

#36. Kansas

- UFO sightings: 795

The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was a highly advanced, long-range, six-engined bomber introduced in 1951 to fly at extremely high altitudes and subsonic speeds in order to completely evade enemy aircraft—which is why it was so odd when, in 1957, an Air Force RB-47 was followed for 700 miles by an unidentified craft over Kansas and on through Missouri and Texas. Six years later, the radar of another RB-47 captured a radar blip followed by a bright blue light that was corroborated by the pilot and crew.

#35. Maine

- UFO sightings: 826

One of Maine's most famous alien encounters is the Allagash Abduction of 1976. Four men on a camping trip in the Allagash Wilderness Waterway on Aug. 20, 1976, claimed they were abducted by aliens. Years after the incident, all four men were put under hypnosis and interviewed about the abduction. All four stories matched identically.

#34. Iowa

- UFO sightings: 833

One of the most famous accounts of alien life in Iowa never actually happened. In the opening of Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 novel “The Puppet Masters,” government agents investigate an alien ship outside Grinnell, Iowa.

#33. New Hampshire

- UFO sightings: 863

Betty and Barney Hill's 1961 alien abduction along Route 3 in Lancaster, New Hampshire, remains one of the most highly publicized stories of alien contact in the world. Under hypnosis, the couple independently recalled being kidnapped, medically examined, and released by bald-headed aliens with oblong eyes in a cigar-shaped, floating craft. Today, believers can visit a 50th-anniversary plaque commemorating the abduction along the roadside near Lincoln.

#32. Alabama

- UFO sightings: 962

A woman in 1989 reported an unusual light in the sky in Fyffe, Alabama; her report was followed up later by area police who claimed to see a large UFO flying in total silence overhead. The resulting excitement led more than 4,000 people to descend on the tiny town. No sightings were reported by the crowds, perhaps because of overcast skies and a light rain.

#31. Oklahoma

- UFO sightings: 994

A video of UFOs overhead at the Oklahoma State Fair in 2017 caused quite a stir, but turned out to be skydivers and not alien life. If you want to be sure of an encounter, stop in and see some alien yard art along Route 66 in Stroud.

#30. Idaho

- UFO sightings: 1,001

Many of Idaho's most-documented accounts of UFO encounters in Idaho come from the state's police officers and southeast residents. These include claims of alien crafts following on-duty officers, unusual sightings, and a particular stretch of Idaho State Highway 30-E so notorious for UFO sightings it's been coined Idaho's UFO Highway. Should you stop there, or anywhere else in the state for that matter, your odds of seeing a UFO are roughly estimated at 1 in 133,600.

#29. Utah

- UFO sightings: 1,070

There are multiple first-person accounts of alien abductions throughout Utah in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Then there are the supposed 1967 images taken by the military of alien reproduction vehicles (ARVs), reverse-engineered flying saucers. Cases like these—along with the much-whispered-about “New Area 51”—continue to be turned over by groups like The Utah UFO Hunters, a group of people based in Salt Lake City devoted to discovering evidence of alien life, UFO activities, and paranormal occurrences. If you're in the state and looking to see some evidence of alien life yourself, make a pit stop for some flying saucer folk art in Clawson, Utah, that includes a UFO landing site and UFO crash site.

#28. Nevada

- UFO sightings: 1,095

Today, your odds of seeing a UFO in Nevada are 1 in 69,600. But with the Cold War and McCarthyism at their height (and a smaller population to boot), odds of spying unexplained crafts in the 1950s—particularly in the proximity of the Nevada Test and Training Range and Area 51—were significantly higher.

#27. New Mexico

- UFO sightings: 1,143

Being home to Roswell and virtually thousands of statewide tales of alien contact and UFO sightings, New Mexico’s history is inextricably tied to our fascination with possible alien life. In 1947, numerous eyewitnesses in Roswell claimed to have seen (or helped to cover up) a UFO crash site. Today, tourists can get their alien fixes at the International UFO Museum and Research Center, where you can learn about the most famous (and many obscure) claims of extraterrestrial activity and alien abduction in the U.S. and world.

#26. Kentucky

- UFO sightings: 1,160

Each year, the Kelly Little Green Men Days Festival commemorates the Aug. 21, 1955, alien invasion of the farm of Elmer Sutton. That ambush allegedly involved a small group of alien creatures descending from their spacecraft outside of Sutton's farmhouse to the horror of him and his family, which included five adults and seven children.

#25. Maryland

- UFO sightings: 1,300

Maryland’s most famous UFO sighting is likely that of Alvin Cohen and Phillip Small, who around midnight on Oct. 26, 1958, were driving past the Loch Raven Reservoir in Towson, Maryland. The men said they saw a giant, iridescent object floating over a bridge. The car, including the electrical system, died as the men pulled forward. The oval-shaped craft continued to float briefly before letting out a flash of light, a burst of heat, and a noise before shooting further up into the sky and vanishing. The state keeps stories like this alive with the annual Gambrills, Maryland, event, “Mysteries of Space and Sky,” which focuses on a science-based approach to investigating extraterrestrial activity.

#24. Minnesota

- UFO sightings: 1,482

Deputy sheriff Val Johnson awoke 40 minutes after his squad car had been swallowed in a ball of light sometime around midnight on Aug. 27, 1979. His wristwatch and car's clock, both meticulously set, had stopped for a full 14 minutes and he was 1,000 feet from where the incident occurred. One hundred feet of skid marks scarred the highway, and cracks throughout the vehicle's windshield, according to an expert from Ford Motor Co., appeared to have been caused by simultaneous inward and outward forces. Johnson also suffered welder's burns and had scorched retinas upon medical inspection. A metal expert brought in to examine the car found bent antennas he could only explain as having been deformed by powerful bursts of air. The car can still be viewed at the Settler's Square Historical Museum in Warren.

#23. Connecticut

- UFO sightings: 1,496

A series of 2012 reports in Connecticut described a still-unsolved incident of a mysterious falling object that allegedly vanished into Bantam Lake, and the internet all but exploded when almost 13,000 UFO documents—which included dozens of eyewitness accounts based in Connecticut stretching back to the 1940s—were released on The Black Vault website. These and other unexplained activities are covered each month at the Connecticut chapter of the Mutual UFO Network, an organization of alien enthusiasts striving to verify or debunk stories of strange sightings and otherworldly encounters.

#22. Tennessee

- UFO sightings: 1,556

Five separate witnesses from the Tennessee towns of Knoxville, Cleveland, Kingston, Coalfield, and Murfreesboro made a report on March 29, 2019, to the National UFO Reporting Center. Reports claimed a fireball and various lights passed over the sky over the course of about 10 seconds. In 2018, Tennessee was ranked among the top six states for UFO sightings in "UFO Cases of Interest: 2018 Edition.”

#21. Wisconsin

- UFO sightings: 1,666

The 2,400-person town of Belleville, Wisconsin, holds an annual UFO Day to memorialize multiple January 1987 sightings (including documented reports by the local police force) of strange lights in the sky just outside town. Three hours from that site in Poland, Wisconsin, one Bob Tohak in 1994 constructed a self-described “U.F.O. Landing Port” atop a 14-yard fuel tank standing vertically on the property of Tohak & Son Welding.

#20. South Carolina

- UFO sightings: 1,759

Bowman, South Carolina, hasn't been home to any credible UFO sightings—unless you count the homemade UFO constructed of garbage by Jody Pendarvis, which he lovingly calls the UFO Welcome Center. Prominently featured on Roadside America, Pendarvis claims to have come up with the concept for the structure in the ‘90s, and opened the spaceship's doors to the public by Memorial Day of 1999.

#19. Indiana

- UFO sightings: 1,839

On Oct. 9, 1973, first-responder switchboards were overwhelmed by nearly 700 calls to report UFO sightings. These included blinking lights near the ground, a UFO spotted on a telescope by astronomy students, and even radar operators at a Fort Wayne airfield having irregular activity show up on a screen. The most commonly reported traits of UFO sightings in the Hoosier State today are multicolored and white lights, orange fireballs or balls of light, disks spotted during daylight hours, and triangular shapes documented after dark, according to the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) of Indiana.

#18. Missouri

- UFO sightings: 1,870

The Rev. William Huffman in April of 1941 was called by the local sheriff to the site of a plane crash between Cape Girardeau and Chaffee, Missouri, to deliver last rites. When he arrived, Huffman discovered it was not a terrestrial plane crash at all, but rather a damaged flying saucer that had caused a fire in a neighbor's field. He also found two alien bodies, one of which was already dead and the other dying. Members of the local Army corps arrived, barricaded the area, and confiscated all film from snap-happy photographers on the scene. This well-publicized event came just six years before the famed incident involving a supposed alien crash in Roswell, New Mexico.

#17. Massachusetts

- UFO sightings: 1,884

Betty Andreasson was at home with her family in South Ashburnham, Massachusetts, in January 1967 when she claimed gray aliens with oval-shaped heads and enormous eyes slipped her into a trance and abducted her. Aboard the craft, Andreasson said she was examined and then an alien disclosed to her the meaning of life and immediately erased her memory—all of which she recalled while under hypnosis. Her experiences were documented in Raymond Fowler's book “The Andreasson Affair.” Two years later, on Sept. 1, 1969, 9-year-old Thom Reed claimed to have been abducted by aliens from the car he was driving in with his brother, mother, and grandmother over the Old Covered Bridge in Sheffield, Massachusetts. The Great Barrington Historical Society in 2015 officially recognized the account as a historic event.

#16. Virginia

- UFO sightings: 1,913

Two UFO sightings were reported to the National UFO Reporting Center in Virginia on April 4, 2019. At 6:48 a.m., an eyewitness claimed to have seen a light blue circular craft darting across the sky in Virginia Beach headed east. Seven minutes later, an eyewitness at the Norfolk Naval Station 23 miles northwest claimed to see what resembled a shooting star with a green glow that never faded and a short tail. The object moved without noise quickly across the sky and disappeared in 10 seconds. There were 2,348 UFO sightings reported throughout the state between 2001 and 2015, roughly 27.9 sightings per 100,000 people.

#15. Georgia

- UFO sightings: 1,952

While serving as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter in 1973 filed a report with Oklahoma's UFO Bureau about a mysterious object he claimed to have seen in 1969. During that decade, Georgia's version of Area 51—a nuclear aircraft and radiation testing facility just north of Atlanta—was an area rich in tales and conspiracy theories about abductions, UFOs, and animal mutilation.

#14. New Jersey

- UFO sightings: 1,972

Home to the Jersey Devil and dozens of other urban-myth celebrities, the Garden State is hardly one to shy away from stories of extraterrestrial encounters. On July 14, 2001—50 years after lights in V formations were widely recorded in 1951 in Lubbock, Texas—UFOs in a giant flying V were detected traveling along the New Jersey Turnpike for roughly 15 minutes in plain sight of hundreds of motorists and other onlookers between Staten Island, New York, and Carteret, New Jersey. Witnesses included a Carteret police lieutenant, who described the sight as a collection of orange and yellow lights over the Arthur Kill Waterway.

#13. Colorado

- UFO sightings: 2,187

A watchtower in Hooper, Colorado, has been the site of multiple claims of UFO sightings in the same area where two cattle were mysteriously mutilated in 2009. The attacks, reported by rancher Manuel Sanchez outside of San Luis, included precise removal of organs, no evidence of a struggle, and no pooling of blood. He found another calf in a similar state several weeks later, which led to Sanchez selling off the rest of his cattle before he lost any more. News reports noted the striking similarities between Sanchez's accounts and a similar string of mutilations in 1967 on the King ranch several miles away outside Alamosa.

#12. Oregon

- UFO sightings: 2,316

McMinnville, Oregon, is home to the annual UFO Fest, a three-day affair inspired by the iconic 1950 photos of flying saucers shot by Evelyn and Paul Trent over their farm outside town. The pictures made it into Life magazine and caused a national stir the town still celebrates today.

#11. Michigan

- UFO sightings: 2,475

U.S. Air Force Pilot and First Lt. Felix Eugene Moncla Jr. in 1953 was conducting an air defense intercept over Lake Superior near the Soo Locks in Michigan when he—and his plane—disappeared. In what is today known as the Kinross Incident (Moncla was on temporary assignment at Kinross Air Force Base), Air Defense Command radar found a UFO traveling 500 miles per hour in the airspace. Moncla took off in an F-89C all-weather jet interceptor after the craft, but as his radar blip connected with the UFO's, communication went dark in what was assumed to be a crash. Moncla and his plane have never been located; the U.S. Air Force claimed Moncla crashed into a Royal Canadian Air Force (FCAF) vessel. The pilot of that supposed craft claimed to have not seen nor been aware of an intercepting plane; and the RCAF in multiple instances denied any incidents in the air on that day.

#10. North Carolina

- UFO sightings: 2,629

On. Jan. 25, 2019, Bret Jones was outside taking pictures of birds in Greensboro, North Carolina when he saw a bright flash in the sky near a plane flying overhead. Wondering if the mysterious shape was a balloon, he began recording the object until it disappeared after about 10 seconds. The odds of seeing a UFO in the state are just 1 in 205,900, although you wouldn't know it from the stories that stretch back to at least 1940 and have touched off a number of conspiracy theories about government cover-ups and experiments.

#9. Illinois

- UFO sightings: 2,758

Just after 4 p.m. on Nov. 7, 2006, 12 United Airlines employees and multiple witnesses inside Chicago's O'Hare International Airport saw a dark gray aircraft floating around above gate C17 as Flight 446 prepped for departure. After roughly five minutes, the UFO darted into the sky, broke through clouds with enough pronouncement to reveal blue sky, and disappeared. No radar picked it up, leading the FAA to deem the sighting a “weather phenomenon.”

#8. Ohio

- UFO sightings: 3,012

The Center for UFO Studies was founded by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, a professor of astronomy at Ohio State University who went on to become chairman of the astronomy department at Northwestern University. Hynek served during the 1950s and 1960s as the astronomical consultant to the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book, a project tasked with investigating and explaining UFO phenomena. Hynek sought to determine wherever possible an astronomical explanation for UFOs.

#7. Arizona

- UFO sightings: 3,188

Some of the most notable UFO sightings in Arizona include a 1953 incident when three Prescott residents saw eight UFOs at Del Rio Springs Creek; and another on Nov. 5, 1975, when 22-year-old Arizona logger Travis Walton got zapped by a beam of light from a UFO in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests new Snowflake, Arizona, that threw him 20 feet in front of six of his terrified crew members. The men thought Walton was dead and ran for help. Meanwhile, Walton claimed to have woken up in a room filled with aliens who kept him prisoner for five days while authorities conducted a search party for the missing man. Walton's experience—which he has defended to this day—was made into the 1993 movie “Fire in the Sky.”

#6. Pennsylvania

- UFO sightings: 3,517

Pennsylvania's own version of the Roswell incident came about in 1965 when a fireball witnessed by thousands of onlookers across six states that caused sonic booms around Pittsburgh crashed into Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, only to be recovered—or covered up—by the U.S. military. A legal battle followed, leading to Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta pushing for the release of the Kecksburg documents.

#5. New York

- UFO sightings: 3,830

When an electrical surge and explosion at a Con Ed substation in Queens lit up the sky in December of 2018, many were sure the blue haze was a sign of alien life. Less debunked than that, however, is New York's Hudson Valley UFO, a Dec. 31, 1982 sighting by hundreds of onlookers of a V-shaped collection of multicolored lights connected by a triangular fuselage moving deliberately and without a sound across the night sky.

#4. Texas

- UFO sightings: 3,848

Several of Texas' most famous recordings of UFO activity had multiple witnesses, garnering more credibility than other, one-off documentation and raising additional, unanswered questions. Such was the case in January 2008, when dozens of residents in the tiny town of Stephenville, Texas reported white lights floating over Highway 67 in a single arc that then moved silently into vertical, parallel lines. Although the Air Force claimed F-16s had been flying in that proximity at the time, eyewitnesses disputed those claims, saying the lights were far too advanced for such a simple explanation.

#3. Washington

- UFO sightings: 4,351

Home to the first filmed evidence of a UFO, Washington is no stranger to close encounters of the third kind. On June 21, 1947, Harold A. Dahl reported to authorities that his son had been injured and his dog killed by flying debris from four to six circular objects in what became known as the Maury Island Incident. A witness was also apparently threatened by characters wearing all black, which became the inspiration for the popular “Men in Black” movies decades later.

#2. Florida

- UFO sightings: 5,826

Floridians count many believers among them; and hundreds of folks have come forward with tales of holograms, abductions, odd spacecraft, lights in the sky, and everything in between over the years. Many UFO sightings have been debunked, including two 2018 incidents of a butterfly mistaken for alien craft over a Floridian swamp; and Tallahassee parachuters who got confused with UFOs.

#1. California

- UFO sightings: 10,333

It's no surprise that the state with the most UFO sightings is also home to the annual Contact in the Desert, the world's “largest UFO conference.” The event generally features speakers, panel discussions, lots of opportunities for stargazing, and a steady stream of believers ready to share their experiences—many of which have been captured on camera.

Source: WJON AM 1240 FM 95.3

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Explore the Unexplained at Kentucky’s International Paranormal Museum and Research Center

Melissa - Published: July 10, 2023

From cryptids to aliens and to the paranormal this Kentucky museum has everything.

Kentucky Legends

The Bluegrass State is no stranger to the weird and unusual. From the haunted stories and paranormal tours at Waverly Hills Sanatorium to the legend of the Hopkinsville Goblins, there's no shortage of weirdness from Kentucky. And that's not a bad thing, we love the strange and unusual here. One Kentucky museum highlights all of the Kentucky weirdness that we can't seem to get enough of.

The International Paranormal Museum and Research Center

Located in Somerset, Kentucky sits a museum that is rather unassuming when you first look at it. The International Paranormal Museum and Research Center is actually located in a basement, but don't let its location fool you, this museum is full of unique items celebrating all things paranormal.

Here is what the Somerset Pulaski Chamber of Commerce says about the unique museum:

" A museum space and research center dedicated to Ghosts, Bigfoot, Aliens, Psychics, and anything that goes bump in the night! Stop by and see us! In the lower level of the Carnegie Community Arts Center lies The International Paranormal Museum and Research Center. We are an organization dedicated to all aspects of the paranormal, and have been investigating phenomena across the country and all over the world for almost 15 years! We’ve collected artifacts and unique items in our travels, and showcase them here, as well as rotating artifacts on loan from other’s collections! We also have an extensive library for you to browse while you are here, with books covering subjects of all things unusual. "

Now this sounds like my kinda museum! You can see a video of the museum to get a taste of what it has in store, below.

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READ ON: Weird, wild UFO sightings from throughout history

Kecksburg UFO incident

On December 9, 1965, in Kecksburg, PA, a large object streaked across the sky, seen by thousands in nearby counties and states. The object, described as a “clay acorn the size of a Volkswagen with Egyptian hieroglyphs running around the base,” crashed shortly outside of Kecksburg only to be immediately secured by soldiers. The military claimed that nothing had crashed or been removed, and that all reports to the contrary were false. Many associate the event with the Roswell UFO crash, going as far to dub it “Pennsylvania’s Roswell.”Thomas Mantell

Thomas Mantell

Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Captain Thomas Mantell was sent to investigate a UFO sighted near Fort Knox on January 7, 1948. Mantell’s pursuit ended in flames—the pilot pursued the object at too high an altitude, blacked out from lack of oxygen and spiraled out of control. The government later revealed that the UFO was, in fact, another classified weather balloon from Project Skyhook. This explanation, however, did little to calm public nerves, and previous awe of the potential for extraterrestrial life began shifting to fear of an otherworldly hostile takeover.Long Island Summer Sighting

Long Island Summer Sighting

Long Island has become a hotspot for UFO sightings over the last decade, with the number of reported events in Suffolk County on the rise. A cluster of yellow lights flying over Sand’s Point has caught the public’s attention, though police and other investigators are still struggling to explain the sightings.Morristown UFO hoax

Morristown UFO hoax

The Morristown UFO sighting on January 1, 2009, involved reports of five red lights in the sky. Two men later took credit for the lights, claiming that they had been conducting a social experiment to prove the faultiness in eyewitness accounts for such an event.Cash-Landrum incident

Cash-Landrum incident

One of the few encounters with UFOs to result in civil court proceedings, the Cash-Landrum incident occurred on the evening of December 29, 1980, outside of Dayton, TX as Betty Cash and Vickie and Colby Landrum were driving home from dinner. The witnesses allege that they saw a diamond-shaped spacecraft burst into flames, expelling a tremendous amount of heat as it struggled to remain in the air. Cash observed it for some time before it was able to right itself and return to higher altitudes, where it was then surrounded by helicopters later identified as tandem-rotor CH-47 Chinooks. Health problems akin to ionizing radiation later arose in all three witnesses, leading them to sue the U.S. government for $20 million. The case was later dismissed for lack of evidence that the tandem-rotor CH-47 Chinooks were related to the U.S. government.2011 Vancouver UFO sighting

2011 Vancouver UFO sighting

Several individuals reported sightings of a saucer-like object floating over Vancouver, on February 20, 2011, which remained unsolved for months. The UFO was revealed to be a Chinese-made kite made of parachute fabric embedded with hundreds of multi-color LED lights in a triangle shape, standing 7 1/2 feet tall with a wingspan of 13 feet.

The Valensole UFO incident

In Valensole, France, farmer Maurice Masse observed the touchdown of an oval structure standing on four legs in a nearby field on July 1, 1965. Walking towards it, he encountered two short gray figures with large, tapered heads and eyes who pointed an apparatus at him, freezing him in his tracks. The figures then flew the spacecraft away, leaving Masse frozen in place for twenty minutes. The story is considered a classic UFO encounter, with Masse’s good character confirmed by authorities in the area.Betty and Barney Hill abduction

Betty and Barney Hill abduction

Betty and Barney Hill were a couple from New Hampshire who claim to have been abducted by aliens on the night of September 19, 1961. They say they were taken by short gray men in uniforms onto a saucer-like aircraft, and examined. After their release, the Hills struggled to recall the event, turning to hypnosis to fill in the gaps in their memories. These events are some of the most widely referenced in pop culture, with details from their accounts used in episodes of “The X Files” and “American Horror Story.”The RB-47 UFO Encounter

The RB-47 UFO Encounter

The RB-47 high-altitude strategic bomber jet possessed the most advanced electronic intelligence equipment at the time, but was unprepared for a fly-by with a passing saucer, culminating in one of the most-discussed UFO sightings of the last century. In the early morning of July 17, 1957, the radar of an RB-47 over the southern U.S. picked up an unexplained blip before both the pilot and crew of the plane witnessed a blinding blue light. Authorities were quick to dismiss the sighting as an airliner, a claim quickly ridiculed by the public.

Warren Air Force Base incident

Reports on October 23, 2010, of large, cigar-shaped flying ships over the missile silos of Warren Air Force Base coincided with troubling reports of more than 50 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles going offline. Concern grew over nearly one-tenth of the U.S. missile stockpile going black, but the event was soon uncovered to be computer problems, rather than extraterrestrial interference.

Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter

The Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter is one of the first documented alleged encounters with extraterrestrial beings. Residents of a farmhouse arrived at a local police station on August 21, 1955, claiming that figures from a flying spaceship were attempting to gain access to their house. Police reported bullet holes in the sides of the home, but no evidence of the intruders. They ultimately credited meteors and Great Horned Owls as the alleged “little green men.”Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting

Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting

Considered the catalyst for modern interest in UFO sightings, Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine strange objects flying around the Cascade Mountains to the East Oregonian. The ensuing article sparked national interest in the alleged UFOs that were described as flying in formation, between 9,500-10,000 feet in elevation and traveling about 1,200 miles per hour—far faster than any plane in use commercially or by the military.Lubbock Lights

Lubbock Lights

On August 25, 1951, three professors from Texas Tech reported sightings of an unusual formation of lights over Lubbock, TX. Similar sightings were reported over the next few days in neighboring towns, and Texas Tech freshman Carl Hart Jr. managed to snap a few pictures of the phenomenon. Extensive studies from Project Blue Book determined these observations to be light from street lamps bouncing off the reflective feathers of birds in flight, but many dismissed this explanation, alleging that the lights were moving too fast to be birds.1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident

1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident

The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident, otherwise known as the Invasion of Washington, was a cluster of UFO sighting reports to Project Blue Book and the U.S. Air Force. Occurring over consecutive weekends in July, unknown radar returns and visual sightings of unexplained aircraft produced mounting waves of public hysteria, leading to a demand for explanations from President Truman. The Air Force credited the reports as heat wave mirages, misidentified stars, satellites and asteroids, and hallucinations, but later created the Robertson Panel to closely examine all findings by Project Blue Book.Arizona UFO sighting

Arizona UFO sighting

On March 30, 2018 two pilots reported the same unidentified flying object passing over their planes in two different locations. Both pilots requested to know if there were any scheduled flights overhead of their pre-planned routes, to discover there were none. Authorities are still attempting to explain how the same UFO could be observed by two different planes within minutes of each other.

Charles Hall

Charles Hall, a former nuclear physicist and ex-military American weather specialist, alleges that he encountered white, human-like figures who enjoyed attending shows at nearby Caesar’s Palace while serving as a weather observationalist on the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. The base has since closed, but that hasn’t stopped Hall from writing a book about the experience, and launching a press tour.Levelland

Levelland

If you’ve ever seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind, you’re familiar with the scene in which a passing UFO causes electronic equipment to go haywire in the cars below. This references a real-life report of extraterrestrial happenings in Levelland, TX, during which car engines and lights cut out as bright lights and rockets passed overhead. Investigating police officers experienced the same phenomenon, only to have Project Blue Book explain everything away as ball lightning during an electrical storm. Interestingly, there were no reports of either happening in that area at the time.Travis Walton

Travis Walton

Logger Travis Walton and six workmates reported seeing a shimmery silver saucer on November 5, 1975, in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. The workmates fled as the saucer flew closer, leaving Walton by himself to be abducted and missing for five days after the report. Walton’s story is considered by most to be false, as there were several discrepancies in both his and his workmates’ accounts of the tale.Betty Andreasson Abduction

Betty Andreasson Abduction

Documented by Raymond Fowler in his book, "The Andreasson Affair", Betty Andreasson’s abduction occurred in January of 1967 in South Ashburnham, MA. Like many other abduction tales, Andreasson claims that she and her family were enjoying a calm evening before seeing blinking lights that were then followed by short, gray-skinned life forms with pear-shaped heads and large, cat-like eyes. Andreasson was put into a trance and taken aboard the aliens’ ship where she was examined and told the meaning of life, then had her memory erased. These memories were recalled under hypnosis.Copley Woods Encounter

Copley Woods Encounter

On June 30, 1983, hundreds of basketball-sized lights were reported around a suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana, leaving unusual marks behind. The Copley Woods encounters are the inspiration behind Budd Hopkins’ novel "Intruders," in which the author interviews those with similar abduction stories.1976 Tehran UFO incident

1976 Tehran UFO incident

The Tehran UFO incident occurred on September 19, 1976 after reports from concerned citizens of a bright light in the sky. Two F-4 fighter jets were released at different times that night to investigate the occurrence, with the first returning to base shortly after departure due to a total blackout of equipment while approaching the unidentified light. The pilot of the second F-4 achieved radar lock on the light before the UFO released a streak of light. As the pilot prepared to engage, all systems and equipment malfunctioned. U.S. Air Force section chief Lieutenant Colonel Olin Mooy was consulted, and provided an explanation: the light had been Jupiter, which was unusually bright that night, the planes had simply been faulty and the streaking light had been an errant meteor from a passing shower.

USS Nimitz UFO incident

More recently, the USS Nimitz UFO incident occurred on November 14, 2004, when Commander David Fravor and Lieutenant Commander Jim Slaight were investigating a nearby UFO during a routine training mission. The pilots then observed a 40-foot oblong ship that flew erratically at 80,000 feet before dropping down to 50 feet above the ocean. The ship approached the U.S. jet, then sped away as the two pilots pursued, ultimately returning to the USS Nimitz.Breckenridge, Colorado UFO sighting

Breckenridge, Colorado UFO sighting

Several sightings of unknown objects were reported to the Breckenridge police force on October 3, 2014, though authorities did little other than observing the phenomenon for themselves. No official investigation was ever launched, but several speculated that the lights were high-altitude balloons or Google Loons, giant balloons the company planned on using to bring wireless internet to rural communities.Mass UFO sighting, Houston

Mass UFO sighting, Houston

On August 11, 2014, many called in sightings of a ring of flashing lights flying in a thunderstorm. What makes this unique? Someone caught the ring of lights on camera, and though the body of the UFO is transparent, the ring is clearly captured. When asked for an explanation, image, and video, analyst Marc Dantonio explained that if footage of the event was examined separately, one could see it was only mall lights in the distance.

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Explore The Haunted Side Of Kentucky With This Paranormal Tour Through A Historic Site

July 10, 2023 by William Suphan

Kentucky is said to have many haunted places where people report spooky and paranormal experiences of all kids. Sometimes it’s ghosts, sometimes it’s strange noises and lights, and other times it’s just a creepy feeling that a place gives off. However, many people get a thrill out of exploring such places and if that’s you, then you just have to check out this upcoming Paranormal Investigations tour in Kentucky at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site this summer!Calling all ghost hunters in the Bluegrass! The Paranormal Investigations tour is taking place monthly through November at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site at 3380 Beaver Rd, Union, KY, 41091. Hours are 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Preregistration is required. Contact (859) 384-3522 ext. 4 to do so. Registration is $25 per person.

This wonderfully creepy tour is being presented by park staff and ESP Encounters of Supernatural Phenomena investigators, so you know it's the real deal.

As the pros lead participants through certain areas of the park that are reported to have paranormal activity, they will be using various investigative tools. This crew has been investigating places like this for years, so the whole experience promises to be a real treat!

The most haunted place here is said to be the Big Bone Methodist Church. Haunted Places reports that people have heard disembodied whispers and strange noises, seen eerie figures, and an evil spirit is said to wander the woods nearby.

Since this place has a ton of prehistoric bones buried under the ground, perhaps you’ll encounter a massive, ghostly mastodon and get a glimpse of some haunted prehistory!

Upcoming dates for this 2023 tour are July 15, August 12, September 9, and November 11. Keep up with any updates about this event on Facebook. Once you’ve gone on the Paranormal Investigations tour in Kentucky, be sure to come back and tell us how it was in the comments. Let us know about any other haunted places in Kentucky that are worth checking out. Make sure to check out Big Bone Lick State Historic Site during the day and find out about all the creatures whose bones lie beneath the earth here.

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Address: 3380 Beaver Rd, Union, KY 41091, USA

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Otherworld podcast interviews people about their fascinating paranormal experiences

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The Otherworld podcast is perfect for people with an interest in the paranormal. I've been searching for a podcast that covers the subject matter for a long time, and I finally found one that I truly can't get enough of. The show features a wide range of guests who tell stories about ghosts, hauntings, demons, aliens, and other unexplainable phenomena.

Last night I listened to Episode 13: The Lost Necklace, and I was up late past my bedtime pondering how utterly bizarre and creepy the interviewees' story was. This particular story is about two college kids who experience an eerie jump in time. One minute they're on their hands and knees looking for a missing necklace. The thing they know, 10 hours have passed, whereas to them it felt like only a second had gone by. I don't want to give anything else away, so I'll leave it up to you to listen to the rest if your curiosity is piqued.

Every episode I've listened to so far is wonderfully creepy and strange. The podcast is hosted by Jack Wagner, who does a fantastic job interviewing his guests.

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Inside The Shining hotel's paranormal activity – phantom pianist to 'closet of screams'

Iconic horror author Stephen King was so shaken by his stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, he based the Overlook Hotel in his book The Shining on it

By Joe Faretra - US Audience Writer

9 JUL 2023

Spooky goings on at the hotel which inspired Stephen King's The Shining have seen guests experiencing so many weird things that they've asked to be moved.

The 'King of Horror' himself was so shaken by his stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, US, it led him to pen the chilling classic, which went on to be one of his most famous works.

From rooms haunted by children to sightings of animal ghosts in the nearby pet cemetery, it's easy to see why the hotel attracts as many guests as it scares off.

While fans of Stanley Kubrick's movie adaptation of the novel might have a love for the fictional Overlook Hotel, its inspiration has been a huge draw for paranormal fans.

According to the hotel's website, when inventor Freelan Oscar Stanley arrived in the valley of Estes Park in 1903, he discovered the mountain air helped ease his tuberculosis symptoms.

He and his wife, Flora Stanley, built the Stanley Hotel, which officially opened in 1909, as a home away from home where they could host friends and other guests.

By 1917, the tiny hamlet of Estes Park was an official municipality that owed its development to Stanley and his hotel.

Throughout the hotel's history, there have been reports of ghostly apparitions, and guests have been able to check them out by signing up for a ghost tour of the most haunted rooms in the building.

Stanley himself is said to wander the halls, most often in the hotel bar.

While sightings of his wife have also been reported, usually of her playing her piano in the ballroom.

Employees and guests have reported hearing piano music coming from the room and seeing the keys moving.

Room 407 is supposedly haunted by Lord Dunraven, the man who owned the land prior to Stanley, with some guests claiming to seeing his face in the window, even when the room isn't booked.

Children are said to be haunting room 418, whose laughter can be heard in the hallways by guests.

The ghost of a small boy is said to appear outside of room 217, where author Stephen King stayed, and he reportedly saw the child, who was calling out for his nanny.

Brave guests on the hotel tour can stand in the closet in one of the haunted rooms, where voices are said to be the loudest.

There have been several unexplained or spooky accidents over the course of the hotel's history, which only adds to the legend of the building be cursed.

On June 25, 1911, Elizabeth Wilson, the head chambermaid at the two-year-old hotel, went into room 217 with a lit candle, only to tragically discover there was a leak in the hotel's gas lanterns.

The candle ignited the gas and there was a major explosion, destroying about one-tenth of the hotel and putting Wilson into a coma.

Wilson miraculously survived and continued working at the hotel until 1950.

However, according to some guests who have stayed in room 217, the maid stills works there in the afterlife, with some claiming they woke up with their room straightened up and their suitcases neatly organised.

As if human ghosts weren't enough, there is a pet cemetery on the property where the owners of the hotel buried their pets over the years, and guests have reported seeing the ghosts of some of the animals buried there wandering the property.

Among them are a golden retriever named Cassie and a white cat named Comanche, and they have been spotted throughout the grounds, hallways and guest rooms.

As far as experiences are concerned, one person who nearly checked in said: "We made it to the parking lot of the Stanley Hotel while in Estes Park, got weird vibes and left! Quickly!"

While another person, who actually made it inside said: "Y’all should check out the Stanley hotel in Estes Park, Colorado and stay in the room Jim Carry stayed in which is 217.

"Weird stuff was happening to the point where he wanted a different room and left the hotel to stay somewhere else. There’s also a floor that is haunted by child."

One spooked out visitor said: "Spent the night at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO. Supposedly it is haunted. Weird stuff happened - I slept with the tv on all night!"

Another said: "We took a ghost tour at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Co. Everyone in my family had something weird happen to them during the tour except me. I was so bummed."

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Cryptid of the Day: Vampire Bat-Man

Description: Sometime between 1988 & 1996, in southern Illinois, a couple claimed to have seen a massive vampire bat that nearly smashed into their car while driving down the highway. They kept the sighting to themselves until 2019, when they told paranormal investigator Lon Strickler.

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6 Haunted Places In Toronto Where You Could Come Face To Face With A Ghost

Visitors report seeing apparitions and paranormal occurrences.

Katherine Caspersz

Jul 08, 2023,

Feel like getting spooked? In Toronto, many buildings, attractions and landmarks come with a haunted history, with spine-chilling backstories and reports of ghostly sightings.

If you're feeling brave, you can pay a visit to one of these haunted places in the city, and maybe even run into a spectre or two.

From eerie landmarks to haunting attractions, here are six spots in Toronto where you might be able to see a ghost — visit, if you dare.

This article contains content that may be upsetting to some of our readers.

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre

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Price: $20 per person for tours

Address: 189 Yonge St., Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: The Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre is famously haunted.

Opened in 1913, the Winter Garden part of the theatre was closed in 1928, according to the Toronto Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society. The Elgin theatre (the lower half), remained open for a while longer. In 1981, the theatre was purchased by the Ontario Heritage Association and was designated a national historic site.

The theatre is said to have more than a few ghosts, and enough "reported ghostly phenomena for a few theatres," as the TGHRS says.

Margo MacDonald, a veteran storyteller and tour guide at The Haunted Walk, says visitors have had plenty of paranormal occurrences. The Haunted Walk operates ghost tours of the theatre where guests can join in on a paranormal investigation and even try to communicate with spirits.

"We've had guests see full-on apparitions," she tells Narcity. "I was with a group the other night and we all, at the same time, thought that we saw this dark, shadowy human-shaped figure that had kind of a glowing light in it."

She says their tours regularly see paranormal activity.

"We've definitely had noises. We've had good responses in some of the communication experiments where we're getting answers to the questions that we're asking."

As for who is doing the haunting, the most famous ghost of the theatre is said to be the Lavender Lady, a spirit who is said to leave behind the smell of lavender.

While you can join The Haunted Walk on one of their paranormal adventures to the theatre, those less brave can book a tour of the theatre by daylight through the Ontario Heritage Trust.

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https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg/ewg-home

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse

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Price: Free to visit

Address: Located in Hanlan's Point Park, 9 Queens Quay W., Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: On the Toronto Islands, you can visit a lighthouse that's said to have a spirit lingering around.

The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on Hanlan's Point is said to be the site of strange and paranormal occurrences.

According to CBC, visitors to the sight have reported seeing unexplained lights in the lighthouse windows, strange bloodstains on the staircase, and a "shadowy form gliding across the sand in the moonlight."

MacDonald tells Narcity that the lighthouse has been haunted for most of its lifetime (it was built in 1803) by a former lighthouse keeper.

As the story goes, lighthouse keeper J.P. Radan Muller disappeared from his post at the lighthouse on January 2, 1815.

The exact details of what happened to him are unconfirmed ("lost to history," as CBC puts it), but he was presumed murdered.

Today, legend persists that his ghost haunts the grounds. While you can't go inside the lighthouse for yourself, you can pay it a visit the next time you're on the island.

The lighthouse's isolated location and eerie look may be enough to send a shiver down your spine — whether you visit at night or not.

"Even during broad daylight [...] you get a creepy sense from it," says MacDonald.

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The Keg Mansion

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Address: 515 Jarvis St., Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: You can get your steak served with a side of ghost stories at the Keg Mansion in Toronto.

Located on Jarvis Street in a historic mansion built in 1867 by Arthur McMaster, (the nephew of William McMaster, aka the founder of McMaster University), it's said that unexplainable occurrences have been reported on the property since the 1950s.

With the gothic-style building's arched entryways, castle-like features, grand staircases and fireplaces, as well as its exterior covered in creeping vines, it's one of those places that just looks like it should be haunted.

Here, you can ask your server for tales of the mansion's resident ghosts, or even peruse a book of ghost stories that you can request to have brought to your table.

Some of the spirits said to haunt the premises include a woman reportedly seen in a washroom on the second floor of the mansion, which some believe is the spirit of Lilian Massey, the daughter of Hart Massey, who purchased the mansion in 1882.

Another tale tells of a ghost boy seen playing on the stairs of the restaurant. Sadly, the boy is said to have fallen down the stairs and died at some point after the Massey family lived in the mansion.

Other ghostly occurrences here include flickering lights and bottles tipping off shelves all on their own.

If you dare go for dinner, be sure to try the Billy Miner Pie. And maybe visit the upstairs bathroom with a buddy.

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Hockey Hall of Fame

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Price: $25 for general admission

Address: 30 Yonge St., Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: Toronto's Hockey Hall of Fame is where you can see the world’s largest hockey collection and larger-than-life sculptures of hockey legends, but apparently, it's also where you might spot a spectre or two.

The building, located on the corner of Yonge and Front Street, was formerly a branch of the Bank of Montreal. Built in 1888 for BMO, the building remained a branch of the bank until 1993, when it became the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Today, the building is thought to be haunted by the ghost of a bank employee named "Dorothy," who was confirmed by The Toronto Star to be Dorothea Mae Elliott, 19.

As the Star reported, Dorothea sadly shot herself on March 11, 1953, in the women's washroom on the second floor of the bank, later dying at St. Michael's Hospital, located just down the street.

Since then, MacDonald says, bank employees would feel a presence watching them in the upstairs bathroom. Visitors to the now-Hockey Hall of Fame have also reported seeing Dorothea.

"People hear the sound of screaming from up there, including on one of our own tours," MacDonald says.

The Haunted Walk offers ghost tours that stop outside the Hockey Hall of Fame. However, you can also book a ticket to the venue and check it out for yourself by the light of day.

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Fairmont Royal York

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Address: 100 Front St W, Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: Like other Fairmont hotels, the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto is said to be haunted.

The luxury hotel, which is nearly a century old, is filled with expansive suites and grand spaces, and over the years has attracted celebrities, dignitaries and even royalty to the city of Toronto.

Some who visited the hotel apparently liked it so much that they never left.

According to the Fairmont, the ghost of a former steward at the Royal York is said to wander around in the hotel's basement, with several staff members having reported seeing the steward one moment, only to have him vanish in the next.

Other reports tell of a wealthy man who visited the hotel with his new bride, both of whom are said to lurk around the hotel at night.

If you're brave enough, you can book a stay at the hotel, with rooms starting at $359 per night. Or, for those less willing to sleep among spirits, you can pay a visit to the hotel's champagne and cocktail bar.

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Royal Ontario Museum

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Price: $26 for general admission

Address: 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON

Why You Need To Go: The Royal Ontario Museum is a classic attraction in Toronto, but like many other century-old buildings in the city, it's also said to be haunted.

According to the TGHRS, the ROM is haunted by a few different ghosts, who occupy different parts of the museum.

One is said to be the museum's first director, Charles T. Currelly.

According to the museum, Currelly, had his office built on the left of the balcony over the museum's Weston Entrance doors, so that he could be close to the galleries, and visitors.

He died in 1946. However, the museum says his ghost can sometimes be spotted standing on the balcony over the doors before disappearing.

The other ghost, according to TGHRS, is that of a young girl named Celeste, who would be seen in the former McLaughlin Planetarium.

According to the ROM, in the 70s, Celeste was "one of the most likely Toronto spirits to be experienced."

It's said that after the Planetarium shut down, she continued to haunt the children's museum that took over the space, reportedly playing with the toys overnight.

A third ghost in the ROM is known as the European Spector, aka the "Lady in the Dress," a lesser-known and more recent spirit.

You can visit the ROM by daylight or after nightfall at one of their aptly named After Dark events, and see if you can spot any of the spectres for yourself.

ROM website ->

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Paranormal Oddities welcomes all to unique store

There is a welcoming vibe inside the Depew location.

Author: Kevin O'Neill

Published: 7:04 AM EDT July 6, 2023

Updated: 7:04 AM EDT July 6, 2023

DEPEW, N.Y. — Nestled in the heart of Depew, New York, lies a captivating destination for enthusiasts of the supernatural – Paranormal Oddities. This unique store, with its eclectic collection, offers a mesmerizing journey into the realms of the unknown.

At Paranormal Oddities, visitors are greeted by an array of peculiar artifacts, mystical crystals, and spellbinding curiosities. The store caters to those intrigued by the paranormal, providing a haven where enthusiasts can delve into the mysterious and unexplained.

With knowledgeable and friendly owner, Joe Pieri, the store offers a wealth of information, guiding visitors through the vast world of the occult and ghostly encounters. The store offers ghost hunting equipment, and has classes on the hobby. Pieri, himself, has many stories relating to this pursuit.

Whether you seek a hauntingly beautiful keepsake or simply wish to satisfy your curiosity, Paranormal Oddities invites you to embark on an otherworldly adventure in Depew, where the line between reality and the paranormal becomes tantalizingly blurred.

Also in note, is the "spell room" in back, where customers can create a magical mix of herbs and crystals to create a charm to promote a particular cause (love? prosperity?).

The website is www.paranormaloddities.com.

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Who is the Hat Man? The sleep paralysis nightmare shared around the world

Shadowy figure has become a dominant character in digital culture, fuelled by TikTok’s fascination with the paranormal

6 JUL 2023

Tales of things that go bump in the night are often met with scepticism but one nightmarish figure keeps cropping up in reports from all around the world.

Numerous people claim to have woken in the dark to find a shadowy figure, dubbed the Hat Man, looming over them.

The phenomenon has attracted widespread attention, inspiring documentaries and the launch of a dedicated blog, The Hatman Project, where people can share their experiences.

Something that “probably began with a trick of the light as processed by the human subconscious” has become a “dominant character within the digital culture”, said Rolling Stone. The spooky being has “inspired its own lore and countless witness reports, lately fueled by TikTok’s fascination with the paranormal and occult”.

Who or what is the Hat Man?

It is not a new phenomenon. For about as long as written records have existed, “people have described a frightening night-time vision that paralyses them with fear and seems to suck the breath right out of them, often by pressing directly upon their chest”, reported Quartz.

The “shape of the frightening figure occasionally varies”, but victims usually report feeling “utterly paralyzed with terror, and breathless, as if fear had frozen them from the inside out”, said the site.

The “strange vision” is “remarkably consistent from one account to the next”, added Rolling Stone. “It’s the tall silhouette of a man in a brimmed hat, a presence that tends to appear when you’re in bed at night, somewhere between sleep and consciousness.”

Of course, said the magazine, as more people talk about Hat Man online, the more power the myth obtains and the image becomes self-perpetuating as those “consuming it automatically become disposed to recognize the Hat Man in their own bedrooms”.

What is sleep paralysis?

One in five people have an episode of paralysis at least occasionally, according to the Seattle-based Sleep Foundation, and accompanying hallucinations are very common.

Sleep paralysis blurs the line between sleep and wakefulness, so a person starts to become aware of their surroundings but is still in a state of temporary paralysis called muscle atonia, which the body goes into during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep to protect us from acting out our dreams.

While the exact cause of hallucinations like the Hat Man are unknown, experts believe they “occur when people experience the vivid dreams of REM sleep while they are awake”, said the foundation.

Some say the idea of the Hat Man may be subconscious reworkings of figures from popular culture, including popular horror films in recent times. Christopher French, a psychology professor at Goldsmiths, University of London, said the first thing that came to mind when he thought about the Hat Man was Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. He told Quartz: “This notion that you can be attacked when you’re asleep, that’s when you’re vulnerable. And of course, Krueger wears a hat.”

Writing in the Scientific American, Baland Jalal suggested that people who fear supernatural demons in the night are more likely to experience the phenomenon again. “For centuries, cultures across the world have attributed these hallucinations to black magic, mythical monsters, even paranormal activity,” said Jalal, a researcher at Harvard University's department of psychology.

After comparing how different cultures explain and experience sleep paralysis, he said “it appears that the more people fear sleep paralysis, the more they experience it, and the stronger its effects are”. Accompanied by a belief in the paranormal, sleep paralysis can therefore be not just frightening but potentially traumatising.

“The human mind is vastly more mysterious, and occasionally malevolent, than one would have thought.”

Source: The Week

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Paranormal Evidence in NYC Murder Mansion Basement (PART 2) | Haunted, Abandoned and Hella Creepy

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July 5, 2023

“Need help.” Those two words uttered on the Spirit Talker app – and a flickering lightbulb that quickly died – painted a ghostly scene in the basement of Kreischer Mansion. The spooky Staten Island estate’s cellar is where the body of Rob McKelvey was incinerated after being stabbed, drowned and dismembered piece by piece in a 2005 mob hit.

Nearly two decades later, a series of unusual events at the mansion lead paranormal investigator Colin Browen to suspect the 19th century home is now a portal to the other world. He’s joined by Page Six reporter Evan Real, who admitted he’s “literally shaking” and “I’m crappy myself” during their investigation using tools popular among ghost hunters. This is “Haunted, Abandoned and Hella Creepy” from the New York Post.

Raised on grunge rock and ghost stories, host Colin Browen has investigated hundreds of the world's most notorious locations, from Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania to the Sallie House in Kansas. As a kid, he says his family unknowingly moved into a haunted house where he learned to coexist with the spirits. By 19, he was hosting "Teen Spirit" on the Verizon GO90 Network. He went on to create the popular YouTube series "The Paranormal Files" and co-hosts a true-crime podcast, "Murder in America," with his wife, Courtney.

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These 13 Haunted Places In Washington Will Keep You Up At Night

June 29, 2023 by Nikki Cleveland

Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, Washington is definitely home to some seriously spooky places. From abandoned ghost towns to chilling cemeteries, there are more than enough creepy places in Washington for any lovers of all things haunted. Here are 13 of the most haunted places in Washington State sure to keep you up at night!

1. Black Diamond Cemetery

Our list of the most haunted places in Washington state begins, of course, at a cemetery. Due to its location, it's not too surprising there have been consistent reports coming from Black Diamond Cemetery, but reasonable explanations can usually be given for most instances. For example, some people have said they've heard whistling and voices in the wind but it could be argued that since it's an open area, the sounds could have come from anywhere, especially from being carried in the breeze. Regardless of what you believe, Black Diamond Cemetery is not a place you want to be after dark!

Cemetery Road, Cemetery Rd, Black Diamond, WA 98010, USA

2. Tacoma Old City Hall

Excerpts from the Tacoma News Tribune on February 18, 1974, documented that police were called to the old city hall building repeatedly because break-in and fire alarms were being set off but there was no logical explanation as to why. Lights also flickered in rooms that had been empty, but no intruders were ever actually found. Spooky! It's one of the most haunted places in Washington.

Old City Hall Tacoma, 625 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA

3. Oxford Saloon, Snohomish

In 2005-2006, the Washington State Ghost Society allegedly performed a number of investigations here and picked up several EVP’s (Electronic Voice Phenomena). To this day even, there are mysterious incidents being reported! Today, folks can come, sip wine, and mingle with ghosts at Oxford Saloon!

The Oxford Saloon, 913 1st St, Snohomish, WA 98290, USA

4. Campbell House, Spokane (Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, or the MAC)

While you may think eyes moving in a portrait only happens in movies, you'll be horrified to hear that type of creepy activity has been reported here. It was also peculiar that there were stories widely circulating that three of the Campbell children who lived here in the early 1900s were murdered by an intruder, then kidnapped a fourth kid who was never seen again - but the Campbell family only had one child, who lived healthily into her adulthood. It's definitely one of the creepiest places in Washington.

Campbell House, 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA 99201, USA

5. Hotel de Haro, Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands

A female apparition has been seen walking the halls at this 1886 hotel. Another attraction is the McMillin building nearby which contains a dining room setup and each place has a section that holds the ashes of a family member. The ghost family has been reported to be seen sitting in their places at sundown! It's one of the most historic haunted places in Washington.

Roche Harbor Resort - Hotel De Haro, 248 Reuben Memorial Dr, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, USA

6. Mount Baker Theater, Bellingham

Since the theater opened in 1927, inexplicable noises, ghosts, and frigid corridors are only a few of the spine-tingling experiences that have been said to have occurred here, especially when the audience is leaving. More reports include gusts of cold air, balls of light, and a strange voice calling out people's names. Creepy!

Mount Baker Theatre, 4408 104 N Commercial St, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA

7. Lewis County Historical Museum, Chehalis

The group Paranormal Investigations of Historic America deemed this Washington museum haunted after a 2010 search picked up many recorded voices responding to things the investigators said. Visitors and employees have also noted seeing the ghosts of two different men and a Native American woman walking around the building! It's one of the most haunted places in Washington state.

Lewis County Historical Museum, 599 NW Front St, Chehalis, WA 98532, USA

8. University Heights, Seattle

This school later turned community center is believed to have a young boy that haunts its halls who used to be a student there. People have claimed they've heard children laughing and playing at University Heights, one of the most haunted places in Washington.

University Street, University St, Seattle, WA 98101, USA

9. Butterworth Building - now Kells Irish Pub, Seattle

The Butterworth Building, a mortuary turned bar in downtown Seattle was actually featured on Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel! There has been an abundance of dead bodies at this location due to disease, mining accidents, and violence back during the early 1900s. Today, there are two ghosts who regularly haunt the bar. Truly, Kells Irish Pub is definitely one of the most haunted places in Washington!

Kells Irish Restaurant & Bar, 1916 Post Alley, Seattle, WA 98101, USA

10. Rucker Mansion, Everett

The Rucker family gained their fortune by helping establish the city of Everett and resided in this mansion. Mrs. Rucker is believed to haunt the home and rumors say that since she leaped to her death from the bedroom window, her spirit has been heard playing the piano.

The Rucker Mansion, 412 Laurel Dr, Everett, WA 98201, USA

11. Meeker Mansion, Puyallup

Eliza and Ezra Meeker were pioneers who were influential in founding the city of Puyallup and more of the Puget Sound region and their ghosts are thought to still haunt this home. There have been a number of claims of suspicious activity, such as the strong smell of perfume coming from nowhere and a clear, full-on phantom of Ezra has been seen by quite a few people during some of the events here.

Puyallup Historical Society at Meeker Mansion, 312 Spring St, Puyallup, WA 98372, USA

12. Tokeland Hotel, Tokeland

Supposedly, this hotel is haunted by a Chinese immigrant from the early 1900s who is commonly referred to as Charlie. One day, he had been hiding in a secret spot behind the fireplace and accidentally suffocated and died. Now, his ghost wanders (and haunts) the halls of the Tokeland Hotel, making for a rather interesting experience for diners and guests! It's one of the most fascinating haunted places in Washington.

Tokeland Hotel, 2964 Kindred Ave, Tokeland, WA 98590, USA

13. Northern State Mental Hospital, Sedro-Woolley

Nearly 2,000 patients lived at this psychiatric clinic. Some died naturally but some were murdered through strenuous physical labor, electroshock therapy, sterilization, and even lobotomies. There have been a variety of ghost sightings here, including a man being pushed in a wheelchair by a nurse! Northern State Mental Hospital truly takes the top spot in our roundup of most haunted places in Washington.

Northern State Road, Northern State Rd, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284, USA

The most haunted places in Washington are not for the faint of heart. So proceed with caution, because you never know what you’ll find hiding in The Evergreen State! Are there other scary places in Washington that you know of or have experienced firsthand? Let us know in the comment section below!

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MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN WASHINGTON

May 02, 2021 - Sarah

Does Washington have any ghost towns?

Without a doubt, Washington is home to some of the most beautiful places in the country. But there are also places that have been forsaken and forgotten, abandoned spots that nature has reclaimed, ghost towns where it seems folks just up and vanished. There are countless ghost towns in Washington:

Claquato

Govan

Bodie

Liberty

Sherman

These areas once thrived but have since been abandoned. All that remains in them now are old, decaying structures… and creepy vibes. If you’re feeling brave, visit these ghost towns in Washington and see what you can find!

What are some famous ghost stories about Washington?

There are without a doubt some bone-chilling ghost stories in Washington. Some of the most popular include:

The story of Point Defiance Park. As the tale is told, the ghost of a murdered little girl has been seen riding her bike around the park but vanishes if anyone approaches.

Once a hospital In Olympia, The Capitol House Apartments on Sherman Street is a hot spot for paranormal activity. Among the scary observances in the building is a figure rocking in an old chair on the bottom floor.

One of the most reportedly haunted restaurants in Washington is located in Aberdeen, Billy’s Bar and Grill. The bar was named after the secretary of the sailor’s union, Billy Gohl who had been known to brutally murder sailors after luring them to the bar. It’s said you can see the visage of Billy looming behind the bar.

What's the oldest building in Washington?

The oldest building in Washington is also, of course, located in one of the state's most notorious ghost towns. A few facts about the place:

Originally founded in the 1850s, Claquato quickly became a thriving lumber town with a mill.

It continued to prosper until the death of the founder, who sustained fatal injuries falling at the mill in 1864.

About ten years later, Claquato was bypassed by the railroad, which eventually led to the town's abandonment.

There's not much left here anymore, except for a cemetery and this Methodist church - which is the oldest standing building in Washington.

You can find the remains of this old ghost town in Lewis County, just outside of Chehalis.

Source: Only In Your State

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