There is an area between Encampment and the old mining ghost town of Battle known as Slaughterhouse Gulch. An explosion in a mine near the area killed a miner. There wasn't enough of him left to bury properly. So it was said he walked and roamed through Slaughterhouse Gulch. Dorothy Peryam and her first husband, Horace Quivey, her brother John and his wife, Eda, were camped in the area in 1918. The men were marking timber there for the Forestry Service. It was dusk and they had made their campfire. Dorothy and John were standing close to the road when they heard a hollow cough and looked up to see a man walking down the road toward them. He walked past them, not looking to the right or left, or at them. They could not hear his footsteps as he walked by. It was very peculiar in those days for a stranger to be alone in the mountains at dark without a horse or supplies. He would have approached the fire to talk. But this person acted as though they weren't there. Charles M. Scribner ran a stage line between Battle and Encampment. One of his drivers quit because on one occasion a man approached his team of six horses, walked right between them and disappeared. The horses reared and bolted and it was all the driver could do to control them. He was sure it was the "Ghost of Slaughterhouse Gulch."
AOKIGAHARA FOREST, JAPAN
Also known as Suicide Forest, Aokigahara lies at the bottom of Mount Fuji in Japan. There have been more than 500 reported suicides in the forest since the 1950s, BBC reports. Some people say it's because of big underground deposits of iron that interfere with compasses and make people get lost. Others blame the forest’s association with demons in Japanese mythology. Who knows what spirits are lurking?
BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL, CANADA
Located in Banff National Park and dubbed a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this famous Canadian hotel has a dark history. Many guests have reported ghost sightings, including of Sam the bellman who continues to do his job after his death in 1975. Legend says he used to help guests who were locked out of their rooms, and now the elevator sometimes opens on floors without the buttons being pressed.
LA RECOLETA CEMETERY,;BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
It's no surprise to hear that a cemetery is haunted. La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is home to the graves of many notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, and even a granddaughter of Napoleon. It's full of stunning and eerie statues, mausoleums, detailed tombstones, and stone walkways, One of the most notable ghost stories involves David Alleno, a former grave-digger who worked at the cemetery for decades before killing himself. People report hearing the jangle of his keys.
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