Clark County ghosts
Tales from throughout the county
Haunted items at a Vancouver farmhouse
When Jay Fredericks was a boy, his family moved into an old farmhouse on the east side of Vancouver. Fredericks, who today works as a master mentalist (magician), was fascinated at the time by the old building and set off to do some exploring after he, his parents and his siblings arrived. “(The mortgage) was […]
A spirit on I-5?
Story provided by Vancouver historian and ghost hunter Jeff Davis, from his website at http://www.ghostsandcritters.com/ Date: 8 December 2006 From: Kate Subject: I-5 Scare My husband and I live in Seattle. One weekend while heading down to Vancouver, I saw something on I-5. About 15-30 miles North of Kelso, I saw what looked like a […]
Haunted Blair House
From The Columbian, Feb. 10, 1999: HISTORY FILLS HOME NOW GHOSTS ARE GONE, BUT THE SPIRIT ON ONE OF THE COUNTY’S PIONEER FAMILIES LIVES ON IN A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY HOUSE By GREGG HERRINGTON, Columbian staff writer The ghosts are gone now, but the spirit of an east Clark County pioneer family lives on in a 90-year-old […]
Odd happenings on a dead-end street
Janet Henderson, Vancouver The last house on a dead-end road in Clark County is where my family lived for only one year, but what a year it was. Our youngest child, 4 years old at the time, was nearly impossible to get to bed. He said the faces in the window frightened him. He said […]
An unhappy return
Helen, Orchards Years ago, this happened to me. I can’t mention any names because of family, but back in 1976 I had a family member that took his life. He had a lot of family trouble. A couple days later, I was watching soaps on my TV and I could see someone at the corner […]
Aunt Emily’s return
Craig Brown, Stockford Village Let me say first I don’t believe in ghosts. I think. When I was a teenager in the 1970s, my father’s aunt was considered the family clairvoyant. Try to surprise Aunt Emily for supper, and you’d find out she had already set an extra place for you. And my father was […]