Tag Archives: Ghost
Ghost hunting at Providence Academy
Here’s a 2002 story from The Columbian archives about ghosts inhabiting the old Providence Academy building, built in 1973: SPIRIT-SEEKERS POKE ABOUT LOCAL LANDMARKS BUOYED BY THE HOPE THAT THEY JUST MIGHT HAVE … A CHANCE OF A GHOST BRETT OPPEGAARD, Columbian staff writer Publication Date: December 27, 2002 As the dozen local ghost hunters […]
Camas Community Center ghost
Story provided by Vancouver historian and ghost hunter Jeff Davis, from his website at http://www.ghostsandcritters.com/ Date: 18 February 2007 From: Swift, Jenn L The employees at the Camas Community Center have been swearing for years that it’s haunted. They say they hear footsteps out in the halls when no one is there, they have the […]
Grant House ghost sighting
Story provided by Vancouver historian and ghost hunter Jeff Davis, from his website at http://www.ghostsandcritters.com/: DATE: 7 April 2008 FROM: S. G. SUBJECT: The Grant House Ghost – Vancouver, WA Although Grant never actually lived there, Sully remains. Many years ago, I visited the Grant house with my mother. No one was there but a […]
Yacolt spirits
Excerpt from a January 15, 1995 story in The Columbian By Brett Oppegaard / The Columbian YACOLT: The Klickitats believed Yacolt was a place of spirits and demons, hence their name for it: haunted valley. Most of their legends say the area devoured children in one way or another luring the innocent youngsters into the […]
Vancouver Barracks ghosts
Ghosts at the Vancouver Barracks: Excerpt from an Oct. 24, 1999 story in The Columbian By BRETT OPPEGAARD, Columbian staff writer Of all the places in town, the most notoriously haunted hangout is Vancouver Barracks. In 1982, workers digging for a water pipe in the basement stumbled across bones and some coffins. They hadn’t realized […]
A ghost at 6th and Main?
Ghosts at the old First National Bank building: Excerpt from an Oct. 24, 1999 story in The Columbian By BRETT OPPEGAARD, Columbian staff writer Local historian Pat Jollota has uncovered dozens of ghost stories in Clark County for her book “The Darkness Next Door.” The book, which will be affiliated with the Clark County Historical […]
Kiggins ghosts
Ghosts at Kiggins: Excerpt from an Oct. 24, 1999 story in The Columbian By BRETT OPPEGAARD, Columbian staff writer Gary Hubbard says he never believed in ghosts; then he started working at the Kiggins Theater. Hubbard, who has managed the historic single screen since early 1997, says he and his staff have had numerous encounters […]
Ghost pet?
Susan Tyner, Ridgefield One night I turned off the lights and crawled into bed. As soon as I was falling asleep something somewhat heavy with four legs jumped on my bed and walked across me, stepping on my legs and finally jumping off. I heard a loud thud when it jumped to the floor. The […]
Hidden spirits in Hidden House?
Over the years, some people have reported mysterious singing at the Hidden House, 100 W. 13th St. L.M. Hidden, who built the house, came to Vancouver from Vermont during the Civil War and was one of the city’s pioneers. Beginning in 1864, he began farming and buying up land in the area. He started the […]
Historian investigates stories of Grant House ghost
This story ran in The Columbian on October 26, 2012: On an appropriately gray and foggy Saturday, Jeff Davis laid out his plan of attack in what was once the sitting room of Gen. Alfred Sully, commander of Vancouver Barracks from 1874 to 1879. Reaching into his bags, Davis pulled out a compass, two small […]