Okay...just ghosties, but you know how I love my alliteration.
Why a ghost post you ask? Well, I'm playing around with ideas for a writing project, and the idea of telling a ghost story keeps haunting me.
Hahahaha. I know...that was lame. Sorry.
Seriously speaking, it is an idea that fascinates me a little. I've done a little googling, and Portland has a very rich "ghostly" history -there's Nina (NYE-nah) who "lives" in Old Towne Pizza (aka The Merchant Hotel), reports of strange events at both The Benson and Heathman Hotels, the Portland Underground (aka Shanghai Tunnels) and of course, Thelma in Cathedral Park. (And Mom - even Pittock Mansion is said to be haunted by the spirits of its former residents!)
As much as I love "old Portland" homes, I've seen just enough episodes of Ghost Hunters to know that should I ever win the lotto and actually be able to afford to own a home again, I'm building new. I'll copy that style that I love so much, but ain't no way I'm buying original...too many things that go bump in the night. But this is exactly the idea I'm playing with as the basis for my story -- I just have to figure out the who/when/where/why of it all.
Pittock Mansion huh?? Not gonna go up there at night for sure, and maybe not again in the daytime! I knew that darned elevator was twisted!
ReplyDeletehahahaha! Didn't see anything about the elevator, but there was a report where a woman looked up to see a woman in period dress standing next to her - she watched her vanish before her eyes. I might have to go back!!!
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