Scotty's Spooky Stay at The Stanley Hotel - Night One

There are few things in life the genuinely get me over excited, but the one that always gets my gears going is my annual trip to the Stanley Hotel.  Could it be because of the history that this hotel has to offer?  Could it be that I love ghost stories and would like to see one? Or could it just be that it is a beautiful location and I am in dire need of a vacation? I am thinking yes, to all of these.

I have never hide my feelings about coming to this hotel and even though the audio on The Shining channel was not working, I was able to amuse myself with a little ghost hunt on the fourth floor.  Now when I booked the room this time, I did not ask for any room in particular and when you make a reservation online, they send you an upgrade email.  I responded with a fourth floor request, along with a haunted room.  Receiving the confirmation email back, it said only one could be accepted, so it was the fourth floor request. Little did I know that when I arrived at the hotel I would be given a haunted room.  YES!

So I am staying in room 407 for a couple of nights and I have found out a couple more things about this room that I did not know before.  We all remember the stories about this room smelling of cherry tobacco, but I did not know anything beyond this.  Upon our last trip up here, we did not feel anything in this room and I think it is because we did not know what to look for.  There are other accounts in this room that have reported some strange phenomenon and now I am starting to believe that there is someone staying in this room with me. Guests have reported being tucked in at night, while they are sleeping.  Now I am a sleeper that will toss and turn all night and wake up with the covers on the floor all of the time, but last night, this did not happen.  I woke up with the sheets still on me, but that could just be a coincidence since I actually slept like a log after something else happened.

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Another report from the room is that people have felt someone sitting on the edge of the bed while they are sleeping.  Now, this did happen to me.  Like I said, I toss and turn all night, but the side of the bed that I was not on had a little bit of resistance.  I kicked a little bit to free it up thinking that the sheets were a little tight, but when I was able to get my foot to where it wanted to go, I felt the bed lift as if someone had just gotten up.  Now that was a little bit freaky at the time and I did not want to look to see who was there for several seconds.  When I got the urge to move again, I got up and grabbed my camera to see who or what was there, but I was too late to capture anything.  And my camera being across the room did not help either. 

After that, being awake and not being able to fall back to sleep, I walked the fourth floor halls for a couple of minutes.  I did not feel anything at the time since it was only about 1 a.m. and nothing really starts to happen until 3 a.m., at least that is when the kids start running up and down the halls, giggling like children should.  I am excited to see what happens tonight as I have my camera and recorder ready to go.  My windows seem to be fine as of now, if you remember my last trip up here, I had a window fly open and one that would not stay shut.  Who knows, I am just ready for whatever as you never know what the Stanley Hotel will have in store for you.

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