Scotty's Spooky Stay at the Stanley Hotel 2016: Night Two

Night Two has been completed at the fantastic Stanley Hotel and I am just as giddy as the first time that I have stayed here. Even though we are still technically in the off-season, even if just for the night since Memorial Day weekend starts today, the hotel is still alive with so much activity.  People from all over the world arrived yesterday to take in the sights and all seemed impressed that even with the heavy cloud overcast, it only rained once. I am still waiting for the lightning storm to hit, that really gets the spirits going crazy up here, and since it did not happen last night, it had better happen today.

Yesterday I was taking in the sights from the hotel since the main street is not ready for me yet. Watching as the clouds moved over the surrounding mountains, it was apparent that the weather would be making a change for the worse, although it did not. It just got cold and I was forced to break down and get my jacket to counter it. Also when walking around the grounds, there are so many things happening. If you have ever stayed at the Stanley Hotel, you might have found yourself parked on a pretty steep hill, well that is no longer happening as the main parking lot has been completely leveled out. There are also a couple new parking spots that have been added in front of the Lodge building. There is a lot of moving and shaking going around the area, but I am waiting to finally hear where the movie museum will be placed, since that is what is leading to the changes. 
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Ok, so I have put it off too long, everyone wants to know what happened during the night. First, I met a nice couple from Omaha that just got in their car and headed west. After a brief chat with them at lunch, they decided to try and get a room and luckily they were able to stay. Asking if I would show them around and give them the stories from my past experiences, I was happy to give them the haunted journey that I have spent five years compiling. 

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The new parking lot, still under construction.

The incredible view.

We went thought my local haunts on the fourth floor and it was still early enough that some of the guests were still making their ways up to the rooms. We poked our head into room 407 where one time when I stayed there I swore someone was sitting on the edge of my bed, stopped by room 401 and told them about the closet experience, then to 428 where they were lucky enough to be staying. I told them about the cowboy in the room, along with the kids that run across to the closet. Making sure that they got the Ghost Radar app on their phone to talk with the ghosts, just in case, I made sure they listened to a small bit of our podcast from that room a couple years ago. They started asking some questions and were getting responses, pretty quickly. I then took them down to room 217 where I have not yet been able to stay yet, but when they walked under the original doorway, they both felt freaked out and needed to make their way back up to their room to rest.

They seemed to have a good time and I look forward to chatting with them before they leave and see if anything else happened in the room after I returned to mine. I did hear the kids running and giggling down the halls last night, twice, so I put my voice recorder in the hallway for a couple hours to see if it caught anything else. That is the hard thing about catching those kids, they never appear when you are ready for them. The group across the hall from me is really into the ghost hunt and only seem to make appearances in the middle of the night since they have the do not disturb hanging on the door during the day. 
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It appears that most of the guests are having a great time up at the hotel and I am staying out of my shell and talking to more and more as they arrive in droves every day. Since this is the first trip for many of these people to the hotel, they seem to appreciate someone that is a seasoned veteran to give them hints and tricks about what to do to enhance their experience. One more night up here for me and even though I have not had anything crazy happen to me yet, I would not trade this time for anything in the world. It is a good area to get away from the world for a couple days, as I keep telling everyone that I meet, this is one of the best things to cross off your bucket list.    ​

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