Last night we stayed at the Occidental Hotel in Buffalo, WY. It was by far my favorite hotel. It was built in the 1880s, and it's supposedly haunted.
The Occidental has a lot of interesting history. In fact, you can still see the spur marks from the cowboy boots on the back stairs where, let's just say, they used to "meet up" with the prostitutes. One cowboy got so mad when he couldn't get in to see his favorite girl that he beat the door with his pistol. You can still see the marks on the door. The hotel is furnished with a lot of antique furniture and authentic period pieces.
Rumor has it, there is a little girl named Emily who still haunts the upstairs part of the hotel. She was the daughter of one of the prostitutes who stayed at the Occidental. Apparently her mom didn't give her a lot of attention. She is rumored to walk the halls and may tug on your shirt or say, "Please hold me." There are a couple of other spirits that are said to roam the halls. Emily is supposed to be an innocent spirit who wants nothing more than the attention she was deprived of while alive. Other spirits are not as nice...as the story goes. There are a few places in the Occidental that are the most "active" as far as paranormal activity. One is the laundry room and another is the basement (where it is said that abortions were performed on some of the prostitues). The most haunted of all the rooms in the hotel is suite #23, the Bordello Suite. Guess which room we happened to say in.
None of us knew beforehand that our suite was supposed to be haunted. After we checked in, David just happened to stumble upon a book of the most haunted hotels in the west while he was in a bookstore. That's when he read the stories of the Occidental and its ghosts. In fact, a medium came to the hotel to contact Emily (because it's said that she was setting off the fire alarm for attention). The psychic said that Emily wanted an orange cat. Some of the staff got her a stuffed orange cat, and there hasn't been any fire alarm mishaps since. Pretty crazy, right?
We saw the orange cat in the little kitchen area next to our suite. I'll admit, I was a little scared last night. Especially since one of the workers was telling us about some encounters with Emily. Mom and I didn't sleep very well. I don't think David and dad really paid much attention. I kept waking up and expecting to see a little girl standing over me! None of us had any scary stories to tell this morning, but mom and I did hear a few things over the course of the night. I thought I heard a girl's voice, and mom thought she saw some strange lights.
A true ghostly encounter or the imagination of two scared women? My guess is the latter. At least it makes for some interesting stories!
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saw your blog on google when i looked up the hotel. i stayed in the bordello only a few nights ago with my dad. i would wake up to hear footsteps in the hall and no one was their. something pushed me and i mean PUSHED me to the other side of the bed. and when i woke up in the morning and talked to my dad he said that he was laying in bed half asleep and someone distictuly hit his shoulder and he thought it was me and when he turned around no one was their and it yelled GET out in a nasty voive. so he came into the other room towards the from of the suit.
ReplyDeletelove the quiet little adorible hotel. but i couldnt stay more then a night. maybe not even that.