Haunted Places – Calico Ghost Town

Posted by scarygeek on January 17, 2010 at 18:43 pm

When I was a little girl, my family and I went to the Calico Ghost Town, on more than one occasion.  I think my dad liked to walk with the ghosts…lol.  It was fun, and I remember running around and touring the area.  Calico Ghost Town was founded in 1881, and isan old silver mining town, located about 10 miles north of Barstow, California.  The town was purchased by Walter Knott, the owner of Knotts Berry Farm, in 1950.  He later dedicated the town to the city of San Bernardino, and it is now a County Regional Park. 

They used to have a 90 minute guided ghost tour through the town, but I am not sure if they still have one or not.  It has been at least 25 years since I have been there.  They used to have them on Friday and Saturday nights, and they were taken after it got dark.  There have been reported sightings of apparitions and shadow people during tours and not.  I don’t really remember any events or encounters during the time that I was there, but I do remember the “feeling”, you know that one that you get when there is an energy trying to drain your own….lol.

Calico is a pretty neat little town, if you are ever close by, it is kind of a fun place to visit.  There have been reports of voices, as well as scents and sounds of a horse in the that used to be where the stage coach stopped.  Wow, a ghost horse…..haven’t heard of that one yet.

Since I have started writing about my paranormal experiences, and since my awareness has seemed to increase, I have been wanting to go back to all of those places that I visited as a child.  It would be fun to revisit those places that claimed to have been haunted.  Calico would be a very fun place to take my own kids, and see what kind of experiences we can have.  I plan on going back to the West Coast some time in the near future and will be making an effort to visit these places so that I can write about my own experiences.  Well, if you have any Calico Ghost Town stories you would like to share, I would love to read them and maybe even post them on my site, with your permission of course! Email them to lisa@scarygeek.com.  Thanks!  Happy Ghost Hunting!