April Slaughter by Ghosthunting Texas Page A
Authors: Ghosthunting Texas
Tags: United States, General, Travel, supernatural, Texas, Ghosts, South, Body; Mind & Spirit, West South Central (AR; LA; OK; TX), Ghosts - Texas
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ever know what the lights truly are, but as long as they continue to appear we are sure to be continually mystified by them.
Central Texas
Austin
Driskill Hotel
Lockhart
Caldwell County Jail Museum
Marble Falls
Dead Man’s Hole
San Angelo
Old Fort Concho
Schulenburg
Von Minden Hotel
Waco
Oakwood Cemetery
CHAPTER 14
Old Fort Concho SAN ANGELO
Headquarters building at Old Fort Concho (April Slaughter)
WHAT IS MY DREAM as a paranormal investigator? What am I really looking for? Is it all about stalking around in the dark with my digital voice recorder and camera, hoping to have something unseen scare me out of my wits? No. Honestly, I am frightened by very little when I am ghosthunting. Crazy things can and do happen, but when it comes right down to it, I am far more afraid of the living than I am of the dead. Ghosts aren’t going to mug me or steal my car. They aren’t going to be talking on their cell phones in traffic and cause a major accident. Those of us who have a pulse seem to cause far more trouble than those who don’t.
My dream is that one day, as time and our understanding of the paranormal progresses, we will be able to have real-time, two-way conversations with those on the other side without having so many obstacles to overcome. Imagine all of the mysteries
we could solve—the knowledge we could gain about life after death! Until that day comes, I’ll keep diving in head-first with the knowledge I do have and sharing what I know with anyone who wants to hear it.
If I could suggest any one type of location for new ghosthunters looking for practice, it would definitely be historic forts. Why? Well, forts are usually spacious with a mix of buildings and open space. They are often well preserved and contain living quarters, hospitals, working areas, and even cemeteries—all places where a lot of human emotion and experiences can imprint on the environment. Of course, not all forts are haunted, but if you can find one with a reputation for being paranormally active, it might be a fantastic place to start.
One such place in Texas is Fort Concho. If you do a little searching online, you will find all sorts of stories about the fort and theories as to who might be haunting it. I hadn’t known that ghosts resided on the fort property at the time of my first visit, but I would come to hear stories of them as my research for this project began. It has been two years now since I was introduced to Fort Concho, but the afternoon I spent there left such an impression on me that when the opportunity to write Ghosthunting Texas presented itself, I had to make sure this particular fort was included.
One of Allen’s high school friends had moved out to San Angelo from east Texas, and on our way out for a visit one summer afternoon, Allen suggested we stop in at Fort Concho to have a look around.
“We’ve got a little time to kill. Let’s walk around and see what the place is like,” he said.
The fort was originally established in 1867 as a small collection of tents where the Middle and North Concho rivers met. Soldiers patrolled and kept the peace in west Texas, protected settlements, and mapped out the expansive frontier. The fort’s
boundaries stretched over sixteen hundred acres of land, but in 1889 it was abandoned. In 1961, Fort Concho was deemed a National Historic Landmark. Today it stands as one of the most beautifully preserved forts in the state. Twenty-four buildings remain on the property, seventeen of them original, and all of them restored and well maintained by the city of San Angelo.
Looking back on my initial visit, I wish I would have stopped and asked someone at the fort if it had a haunted reputation. Many forts do, but it hadn’t really crossed my mind at the time. Allen and I spent an hour or so walking around and enjoying the grounds. I was particularly enthralled with the E.H. Danner Museum of Telephony, where several models of telephones from the past to the present
Central Texas
Austin
Driskill Hotel
Lockhart
Caldwell County Jail Museum
Marble Falls
Dead Man’s Hole
San Angelo
Old Fort Concho
Schulenburg
Von Minden Hotel
Waco
Oakwood Cemetery
CHAPTER 14
Old Fort Concho SAN ANGELO
Headquarters building at Old Fort Concho (April Slaughter)
WHAT IS MY DREAM as a paranormal investigator? What am I really looking for? Is it all about stalking around in the dark with my digital voice recorder and camera, hoping to have something unseen scare me out of my wits? No. Honestly, I am frightened by very little when I am ghosthunting. Crazy things can and do happen, but when it comes right down to it, I am far more afraid of the living than I am of the dead. Ghosts aren’t going to mug me or steal my car. They aren’t going to be talking on their cell phones in traffic and cause a major accident. Those of us who have a pulse seem to cause far more trouble than those who don’t.
My dream is that one day, as time and our understanding of the paranormal progresses, we will be able to have real-time, two-way conversations with those on the other side without having so many obstacles to overcome. Imagine all of the mysteries
we could solve—the knowledge we could gain about life after death! Until that day comes, I’ll keep diving in head-first with the knowledge I do have and sharing what I know with anyone who wants to hear it.
If I could suggest any one type of location for new ghosthunters looking for practice, it would definitely be historic forts. Why? Well, forts are usually spacious with a mix of buildings and open space. They are often well preserved and contain living quarters, hospitals, working areas, and even cemeteries—all places where a lot of human emotion and experiences can imprint on the environment. Of course, not all forts are haunted, but if you can find one with a reputation for being paranormally active, it might be a fantastic place to start.
One such place in Texas is Fort Concho. If you do a little searching online, you will find all sorts of stories about the fort and theories as to who might be haunting it. I hadn’t known that ghosts resided on the fort property at the time of my first visit, but I would come to hear stories of them as my research for this project began. It has been two years now since I was introduced to Fort Concho, but the afternoon I spent there left such an impression on me that when the opportunity to write Ghosthunting Texas presented itself, I had to make sure this particular fort was included.
One of Allen’s high school friends had moved out to San Angelo from east Texas, and on our way out for a visit one summer afternoon, Allen suggested we stop in at Fort Concho to have a look around.
“We’ve got a little time to kill. Let’s walk around and see what the place is like,” he said.
The fort was originally established in 1867 as a small collection of tents where the Middle and North Concho rivers met. Soldiers patrolled and kept the peace in west Texas, protected settlements, and mapped out the expansive frontier. The fort’s
boundaries stretched over sixteen hundred acres of land, but in 1889 it was abandoned. In 1961, Fort Concho was deemed a National Historic Landmark. Today it stands as one of the most beautifully preserved forts in the state. Twenty-four buildings remain on the property, seventeen of them original, and all of them restored and well maintained by the city of San Angelo.
Looking back on my initial visit, I wish I would have stopped and asked someone at the fort if it had a haunted reputation. Many forts do, but it hadn’t really crossed my mind at the time. Allen and I spent an hour or so walking around and enjoying the grounds. I was particularly enthralled with the E.H. Danner Museum of Telephony, where several models of telephones from the past to the present
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