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Wulfere · 10-16-2001, 06:34 PM

The Whaley House is the oldest brick structure in southern California, located in San Diego's Old Towne. It was built by Thomas Whaley in 1856-1857.

As a matter of fact, the Department of Commerce has designated it an official
haunted site. Only twenty-nine other places in the United States have received this designation. Hey, if the government claims
it's haunted, it must be so, right?

My friend Johns father had a small museum next door to the Whaley house. We would go visit him from time to time and while there we would walk in the rose garden of the Whaley House. I never did take one of the tours they offered, we preferred to skulk about the garden and peek into windows. Of course we wanted to see a ghost. But we never did.

One evening near sunset we were walking around the garden. John asked me if I thought we were being watched. I did feel that way and had been about to ask him the same question. Then both of us smelled cigar smoke. It was very strong and we both knew what it was. Though we didn't know what caused it. We ran off thinking someone had seen us back there and we would get into trouble. Later we told his dad about it and he informed us that the smell of cigar smoke meant Mr. Whaley was around. You can imagion the goose bumps we had.

If you want to know more here are a few links...

Haunted Places
http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/s...43/whaley.html
Ghostweb
http://www.ghostweb.com/whaley3.html

Have fun.

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The line between good and evil is razor sharp. Be careful of misteps,
lest you find yourself spitted upon your own blade.

10-16-2001, 06:34 PM	#26
Wulfere Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: March 20, 2001 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska USA Age: 64 Posts: 893	The Whaley House is the oldest brick structure in southern California, located in San Diego's Old Towne. It was built by Thomas Whaley in 1856-1857. As a matter of fact, the Department of Commerce has designated it an official haunted site. Only twenty-nine other places in the United States have received this designation. Hey, if the government claims it's haunted, it must be so, right? My friend Johns father had a small museum next door to the Whaley house. We would go visit him from time to time and while there we would walk in the rose garden of the Whaley House. I never did take one of the tours they offered, we preferred to skulk about the garden and peek into windows. Of course we wanted to see a ghost. But we never did. One evening near sunset we were walking around the garden. John asked me if I thought we were being watched. I did feel that way and had been about to ask him the same question. Then both of us smelled cigar smoke. It was very strong and we both knew what it was. Though we didn't know what caused it. We ran off thinking someone had seen us back there and we would get into trouble. Later we told his dad about it and he informed us that the smell of cigar smoke meant Mr. Whaley was around. You can imagion the goose bumps we had. If you want to know more here are a few links... Haunted Places http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/s...43/whaley.html Ghostweb http://www.ghostweb.com/whaley3.html Have fun. ------------------ The line between good and evil is razor sharp. Be careful of misteps, lest you find yourself spitted upon your own blade.