After returning from the Evergreen Cemetery, the plan was to hit the bar, then walk around Bisbee, and then sit in the rooms, in the dark, to see if we can get any noise from the spirits. We went up to the rooms to see if anything else was disturbed. Because we had strange occurrences happen earlier in the rooms, everyone wanted to sit in both rooms in total darkness first.
We started out in room 404, Billy and Marsi’s room. Mike and I sat on the floor near the bathroom door, the other ladies sat on the bed and Billy sat in the corner by the “closet”. This room was small with a queen bed, night stand, dresser, and a corner closet, which was basically a bar with hangers. The bathroom had a claw foot tub and was also small in size. The room was just fine for the couple. Billy put a quarter on the dresser and Mike turned the water on in the bathroom sink. The little boy ghost, Billy, is known to make his appearance in the bathroom especially if the water is running. Mike started asking questions and wanted Billy’s ghost to shut the water off. He asked this over and over. There was one point where the water sounded as if someone ran their fingers under it. While asking questions, Mike started to feel dizzy and a heavy feeling come over him. At the same time, we all heard some banging in the bathroom and the water sounded like it shut off and then quickly back on. Mike felt someone touch his hair, so he jumped up and shut the bathroom door. While Mike was asking for the boy’s spirit to shut off the water, Billy felt like a small child was sitting in his lap. He also kept hearing “I can’t” over and over in his head. We turned on the light because Kelly, Marsi, and Mike wanted to sit in the bathroom. The quarter that was on the dresser was now on the floor. No one heard it fall or was near the dresser when the lights were out. While they sat in the bathroom, I put the quarter back on the dresser and shut the lights off. Right away they opened the bathroom door complaining of a heaviness they felt in that room. Not long after that Mike called us in because his disposable camera was slowly spinning on the sink. The moment I walked in the bathroom, I felt the heaviness too. We sat there a short while, and then the heavy feeling went away. Nothing more happened so we decided it was time to sit in room 401.
In 401, we opened the bathroom door just slightly and got in our positions. Mike sat on the floor by the bathroom, and I sat on the bed by the door, the 3 ladies laid down on the other bed, while Billy sat on the chair in the corner. After turning the lights out, we noticed a large gap under the door letting the hallway’s lights in. Billy put his coat on the floor under the door to cover the light. Now things get interesting. The very first thing we all heard was a loud moan which sounded like it came from inside the room. Mike caught the moan on his recorder. He started asking questions and then taunting the spirits as “Dr. Phil”. I have to admit that it was a pretty good imitation and almost had me peeing my pants from laughing so hard. It must have worked because he saw a shadow moving in the bathroom and then a shadow hand reach around the bathroom door. As he moved rather quickly between the beds, we noticed that the bathroom door was opened more than it was originally. As we looked at the bathroom door, it appeared to be opening more. This door was a sliding door and not one that swings. At this point, we were all officially getting spooked. Not only did the bathroom door appear to be slowly opening, but we heard the room’s doorknob jiggle a couple of times. It also sounded like it was jiggling from inside the room.
While all the chaos was going on, Billy was sitting quietly in the corner. He told us that he again felt a child near him and a child’s voice saying, “he is mean”. We weren’t sure if he meant the ghost of Albert or Mike because of the taunting. Billy tells us that while we were checking out the bathroom door, he was watching his coat move up and down by the door. Sure enough you can see the light coming through the side of the door and the coat was moving up and then down. It wasn’t the entire coat, just the top half. This was his heavy winter coat and wouldn’t move easily. It was almost like someone was pulling it up and then letting it go. Billy went over to the door to see if there was any sort of breeze that could be moving the coat, but felt nothing. Kelly went by the door with the recorder but couldn’t see what would cause this to happen. This went on for a few minutes and then just stopped.
After all we experienced in both rooms, it was time to hit the bar and have a stiff one or two. It appeared that both Mike and Billy had attracted the spirits, because most of the experiences happened to them. I’m just sorry that it didn’t occur to me to grab my video camera to capture the coat moving up and down. I was excited about what was happening and it totally didn’t cross my mind. Next time, video camera in hand, and bring scotch tape and a ruler. If the bathroom’s door moves or any other objects in the room, we will be prepared to prove it.
This isn’t the end, part four is next…
