Halloween Countdown - Oct 7
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vivienI used to go to Trinidad often, but I don't now that my work has shifted to the east. I doubt I'd have stayed here, even though I'm sure it's a lovely place. And much less creepy than the historical hotel I stayed in that one time in Walsenburg...
The Tarabino Inn
ETA Just in case you didn't catch on that the newsletter was all about ghosts)
Teresa said that she has experienced some “activity” while she and her husband have owned the home. Kevin reported to Maji, an interviewer for the newsletter that, “Twice I awoke to the call of nature and came across the image of a young woman in a nightgown. She was standing at the foot of the stairs, just looking at me with a sad or longing expression.” Teresa says that she has experienced the sounds of footsteps on the stairs, the smell of cigar smoke in the library and has, “even caught a whiff of Christmas,” on occasion. “It is said that the entire
house is ‘busy’, said Teresa, but she personally “explains things away.”
“I have had experiences where the fans kept turning on, and I figured it was just a short. Another time the oven kept turning on and I just said, “Cut it out!” and it stopped.” Guests have experienced more paranormal activity in the west gable, according to Teresa. “It’
s usually in the area of the closet where the guests have had the most adverse reactions.” Another apparition that has been experienced was a ‘wiry haired woman in a rocker.”
A friend of the Vilas reportedly came to assess the house and claimed that there were at least seven entities residing at the Inn. There were children on the top floor, two stairwalkers, something in the dining room, and a guy named Hector who likes to smoke cherry tobacco in the library. She also claimed that there was “something not human” in the Chestnut Suite. She mentioned that although there are some mischievous energies in the house, she sensed nothing malevolent. One reference to the ghost of Barney Tarabino is the only direct link to families that have actually resided in the home.
Kevin reported that at one time a guest came down to breakfast in the morning and stated, “You have a very busy house.” She described a family gathering that went on throughout the night. One man, she claimed, was actually tickling her belly in a playful manner! Teresa showed him some old newspaper clippings about the house that had been found in the local library and the guest pointed to a picture of Barney and exclaimed, “That’s him!”
F. Dean Sneed, who lived in the house for 18 years, published a book about ghosts in Trinidad, and says of the spirits in the home,“They were non-threatening, I always felt protected.” Footsteps, shadows and voices were some of the things reported by his family while living there. “I once felt a reassuring hand on my shoulder in the library,” said Sneed.
Do the Vilas really believe in ghosts? “Hector helps me when we (Kevin and I) play Scrabble, because I win when we play in the Library, but nowhere else.” Kevin was noted as saying, “I have always been open to the possibility of spirits and hauntings. Now, however,” he says, “even though a part of me is still a skeptic, I live as though they are real.
The Tarabino Inn
ETA Just in case you didn't catch on that the newsletter was all about ghosts)
Teresa said that she has experienced some “activity” while she and her husband have owned the home. Kevin reported to Maji, an interviewer for the newsletter that, “Twice I awoke to the call of nature and came across the image of a young woman in a nightgown. She was standing at the foot of the stairs, just looking at me with a sad or longing expression.” Teresa says that she has experienced the sounds of footsteps on the stairs, the smell of cigar smoke in the library and has, “even caught a whiff of Christmas,” on occasion. “It is said that the entire
house is ‘busy’, said Teresa, but she personally “explains things away.”
“I have had experiences where the fans kept turning on, and I figured it was just a short. Another time the oven kept turning on and I just said, “Cut it out!” and it stopped.” Guests have experienced more paranormal activity in the west gable, according to Teresa. “It’
s usually in the area of the closet where the guests have had the most adverse reactions.” Another apparition that has been experienced was a ‘wiry haired woman in a rocker.”
A friend of the Vilas reportedly came to assess the house and claimed that there were at least seven entities residing at the Inn. There were children on the top floor, two stairwalkers, something in the dining room, and a guy named Hector who likes to smoke cherry tobacco in the library. She also claimed that there was “something not human” in the Chestnut Suite. She mentioned that although there are some mischievous energies in the house, she sensed nothing malevolent. One reference to the ghost of Barney Tarabino is the only direct link to families that have actually resided in the home.
Kevin reported that at one time a guest came down to breakfast in the morning and stated, “You have a very busy house.” She described a family gathering that went on throughout the night. One man, she claimed, was actually tickling her belly in a playful manner! Teresa showed him some old newspaper clippings about the house that had been found in the local library and the guest pointed to a picture of Barney and exclaimed, “That’s him!”
F. Dean Sneed, who lived in the house for 18 years, published a book about ghosts in Trinidad, and says of the spirits in the home,“They were non-threatening, I always felt protected.” Footsteps, shadows and voices were some of the things reported by his family while living there. “I once felt a reassuring hand on my shoulder in the library,” said Sneed.
Do the Vilas really believe in ghosts? “Hector helps me when we (Kevin and I) play Scrabble, because I win when we play in the Library, but nowhere else.” Kevin was noted as saying, “I have always been open to the possibility of spirits and hauntings. Now, however,” he says, “even though a part of me is still a skeptic, I live as though they are real.