Restless Spirits Abound in North Dakota

In Amidon at the Georgia’s and the Owl restaurant there have been incidents of paranormal activity. The apparition of a little boy has been seen running around the restaurant, playing and bumping into people. At times music and voices can be heard and potato chip bags have been found strewn about the floor when the restaurant is opened in the morning. A local team of investigators has conducted extensive investigations and has recorded some strange muttering voices.

At the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in Dickinson there was a doctor who went on a fishing trip and never returned. It is believed that he drowned on this fateful trip. However he has returned to his clinic or at least it is believed that the haunting is done by him. Toilets have been flushing by themselves and workers have had the feeling of being watched or followed in the early morning hours.

Also in Dickinson at St. Joseph’s Hospital the elevator door which leads to the morgue often opens by itself at night. The most mystifying thing about this is or lets say eerie is the fact that the door can only be activated from inside the morgue. Another haunted area is that which is near the cafeteria. Around here late at night a soft, eerie moan can be heard. From unoccupied rooms at night on the third floor the nurse’s call button has been pressed. In the old section of the administrative offices from the basement the voices of children laughing and running can be heard.

There are train tracks which go through Fargo and Moorhead. Several years ago a woman who was trying to jump onto a train got dragged instead. She was dragged all the way through town. When her body was found there was not much left. A pair of homeless men sleeping by the train tracks reported seeing the woman. One of them saw her in the distance with glowing red eyes. Thinking that if he closed his eyes she would disappear he did so but upon opening his eyes to see if the woman had disappeared he found the she was closer still with her red eyes still upon him. Becoming frightened he awakened his friend and the left to seek some sleep elsewhere.

In Fargo in Trollwood Park which is home to a performing arts school there have been numerous reports about ghostly happenings. At one time this was home to a pauper’s cemetery and there are still three locations where people were or are still buried. They have been marked by small stone monuments. The most common occurrences have been the ghost of a lady who is seen dancing around a willow tree while students are performing or music is playing. The lady appears in a blue-grey 19th century dress. EVP’s have also been recorded and the voice of an old farmer who used to live there has been heard telling people to get off of his property. Others have reported feelings of being followed, seeing people walking around then disappearing, voices calling to them and being touched.

Black Tongue Hill – 15 miles south of Fort Yates. More than 40 years ago there was a woman Old Lady Black Tongue who lived on this hill. One day walking to or from the hill she was hit by a car. From that time on people say that they see her walking or even running by their cars looking in the window at night. She wears a long black dress and shawl.

At the Altru Hospital (formerly United Hospital) in Grand Forks the staff elevator makes several runs per night, often empty. Staff members claim to have seen the elevator doors open on their floor and have caught a glimpse of a figure inside. There are strange, unexplained shadows which set off the door alarms in the psych ward. When seen on a video camera, the shadows appear to slide under the door and reappear on the other side.

At Kroeze Hall in Jamestown there used to live a college student who had an obsessive compulsive disorder with Rubik’s Cubes. His room in the dorm was D15 and here he’s sit clicking away on his cube. When his dorm mate stole his cube he attacked him and was sent to the state hospital. Eventually he killed himself but returned to his dorm room D15. Now late at night you can hear the rhythmic sounds of clicking.

In Leroy there is the White Lady Road. In the olden days of traveling salesmen one man fell for a farmer’s daughter. He took her for a walk on a remote road and when they reached a bridge which was over a swampy area the salesman killed the girl because she spurned his advances. Now people traveling this road at night have seen a woman in white standing on the road. Suddenly she appears on their vehicles looking in with glowing eyes searching apparently for her murderer. A group of people managed to knock her from the vehicle driving at great speed and swerving but a few mile down the road she was back looking over each person until she was satisfied that the one she was searching for wasn’t there. This has gone on for years and there have been many people who claim to have seen her.

Mandan outskirts – Custer House boardwalk is haunted by the wives of soldiers who were killed in the battle of the Little Big Horn. On occasion from a spot on the boardwalk just to the south side of the Custer mansion one can hear a terrible moaning and wailing cry. This is followed by a rushing wind-like energy that shoots upward from the ground. At night in the house lights appear in the downstairs and upstairs windows.

At the Standing Rock High School in Standing Rock when cheerleaders do their cheers before a game they can hear or see a little boy running by them. One time he shut the door and turned off the lights. A janitor taking pictures saw that when they were developed someone was standing by locker 220-221 in the junior high hallway. In the boys’ locker room there is a mirror in which people always see a little boy standing beside or behind them.