A famous ghost that haunts this hotel is Merna, although there are many, She usually hangs out in Room #5. Hotel workers found photo albums and sketch books of Merna's in this hotel room. One night Merna and her boyfriend got into a heated argument and her boyfriend threw her out the 2nd floor window, breaking her neck, killing her. In Room #5 the drapes on the window sometimes move back and forth with the windows closed. One ghost hunter was using a temperature gauge, the normal temperature of the room was anywhere from 63 to 71 degrees, but at one point it went up to 95 degrees, indicating a hot spot. Holly got a feeling that a man died in Room #10 watching TV. It was confirmed that a man named Butch did indeed die in this room watching TV. Holly felt energy presences also in Room #1 and Room

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There was a child three years old that died in his sleep. People sometimes hear a ball bouncing downstairs and they believe it's that child. •The water in the sink goes off and on - on its own accord very often. Someone's young son was playing ball with a phantom boy child. People hear a baby's laughter at times and hear footsteps walking down the stairs. Some patrons have reported pipe smoke being blown into their faces from an unknown source. Some current patrons have been locked in the back rooms. Many patrons have heard their names called when no one was around. There is a mural painting on the dining room wall and there is a picture of an ominous silhouette of a cowboy. That cowboy silhouette was never painted on that mural and after one of the fires it appeared and has been there ever since. Big Dave was a caretaker of the hotel and he was found dead on the toilet from an apparent heart attack. Big Dave is known to haunt the hotel. He is very playful with the clients. Holly used her psychic abilities to determine that there was a man sitting on a toilet that died of a heart attack. She had this vision of Big Dave before she was told the story of Big Dave. That was pretty amazing to validate this information from the bartender. Patrons of the hotel have been touched and heard footsteps behind them while walking in and out of the kitchen of the hotel.