Kate Shelly was famous for saving a train from going off the tracks on the bridge that is now known as the Kate Shelly high bridge. Also, once in a while you might hear your name called and people walking upstairs. Working at night in the old newspaper office you can hear footsteps running up or down six or so steps to and from the production area. Also, in the big storage room aka bowling alley, you can hear moans and see shadows when nothing is there. Up by the 5th grade there is a corner and if you are up there sometimes you can see a shadow around the corner and hear a moan but if you look around the corner nothing is there. If you are in the building at night, you can see weird shadows and sometimes hear voices and moaning. Bloomfield, Iowa, Davis County Middle School and Elementary If you go there at night and shut off your headlights there is a tree that looks like it is floating and has no base to it.? There used to be two trees right next to each other that looked that way, but one was cut down. Bertram, Iowa, Campbell Cemetery, trunkless tree Avon, Iowa, the trackĪpparition of a man holding an old lantern walking the tracks then disappears. You will hear footsteps in the rocks while they are pushing you. If you park your car on these tracks, turn it off, and put it in Neutral, little kids will push you off the tracks. Appanoose, Iowa, Centerville, railroad tracks The area with the trees is said to be an old Indian burial ground as is much of Anamosa. where it is said that many hangings occurred. Anamosa, Iowa, Holy Cross Cemeteryīehind this small graveyard on a hill, there is a grouping of trees that will lead you to one big tree. Rumor has it that the moan is the voice of the only woman to graduate from ISU and die in WWI. No one can figure out any logical reasons for this moan (and the college is flooded with engineering and architectural majors). There is a low, eerie moan that can constantly be heard in this hall. Pays tribute to graduates of Iowa State that died in various wars. Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University, Memorial Union Hall His presence is thought of, at least by dancers in the annual Nutcracker production, to be a sign of good luck for the performance. He can also be seen from the stage sitting in the back right corner of the third balcony whenever the house lights are on and the stage lights are low. Cold drafts and footsteps are among the ways he makes himself known. He is especially present in the basement tunnels that run between the auditorium and the coliseum and Fisher Building. The auditorium is haunted by the benevolent ghost of C. there is a stone that is said on the last minute of every year a light blue figure hovers over her grave. There is a path leading to the house with a No Trespassing sign on it and when you cross it the haunting starts. You can still see three ropes hanging from the rafters of the house. It is said that three teenagers hung themselves in an old brokenĭown house just off the Floyd River. The local fisherman who used to fish there say they have seen this boy walking on the bank of the pit when they yelled to him he seemed to have looked up and run back towards the river and disappear nobody knows what this boy’s name is or even his age. Algona, Iowa, Plum Creek Pitsīack in the far corner there has been a little boy said to be playing near the water’s edge legend has it that the little boy was running back to the river on the other side of the pits when he tripped on a stone and was stabbed by a stick he had fallen on. This is a favorite haunt for the local teens. Many ghostly figures have been seen hanging around, and if you cross the small fence and walk on the hallowed ground you will be cursed. It is said that when the Gypsy wagon trains would pass through town back in the 1800s, and one of their flock was sick and dying, instead of taking them further on the journey and not having Gypsy-hallowed ground to bury them in they would just bury them there, while still alive. Just north of town is a small graveyard with an even smaller graveyard fenced off toward the back. There’s a gazebo and there is said to be an old lady sitting in a rocking chair holding a baby. It's an old cemetery about 5 miles south of Ackley out in the country. View Gallery: Villisca ax murder house: Photos from the scene of Iowa's biggest mass killing Ackley, Iowa, Hazel Green Cemetery
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