You folks may want to spend the night in ROOM 129 at the Quality Inn, General Lee's Headquarters in Gettysburg (located on Seminary Ridge). You want to be scared out of your wits? That hotel is extremely haunted. I was getting ready for bed when I heard some strange tap-like sounds coming from a window near the bathroom. A few minutes went by, and I am busily repacking my duffle bag when I hear someone coming into the room….well it sounded that way: I heard the knob and dead bolt being very suddenly messed with and then the next split second as I am running toward the door to tell the people ," Hey, you've got the wrong room….it's occupied already!" the upper, horizontal latch swings open and the **** door literally bursts open. I am suddenly standing in my pajamas facing a parking lot and wondering who the hell tried to come in. Only problem, no breeze at all (it's July 7, 2010, a week after the official 147 year Battle of Gettysburg celebration) and it's a sweltering 80+ degrees outside, at night (it's 11:55pm). I felt a freezing area in the door way for a few seconds and then just the oppressive heat coming inside the opened door.

Here's what I think happened: my husband and I had just finished a Ghost Tour downtown Gettysburg. We had just come from Cemetary Ridge area where we'd gone up LeFever Street to a school now on the grounds of that horrible bloody field of battle 147 years ago. We were allowed to walk freely into the woods a ways after the tour broke up. Disappointed that we felt, yes, creeped out in those woods, but not seeing a ghost, we sauntered back to town and down toward our hotel. I remember saying to myself when I got back, "Gees, I can't believe we are leaving tomorrow without a paranormal experience. I can't believe this is our second, and last night, and nothing weird has happened." Well, about 5 minutes later I was starting to feel differently.

I believe that the ghost followed us back, or answered my wish to appear, and came out of the woods behind the hotel, into our room, and then promptly left at 11:55pm. Meaning, when I thought someone was coming in, all indications with regard to noisy door and locks actually sounded more like someone in a hurry to get out!!

I freaked at the thought, and I am still freaking out about it.

I'm SO glad you posted about this! I was told about it after the fact. I had wanted to speak with you personally so I could gather the facts and report it in my column here "Diary of a Haunted Hotel."

FYI, I have had the private, locked door in the lobby open many, many times (with the lock still in place). We have also been told of another similiar incident with a locked door in the Fireside Suite (located in the back of the hotel). So, I'm not surprised at all to learn about this. But, there is so much that goes on there that not much surprises me anymore.

Thanks again for posting your experience at Quality Inn at General Lee's Headquarters (where I work). It is an awesome place.

Carolyn

P.S. We have had tremendous activity in Room 135 (not far from your room) in the last two weeks. A full body apparition has been appearing. You will have to read about it in next month's edition of PUG's magazine to get the scoop!

I'd like to see something on the White House. Granted I think access is a little limited.

I am going to the White House in October. You do need to have your background check done many months in advance and you need to go thru one of your state's Congressmen to arrange an "invitation" of sorts. If I get the heebie jeebies from anything other than being in the vicinity of smarmy politicians I will let you know!

TONS AND TONS of pictures! Have a great trip!!

I'm going to suggest the USS Intrepid Air, Sea and Space museum docked on NYC's westside. It served throughout WW2 andwas the subject of Kamakazi attacks. I should look more into it and will post more.

I've been there a few times and didn't get any wierd feelings other then the sense of history but I haven't been back since it was taken out to dry dock and 're-furbished so maybe the work stirred up something?

Well, I went on vacation and saw so many amazing places. My tour of the White House was white washed so I didn't get neary a feeling in that place but I must say that Arlington Cemetery certainly exuded some very strong vibes for me. I also went on a ghost tour of DC on Halloween night and that was very interesting to hear the haunting tales of St. John's, WH, Decatur House, Dolly Madison and more. I will look thru my pictures and see if anything seems unusual.

As of late I would have to add the Historic Hotel Bethlehem that we did earlier this year. Sorry it isn't as spooky as some of the others but just as haunted I would think and very interesting.

It and it's property has a long history dating back to 1741 and stories from guests and staff are reported almost weekly to this day. Their guest list in the past century boasts people from Roosevelt to the Dali Lama. You can Google it but those stories fall far short of what goes on.