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The Possible Haunts at the Inn |
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FACT: Original Owners of the Inn the Welz's had at least one child a son. Born on June 11, 1911 who passed away at the Inn on March 25 1922. At ten years old, he died of Pnemonia. The ashes of Mrs. Welz were scattered on the grounds. Before the Inn was built, the land was a Yute Indian ceremonial ground. URBAN LEGEND: The story of a small child who passed away on the third fllor of the Inn, possibly of Influenza. He is said to roam the third floor knocking on doors and running up and down the hallway. Carl the stable hand was rumored to have strangled his significant other, the chamber maid, in the Monte Carlo. Legend then states that Carl went up the street to the stables and hung himself. A full apparition of a woman has been seen outside the Monte Carlo on the balcony. Neighbors have seen people walking on the second floor in the two rooms that face the street as well as walking on the balcony when the Inn was empty. Prior to World War II, the Inn was a meeting place for the Nazi Bund. Stories have been told of how the dining room carpet covered a large swastika painted on the floor. Rumor also had it that large sum of Bund gold was buried in or near the Inn at the outbreak of the war. Tales of murder involving Bund members and of a secret burial in the Inn have also been told. Previous owner Betty Atencio tells a tale of guests staying on the third floor alone vacant of any other guests. One morning when the Inn's only guests were leaving their room to come down for breakfast they were confronted by a man that was very pale, who said nothing, but stood in their way. When the guests finally came down and reported the rude stranger the Inn manager reported that no one else was in the building. Later that evening when the guests visited the Brook Sports bar downstairs they recognized the stranger in a picture hung by the bar. Ironically though the person in the picture was a previous employee of the Inn and had been dead for several years. In a conversation with MH Crain, she remembers that Liberace used to stay at the Brook Forest Inn and he would come shopping in the village of Evergreen and found unique Christmas Ornaments. Finally the oldest tale told is one of Jesse James and his supposed visit to the Brook Forest area in 1876 after the Northfield, Minnesota Bank robbery to bury the loot for safekeeping. |
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Patrick Basford - Member |
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These photos were taken in room 35, or the attic storage room. Patrick was very startled to see the word 'Pat' written on a mirror covered in dust, with arrows pointing upwards and towards the window behind Elisha. He, out of instinct, took at photo in that area and what appeared as a reflection in window was truly startling. One of the legends of the BFI is the stable hand that murdered the chamber maid, and then proceeded to hang himself in the barn. You can clearly see what looks like a hanging skeleton with a decomposing mans face, deformed (not a skull), appearing to be hanging from the rafters of the attic room. |
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American Association of Paranormal Investigators 