The ghost hunters wore masks as they crept through the old hotel, and their breath felt hot on their faces. Soon they would be standing in a pentagram on the empty top floor of the abandoned Palace Arms hotel, attempting to communicate with a dead woman. There would be a decaying body in the bathroom and three police officers waiting in the parking lot below. But they weren't there yet.The five-some snaked slowly through the dark hallways of the old building, following the beam of a flashlight. They each carried a gallon-sized Ziploc bag and a backpack. Their feet squished in wet carpet.If you squinted, you could see their eyes above the masks, flitting back and forth as shapes appeared out of the darkness. Old dressers and TVs and toilets cluttered the walkways of the hotel, which will be torn down soon. The hunters searched for signs of the otherworldly, breathing their hot breath.And you walked with them.Becca Nybeck walked into the newspaper office two weeks ago, and in a strong, deep voice asked to see the librarian. You formed an image of her in your mind, and when you turned to look at the counter you had to smile.

Nybeck was maybe 5 feet tall and wouldn't have weighed triple digits holding a watermelon.But she carried herself powerfully. She pulled back her long dark hair and asked her question.She wanted something no one else had ever requested. The woman desired to dig through the archives for information on everyone who died at the old hotel, because she wanted to cleanse the building of its spirits.

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This Palace Arms Hotel seems like a creepy place - not opened to the public anymore either by the sounds of things. I'd be a little nervous wandering around but it sounds like a person would never really have to worry about being alone.

This weekend my friend and I are going to wander the halls of Banff Springs Hotel....which is still open and operating - if anything happens, or we take an interesting pics, I'll be sure and post.

Haunted Visions visit Banff Springs

It opened in 1888!!!

History of Banff Springs Hotel

If anyone has any info to share about Banff Springs before we go, please do tell!!!!

Big deal. Real Scary. I talk with spirits all the time by means of a channeller. It's not scary; and it's not spooky. No candles, no spooky music, no dark places. Sometimes it's in the daytime - even at the grocery store. The idea that the spirit world is a scary place is a myth propogated in part by the Christain Church in all it's forms. I guess the dark side rules that church in a way, because it has been said long ago that the dark side is marked by ignorance and deception. And by the way, not so long from now, you will lose your body for one reason or another. Would you want to be called a "ghost" or a "spirit"? The answer is obvious: The term "ghost" is a derogatory term.