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Explore Haunted Places in Arkansas With New Web Section
The Ghosts of Arkansas Await Your Arrival....
| Source: Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
LITTLE ROCK, AR--(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - If you have nerves of steel, explore the
new "Haunted Arkansas" Web section www.Arkansas.com/haunted -- unveiled
just in time for Halloween!
Highlighted are haunted places in Arkansas, featuring Arkansas ghost towns, haunted houses, ghost tours,
legendary monsters and eerie lights.
Ghost sightings have been reported in many Arkansas public buildings.
Guests and staff of the 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka
Springs have reported seeing apparitions many times over the years. The
1905 Basin Park, sister hotel to the Crescent, is also reportedly haunted.
Both hotels offer daily ghost tours.
Forrest City's 1906 Rush-Gates House has had its share
of paranormal occurrences. Now the St. Francis
County Museum, it hosts "A Night at the Museum" periodic tours. Monticello's Allen House is an
impressive 1906 structure with its own frightening tales. Bestandworst.com
calls the home the "Most Haunted House in America." The owners of this
private residence offer tours by appointment year-round and special events
in October.
Gurdon and Crossett are famous for legends about mysterious lights -- tales about railroad workers
who were beheaded while working the rails. Witnesses claim the spirits use
lanterns to search for their severed appendages.
The historic King Opera House in Van Buren has been
adopted by the ghost of a young actor who was killed at the train depot a
few blocks away. According to experts, "ghosts have a tendency to drift
back to what anchored them to earth." Group tours are offered by
appointment.
Calico Rock offers the unique opportunity to visit the only ghost town,
Peppersauce Bottom, located within a living community. Don't miss what may
be the best-known Arkansas ghost town, the old zinc mining town of
Rush on the Buffalo National River.
Try spotting the White River and Fouke Monsters, celebrated in
Arkansas folklore. The White River creature has been described as "a
gigantic sea serpent-like beast." The Fouke Monster has been depicted as
"a hairy, ape-like creature that haunts the swampy Sulphur River bottoms in
Miller County."
Learn more about spooky places and haunted events in Arkansas.
