There's also the ghost of a Native American woman who's often found crying around the grounds. One ghost, described as the "Lady in White," is usually seen standing around the entrance of Colossal Cave. The shadowy figure of a man has been spotted inside the cave and believed to be a one of the robbers looking for his lost loot. Today, you can take tours of Colossal Cave and camp near the surrounding area.įour ghosts are thought to call this place home: Some even say part of that stolen fortune could still be hidden somewhere in the cave. In the late 1800s the cave was a hideout for bandits who held up a train near Tucson and escaped with $72,000 wroth of gold and currency, according to the cave's history. Tucson Citizen fileĬolossal Cave, on the outskirts of Tucson, has an epic history fit for the movies. Visitors explore Colossal Cave in January, 1954. To this day workers still find butter knives in random places all over the hotel. Vince was known to be a fix-it man who was constantly borrowing butter knives from the restaurant. ![]() One of the rooms is also the permanent home of Vince Szuda, a longterm guest who checked in during the late 1950s and lived in the hotel, at a set rate of $7 a day, until his death in 2001. Some guests who stayed in this room claimed to have seen her ghostly figure in the bathroom and hear strange noises. Room 242 is believed to be the home of a female spirit who shot herself in the head during a SWAT standoff in the mid 90s. It's also said that when you look toward the entrance of the room the floor appears to be slanted to the left even though it's level. Room 214 is said to host a guest who died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound, but the date of this incident has never been specified. Two rooms in the hotel have been linked to suicides. "One night, someone asked me for the woman desk-clerk they had just spoken to," said Oseran, "but we only had a male desk-clerk working that night, so I knew it was one of our ghosts." In a 2003 interview with the Arizona Daily Star, Hotel Congress co-owner Shana Oseran mentioned a time when a spirit came to the aid of a guest. Some of the most notable spirits include a man who is often seen peering from a second-story window, a maid who is always cleaning and a man with a top hat who struts around the lobby. Hotel Congress is believed to be home to a number of supernatural guests. They did have some of the best stuffies in their gift shop also.A fireworks party with live music runs till 11 at Hotel Congress. So take the family, cool off in a cave, and have an ice cream□ afterwards. The nature trail view is beautiful, there were a few cactus blooming but only got to see a small lizard no mountain lions or snakes this trip. I absolutely loved the combination of history and geology wrapped into one. But know those stairs are mostly spread out and not all at once. Maybe it was because I tried to see if there truly were 343(?) stairs and hiking and counting tripped me up. But I was a goofball show off who got burned. And Saida gifted me some water to help me out. ![]() ![]() The last trek back up the stairs, we initially went down, were a little tough. We enjoyed the tour and it wasn’t too long or hard for my weak lungs. ![]() There were no promises of Bats but it would’ve been nice to awaken them. She was very upbeat the entire time, informative and had a few cool tricks up her sleeve.
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