Hey fellow bloggers, so I was having trouble thinking of what to write about this week. I already made a post about leaf peeping and thinking about snow sports is far too soon, needless to say, I was at a loss. Thankfully, I finally got an idea.
Now that we are in the mist of October, everyone is excited about halloween. Dressing up, carving pumpkins, and going to haunted houses and hay rides are all the craze this time of year. Obviously none of that stuff relates to mountains, unless I made a ridiculous post about carving pumpkins to look like your favorite mountains like this one I found on Pinterest.
No worries though, I’m not that extra. The idea did make me wonder if there were such things as haunted hikes though. Hiking is all about relaxation for me so I typically don’t ponder over horrific events or things that might make a “thrilling” experience . I never made the connection that some hikes are dangerous enough to be a source of hauntings like the ones I love to read about in “Scary Stories to tell in the Dark” by Alvin Schwartz. I did some investigating and what I found was pretty cool.
It turns out that there are TONS of hikes in the U.S with spooky trails and ghostly tales. The scale of scary hikes ranges from hikes with reported ghost sightings to those whose swear the fallen victims of the climb call out to the passing hikers and sounds like wailing women. If you are interested in scary stories and enjoy hikes and want to learn more about the combination of the two, I suggest you check out the article I found that gives you some.