A Story of a Ghost Experience

It was the summer before my freshman year. My mom and her friend decided that it would be fun to take a trip down to Bisbee, AZ. I friend of mine went with us. She had an obsession with ghosts. She was always one the look out for them. Also, she claimed that she could feel their spirits. We stayed at the Copper Queen Hotel. The stories that we heard about at the hotel made be believe in the supernatural.

At the Copper Queen Hotel it is said that there are three well known ghosts that occupy the hotel. First, we heard of a lady by the name of Julia Lowell. She was in her thirties and known for being a seen on Brewery Gulch. She often used the rooms at the hotel for her clients, until she fell in love with one. However, he wanted nothing to do with her, and she made the hotel her home. There is a room dedicated to her that it is said is the room she usually used for her clients. She is said to haunt the second and third floors. There were stories told of her whisper in men’s ears, dancing proactively, and tickling men's feet. There was another ghost the also occupied the second and third floors of the hotel.

      Another ghost was named Billy. He was said to be between eight and nine years old. He supposedly drowned in the San Pedro River. His mother or father was said to work at the Copper Queen Hotel. Billy is very mischievous. There are stories in a book at the hotel of him moving objects in the room from one table to another. Also, he is known for hiding peoples’ belongings. Often, his footsteps are heard running down the hallway and he is giggling. Billy is never seen, he is only heard.

     Unlike Billy, there is an old man that is seen. He is said to be tall, have long hair, a beard, black cape, and a top hat. He appears on the fourth floor right outside the Teddy Roosevelt room. My friend, my sister, and I all stayed in the Roosevelt room by ourselves. We stayed up all night thinking that we would have a supernatural experience. Just as we were finally shutting our eyes, we all smelled a strong fragrance of cigar smoke. Immediately, we went to open our door and saw no one in the hallway. The next morning we were talking of our experience, when an employee of the hotel overhead our conversation. She said that the old man ghost that is often seen by our room usually smells of cigars. Our stay at the Copper Queen Hotel opened my eyes to supernatural beings.