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Haunting tales lurk in North Idaho

DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 3 months AGO
by DEVIN WEEKS
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | October 15, 2022 1:06 AM

Hairs prickle on the back of the neck while wandering through the Museum at the Brig in Farragut State Park.

If you listen closely, you can almost hear the past on replay, the footfalls of the thousands of young men and women who lived, trained and worked there when Farragut was a Naval training station.

If you listen even closer, some say you can hear voices whisper German words, perhaps spiritual residue leftover from prisoners of World War II who found themselves imprisoned in the middle of nowhere in North Idaho. Some have reported seeing the specter of a German soldier watching from a window. Orbs, which some believe are manifestations of spiritual energy, have been caught on camera. People have heard a cell door clanging even when the cells are still. The collection of historical items only adds to the creep factor, items emitting their own energy from a bygone era, or perhaps drawing close the ghosts of those who once used, wore or treasured those items. Some have reported these objects moving on their own, touched by unseen hands.

Eerie tales lurk in the darkest corners of North Idaho. This Halloween season, share yours with us.

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North Idaho is home to locations loaded with local lore, haunted histories and spooky stories. Share your terrifying tales with paranormal reporter Devin Weeks. Email dweeks@cdapress.com or call 208-664-8176 x 1111. Happy haunting.

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