Does Borderland have any places that are haunted?

Yes definately some very haunted places. If you look up into the top windows of the court house on a night that has a moon, especially a full moon, you will see the ghost of a man that was "hung" many years ago. They say he walks the streets late at night when its cold and raining. Also, many won't know this, but the biggest and most haunted of all houses was the old house that used to stand on the southwest side of HWY53 on the corner between Rogers corner and Ericsburg just south about a 1/4 mile south of the rat root river. A new house is on this property now but the old trees and I think an old white pine is still standing. It was even officialy called the "ghost house". I once seen 13 ghosts fly straight through the roof of this old house late at night. Tonight is an especially ghosty night for downtown, for sure. It is well known that on Halloween night, you never walk down main street on the sidewalk next to the old buildings. The meanest and baddest of ghosts hang out in the "dark" entry ways of those old buildings and will grab you and take you upstairs into their lairs. It would be awful. I hear they will bite you on the neck and suck all your blood out--while you are still alive. When you wake up, back on the side walk, all your blood will have been replaced with green blood from toads. I don't know if thats all true, its just what I hear. Walk down main street tonight if you don't believe me and see for yourself if you don't see ghosts in some of the upstairs windows. If you walk downtown tonight you better walk close to the curb or even on the street or they will get you. There are other specific buildings that are known to be haunted in town also but due to the fact that people still live in these houses I would not want to mention them, at this time. One thing I know is true, for sure this is true, if you look under the bridge on Halloween night, you will see a man sitting on the rock pile under the bridge, holding his head in his arms and feeding himself candy that he got from various houses in town during the night. If his eyes see your eyes then your house will be the first house he visits next year. Happy Halloween

Thanks Laurel. I always wanted to start a blog about this! Good night to do it...

I don't know how much of what Anton says is true, but I have heard the courthouse one. Apparently they actually used that as a gallows at one time.

I had a hair-raising experience in the basement of Backus two years ago. I was waiting out front to pick up my daughter from basketball. Kids were coming out and getting in their parents' cars, but after a few minutes, still no child. So, I went in and the whole building was dark. Where could she be?? I headed to the basement where the showers are located. Pitch black. Creepy. I thought, "There's got to be a light switch around here somewhere!!" I could hear the boiler going and was using my right hand to guide me along the wall thinking I would either come across a lightswitch or the locker room. When WHAM! Something ran into my left side, past me, and knocked me back onto the wall. Scared the bejeebers out of me! There was nothing in that loooonnnng hallway that I could've run into (I got some courage to check when my daughter was with me :-).

The old Kettle Falls Motel is quite haunted. At night you can still hear the piano playing...

I have heard stories of ghosts being seen in Ericsburg.

I-Falls is becoming a ghost town...does that count?

He is!! He authored a good fairy tale about the beginning of International Falls!! LOL

There is a ghost of a woman name Mable that haunts Kmart. She is only active at night. Especially after the store closes, when the overnight crew is there. She would move objects and throw items on the floor when there is no way that item could fall on its own. Sometimes you will hear a woman whispering in the next isle. When you go look there is no one around. But she is a friendly ghost.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the ghost, Bob, from Island View Lodge. The fishing guides should have lots of stories about him and also the waitresses and bartenders.