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| The Brook Forest Inn is southwest of Evergreen |
It was the summer of 1943 near Evergreen, Colorado and the Brook Forest Inn was a luxury resort nestled in a stand of lodgepole pine at the base of Black Mountain. Carl was at work in the nearby livery stable when he learned that his wife, Jessica, had been unfaithful. Jessica also worked at the inn and she was preparing the Monte Carlo Room for that evening’s guests. Carl stormed in, confronted her and a violent altercation ensued. Fueled by a jealous rage, Carl strangled Jessica to death. Overcome with guilt, Carl returned to the stable, constructed a rope noose and promptly hung himself. The stunning tragedy shocked the idyllic mountain community. A few years earlier, before the outbreak of World War II, a suspicious group of German tourists checked into the hotel. They claimed to be on a bicycle tour of America. Come to find out, they were actually spies. They used the place as a headquarters while they studied and mapped the United States for Adolph Hitler. It is reported that the dining room carpet covered a large swastika painted on the floor. To this day, it is believed that Nazi gold from Hitler’s personal war chest is buried somewhere in the labyrinth of secret rooms and tunnels that are now sealed off, underground, beneath the resort complex. Not long after Carl’s murder/suicide, a small child became sick and died from influenza in one of the third floor rooms. That’s when mysterious occurrences started to be documented. Visitors on the third floor have heard children giggling, running up and down hallways, and knocking on the doors even though no children were in the hotel at the time. Carl’s spirit has been seen prowling throughout the inn on several occasions. Neighbors have reported seeing a full apparition of a woman on the Monte Carlo Suite balcony when the resort was known to be vacant. Other reports include the smell of rotting flesh, objects moving on their own, light anomalies and ghostly sounds. Ghosts are defined as the spirits of dead people that for some reason are “trapped” between this plane of existence and the next, often as a result of some tragedy or trauma. Do I believe the Brook Forest Inn is haunted? I don’t know for sure, I’ve never actually stayed overnight there. The Rocky Mountain Paranormal Research Society recently investigated the claimed paranormal events and concluded – “With the data obtained thus far there is something unusual (whether manmade, nature, or supernatural) occurring at the Brook Forest Inn.” Locals will tell you as well, “There’s something strange going on up there at The Brook.”
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| The inn is nestled in a lodgepole pine forest |
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| Nazi gold may be buried in the catacomb |
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| Mysterious occurrences have been documented |
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| After the murder, Carl returned to the livery |
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| Neighbors have seen an apparition |
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| The interior front lobby of the inn |
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| There may be something supernatural |
