Ghosts in Utah
Just like many western states, Utah has its share of creepy ghost stories, like the white lady of Latuda.
Today, the coal camps of the 1800s are no more than ghost towns. Little is left of these ghost towns; many choked out by the sagebrush, or lost in the depth of some canyon.
One such Utah ghost story is that of the white lady that haunts the ghost town of Latuda, located in Carbon County, up Spring Canyon.
At one time the mine near Latuda, also known as Liberty, once employed over 100 men, and the community grew to include shops, and other businesses. The town was estimated to have a population of 400 during its heyday, and for a mining camp this was quite large.
Life was great for those in Latuda; that was until disaster struck in 1927, when several avalanches came down the canyon walls to destroy a number of homes, and killed several people.
Although the town would still exist for a few more decades, it did eventually fade away and by the late 1960s there was little left but the abandoned mine, and the mining company building.
For years it has been rumored that a lady in white haunts the ruins of this ghost town, she can be seen wandering the town, as well as the mine.
The most common explanation for the ghost known as the lady in white of Latuda, is that she was a young mother, who had on that fateful day in 1927 left her child sleeping at home while she ran a quick errand at the general store.
After the avalanche killed her child, she hung herself in the upper floors of the mine office.
Many people have reported seeing this ghost, including hikers, and those who have lived in the area for years.
To this day the lady in white walks the streets of this ghost town, seemingly unaware that the town now lay in ruins.
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Strange UFO Sightings in Utah
UFO Sightings in Utah
In the early 1980s someone told me about a very strange experience they had with a UFO in Utah.
Though their story was told to me in 1983, it had taken place a few years earlier.
This person told me that while walking near 12th street in Ogden, Utah they sighted, what appeared to be a very large, floating white bag.
The diameter of this object was 5 feet.
Along with this person was a friend; so two people witnessed this Unidentified Flying Object.
These two witnesses were curious about how this large bag looking thing was floating, as there was no wind that night.
They began to follow the object, and as they followed, it began to move away, toward Ogden Canyon.
A little mystified, the duo decided to toss rocks at the object; when they hit it they heard a distinct metallic sound and suddenly the object began to illuminate from within.
Within moments the object began to move quickly up the canyon, disappearing.
A Similar UFO Sighting in Utah
I have to admit that the story was so strange that I didn’t pay to much attention to it, that was until I heard a very similar story, 20 years later, of a UFO in an area very close to this original sighting. According to the story, this would have also taken place in the late 1970s.
This story begins with two friends returning to Ogden from Evanston Wyoming, by way of Monte Cristo. When coming from Wyoming to Ogden you would enter this road from the opposite side of the canyon from the other UFO sighting.
These two friends were driving near Pine View Reservoir on their way home to the Ogden area.
The passenger was asleep at the time of the incident, but was quickly startled awake by what happened next.
The driver of the truck explains that it was very dark that night, though they were not far from the bar known as Chris’; suddenly a large white object that resembled a plastic bag floated onto the road, in front of the truck.
Hitting the breaks instinctively, the witness was still unable to keep from hitting the white, floating object. Surprisingly, when they hit the object, there was a tremendous crash, and the truck was jarred, just as if they’d collided with a heavy metal object.
At this point the passenger was startled awake by the crash; the driver pulled off to the side of the road so that the two of them could search the area and determine what it was they’d hit.
Although they search in all directions from the truck, they could find nothing to indicate what the flying object was.
The people who told me these stories did not, and still do not know each other, and neither one of these people knew of the other’s sighting.
If anyone else has ever witnessed something like this, I would very much like to hear from you. Please email me your story here.
In the early 1980s someone told me about a very strange experience they had with a UFO in Utah.
Though their story was told to me in 1983, it had taken place a few years earlier.
This person told me that while walking near 12th street in Ogden, Utah they sighted, what appeared to be a very large, floating white bag.
The diameter of this object was 5 feet.
Along with this person was a friend; so two people witnessed this Unidentified Flying Object.
These two witnesses were curious about how this large bag looking thing was floating, as there was no wind that night.
They began to follow the object, and as they followed, it began to move away, toward Ogden Canyon.
A little mystified, the duo decided to toss rocks at the object; when they hit it they heard a distinct metallic sound and suddenly the object began to illuminate from within.
Within moments the object began to move quickly up the canyon, disappearing.
A Similar UFO Sighting in Utah
I have to admit that the story was so strange that I didn’t pay to much attention to it, that was until I heard a very similar story, 20 years later, of a UFO in an area very close to this original sighting. According to the story, this would have also taken place in the late 1970s.
This story begins with two friends returning to Ogden from Evanston Wyoming, by way of Monte Cristo. When coming from Wyoming to Ogden you would enter this road from the opposite side of the canyon from the other UFO sighting.
These two friends were driving near Pine View Reservoir on their way home to the Ogden area.
The passenger was asleep at the time of the incident, but was quickly startled awake by what happened next.
The driver of the truck explains that it was very dark that night, though they were not far from the bar known as Chris’; suddenly a large white object that resembled a plastic bag floated onto the road, in front of the truck.
Hitting the breaks instinctively, the witness was still unable to keep from hitting the white, floating object. Surprisingly, when they hit the object, there was a tremendous crash, and the truck was jarred, just as if they’d collided with a heavy metal object.
At this point the passenger was startled awake by the crash; the driver pulled off to the side of the road so that the two of them could search the area and determine what it was they’d hit.
Although they search in all directions from the truck, they could find nothing to indicate what the flying object was.
The people who told me these stories did not, and still do not know each other, and neither one of these people knew of the other’s sighting.
If anyone else has ever witnessed something like this, I would very much like to hear from you. Please email me your story here.
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