Every town has a legend. Every town
has a haunting story that gets told. I grew up in Evanston, Wyoming and one of
the most prominent stories that I remember is the one about the Chinese
Tunnels. Just outside of Evanston, off of I-80, exit 193 there are railroads.
If you go a little farther back you will see tunnels covering the tracks of the
railroad. Here is a little background history for you. Back in the late 1800’s
to early 1900’s the railroads were booming. In the midst of this boom there
were many Chinese workers working on this tunnel and if something were to
happen and these workers died, their bosses would simply throw them in the
concrete of the tunnel for filler for the walls of the tunnel and continue
working. I know this is tragic and sad and you would think that people would
just stay away right, because that is just gross. Well you know how teenagers
are, curious.
The legend has it that if you go to
these tunnels and walk around you can see shadows, see orbs in pictures, hear
the screaming and murmuring of the workers and some people have even gotten chased,
by some kind of spirit or thing, who really knows. So seeing as how me and my
friends were and still are teenagers we decided that it would be fun to go and
check out this legend and many other stories that we have heard. We go down to
the tracks one night after dark and turn off the truck. My friend, Brayden,
grabs her camera and starts taking pictures. After about ten minutes we don’t hear
anything standing outside of the tunnels so we decide to go inside. It was
freezing in there and as we stood there we started to hear sounds. I know it wasn’t
just me because I asked her if she heard it too. We stopped in our tracks and
just stood there. I got a creepy feeling and the hair on the back of my neck
and arms stood straight up. We continued to hear weird noises and as soon as we
started hearing footsteps we bolted.
We never looked at the pictures
while we were there but later that night we reviewed them. Surprisingly we did
see bright orbs or balls of light and shadows that we absolutely couldn’t
explain. In all honestly I thought this legend was a complete myth, but now I stand
corrected and I completely agree. Unfortunately I never got a copy of the
pictures, I’m not sure if it was because I didn’t want to be freaked out
forever or what, I do believe she still has them somewhere but she says she can’t
find them.
If you don’t believe me you can check out this site of
someone else that has experienced things in the tunnels as well.
Sarahbell.”Re: Hush”. Your Ghost Stories, Haunted Places, 16
January 2012 Web. 3 November 2013
This Second link will take you to google maps to show you kind of where the tunnels are.
http://www.gosur.com/en/point/2875811/
My name is Owen Chandler I as well grew up in Evanston Wy I'm not sure if you knew this but those tunnels are also referred to as Chinese tunnels but I have been in the real Evanston Chinese tunnels that run under front,main, and bear river drive from post office to the state hospital and to the old mill that was called the Jolly Roger inn when I was a kid they where built so the Chinese could do business on the white side of town with out being seen since it was illegal for them to do business in the open with white people
ReplyDeleteMy name is Owen Chandler I as well grew up in Evanston Wy I'm not sure if you knew this but those tunnels are also referred to as Chinese tunnels but I have been in the real Evanston Chinese tunnels that run under front,main, and bear river drive from post office to the state hospital and to the old mill that was called the Jolly Roger inn when I was a kid they where built so the Chinese could do business on the white side of town with out being seen since it was illegal for them to do business in the open with white people
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