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Haunted Museum in Salt Lake City, Utah

Ancestors of Mormon Pioneers are justifiablypersisted  for  several  minutes.
proud of the heritage and history of the
brave people who settled Utah, Nevada andCapitol State Police are the security for the
California  in  the  1800s.Museum so they sent Officers to investigate
and found the Museum secure each time they
One terrific organization devoted tosaw unusual images or motion detectors went
preserving that heritage is the Daughters ofoff.
Utah  Pioneers.  Website  for  DUP.
In an interesting side story, the Museum
Maureen Smith, the vice president of thedirector speculates that she may know who it
Daughters of Utah Pioneers took a few minutesis  in  the  image.
to talk with me about the recent ghost
sightings  at  the  museum.20 Years ago a "sampler" was stolen from the
Museum. A "sampler" is an embroidered piece
On October 10, 2007 Utah Capitol State Policeof cloth that students of embroidery used to
saw an image on the monitors which come fromprove  that  they  knew  their  stitches.
the  Daughters  of  Utah  Pioneers  Museum.
A Museum staffer recognized the Sampler
One of the officers actually took a photo oflisted for sale on eBay, and that staffer
the image in the monitor, and gave the photocontacted eBay, and sent documentation that
to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum.Seethe item was stolen, so eBay contacted
the  image  here.seller. The eBay seller, who's family had
purchased the sampler in good faith years
The monitors are in the Utah Capitolearlier, immediately returned the sampler to
building, and the images come from theDaughters  of  Utah  Pioneers.
cameras in the Museum a few blocks away.
State Police watch the monitors, and respondDuring the interval of the images appearing
if  there  appears  to  be  an  intruder.to the State Police, and the return of the
sampler, a Custodian reported that on one
The image appeared four times over an 8 daynight he saw a young lady, dressed in black
period, and always appeared between aboutsitting  on  a  bench  in  the  museum foyer.
11:00 PM and 3:00 AM. During these hours the
Museum is closed and empty, no one is insideThe custodian explained that the museum was
accept  cleaning  or  maintenance.closed and she must leave, he unlocked and
opened the front door for her, she never
During this 8 day period the motion detectorsspoke but arose and walked out the door, BUT
in the Museum were set off several times, andNOT DOWN THE STEPS! The girl floated above
the image appeared 4 times. The ghostly imagethe steps, and sidewalk, until she
appeared without setting off motion detectorsdisappeared!
sometimes, other times motion detectors went
off  without  showing  the  image.This story was brought to our attention by
Carolyn Richardson, a Daughter of a Utah
Each time the image was seen it looked likePioneer. The story originally appeared in
the same person, and the image alwaystheir newsletter.



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