| Ancestors of Mormon Pioneers are
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| | always persisted for several minutes.
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| justifiably proud of the heritage and
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| | Capitol State Police are the security for
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| history of the brave people who settled
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| | the Museum so they sent Officers to
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| Utah, Nevada and California in the 1800s.
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| | investigate and found the Museum secure
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| One terrific organization devoted to
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| | each time they saw unusual images or
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| preserving that heritage is the Daughters
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| | motion detectors went off.
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| of Utah Pioneers. Website for DUP.
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| | In an interesting side story, the Museum
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| Maureen Smith, the vice president of the
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| | director speculates that she may know who
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| Daughters of Utah Pioneers took a few
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| | it is in the image.
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| minutes to talk with me about the recent
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| | 20 Years ago a "sampler" was stolen from
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| ghost sightings at the museum.
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| | the Museum. A "sampler" is an embroidered
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| On October 10, 2007 Utah Capitol State
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| | piece of cloth that students of
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| Police saw an image on the monitors which
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| | embroidery used to prove that they knew
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| come from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
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| | their stitches.
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| Museum.
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| | A Museum staffer recognized the Sampler
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| One of the officers actually took a photo
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| | listed for sale on eBay, and that staffer
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| of the image in the monitor, and gave the
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| | contacted eBay, and sent documentation
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| photo to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
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| | that the item was stolen, so eBay
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| Museum.See the image here.
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| | contacted seller. The eBay seller, who's
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| The monitors are in the Utah Capitol
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| | family had purchased the sampler in good
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| building, and the images come from the
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| | faith years earlier, immediately returned
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| cameras in the Museum a few blocks away.
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| | the sampler to Daughters of Utah
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| State Police watch the monitors, and
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| | Pioneers.
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| respond if there appears to be an
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| | During the interval of the images
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| intruder.
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| | appearing to the State Police, and the
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| The image appeared four times over an 8
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| | return of the sampler, a Custodian
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| day period, and always appeared between
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| | reported that on one night he saw a young
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| about 11:00 PM and 3:00 AM. During these
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| | lady, dressed in black sitting on a bench
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| hours the Museum is closed and empty, no
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| | in the museum foyer.
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| one is inside accept cleaning or
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| | The custodian explained that the museum
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| maintenance.
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| | was closed and she must leave, he
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| During this 8 day period the motion
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| | unlocked and opened the front door for
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| detectors in the Museum were set off
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| | her, she never spoke but arose and walked
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| several times, and the image appeared 4
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| | out the door, BUT NOT DOWN THE STEPS! The
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| times. The ghostly image appeared without
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| | girl floated above the steps, and
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| setting off motion detectors sometimes,
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| | sidewalk, until she disappeared!
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| other times motion detectors went off
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| | This story was brought to our attention
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| without showing the image.
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| | by Carolyn Richardson, a Daughter of a
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| Each time the image was seen it looked
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| | Utah Pioneer. The story originally
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| like the same person, and the image
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| | appeared in their newsletter.
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