We started off really strong against Klean King even pulling out ahead stocked with new players, talented subs and quite the arsenal. As a matter in fact we came out swinging and were controlling the game. It was a real defensive battle at first the team during warm up at least those that showed early enough had a chance to work on a 3-2 defense which worked for awhile then it begin to crumble and they simply kept pounding through the circle putting in buckets. We simply were not scoring to match them either which has attributed to three of our losses because we can miss 30 maybe even more times a game which is a huge loss in points for us. They are an ninth seed out of eleven teams in the league and they broke out against us. However, their was some great steals, rebounds, defensive plays, good shots and we were more aggressive compared to other games as you can tell. Tammy who watches my cam makes sure its always running but had to work late so towards the beginning of the second period after scoring a three point while playing for awhile I went to the cam realizing it missed about eight minutes of our game sorry everyone. You will see me walk away from the camera because during the game I went to check on it realizing I had not seen Tammy yet and sure enough I was right it was off. This team will be back next year and will have our chance again because will be a smarter, closer and wiser team by studying this footage along with their systematic style of play. This was a hard loss for me as a coach because even when I switched man to man we still had some opponents wide open to many times therefore that tells me we just have to improve. So more work will need to be done to improve the defense and work towards consistency in those much more closer battles under the net offensively in regards to scoring more often. The referee was not doing a great job with this game we had guys pushed, elbowed and tripped up nothing was called by him. Sometimes it only takes a ref who is not doing a bang up job to effect the game entirely and its outcome. To make matters worst the score keepers shorted us some points which would not effected the outcome of the game but still they need to stay off their cell phones. I think that goes for any game they are supposed to be monitoring.

Great news everyone the schedules for our upcoming basketball season are out as of this evening. With that being said our first official game of the season is March 2nd 7:30pm against Bangarang and for us its an away game so will be wearing red while home games are black. The schedule is for our teams players, friends and there families! The schedule runs through March and April however it does not include the playoffs or consolation games. In addition to finding the schedule here you can also find it on our teams page at http://paranormalghostsociety.org/PGSPhantomsSchedule.htm all games will be held at the MAC Center located at 1860 Russell Way, Carson City, NV 89706

Footage from our pre-season basketball game against Supreme Barbershop who last year were known as the Thunder. Games against this team are always full of action, fast paced and competitive. This film is actually a composite of three games against them on 2/27/20 but not the entire game because I cant always be available to check the cam. Our team is coming together really nice we have plenty of talent, hard working players and the fact is were going to be successful like the game play your seeing here. Plenty of good passes, defense, shots and great team work. Very proud of my team and it shows in this game as I come up big at the very end with a three pointer bank shot with an awesome pass from Anthony for the win! When I coach my players I always teach them shooting is an art if you set it up you will come up with big plays when you need it most rather then force it so I am very proud of my guys will have an upcoming disciplined season where we can show off some of our talents as a team. Everyone Contributed! Plenty more games coming your way our first official game starts March 2nd GO PHANTOMS only at the MAC in Carson City.



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**NEW** Edition On Our Site "Bowman Lake" It Truly Is Paradise....

This truly is a remarkable place and one of my more favorite lakes in the high sierras. Its also in the Grouse Ridge area which has an unusually high amount of Bigfoot strangeness more so then almost any other part of California. But it also is a place of paradise full of reptiles, beautiful birds, flowers etc. I love it up here definitely a place worthy of our website all within the Tahoe National Forest.

I am very excited to get this out to all of you while I am struggling to get things added to the website I do add great things which are worth enjoying. I did Bowman Lake a couple years ago but I also visited it recently when I was visiting another lake near it which both trips had some good Bigfoot experiences.

People really don't understand that were more then just a simple paranormal group. We have so many different aspects to what we do and are trying to do. I do not expect others to understand or get it they cant not unless they been following our work for years and actually look at the projects we do.

I wish I had gotten this out a few days ago but honestly I am sick and every time I feel better it comes back a day or two even more harder at me. Yesterday I broke my finger during basketball practice so even typing this is super difficult sighs. But I am here and telling you that you should check this out.

You can do so directly at http://www.paranormalghostsociety.org/BowmanLakeCalifornia.htm or you can check it out reading the epilogue in the investigation archives which you may come across many other great projects we worked on in:

Gateway 4/Portal 27

Bowman Lake Prologue Page
Bowman Lake Team Stills
Bowman Lake Team Exploration Gallery
Bowman Lake Adventures of Rocky and Rascal
Bowman Lake Encampment
Bowman Lake Jackson Creek
Bowman Lake Bowman Falls
Bowman Lake Sawmill Lake
Bowman Lake Tahoe National Forest
Bowman Lake Scenic Gallery
Bowman Lake Nature Gallery
Bowman Lake Videos
Bowman Lake Expedition One

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You will really like this addition believe me then again all of our additions on our website are like this one just overall great stuff. Our next addition that will come out is the semi ghost town of Graniteville which has a nice cemetery in the woods. So I may or may  not have it out by the end of the week depends on how I feel but it is I can tell you off the bat being worked on as we speak.

Make sure you check out our work regularly we do not operate off of social media so you will never see anything unless you go to our site. That is why we pay for the site and have it to host our work give our viewers something extra. Have a great evening!
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Our Adventure At The Golden Gate Mine Camp & Antelope Valley On - 11/23/19

One reason I have grown to love the month of November is that its the perfect time of year to get up to some ghost towns. Its also a time where I bust out my bad Santa beard and kick off the holiday season its all good fun! As a paranormal investigator I am equally an explorer and yes I explore anything and everything. However, my goal while living here in Nevada is to experience the wild west which means mining camps, mines, mills, ghost towns, cabins, caves and everything else in between. November for me signifies every year a huge month for us because we always put a cool project together in this case the Golden Gate Mining Camp and Antelope Valley Cemetery.

Antelope Valley was named that for its herd of antelope which btw have been wiped out in this region. More then likely early ranchers and miners hunted them till there was no herd and they probably went further up into central Nevada. The valley is quite intriguing as to the west are forested mountains while to the east are high desert mountains. So the forest does meet the high desert here so you get to enjoy the best of both worlds.

The valley does include the towns of Coleville and Walker both historic. While at one time they played a part in being mining towns along the Walker River are now today ranching towns. Their are many ranches within the valley which stretches 14 miles this includes Lake Topaz which half of the lake is in Nevada the other half California. It is truly a wonder and fairly close to where I live so its nothing to get up here in fairly a short time.

You can go up above the valley in the Monitor Pass if you do not mind heights, cliffs with no guard rails and curves. Once you get to the top of the pass the views put the entire valley into perspective. The Pass is an eighteen mile span reaching over 8,500 a few thousand feet above the lake. The pass is named after the ghost town of Monitor which I did about five to six years ago however the Washington fire has burnt down anything substantial.

This is an old area the first explorer that came through the area was in 1827 it also was a home to the Paiutes who hunted the antelope here. But once mining camps were built many of the natives were chased off the land so that ranchers could graze their livestock like cattle for example. Some of the natives in fact worked at some of the mining camps and probably the Golden Gate because they had nowhere to go. While some mining was done in the mid 1800's real intense mining begin above the valley in a forested location called Mill Canyon.

Its said that when the ten stamp mill which was powered by water pulverized the ore it could be heard in the valley below. I am glad this mining camp is preserved I really am but so little remains of it that is because the canyon has had two devastating avalanches in 1911 which destroyed the bunk house, stable and water plant equipment. Another one finished off the boarding house, various buildings and even the mill. Some of the sites had to be rebuilt only to be hit again by avalanches. The storm of 1911 may not have killed miners up at the Golden Gate but nine died in it elsewhere up in another ghost town we are familiar with and explored called Masonic.

My goal on this exploration was to explore the Golden Gate Mining Camp which has had some restoration work to try to preserve it. Its a ghost town you can visit in a Subaru even a car really compared to some of the longer more rugged dirt roads we take this one is rather mild. Honestly, in my opinion I think its a bit touristy lots of plaques which are very educational that talk about the camp, mine and structures. I think its a great opportunity for newer folks who are new to ghost towning and want something they can start off with that is not to difficult. I had this place on my radar for many years trust me but I just have not had the time to make a trek up here because I been working on more advanced ghost town projects.

I also took on this exploration because it was a few days till Thanksgiving and I wanted to get some fresh air do some adventuring. Every holiday I try to put out a special project with us hitting some 65 degree days how can we not be out hiking in this beautiful area? Also we were on a mission to find the perfect Christmas Tree so my plan was to explore the mining camp, visit the cemetery at the bottom of the canyon and then head up on the Monitor Pass to explore the Toiyabe and ElDorado National Forest for a tree so that by Thanksgiving we would have it lit majestically for our family coming to visit for the holidays. Believe it or not it can take a few hours to find the perfect tree which may require hiking, climbing, offroading and further exploring. With the days being shorter this was no easy task we would have to head out into the night so that by sunup we were there and it worked out nicely for us. Our November journey would begin one that would take us through the high desert into the forest.

Golden Gate Mine Camp

When you first turn off you are entering an area that is a large expanse but it narrows as you go into the canyon up into the higher sierras. You will climb over 1500' above this valley but its only a few miles unlike some ghost towns which can be thirty miles from the nearest services. As you climb you are leaving the town of Walker to your back and the views up here are just amazing especially when the sun rises in the east over the desert. Many of the peaks afar were snowcapped one of them is an extinct volcano with a sharp peak while the canyon was foggy and snowy ahead. There were dark clouds looming over the area not so much though over Antelope Valley so in a sense we were heading into the storm.

In the open expanse you can see an abandoned house its just a shell I did not check it out one road I took ended with brush. I walked up the road found a cattle loader and corral which appeared to be recently used. Their was actually some cow pies around this area but again the other road was overgrown and I was not going to bushwhack my way out to it so I photographed it afar then proceeded to head up into the canyon. Eventually it does ascend and it gets very narrow this is why living here was so dangerous because the canyon is full of rocky cliffs and in the winter said cliffs collect quite a bit of snow which in turn leads to avalanches funneling there way down the canyon with no escape from them. This time we were lucky the snow on some of the cliffs and peaks was minimal so we went up into the canyon without any issues.

To your right you will come up on a few remnants of the town or camp one structure being the boarding or bunk house. This is where the miners slept at night during their time off. Other miners probably had cabins also but just about everything is gone. The bunk house does stand as a matter in fact its two stories high but a portion of the bottom floor is filled in with earth and debris. The avalanche hit this structure while miners were inside luckily they were not killed but snow and dirt came right through the windows and it had to be one hell of a frightening experience for them. If you are careful and don't mind climbing wood beams since the stairs are in bad shape you can go into the second story which is wide open on the back side. From the upstairs you can get a nice view of Antelope Valley below.

If you head east just down a short hill about twenty feet away is another wood structure only this one is collapsed. All that stands is the upper part or the roof sitting on a pile of wood boards. The site is very scattered all you have to do is look on the ground and you can tell this was an area of plenty of activity. You will see piles of bean cans, rusty pieces of metal and wood just about anywhere you walk. The road from here only gets steeper as you go on and in this case it was covered in a sheet of ice with fresh snow flurries coating it so my truck struggled to get into the canyon and it became a little risky which ill get into later in this report.

So we spent our time examining the remnants of the Maintenance Shed which a few years ago was standing. People continue to remove things from these ghost towns such as burning wood beams they take from the structures for firewood when camping up here and really it pisses me off to see that. I see burnt beams and vandalism nearly in every ghost town I go to that is why we document these locations because one day they may  not exist ya know? So I made sure to take plenty of video, photos and EVP. Above all I am a ghostbuster so I enjoy gathering ghostly evidence in these locations thus my EMF detector at times did go off and eventually ill review the EVP to see if we captured anything its all touch and go.

If you hike across the road from the bunk house there are smaller paths through the woods which can take up to the creek where I found some waterfalls. Actually this was a cascade set of falls with multiple levels. Across from the creek nearby were cliffs of the canyon this part of the canyon is very narrow. But the rushing water and seeing this creek flow was a treat. Also in the woods was remnants of what appears to be an old water tank and an iron bar protruding from the rocks. I believe the big open areas cleared of trees and brush in the woods may have been miner cabin sites. I found piles of rocks and such back in the woods even some wood boards but its sparse.

Further up the road to your right is what is left of the ten stamp mill which crushed the ore. High above in the canyon is the mine or rather five adit tunnels some range 1800 in depth. They ore then would be transported down to a 2,300 foot tramway to the mill I was standing in front of. This mill was water powered they may have even utilized the creek within the canyon as a power source. The stamps came down crushed the ore then they would use mercury to extract it. The mill is really gone minus the stamps and this portion of the mill which had been destroyed previously in avalanches. Between 1912 and 1912 six thousand eight hundred and forty eight tons of ore were crushed at this site. Despite the hardships the mines here brought in millions over 12 million in gold and silver at this location.

I did explore the mill site there was some iron piece of equipment on the ground in front of it, pieces of sheet metal or rather aluminum off used in early mining camps, wood beams and a few stone walls. There is a wood chute on top of the stamps and since its built in a hill side the ore makes its way down to the stamps for brushing. You can go behind the stamps at the bottom if you wish to explore the inner workings or go up the hill to the second story and go above the stamps. I did not do so because the wood boards were weak and just laying across the beams. I learned my lesson because at the bunk house I nearly fell through the second floor my foot went through the floor total accident was staying on beams and near one of the windows it was weak. So when it came to the mill I just peered into the second level leading above the stamps

To the left of the chutes and stamps is a giant cog, gears and a wheel. You can see more machinery if you can get underneath it all at the very bottom of it. Across from the mill is a stone pillar with a plaque on it. The brush has grown around it so you may miss it if you do not pay attention. I like to hike around on foot so I did explore whatever I could find or see. There really is no remnants from the tram I think I seen a cable or two that was rusted but most of what is here is gone lost in storms or taken by vandals.

If you go up the road you start to gain elevation but its a beautiful forested canyon. Problem was is we begin to hit snow and with my heavy truck as steep as it is really makes it hard for me to get to said locations. My goal was to visit the mine or adit if you look to your left high up on cliffs is the mine or rather wooden ore bin chutes. We went up the road it was so icy and uphill along these cliffs. I crossed a creek it was deep water was raging right over the road and right when I got us to multiple dump piles of ore to our right my truck slid backwards. I was braking, steering and doing everything not to go off the road which would have rolled the truck down a hill into a ravine. I did manage to stop it and it slide sideways then I turned it facing down hill put my parking brake on and got out to hike around. Winston had fun playing in the snow he really has not experienced it so this was fairly new to him so we wrestled he is only eight months old but he had a fun time so did my other dog Rocky. They were wandering the woods, rolling in the snow and they explored the mining camp with me.

I had an accident on a dump pile it was icy, rocky and slippery I fell got all cut up. I thought about climbing the cliff to the mine it was over 130' and I could have grabbed rocks. But after assessing the situation it was not worthwhile because the rocks on the cliffs are loose and near the top of the cliff loads of snow/ice just hanging there. I fell a few times on climbing a steep dump pile and thought man below the mine is the same type of terrain. If you go up the cliffs you come up on this 35' rock face its a straight overhang or cliff that you have to go around. You slip on the snow above the rock face you will go off that cliff hit the rocks below and tumble over a hundred feet into the rocks below. The ratio for success would be about 25 percent, 25 percent chance of injury and 50 percent death so I did not risk it.

Besides even getting to the cliffs you have to go up into this forest full of thick brush then climb into a ravine where the creek flows then past it and back up till you reach the bottom it was just chaos. I did hike a couple hundred feet in the woods since the trees and brush are younger I assume there was probably structures here at one time or other remnants of this mining operation. I could not find much but Winston my dog and I played in the snow did some hiking and found very little besides the mines above in this area. When I got home I studied some topographical maps and it showed there is a rugged road that branches to the left once you go a bit higher up into the canyon. That road you can take right to the mine entrance and ore bin chutes. But ill have to return and go back without the ice or snow my truck would not go any further up into the canyon to get to the road and while I could have walked it I had no idea that there was another way to get to the top of those cliffs to the mines now I know.

I was a bit frustrated you see if I could have made it into the canyon there is other structures and things to see. There is a pack station where people horseback ride, camp near and hike from here into the sierras. I wanted to go to the station there are signs up here labeling everything on this gravel road so it is being maintained its not like some of the other places I go that are lost, forgotten or nearly impossible to find or get to. I do want to go back I always pass this canyon when I drive along the sierras to the south that is how you get to Bodie, Yosemite and Mono Lake.

From below the mines Antelope Valley is gorgeous and you have a nice view if you were a miner. Id like to see better views but it will have to wait and god knows how long the snow will take to clear out. This area can get buried and it will this winter then we have to wait for the thaw. Below this mining camp was the town of Walker and Coleville separated by only a few miles. This mill canyon is up above both of them so you can make out some of the town. You cant see the town of Topaz to the north because their are mountains which obstruct your view within the canyon so we will have to climb higher one of these days to get a better view.

Somewhere up here Fremont an early explorer abandoned his brass howitzer cannon which fired 12 pound cannonballs. He abandoned it because dragging it through the deep snowdrifts was to difficult plus the livestock and starving men were to week. So the mountains to the west hold that history not far from here at Lost Cannon Peak which we never had gotten to see. The towns that were living in this valley relied on the Walker River they could dig irrigation ditches to divert the water. This led to rich pastures so that dairy and beef cows could graze along with sheep and horses. They also had orchards of apples, peaches and plums. They grew various melons, berries and beans sometimes corn or even tomatoes. Beehives on ranches were not uncommon either so while farming went on below the mines mining went on above the farms.

Miners had to eat and this valley supplied towns like Aurora and Bodie but also the miners up at the Golden Gate with a food source. Keep in mind when I talk about these locations its because I been there some of them I have gotten ghostly evidence at. Only the ghost of the past roam these locations I go there is just energy to just about every place and even if the wood structures are gone there is still life to the locations we go to including the Golden Gate. The folks in town could hear the stamps crushing the ore so both had ties in a sense since the mines were not to far from the valley.

In 1867 Fred Cole built a stage station, blacksmith ship and store they  named it after him which brought folks to the area. Eventually the post office came and school. Honestly there are some original buildings but they are on private property which when we left the Golden Gate I would stop at. The old general store was boarded or closed up and many of the wooden buildings were run down sitting next to and behind it. This area was considered to be part of old Coleville although Walker when you drive thorough has a few old structures. Most of these old town sites are long gone many new homes up here therefore some history is lost and because of the ranching and towns that came to be it led to mining above the town which was the Golden Gate Mines.

Walker was just a stage stop in its day they had a hotel you could get a room then maybe register as a miner and live up in the bunk house at the Golden Gate. As a matter in fact Joseph Walker was a rugged mountain man who explored this valley and its canyons. But he traveled with Fremont one of the first explorers to brave the sierras. Both men had good relationships with the natives because it was the natives at the time that inhabited this valley because it was fertile and full of antelope. The town and pass was named after him as he lead many explorers through this region which in turn settled this valley. Those people became your miners, business owners and ranchers which played a vital role to the growth of the region and are buried in the cemetery today!

So when you take all of this into consideration the history here is amazing I wish I made it here in the early fall this is a pretty canyon that the leaves change plus there is no snow. I really needed snow chains to ascend which is fine we had no clue we would encounter any. When I left this canyon it was snow flurrying the skies were dark as night here so we just made sure we got down to valley level where we could visit the Antelope Valley Cemetery. The cemetery is a historic staple in the area because its a symbol of its hardships that the pioneers faced including miners. Epidemics did break out families battled very hard back to survive this area. Mining was dangerous to Mercury processing often made the miners sick and some did die also. We would move onto the Antelope Valley Cemetery which is below Mill Canyon in the town of Coleville a few miles to the north.

Before I went to the cemetery I stopped in Coleville to photograph a few old buildings including an old wagon which was in fairly decent shape. I did see the old general store the owner of the property was out walking around so I did not want to startle him so I took photos of what I could to add to our site to go with the cemetery or even the mine. This town was providing food and supplies for the miners above town so one hand washes the other and on this journey you could kind of see how its all connected. Its ashamed the last antelope was seen here in 1872. I see herds in other regions of Nevada but not here. The woods do bring in black bear, raccoons and other furry creatures but not antelope. Today a lonely highway cuts through this valley with a few small stops where you blink and pass through these small towns. I do promise to make a return to the beautiful canyon above when it warms up to do the Golden Gate mine so this will all be continued but first lets talk about Antelope Valley Cemetery!

Antelope Valley Cemetery

Many of the folks buried here were early miners and ranchers along with their families. As far as I know there is only two burial grounds in the valley this being one of them while the other is not so easy to find as its across the river or even get to due to it being on ranch land which is private.

Many of the children even a few adults buried here in Antelope Valley Cemetery died in a diphtheria epidemic which swept through many households. Everyone was effected including half the children in the valley were victims which can all be found here so it was important that we visited them.

The fence around the cemetery is chain link so is the gate to the left a huge white metal sign. In the back of the cemetery there is an old windmill and behind it a working ranch. Some of the wood outbuildings are old but they are being used or rather it is a working ranch. There was a little kid driving a truck with his dad, horses being walked around and allot of activity. I did not feel like I had privacy here but it is a fairly large cemetery with many old beautifully engraved graves.

There is only a few enclosures I found here with wrought iron one of them had three graves a mom, dad and a child. Another one just had a single grave in it and another one had a couple graves. The cemetery does have some burial mounds I think because the ground here is very hard so you cant dig the graves to deep. It is all desert here and a very rocky earthy type of terrain. Their is no grass here and there are a few evergreen trees growing at the entrance other then that this place is super bare.

I notice many little angels statues there is a larger one towards the back area. There is also some amount of vandalism for example I found a stone broke in four pieces one piece after piece just stacked on one another. I also noticed a few based with rebar and no stone attached to it. I would say a dozen graves are missing people stole them they did not blow away there is very few wood crosses or grave markers. Many of the stone graves are large, engraved and date back to the 1860's and up. I even found one of the oldest graves here.

;The views in this cemetery I have to say are breathtaking I smoked a bowl walking around taking my time enjoying the 10k tall peaks which surround this cemetery. Its a very quaint place it does not appear to get to many visitors only thirty percent of the graves are newer interments but the other seventy percent are a century or older. It appears that the older section is in the back and center of the cemetery while newer burials are taking place towards the front and on the south side. I did see a newer grave with a mother and child buried next to one another. I think the dates were the same probably a car accident!

Many of the graves also have flat concrete slabs I use to see this mainly in Florida but its common to in desert cemeteries. If you go to the north end of the cemetery you can see the graves of the Rickey family. Thomas B. Rickey in the 1880's was known as the Cattle King of the West. He purchased most of the land in Topaz and around the lake. He owned about 47k in acreage in Antelope Valley but also thousands more along the lower slopes of the eastern Sierras. His Topaz Ranch grew into a community it had a post office, company stores, hotel, ranch outbuildings, residences and farming operations.

Unfortunately disease hit his cattle much like the children in the valley and he went into debt. Eventually his land would be divided and now there are smaller ranches in the area like the one found behind the cemetery. Just to make a side note the fishing is really great up at Topaz Lake they caught a 14 pound rainbow trout there this month so not only did the pioneers back in the day hunt they also fished!

I did pay my respects to the Rickey family many of the old large cottonwoods found on the ranches and along highway 395 near the cemetery were planted by him. Many of these families have been here for generations and are buried in this cemetery. Some of the miners that worked those mines in the canyon above this cemetery are buried here. There is a connection and its so important that I always connect the dots in regards to my research. While I did not see ghost running around or anything strange I took EVP and my EMF detector did go off like crazy in the center of the cemetery where a few of the oldest graves can be found!

I found a newer enclosure that has a couple older stones mixed in with newer stones eleven or so graves to be precise. There is an older enclosure that appears to have five or six graves but there are empty spots to which makes me think more stones are missing. They also have at least a half of dozen tree stones the ones that look like a tree trunk. I found a grave with engraved ivy all over it can you imagine how costly and much work went into that back in the 1800's? This is a cemetery you have to walk around and explore. I also seen a gravemarker that was this giant rock and some of the angels had wings that were broken. They have this one eerie sort of angel its dark in color near a bench. Its obvious the weather has played a toll on some of the graves found here afterall its so close to the eastern sierra.

Also where the entrance is there is a boulder with a plaque that says oldest gravesite Joseph P. Carney 1865. I am not sure if he is buried here outside the cemetery or if its just a memorial because he is buried within. I found some old graves I read many of the engravings. The scenery was amazing but it was time for us to go head up on Monitor Pass into the forest above the valley to get ourselves a tree. Our adventure was far from over believe me!

We decided to go thousands of feet above the valley taking Monitor Pass which is a wild ride and an eighteen mile one. If you go up above the valley there are pull off areas where you can check out the valley from above. Topaz Lake was so small so were the towns below and we were a couple thousand feet above it all parked adoring snowcapped peaks and valley views. This is the reward for living out west you visit a cemetery your going to have views or any ghost town really which is why I love doing this so much. I can take in the views and do good research quietly without drama caused by other people who really do not take this field very serious or exploring!

Once you go further into the pass there is a dirt road to Markleeville Peak which is something id love to check out because there is lookout up there so yes I will go up there sometime when the snow is gone. I was not sure where to look for a tree really its touch and go you take a dirt road hike back in the forest and you cut its that simple. I thought about going up to Heenan Lake which is a lake that resides near the end of this pass before it splits. The split to the left takes you up to Ebbetts Pass and the split to the right takes you to a historic Semi ghost town and just pass that is the mighty Carson Pass. These passes split off to smaller canyons, meadows etc where you can look for a decent tree.

When I arrived at Heenan Lake it was gated as it always is not sure why you cant drive around it its only 130 acres but it is a wildlife area that contains 1,700 acres. Behind the lake is a woodsy canyon there is a road that goes around both sides of the lake to get to it but both roads were gated. I took this snowy and muddy road to the other gate had to turn around. There was other vehicles parked here I mean its fine you want a tree back in here you have to go miles back because cutting is not allowed near the highway or any lakes. But if you can hike a couple miles back or offroad there are plenty of trees to cut problem is it was gated.

I went higher up and left the lake at our backs you actually drive past remnants of the old Ghost town of Monitor aka Loope. You have to know what to look for but along the pass are a few old stone walls and foundations. If you climb the hills nearby there is a miners cabin, mine, ore bin chutes etc. Back years ago my sons and I parked not far from the town site hiked a couple miles up to where the mine and main town site was. Its a cool area but there are not trees to cut down the Washington fire was so bad in fact it burnt thousands of acres or miles of forest in this region. Most trees I found were half burnt for example we found a nice tree to cut about 12' tall but the first bottom half of it was burnt and that is just not safe to cut and put in your home because the wood is dry perhaps compromised.

I went up this really rugged narrow road in the forest which opened up to a big canyon and nearly to the top of a place called Silver Hill which is an old mine site up in the woods. Most of the trees were burnt here I mean I even drove up to a place we use to hike at do bigfoot research called Wolf Creek. The fire burnt many of the trees along the creek I was shocked. I had no idea the Washington fire burnt so much but there was miles of bare forest with not trees or just piles of dead trees everywhere because people cut them or loggers so that they can sell the wood or allow the forest to grow back and I heard they may plant some trees to which will help. There was 18 thousand acres of forest that burned up here along Wolf Creek and the Carson River once a lush area now looks like a asteroid hit this area. I remember this fire back in 2015 we were under smoke for a few weeks hell we did not see the sun for nearly over two weeks and people were wearing mask because the air quality was so bad.

I decided to go deeper into the sierras and drove another twenty miles into the Carson Pass to a place called Hope Valley which is full of patches of lush forest untouched by fires. The valley is home to Nipple Peak which my son and I climbed two years ago in the snow it was crazy but back then I remembered seeing some really nice trees up in the forest along some of the dirt roads so it was worth a try. I only had a couple hours till nightfall but it was a nice ride beautiful mountains, good food, nice smooth bud and some time to relax before the real work began.

I hiked back in the woods my first time in some snow found a few potential trees but decided id come back later and look elsewhere. We went up to Blue Lakes which btw is near the ghost town of Summit City and if you turn off you can go up to Mount Raymond where we climbed to the peak. I camped up by Mount Raymond but it was covered in snow clouds and fog for awhile then it peeked through a little before I went back into the forest to find us a tree. If you go to Blue Lakes there are some older out buildings near the lake as well. There is some old history around the lake a couple years ago I seen an old cabin in the woods from the 1800's.

I took another dirt road which led me to a campsite they are all over but this one had something that the other did not have which was a fire burning and nobody around. I wish people put out there fires the trees around the campsite were brown and dry. It was breezy at times and I could see ambers blowing towards the trees. Man if Hope Valley starts on fire it would be a great loss there is lodges, homes, historic sites and many lakes in the area. I put ice on the fire then smothered it with sand and rocks using my shovel. It began to cool off and the flame dissipated so all was well. I found it strange that about 30 feet from this smoldering rocky fire pit there was a childrens bike laying on the ground. I wonder if some teenager was hiding back here and started the fire but I put it out no fire needs to be left unintended that counts for half of the fires up here which end up killing firefighters, folks who own homes in the national forest and wildlife!

 I have hiked and done quite a bit of research in this area I love it! Its a great place to find a tree to there is this one dirt road on the back side of Nipple Peak full of thick blue spruces not sure how to get there and with the storm the night or two before we were limited to where we could go so we found a dirt road covered in snow took it back a half mile in the forest and then set off on our hike to find the perfect tree. Its not very easy to do lots of trees but I always have to find a tall 13', full, lush and no dead branches. Believe me its not easy sometimes the sun does not hit the trees right so many of them are just not that great.

So far every year I have had a different species of trees this time I wanted to find some sort of spruce. There are rules to cutting a Christmas tree to they have to be near other trees that way you minimize the fire risk and max six inches diameter then you have to buy the permit. They give away permits to help thin out the forest because of the global warming, drought etc lightening strikes are burning down the forest. Its better to cut some trees to minimize that risk rather then lose the entire forest and we were on the edge of the Toiyabe and ElDorado Forest which are gorgeous So I am glad to do my part. Leave the larger trees cut the smaller ones that grow in bundles and save the forest!

I found the creek here my son and I followed below Nipple Peak hell there is a grove not far from here where I seen over 50 deer all just grazing. This place brings back memories its where I lost my GPS and where I climbed this steep cliff to get below the peak. It was a primitive hike and we were hiking a half mile in the same area in hopes of find a tree. After an hour we had found about four or five trees that had the potential to meet my chain saw. The area is primitive the mountain was blocking the sun due to Nipple Mountain called this because the top looks like a nipple its so strange but its a hall of a mountain to climb but the views oh man!  But the forest was dark and I was climbing snowy hills in search of the perfect tree no trails or anything. Our feet were getting very cold good thing for me I bring changes of socks, towels, extra clothes etc were prepped for anything real.

I had to shake snow off some of the trees found a few very far back to far to carry or move to get it to my truck. Actually the terrain and rocky hills are harsh back here below the peak. So we hiked out near a meadow which the forest back drop it which meant patches of decent trees and we broke it down to picking out two trees. We were not sure both were tall but one seemed fuller. Man that was the hardest tree to cut in my life my chain is starting to wear down I have done so much cutting with it the past few years such as firewood for my fireplace, a giant cottonwood that fell a few years ago out back and other stuff. This tree was very hard to cut through most of the alpine trees are not but this one had very hard park and a trunk so it took me about twenty minutes to get through it funny thing is when I cut another foot off it cut in seconds but the bottoms of the trunks are sometimes more difficult to cut and the wood is not as soft.

The tree was bleeding it was spooky this red stuff was oozing out and it was almost nightfall. My chainsaw ran out of gas had to hike back to the truck get more gas finish cutting after I had a half inch to go I just pushed over the tree Santa Mask and all lol. I was trying to rush because the chainsaw kept stalling, it was having issues cutting and there was two to three feet of dead branches that were brown and dry. So I had to finish cutting the stump which is not on film because its boring watching me sit there sawing the stump lol. But We do make a movie every year of our great Xmas tree hunt and its usually very adventurous and this was an adventure trust me. I have it on film the fire burning and the bike nearby, us hiking in the snow then cutting the tree and getting it loaded on the truck.

Not only did I have to cut the tree but had to carry my fifty pound chainsaw to the truck then the tree etc so by the time I finished it was dark out real dark out. No moon but there was stars and we were parked deep on some narrow road so narrow that the trees nearly touched the sides of my truck. I had to pull in the mirrors just to get back here and still we had to worry about making our way out of the snow as it was in the freezing temps so everything was crisp and iced over. This is a creepy place at night you just bite your tongue hoping you wont get stuck or worst. I been to many areas at night in the sierras where I hear vocalizations, stomping, something moving around, big eyes etc but I did not experience much but cold silence perhaps because this area can be bustling in the warmer months so these bigfoot like creatures tend to move up to the more desolate higher altitudes and inaccessible peaks which surround this valley! I am not done doing research here by any means there is a peak where thieves once hid out rather a rock formation in the woods I want to summit named after a confederate general so that is something will definitely do in the future!

Anyhow back to my story......Hell it took me awhile in the dark to tie down the tree with cargo straps and rope the tree was hanging a few feet in the back off my truck and a couple feet in the front lol it was huge. I figured id cut another foot off when I arrived at my home because we usually keep the tree around 12' which is the height of my ceiling give or take. My truck is a Suburban its huge but man was it hard to lift that tree on top of it. I have a bad back and medical issues it took me getting pissed off to get it up there because Tammy is to short to help me and you have to life the tree then try to get it on top which is above my head it takes plenty of upper body strength. I find out its not just as easy as to cut a tree you have to somehow get it to the truck and then get it up on that truck secure its a process!

I did get it eventually unfortunately the first time I tried sliding it from the back side it fell onto me knocked my glasses off and two branches broke so when you guys see the photo of the Christmas tree in my living room yeah it looks full but the back side I faced towards the corner because it was missing a couple branches that broke when it fell on top of me. I am lucky I did not get hurt yeah that was fun falling to the ground on ice with a 150lb tree laying on me poor Tammy got hit in the eye she had a black eye from the tree we both were smacked by the tree we just could not get it up from the back. That is why I got it up there from the side all this in the spooky dark in an area I know Bigfoot exist.

This was a heavy tree and it took plenty of work I was beat and hurting. But the tree was on and we had to somehow turn around in the forest with a big truck on a road so narrow the trees were touching the sides nearly with a tree hanging off the back. I did it but it took plenty of time, patience and it was dark so imagine how hard it was for me to see. It was a full day though we hiked around a mine camp, slide fifty feet in my truck backwards near a cliff, did research at a cemetery, traversed a steep pass which led us to various rugged dirt roads in search of trees and then hiked a couple miles in Hope Valley in the ice cold snow. It snows in this area sometimes in the beginning of September so when I say it gets cold here it gets cold and we had been out in the elements for a few hours trying to find, cut and secure our new tree to bring home.

After we got the tree home we had Chili's delivered to our house I had a half rack of Chipotle Ribs, garlic bread and these breaded onions that you can dip so good. It was a long day but everything is on film or photographed which I put into my holiday virtual movie. That includes the journey to find the tree, cutting it, securing it and then it standing alone bare in our den all the way to it being fully decorated. We have many antique ornaments it took nearly 300 ornaments, five strings of garlic and seven strings of lights to decorated. Topped off with an angel whose wings move up and down all lit up its so gorgeous especially with it snowing outside the next day and a fire burning. The dead stuff I can let cure and use in my fireplace next year so nothing goes to waste my friends and in the process ill stay warm after doing something like this. I hope most of you watch every year my holiday journey into the mountains to get a tree its real wholesome and fun something our viewers really enjoy.

My son helped me get the tree down then we trimmed it for the angel topper, got it inside and decorated it a day before Thanksgiving because my other son, his wife and step kid were coming over. I wanted a nice Christmas tree while we were enjoying our Thanksgiving and my raspberry balsamic turkey which btw was so tender and flavorful. We had a nice feast black olives garlic rolls, stuffing, homemade mashed potatoes, homemade gravy, green bean casserole, godiva pudding, homemade mac n cheese, cinnamon apple sauce, expensive wine, holiday coffee, apple, pumpkin and blueberry pie. The pumpkin pie was homemade with a pumpkin we picked at a patch in October during another adventure we went on. It was a traditional thanksgiving watching the Bills vs Dallas football game and my Bills did win them. Then we had Christmas music playing, snowing outside, laughing, enjoying the Christmas tree, watching Family guy after and spending time with loved ones with a roaring fire. All while sitting around our beautiful tree!

So in a sense we busted ass giving our viewers a chance to see these places and enjoy some tradition to. I like showing our viewers how we do things out west letting them in on my life a little to see who I am and how I do things. You wont meet many men like me who climb mountains, explore ghost towns, paranormal investigate, offroad for many miles, hike into the night to cut a tree, then cook all of Thanksgiving, make my house look like the north pole and on top of it share this with the world. It just gives our viewers an inside peek into things showing others how different we are from other groups out there! My hope is to inspire our viewers a little so that they can get out more, perhaps get involved in our adventure group or be if anything entertained. While I could sit here and say all we brought to you is a cemetery well that is not entirely true it was a cemetery then an adventure before and after from 3am till 10pm at night! I know this is late the report was supposed to go out before Thanksgiving break so instead let me just say cheers and hope everyone had a fruitful Thanksgiving. The last traditional thing I did after we feasted is took down the thanksgiving decor off our front door and hung our beautiful white wreath!

If you want to see my Holiday Extraordinaire Movie we have footage that starts off in Antelope Valley then we climb the sierras offroading, hiking and journeying to find our tree of trees. Actually the movie has us cutting two trees a couple weeks apart both in the snowy sierras. One tree was for us the other one was volunteer work for the blind and disabled. I hope our movie inspires all of you or touches you in someway. You wont see footage from the Golden Gate Mine Camp and Antelope Valley Cemetery for a couple years yes I am heavily behind in my work but it will be worth the wait I promise. Until then here is a little something for all of you:
 
Peace,
Lord Rick

PS All reports are subject to change this is only a rough draft before it hits our website

Our October Fall Edition Report In Milford and The Smoke Creek Desert - 10/12/19

Every year just when I thought I seen everything there is to see I lean more about these wild western heritage sites like the old Milford Historic Cemetery and one of the most haunted brothels in all the west. Every year around October I do a series of special adventures and we always try to make one of them something with haunted origins just because Halloween is around the corner.

I been down this road so many times its not like I just started doing this a week ago but after nearly twenty years of Halloweens visited paranormal sites I can definitively say that chasing the strange never gets old! The more I continue to see the more I want to see. Notice I say I because we really have not had a team the past five or six years. I want to rebuild a team but it takes allot of trust to bring folks out with me and usually when I do they blow it. Some places I visit are very risky most people do not want to take the risk to get a story I do that is what PGS is about and has been around for two decades now.

So our journey would take us up to small town life in northern California near Honey Lake in the town of Milford. We also would be visiting for our second time the Smoke Creek Desert, Secret Valley and Karlo at night. I had quite a few more places to go but daylight out west is very short especially when the sun goes behind the mountains and then you see nothing but seas of sage brush or thick lush forest depending on where you are at the time. I like to teeter the high desert and alpine forest of the sierras that way in one day I get the best of both worlds!

This is an area we have worked with before but mainly on the sierras end of things particularly surrounded Susanville and the Lassen Volcanic National Park. In this case instead of working with the sierras we would work east of them in the high desert and one of California's largest lakes Honey Lake to be precise. Its a beautiful area running along the Californian and Nevadan borders separated by the smoke creek mountains/hills.

The NE quadrant of California is railroading country while the sierras up here were making railroading history trying to connect the Reno Nevada area with Northern California all the way up into Oregon. With that being said there is many small towns which today are now ghost towns or are barely even visible. I enjoy going remote sometimes I find remnants of towns to me that is fascinating even the history alone. I do allot of what I do because history is intriguing and when I find something history I also find its ghosts.

Their is something fascinating about what we do here at PGS just riding off into sunset visiting these desolate remote locations. Even if some places do not seem remote they really are nothing but wilderness where we were heading that includes Wemples Pumpkin Farm. I just adore this area I remember coming on into Honey Lake about four to five years ago when it was nearly dried up due to that drought we had that lasted for a few years.

The Honey Lake area is fascinating it has cemeteries, historic ranches and even military sites around it. I have not done to much work with it but I plan on returning. But I did visit the little town of Milford which started off as a flour milling town and eventually when the mills ran dry ranching become the main industry here. Its one of those Smallville type of towns very rural, historic, picturesque etc. Towns like these are gems if your looking to visit a great wild western graveyard like the one found here. There are some other historical sites but most are tucked away on ranch land what isn't happens to be what is left of downtown which is easy to miss with just one blink.

Our day would include the cemetery, Wemple Ranch and of course some Smoke Creek Desert exploration. I wish I had more time the problem is that October for us is a hard month its a busy month but hard in the fact that it gets dark early up here. So when you sit there put a days worth of places together you tend to find out between getting to them and the actual exploration eats into your day. So we would not have time to visit everything but I did turn out a really creepy haunted brothel and a very haunting cemetery.

Milford Historic Cemetery
& The Wemple Ranch

I arrived in Milford at dawn sun was just getting ready to overshadow Honey Lake. I stopped at the ranch they were not open. But with the cattle, roosters and sounds of farm animals from afar you could bet that in a matter of hours I would be touring this ranch. I know that most folks have not been out west but we have some of the most beautiful ranches in the country up here. Most of the farms date back to the mid 1800s and were here when people like Mark Twain road by on a stagecoach just passing through.

I could barely make out the ranch but beyond it was Honey Lake. For that moment in time it looked as if it stayed still. I travel allot here out west so I have watched quite a few sunsets and sunrises in my time. But the one over Honey Lake in the morning is gorgeous and off in the distance I could see the farm. The same farm we would be picking pumpkins at as soon as we visited the cemetery.

The cemetery for me was just a mild investigation which every year we do so many mild locations ranging to extreme. But for us we relish old cemeteries they are great places to put on our website, serene, full of nature, history and they are full of ghost because folks do not visit these places often. So just past the ranch their is a dirt road you can take which dead ends at the cemetery itself.

Their is another road with a plaque near some community center/store that talks a bit about the history within Milford. I wanted to stop here to read about Honey Lake and the Milford area. The stone carved piece looks down onto Honey Lake talking about how Milford is one of the oldest settlements in this lake valley. But it also talks about the Wemple family in how they named this village along with the flour and saw mill industry that was founded here. The plaque continues to discuss what the town boasted which was a sawmill, grist mill, hotel, stores, blacksmith, butcher shop, post office and a school.

Today the area is made up mainly of farms, ranch land and downtown Milford are quite a few old large creepy homes. I say creepy because they really are most of you know what I mean when I refer to them as being old run down farm houses. Its easy to see the history around Milford such as an old general store, house next to it and then the graves on top of a hill surrounded by historic farms.

When you enter the cemetery their is a giant wrought iron arch then once you get into the cemetery you can take a loop road within. I looped around and just parked dead center in the middle of the graveyard. It was a cold morning in the teens and well when I got out to explore I realized how awful my hands felt from the crisp air. I mean most mornings in the sierras are cold like this even in the middle of summer to be honest with you. But it was a numbing cold out perhaps because I was cozy in my truck drinking hot coffee listening to some gothic music and eating breakfast. But it was time to get to work and so I grabbed my gear starting with the historic part of the cemetery.

The entire back half is all historic graves then on the other side of the road towards the front the graves are much newer. I parked near the Wemples Family Plot well their oldest plot which had about ten graves including the founder of Milford and the Wemple Farm. Little did I know at the time their was three other Wemple family plots maybe even four sections totaling over thirty graves. At first I was calling this place Wemple Cemetery because out of all the families buried here the Wemples are the most prominent and abundant graves found within. They been living in Milford since the 1850's and today they still do.

I did not notice it till later but Joseph is buried near the cemetery loop next to his wife along with three to four children which died under a year or two old. It is sad to think that he came here started one of the most successful flour mills yet his children died all very close to one another in age. It tells me that the trials and tribulations were very costly when men like Joseph Wemple came to this area. This was a volcanic land surrounded by desert, forest and  the shores of Honey Lake. Its amazing that despite losing his kid he continued to have more which ended up becoming prominent players in Milford's history. The family grew to be very large and they ended up raising cattle, livestock, growing crops and living in this area for most of their entire lives.

I wanted to visit the Wemple family plots before heading to the ranch. That way when I do put the cemetery on the site you get to see the ranch that the family ran for over a century just below it. They were one of the first families to come here build a life. Id say almost half of the cemetery are the graves of Wemples. But the families the Wemples have known for decades are also found here.

The cemetery sits below a woodsy mountain and all three sides of it are surrounded by small farms. I noticed towards the back of the cemetery was an old wooden homestead and farm rotting away to the elements. Not far from that was a newer farm house so over the years more then likely land, homes, farms etc have stayed within these families for many generations. While many of the old barns and homes are no longer in use on ranch land they are visible like the one I noticed over the barbed wire fence behind this cemetery. So it kind of gives it a bit of a creepy feel to it all as your wandering around.

I love going out in the Fall especially October and I wish October lasted all year because these are the type of places id go often. This is a cute little cemetery all sorts of big old trees which many of the leaves were turning colors. If you look up on the sierras you will see patches of golden trees up on the mountain. Their are so many leaves just changing colors and on the ranches also. I bet waking up on one of these ranches is heaven man id love to retire myself on a farm with a small cemetery down the road and a lake nearby to fish at. I look at Milford and think anybody who grew up here is lucky enough to grow up here because while it might be a bit of boring slow small town life it is definitely wholesome up here.

The one thing that stood out to me more then anything at the cemetery was the fact that my EMF meter kept going off. Ill keep it in my pocket then when levels are high I get an alarm. My detector went off the entire hour I was there on and off constantly. Sometimes the thing never goes off but up here it did and it was virtually everywhere in the oldest section of the cemetery. I would grab it and it would shut off which was funny that happened to. But from what I could see the levels were extremely high here. Some places I go are just that way it might be a good thing for EVP because generally where you get high readings like this you also get good EVP. I know one thing I was so cold that first hour walking around brrrrr after checking for a bit id have to get warmed up at my truck vent or keep my hands in the pockets.

I noticed there was a small children's section in the cemetery its a bit strange because one would think they would have been buried next to their parents. But not all children buried here were buried next to there siblings or parents only some. Nearly half of the cemeteries interments are that of children its a pretty sad place. Honey Lake was not an easy place to live the winters were harsh, illness ran amuck and it was very remote. While you had larger more bustling towns in the area you were still cut off from the rest of the world. Children helped out on ranches and you worked hard to sustain yourself up here. The men had to hunt and grow crops to feed their family up here and the truth is children ended up suffering because being a pioneer here was a difficult life.

Their was a few wrought iron enclosures but one of them seemed to have no grave in it. I seen about four to find vandalized graves that either were off their pedestal or were in pieces. However, the shape of the cemetery is allot better then most places I been to. I have seen some bad cemeteries over the years but this one sits up on a hill overlooking town so it does not get to much attention. But you could see due to its isolation it had been a target of toppled stones and maybe even a sledge hammer. Its possible to a few tree limbs fell on them at one time. One grave was broke in half, another missing from its foundation and another just leaving against a tree. As the sun was coming up some of the graves looked orange and I could hear cows mooing morning was here and it finally had begin to warm on up.

I noticed the oldest graves all date back to the 1880's which that were all of children ranging from a few days old to twelve years of age even. I been going to quite a few cemeteries in the west and man I see this all the time. Epidemics ran wild up here and while I see it at other locations its evident here. As you hike around the cemetery you can see Honey Lake at the bottom of the valley. Its a really scenic place I spent a couple hours here did not rush took my time reading stones, taking readings etc. I could not do much of anything else because Wemples Farm does not open till 9am so this was an early morning graveyard investigation.

Tammy and I took some funny Halloween pictures here man I tell you I have no luck my skull cane fell apart so did my tripod both within a couple minutes. I just got this tripod I go through a few a year but this thing just fell to pieces. I love having a tripod so I can get pictures of whoever is with me on an investigation for a group shot. I think that may have been my clue that its time to go! I sometimes get carried away and hate leaving this is a cute little country burial ground. Just the leaves, trees, mountains, lake etc made it all worthwhile. Their is a ton of nature here to guess there was some deer out in a field behind it, birds chirping and I found a few flowers still barely hanging on. I also seen something human like walk between two trees in the back of the cemetery. Ghost? Its possible but I caught it out of the corner of my eye while take a photo and I never seen it again. It looked like a person hovering off the ground that went between the two trees then I never seen it again.

The graves are beautifully engraved here but it would be time for us to go there was a farmer watching us at the entrance standing with our Halloween getup and Wemples had just opened their gates. I hope we turned out something good here. These folks worked at the flour mill or on a ranch or they owned a local business but everyone one of the graves here comes with a story. Another prominent family buried here is the West Family they have a big marble memorial and a few small ones including a wood cross nearby. I did notice that their were many open spots maybe their are some unknowns here especially surrounding the flag pole with the heavily frayed American Flag blowing in the wind. The cemetery is significant because its what remained of the original town.

I noticed that on the back side cemetery road runs behind it separated by farm land not sure why this is maybe at one time you could enter here from that side or road but not anymore. I bet at night this place is downright creepy just because of where its nestled in between. You have the forest behind it then farms on all three sides of it with decayed buildings or what is left of old town. I got some great black and white photos up here lots of old stones. The people that are buried here came to this lake valley as pioneers so this is where they came to rest. The oldest burials I believe here are Joseph Wimples sons who died in 1870 so more then likely he begin burying his loved ones here and the rest is gravy. 

After we left the cemetery we arrived at the ranch as soon as they opened. Nobody was hardly around which was great we had the grounds to walk around and do some exploring. The Wemples split up there ranch years ago one part of it is for livestock or cattle grazing the other part of it is for growing crops like there amazing pumpkin patch. So far the past eight years or so I have gone to a different historic ranch and pumpkin farm every single year. I am trying to carry that torch so when I read how awesome this place was and that it sat on Honey Lake I was excited. I  just love this ranch it has a few old homes on the grounds, big trees, multiple barns, corrals and supposedly a fifteen acre corn maze which folks claim it takes three hours to finish. The farm is about 500 acres its huge they grow wheat, cow peas, rye, alfalfa, grass hay, corn, pumpkins and other seed crops too.

The ranch is very large we went on over to the corrals first to visit with some of the animals. We seen a large hog along with a few adult goats and a few baby goats that were hopping around playing. Their was also a peacock, hens and a turkey who was not enjoying my company at the moment. Nearby in the corral was a large black cow she was grazing with a really pretty spotted horse. I had gotten to pet the cow and the horse we always love going to the ranches just to see the animals. The baby goats were adorable they were just hopping all over chasing one another. Near where you can visit with some of the animals there is many rusty relics of the past of old farm equipment some of it dating back to the 1800's. Their was old tillers, plows, wagon wheels etc You guys know me and my rusty relics I go crazy for anything vintage or old really.

If you walk around the farm there are old John Deere tractors you can see or a massive hay press. Their is a few old rusty trucks to including an old Ford we took a photo at and an old wagon. The ranch dates back to the mid 1800's while Joseph ran a flour mill here he used the rest of the land for his ranch. His sons had operated a dairy in the area then eventually some of that land would be used to grow crops. The farm has been in the family since this valley was settled. So when you look at old structures or even the country home you have to wonder if they were both here when the Wemples first built their ranch. Allot of what you see on this farm is original whether that is a wood post, beat up wagon with pumpkins on it, wagon wheels or a barn. Its all nearly original its just being well taken care of.

We took a tour on the grounds but then decided we probably should go pick some pumpkins. Every year I carve them for Halloween and we eat the seeds. I make all sorts of different seeds every Halloween! Their is a small patch near the parking area most of them are five to ten pound pumpkins probably more so for little kids. But if you go up the hill with your wagon to the left of the corn field and maze are quite a few more pumpkin patches. The pumpkins are much larger in these patches but they have a variety too. One patch had white pumpkins another one had these pinkish ones and then their was a patch of gourds etc etc. Their are a variety of different pumpkins we actually picked out four of them. We picked a green and orange one that was tall, a short fat round one, one that was fat and taller while Tammy found a Long Island Cheese pumpkin which is kind of beige in color. The Long Island Cheese pumpkins the lady at the farm told us are good for making pies and that is what we would use it for. It fell off the cart broke on the bottom so Tammy made a puree which was used in making a pumpkin pie and pumpkin chocolate chip pecan bread!

Its a bit of a journey to get your pumpkins back to your vehicle but I will say that they have some pretty awesome breeds of gourd and pumpkin here. They have this old ford truck which is piled with them things I never even seen before. They have quite a few things you can buy up here including organic products too. I like Wemples better then last years trip at Ferrari Farms in Sparks Nevada. Last year for nearly 50 dollars I had gotten a couple pumpkins but this year for under forty dollars I walked out with four decent sized pumpkins one of which makes a great dessert. They are all decent sized so I definitely loved this pumpkin farm and id go back if I did not have so many other places I want to see the next few years. But that does not mean ill forget Wemples I go to the places I do just so I can tell my friends about these places or to visit them.

It was funny there was a Border Collie Puppy who was following me around the patch and growling at me. That dog did not like my hat or something who knows but he was not having it. Its a farm so your going to see dogs, cats, chickens etc. Its a nice farm though playground, picnic benches, big trees, old wagons, pumpkin patch overlooking Honey Lake, Country store and even a food shack. I liked the country store a bit pricey but they have candles and wax cubes which are dynamite. We bought this rose candle it burns slow we left it on for 15 hours and the wick barely burnt up. We also bought these cidar wax cubes my entire home smells like apple cider its amazing. When Tammy was not looking I bought her an elephant charm bracelet to surprise her with. I like to spoil her and surprise her when we travel on the road it keeps her on her toes a little. She helps me with my paranormal projects even though she really does not have to.

We saved our pumpkins went to the store to look around they have some vintage items too like this old stove. They sell Christmas ornaments, candy for the kids, treats etc etc. But like I say a bit pricey but it was nice to get a little something. I mean I get it running a farm is costly such as growing, harvesting, making treats, raising the livestock and feeding them. So I hope my money goes towards keeping the history alive on this farm. After we went to the store to have a gander we went to their country snack shack where Tammy got a homemade cookie and I bought a piece of pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Man I have not been able to find pumpkin pie in ages it was the first piece I had in a year so I sort of went a bit crazy with it almost bought an entire pie lol. But it was fun to sit on a picnic bench under a big ole tree by the barn eat some pie watch the little kids play and all the cute mommies with there little kids.

I try to always relax when I am on the road while in between I might be chasing the paranormal I also am trying to enjoy the culture a little too. The pie was awesome and we had four big pumpkins loaded into the truck. I walked around a little more to get a few more photos. Their is so much going on here hay rides, harvesting, dogs running around, birthday parties etc. Its more or less the next best place to go if your living in Reno and want to get pumpkins and its only an hour away so its probably overall a better place to take the family. I did not like going to the pumpkin farm up in Reno it was to congested, pricey and airplanes were flying over us from the airport nearby lol. At least with Wemples the views of Honey Lake, Mountains etc are gorgeous all while your picking pumpkins, eating pie and roaming one of the first ranches that came to Milford. So with that being said I was happy that I got to drive around town a little, explore the cemetery on the hill and get to see a real live working ranch that has been here since the town was named!

I mean really it tells a tale here about resilience you look at how Joseph and his wife lost a few kids yet they stayed here to make this land a home and one that can be enjoyed by many. I know when I left here this place was bustling the parking lot was full, birthday party at the playground, tractors driving around, patch was full etc. It was time for me to leave I enjoyed the solitude while it lasted took photos of nature, ranch grounds, barns etc. Allot of times many of the towns we go to in a sense are semi ghost towns while the town may be gone the ranches that stood from such a valleys early beginnings still stand today. Wemples is an example of early ranch history that came to the Northern California Sierras. If you did not operate a ranch then you probably lumbered the mountains above the ranch or you had worked at one of the local mines.

I was feeling pretty good a friend of mine gave me these marijuana transdermal patches its for pain so I was seeing how it would make me feel hiking around the farm. I had put one on my wrist earlier and glad I did because I was so exhausted from hauling a wagon full of pumpkins through a field lol. I really enjoyed seeing the old trucks, tractors, farm equipment, animals and picking pumpkins. I sort of felt like a little kid even if it was for a few minutes. I thought this was the perfect October project I try to keep PGS wholesome, fun and full of little historical tidbits. I cant say the farm is haunted but its old so is the two story home. But I can say the cemetery I believe has something going on and so when you tour the ranch you have to know that many members of this family are buried up on that hill which looks down into this farming community below.

We had quite the journey to our next location I was snacking on some chocolate marble bread and we decided it was time to drive around Honey Lake. There are a few old historic towns along the lake worth just stopping for a few just to enjoy some of the old buildings. I was so close to Susanville and Lassen Volcanic National Monument I could smell them. I enjoyed going up there a few years ago we need to go back Lassen is a kick ass place to hike. But while we were not up in the national forest we were instead below it where the high desert of the sierras meets the high desert of the cascade mountains. I was heading on another adventure only to the Smoke Creek Desert.

I stopped up on the north side of the lake to let my dogs get some exercise and go to the bathroom. I brought both my dogs because my son cant really watch my puppy and he is in training right now for journeying with me. Since I go to cemeteries, ghost towns, farms, wilderness sites etc its a good learning experience so both of the boys came along. They were a bit yancy and cooped up they could see me walking around at the ranch but I did not let them wander because of all the farm animals. So we took a break let them wander that is when I realized my puppy tore up my pumpkin mask boy was I pissed that is a super creepy prop we use every October and I guess it slipped between the bars of the gate and the rest his history. He shredded the cloth hanging and tore the mask from it lol. Lesson learned do not put anything close enough to the pet gate he will pull it through the bars and devour it lol. Its work in progress he was only 6 months old and he did quite well on our bigfoot jaunts this past summer but going out in the desert ehhhhh that's an entirely different experience even a very bumpy one so the dogs were pretty riled up hoping to get some more free time.

Once I cleaned up the pieces of mask and the dogs got there energy out we got back in went north. There is quite a few old semi ghost towns that once were on the old Nevada California Oregon Railroad they called it that because it begin up in Reno then you took it NW following the sierras then into the cascades and eventually up into Oregon. Many of these towns had train stations but the line was mainly used for lumber exportation. Trees were timbered up in the sierras then brought down to town to be loaded on rail cars where they could be shipped on another rail line or unloaded to help build some of the towns. Hell the line that goes through Honey Lake use to run in the 1990's now no trains run on it and most of the towns are just that remnants of but a few foundations, shacks and piles of wood. I would find this out for myself when I would visit Secret Ranch Manor. A haunting brothel along the lonely rails through Northern California and the smoke creek desert.

Secret Manor Ranch

Sometimes when I put together an adventure as a bonus ill visit extra sub locations within. I try my best to be thorough see as much as I can and take my time with certain projects. This is a big area a lonely desert highway with many abandoned ranching towns along the way. It was not always like that as a matter in fact many towns had train stations and were booming in the later 1800's. You could get on a train from Reno and travel right up to Susanville or go beyond ending up in Oregon. The railroad that rain from SE to NW came right through the Smoke Creek Desert. The Smoke Creek Desert or rather Mountains run along the Nevadan and California border. The train had a terminus near Honey Lake so you could branch off if you went west you ended up in Susanville if you went north you went through the middle of the desert stopping through little towns which today are open expanses of ranch land.

The old railroad also follows the highway and although there are names of towns on signs the only thing you might see out here are tumbleweeds. This is a really barren landscape if your going north you have the sierras to your left while your tetering the Nevadan border on the edge of the Smoke Creek Desert. The desert does boast quite a bit of history such as old wagon trails, thieves dens, native petroglyphs etc. The only other time I been through here is when we did a couple ghost towns up near Pyramid Lake. You can take the old Nobles Emigrant Trail from California and head east into Nevada over the Smoke Creek Desert skirting Pyramid Lake up to Rabbit Springs. I mention Rabbit Springs because we are going to be going there within a couple months it is where this wagon trail begin and its a historic site in the black rock desert.

I have been to the Black Rock Desert once so far loved it but to get to it from where I live you have to cross smoke creek. However, I was in Smoke Creek Desert wilderness a couple years ago up near Pyramid Lake on the Nevada side. The Californian side however is an entirely different adventure awaiting us. When I had gotten above Honey Lake the first place I stopped was at the Nobles Emigrant Trail plaque. You can see the road going up into the mountains through this canyon and right away you just know Nevada is just over them on the other side. You can take the road if you dare but their are no services and some areas are washed out. I could see mud and washouts just standing by the plaque wondering if I should have a go at it lol. Sometimes I am alone offroading smoking bud listening to music and I see something going for it spontaneously so it did cross my mind.

The route was first used in 1852 by the emigrants traveling to Northern California who were seeking to avoid the hardships of the Lassen Trail. I have to agree the Lassen Trail was rugged it goes through Lassen Volcanic National Park. I once hiked a portion of it and to the left of me was this volcanic cinder cone which I climbed to the top. On top there was a massive calderas it was beautiful but I thought man it must had been hell to get your wagons around this volcano because the trail did climb along it and it was fairly steep. The pioneers would travel from the Humboldt River region of Nevada then from a junction in Rabbit Springs they would cross the Smoke Creek ending up just North of Honey Lake. From there you could take a wagon up to Susanville or you could continue on the Noble Emigrant Trail to Shasta City which today is a ghost town I plan on visiting in the near future.

I stood at the trail plaque it was this windy road through the hills towards the mountains in the desert. The grass was very brown up here the scenery is not as stellar here as some places I been but the trail holds wild western history. Sometimes its fun to drive these old emigrant wagon trails to take the same path your early emigrants took while braving the mountains of northern California. This was one of the earliest pioneer trails that went off into California. The more I explored the Smoke Creek Desert the more love I have for it or respect. Man its a harsh landscape but we wont get into that part yet but if you traveled the railroad because you worked for it or were a passenger life may have gotten lonely perhaps rough.

Back in the gold rush days or early west if you were lonely you often drank away your sorrows at the saloon or went to the brothel to find some adult company. Like mining towns having brothels and saloons the town of Secret aka Karlo, Ravendale, Termo, Litchfield etc etc all offered lonely men a little something extra. While the towns may no longer exist you can still hike or drive the old rail bed the brothel however I was about to explore it had been moved away from the tracks down a lonely stretch of road in hopes to revitalize its use since trails were becoming highways and trains at some point became obsolete. Reason being is that lumbering would slow down once certain towns peaked out.

Much of what is left in the Smoke Creek Desert of California are old or abandoned ranches, perhaps a cemetery or two, foundations consumed by the high deserts growth and what's left of the rail bed. The Secret Ranch Manor once sat along the railroad but as stations closed and folks depended on the rails less towns died out. The lively brothel and lodge where gamblers gamble and men drink was merely no more. It would be moved where it came to rest on a ranch. The story goes that it was moved closer to the highway then the tracks due to the growth of the highway. But somehow after that its hard to know if it actually was moved near the highway to be a brothel or if it was moved near the highway to be used as a family ranch house. Its hard to know if the ranch was here first or the brothel/lodge became part of a ranch at a later time. While it was referred to as a manor or brothel it spent its last days as providing a family with country living.

I read quite a bit about the places I go but I often do not believe everything I read because its not always accurate. People often refer to this as a brothel but its signs of being a lodge or providing adult entertainment ended a long time ago. When I arrived here I realized the manor which hosted men of the railroad was now a lonely ranch home decaying within the oasis it came to rest. I mean I never know what to expect till I arrive on the scene for an investigation or exploration. I do my best work alone however it has its downsides like in regards to this exploration since I would be alone for four hours here for nonstop seeking out its ghosts of the past.

The roads in this desert are very rough and rugged but this place sits literally in the middle of nowhere its not one of those locations you can park at. Rather you have to hike out to it and that depends on peoples comfort level. When I started off my hike it was not very inviting for one there was piles of cattle bones everywhere including in a dry mud pit by one of the dirt roads. My dog was running around with a cattle femur he still is a puppy and the bone was so heavy he could barely lift it lol. There are a few old rusty trailers, debris fields, overgrown roads and foundations its about all you see out here. There is no town perhaps a few small ranches but its a very small population who braves this harsh desert.

While it might seem harsh there are creeks that are found through this region one of them is Smoke Creek so if you travel out into the desert you can take the canyon along the creek where groves of giant cottonwoods grow, meadows with butterflies are found and pools of blue water reflect the skies. Along these creeks up here were and art cattle ranches even today. When I was offroading to get to this place I am across a wild burro  he ran right out in front of me. There are also herds of antelope, deer and a diverse amount of wild birds found up here. Its not as green along the creek this time of year one of the down sides to Fall but in the Spring this region of the Smoke Creek is full of green meadows and hillsides. Most of the trees and greenery grow along the creek which is one of the main sources of water in this desert. I offroaded along the creek came across a few roads that I had to turn around on.

I eventually grabbed my gear set off on a journey to visit this legendary location perfect for October. If you want me to give you it I wont for numerous reasons and good ones including the fact that you may get charged by a bull or shot by one of the locals for brown nosing around just saying. The only thing I cared about at the time is just seeing this place in a sense showing this place the respect it deserves. I get sick of going to places that are overcrowded, vandalized and to well known. Sometimes I like to go off the grid strap on the backpack and see where the road takes me. Along those journeys I find some cool places that perhaps were only meant for my eyes then again maybe also to share them with our dedicated viewers who appreciate this kind of thing.

I ended up hiking on foot in the brothel is on  ranch hell it was a ranch which may have been the original ranch but nobody anymore lives at Secret Manor Ranch. As I was hiking out to it all I could see in the distance coming down a hill the old brothel or rather country home. Their are no windows in it its just this big dark gray foreboding home and you cant see it that well because it is surrounded by many old cottonwood trees. The cottonwood is very popular out here in Nevada and California its very resilient and some of them get huge. This ranch has some of the biggest I have seen out west the creek that runs through here runs through on both sides of the home all in between the outbuildings. I bet when that use to flood it had to suck living here trying to cross over to other outbuildings like for example the outhouse or the chicken coop to get eggs.

You have to be very careful dangers lurk everywhere for example there is an area with glass and metal everywhere its sharp. But I was fixing to put a battery in my cam and looked down saw a rattle snake inches from my foot. If it would have bitten me that could have been very bad and there are also mountain lions which hide in the brush up in these hills. Its unforgiving terrain I was walking for awhile over rocks, past cattle and my new sneakers got muddied up fast back here. But alas there I was standing before this home because that is what it had become and I would not figure that out till later during my exploration.

Their is probably about twelve structures on site from what I could see is the chicken coop, workshops, corrals, collapsed wood cabin, a couple residential cabins, outhouse, barn and a few other structures. I should have captured that moment I walked up on this place I just sort of stood in front of it looking up thinking to myself wow I am about to go in that haunting manor. I was getting super excited as a matter in fact I set my bag down grabbed a flashlight, filled my bud in my pipe, prepped my EMF detector and was prepping to go on in. My heart was racing moments prior I had a rattle snake go right past my foot. This ranch is in the middle of nowhere if someone wanted to hack you up they could nobody would see a thing. The trees grow everywhere but they appear to have also fallen on the brothel and two other structures one of them being a workshop.

The property was very muddy water had settled in ponds along the creek some of it came right to the edge of the porch which was collapsed with nails protruding upwards. Their is so much scattered wood, debris, nails and metal on the property it kind of looks like a tornado hit this place. My main goal was to explore the brothel which sat in between many other structures. I cant tell if those structures were here before the brothel was moved here or were built after. I read somewhere that the brothel was also a lodge where you could water down your horses for the night. That would make sense you had to have a working ranch on site in order to feed the guest this place was probably a beacon in the night. I can imagine being on a horse and hearing music playing seeing candles in the window thinking oh man I reached the gates of heaven as I walk in and whores are lounging around on sofas lol.

My theory is that the brothel was not doing well for business and the ranch was already here. I seen some old wood cabins but they were small maybe once the family grew they bought the brothel and decided to turn it into a family home. Maybe they needed a larger home and wanted to have their ranch hands instead living in the smaller cabins. Perhaps the brothel did reside here for a short time where it was moved maybe they used it as a ranch to so that the guest here could seek lodging get a steak or eggs for breakfast. I read that once it was moved to the highway you could come here get lodging, gamble, drink, get a dinner, tie up your horses for the night etc. Regardless of how long it was a brothel or for how long or what locations it sat as a brothel is a bit of a mystery perhaps even hearsay. Based on this being at one time a full working ranch and seeing the home on site id say a large family ended up living here before it began to enter its state of decay which could have been caused by the tree that had fallen on it.

There are three entrances actually four into this home its very strange again though it was not always a home. Each side of this manor has an entrance into it but I wanted to enter through the very front where these steps takes you to the upper floor a very tall upper floor because this is a big home. I have seen some really nice old country ranch homes in the west abandoned or out in the middle of nowhere. But this place is really a marvel it still is standing strong but without it having windows, doors etc the elements have weakened it. I almost stepped in a deep hole in the living room because I was photographing a coat closet so you have to keep your eyes wide open. When I first stepped up onto the porch I slipped off a piece of wood stepped forward to get balance and I had a nail go through my foot. So goes life shit happens I explore I get hurt I move on from it if you do not like this type of exploration it wont get any better its a very dingy place full of rodent and bird droppings.

I was alone but excited could not help feeling watched something did not sit right with me back here. I just kept feeling someone was back here with me watching and I might be wrong but this is hill have eyes shit. This is a place you would see in a Rob Zombie movie. I mean there really is no signal up here, its deep on a ranch, hazards are everywhere and there is plenty of places for something to hide in. I text Tammy told her the place is like a small town there are other homes, structures and outbuildings. You have no idea how big it is till you start to walk around and realize there are structures on both sides of the creek.

When I first entered the home there was two rooms to the left and to the right. Both were parlors or living rooms of sorts one had remnants of an old vinyl couch, a chair and the other room a twin parlor had remnants of some old wood tables. One probably was an office while the other one was probably a parlor just based on what I observed. The floors were really dusty floors were giant thick wooden planks the carpeting had been torn up. I did notice light fixtures so at some point it had working electricity throughout. It probably was upgraded to having electricity but in the 1800's they probably just used candles. The type of fixtures I seen here were from 1920's id say its possible that when the brothel was moved they upgraded it or when it become a family home maybe they renovated or upgraded it then. Im not sure it always had electricity but I could be wrong its just that the towns found in the Smoke Creek Desert were off the grid all along an old wagon route and rail bed. None of them ever grew very large and amenities like electricity probably did not come till later on well into the 1900's. The parlors had grayish pain chipping and peeling exposing the wooden walls also the parlor with the tables had remnants of peeling wallpaper. 

The home is rather simple in design it has a main hall with a stairwell when you first enter. If you take the hall straight ahead you can visit the kitchen to your right or the dining room to the left. If you turn off at the stairwell without taking the hall all the way to your right is the living room with the coat closet but your left is another parlor but probably what was used as an office. The owner of the ranch probably had a desk here maybe a study with books. He probably handled all his finances in this room it looked like it may have had a wood stove to. This probably was dads study or man cave lol who knows maybe it just was that a second parlor. The parlor to the left leads into what appears to be a dining room. That room has two older stoves in it id say from the 1950's maybe even the 1940's they are old so whoever lived here was using that kitchen to cook and bake back then. That room also had a couple mattresses, collapsed kitchen table and allot of torn wallpaper. If you go through a doorway you can go through the hall across the way and enter the kitchen or a second kitchen. The kitchen had an old fridge from the 1950's in it and a stove along with a hot water tank. So the home eventually had running water and electricity based on the appliances laying around. Of course as a brothel the stove, fridge, small washer etc probably did not exist these appliances were from around the mid 1900's.

The kitchen with the hot water tank had Ivy wallpaper it also had a kitchen sink but no faucet maybe they poured buckets of water in the sink to do dishes. Their was cupboards all covering one wall and a separate room with shelves which id assume is a pantry of some kind. If you step out of the kitchen there are two smaller shacks or rather sheds. They probably stored cleaning supplies or anything they needed for the house in these sheds. They were only a couple feet away as a matter in fact there are four entrances and exits you can go out through the pantry from the kitchen to the back of the house and to other outbuildings. The house did not have a bathroom as a matter in fact there was an outhouse with two toilet seats out back. While this house may have had electricity and perhaps a hot water tank for laundry it did not have sewage. The ranch was a bit old school if you wanted to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night you had to physically exit out the back of the home, cross a shallow creek and go up a small hill to get to the outhouse so it had to be a pain.

The downstairs is in real bad shape though holes in the floor, rat droppings, holes in the wall, peeling wallpaper and paint. Its definitely in a state of decay but it is structurally sound compared to other buildings I been in. The wood is solid everything from the wood to the walls with very little wear and tear. However, the elements are getting inside therefore it looks like something you would see in hell. I still had the upstairs left to do as well I was a bit skeptical thinking man what if I fall through the stairs or the floor above. Things get really hairy when you exploring upper levels in old homes like this. I once had a buddy of mine fall through a floor he was hanging on for dear life because he fell above a water filled room with dead rats floating on the water. In this case the second story is quite high up so if I fell through it would be a long injurious fall.

I carefully went up the grand stairwell to the second story and I did it very slow with caution. I was amazing at how good in shape the stairs were even the hall upstairs. The hall runs right or left when you get to the top of the stairs. Id say there is about six bedrooms upstairs all of them different colors and wallpaper. To go upstairs you just go through these small hatch leading up to the second story its a bit odd. Their are nothing but bedrooms upstairs  one room was completely red another one was blue and another one was green. I enjoyed the view from the upstairs as I went room to room to have a look around. Nearly all the rooms are just empty upstairs yeah their is some dirt, leaves, animal drops, a few boxes and bed springs but that is about it. One of the rooms had four to five bed springs and next to it a wooden crib. Which means at one time this ranch probably had quite a few children living here in what use to be a brothel on the railroad. I am sure those kids growing up seen some things no doubt as this once was a lively place full of gambling men, whores giggling and rowdy drinking no doubt.

If your able to find it there is a narrow passage behind the hatch and main stairwell which you can squeeze past. Their is a very narrow series of steps that leads up into the attic. Yes I did go to the attic did not trust the floors so I stood on the beams for more sturdiness. The attic had a giant hole in the roof caused by a tree which some of it had been cut and removed. But the damage here was already done and I noticed all sorts of dropping here ranging from birds to rats etc. The steps were covered in rat and mice droppings while the attic had bird crap everywhere. Their was other piles of crap not sure what animal was coming up here but it appeared to be big and I was in its domain unless a human is coming up here to shit lol.

You have to be careful upstairs while the attic is open and empty its in bad shape from the hole in the roof. But you do not need  flashlight light pours in enough where you can see the entire attic. It was really dingy up there but nothing was up here just a big open empty room. The hall down below on the second story does have an area the floorboards are missing as a matter in fact one of the rooms I went in the entire floor almost gave way it was buckling so again you just need to be careful. I take quite a bit of risk doing what I do and have for years. I wanted to get out of here in once piece because it is a bit hairy of a place. I already was hurting from the nail that went into my foot.

As I was wrapping up my investigation of the second story I heard voices it spooked the living hell out of me. You could hear a couple voices talking getting closer to the house. I was going room to room looking out the windows but I never seen a soul not once. I thought it was strange one of the voices sounded like a man and I know what I heard. Then seconds later on the front porch I heard heavy boots walking and I am thinking to myself how am I going to get out of this one or where can I hide. Then I thought oh shit maybe ill jump from the second story grab my pack out back and book it. I was not sure what to think I just knew I was not alone whether that was humans approaching the home or a ghost remained to be seen then again I seen nobody. I could hear walking on the porch then something or someone came into the house walked around near the entrance and main hall which is in the front of the house. I was looking out the windows and seen nobody even carefully peaked around the staircase looking down at the main entrance and nobody was present.

I believe this place is haunted and if its not it sure has that vibe. I sat quietly for about fifteen minutes then came downstairs announcing to whoever I was just exploring and I am not a threat or armed. Nobody responded back their was nobody here I was alone along with the ghosts that haunt this homes halls. The place got creepy real fast and I still had some Halloween gig pictures to do and since I was alone I had to set up the tripod. Which ended up keeping me here allot longer then I thought I would be. I still had other buildings to explore also so I was not going anywhere anytime soon despite that I wondered in the back of my head who the hell is up here or what was it that I just experienced.

On the grounds are other structures worth exploring such as a collapsed chicken coop, barn for cattle or horses, out houses and even a dugout in the hill for cold storage. They probably utilized the cold storage leading up to when electricity had came to this home along with an actual fridge. I went into the dug out more then likely from the 1800's may have even been built before the brothel came to rest here. It was the only way to keep food items from spoiling or cooler was to store them underground. The dugout had a few shelves inside I went all the way back however it was in bad shape nearly collapsing so I had to be careful do not want to be entombed underground.

There is at least three workshops that I had found one of them had a tree that fell on it and I knew it was a workshop because it had a bench with a vice. I could not get into the workshop it was in bad shape and I ended up again slipping onto another rusty nail trying to climb down off the tree from looking on inside. The other workshops were a bit smaller the medium size one had a couple work benches, hooks for tools, cabinets, cubbies etc. Whoever lived on this ranch liked to build and fix things I mean come on I heard of one workshop on a ranch but three? The barn is just an empty shell its been gutted surprised its standing. There is a few cabins also which in theory were probably on site before the brothel came to be. Then again maybe they were built after for ranch hands! Its possible that the cabins were lived in before the brothel came to rest here or they were used by staff when the brothel was in operation. Keep in mind I am just theorizing I have no idea since this really is a site shielded with some mystery.

Maybe the lodge built these other structures so that people traveling the road could water down there horses and tie them down in the barn for the night. I read but not sure how true it is that at the time the brothel also had a small farm on site. This would make sense so that you could offer travelers food, water and staff living out here could be self sufficient since this locations is in the middle of nowhere. Back in the day small hotels in the desert were more then just a stage stop they offered supplies, entertainment, food etc. Life was harsh on the railroad even more so if you were traveling via wagon along this route or through the Smoke Creek Desert. I guess ill never know the entire story other then this was a brothel that was moved and came to rest somehow on this ranch supposedly it continued to operate as one. But at some point the property did fall into the hands of a family because again after my exploration seeing the crib and appliances it was obvious someone tried to make this into a home.

Many of the structures are in bad shape no windows, no doors, cow dung everywhere, mud, flooding, wood boards, some old rusty farm machinery. The trees on the grounds are gorgeous there is a corral with a smaller barn and cattle loading area. Actually there was a couple small corrals then a giant grazing area along the creek. The grounds kind of look like a tornado hit it glass all over, ripped furniture, rodent droppings in all the buildings, piles of wood with nails protruding out of it, drum barrels, pallets, rusty paint cans, wood stove, aluminum roofing, piles of papers, leaves and the list goes on and on. I took video footage of every single structure inside and outside. I took photos of every structure inside and outside! Despite how uneasy I felt I stuck it threw probably spent three to four hours here by myself and not anywhere near my truck to make a speedy getaway so I was in for the long haul.

Their are a few areas you can cross the creek as someone made some makeshift bridges out of wood and rocks. That did not matter I slipped on some mud trying to jump across not once but twice on my investigation and my sneakers came out dripping with brown oozing mud. Their are a few fallen structures to and plenty of tree limbs at least two to three trees have fallen in storms which have decimated certain structures. This probably led to the condition of the property today but then again some structures are just plain horrid. Anything of value has been stripped of course you can kind of tell the elements had there way but so have people over the years. I know vandalism when I see it one wall had spray paint on it in the brothel. This place probably is not even safe to enter breathing rat droppings stirred up is bad so bad in fact if the particles get in your lungs you could die. People have no idea in my paranormal group how many risk I take yet most of you want to watch cheesy paranormal programs and follow groups who take photos of dust sitting on someone's couch. I don't work like that I risk everything for my research and this place has quite a few hazards.

I am sure when this place was an operable hotel and brothel or a full working farm with little kids running around it was a great place. I can sometimes envision the past or what things were like and its easy to see what this place use to be like with the little creek splitting off going around the house, cattle being milked in the barn, chickens running around, noises coming from the workshop etc. Then again as a brothel I could see men gambling, women entertaining those men and the occasional drunken brawl. You probably could hear the organ music playing a mile away and at the time seeing lanterns hanging from its entrances or up in the big tall windows upstairs where the women often entertained railroading men's desires in a very lonely high desert miles from any services.

The brothel/ranch house sits in the middle of it all kind of a focal point really. I ended up going back into the house a few more times even upstairs to look around again. It was fairly quiet after that incident where I heard voices and walking around. Granted I did get some EMF readings on the property and heard a few strange noises but its an old property. Boards creek, metal roofing blows in the wind and branches are blowing up against various structures. So you hear quite a few things and you do not really always know what is what or if someone is hiding or if its ghostly. I am no stranger to investigating old ranches I have done quite a few out west and some turn out to be extremely haunted or less known about. Not many people know about this place and its probably better that way because the place is standing on its last leg. Sure the elements played a role but that does not explain how stripped, gutted and decayed the structures are. It looks like squatters lived here once and were throwing rocks at the windows.  Not once structure has a single window in it and even in ghost towns I go to Ill come across structures with a window or two so its pretty bad.

I hiked out of here feeling pretty good about my exploration but most of my day was gone and nightfall was approaching fast. I have heard about the haunting's here and feel good that I did not end up falling threw a floor or pushed out a window. Its a creepy place its one of the reasons I saved it till October to do because when I do things in October I pick special creepy locations for our members to enjoy. The photos and video will tell more then what I can put into this report even the EVP. The place is haunted somehow I felt some relief to be back at my truck. When I was hiking I found some old stone ruins also not far from the brothel. These hills hide probably quite a few old pioneer ranches based on what I seen offroading in the area. Some of them are inhabited its hard to believe they are when you see how decayed some sites are you have to look at the bigger picture that nature is consuming or reclaiming these ranches once again. This is not a friendly desert I mean come on I almost got bit by a rattle snake. Emigrants died crossing it as well! You have two deserts up here bordering one another the Smoke Creek and the Black Rock which both have serious extremes in temps and diverse weather. While summers may reach over 100 degrees winters here are below zero and it does snow hefty sometimes here so yeah not much is left standing or even around to explore anymore so I was lucky to enjoy this place.

I only had an hour or two till dusk so I did not get to visit other locations I had planned which included a ghost town and a cemetery. I also had another ranch to explore but I ran out of road and time trying to get to it. We took off east on this really rugged jeep road. I had 12 miles to go and well with rock crawling I got about two miles away and ended up having to turn around. We seen some wild horses and herds of antelope though lots of nature out here. But the road had gotten so rough that any further and id probably broke an axle or something. It was a rocky road for miles with boulders, washouts etc. A few times I drove off the road because the terrain was a little less rugged or because the road was out. This is a rough desert to traverse it does not have much growing it either the road was not even dirt it was ALL rock.

When I realized there may have been another route to get to this other ranch I knew I would not see it because id have to go twelve miles out then north on the highway a few miles then take this other road for twelve miles. By then the sun was down. I was so bummed out the thing is we have no idea the conditions of these old stagecoach roads and jeep trails till we physically get on them. The road bares the name of the ranch so I thought it probably is not a bad road to take to it hell no boy was I wrong. So next time I am up this way ill make a second go at it but ill have to take another route on in. I was so close but even if I made it I prefer to take photos of ranches and historical sites during the day so people can enjoy the mountains, scenery etc. I use to for many years go to places at night which was so so back east but here out west everything I do has nature and scenery. That all goes away at night besides the fact that in a desert like Smoke Creek you wont find everything you want to see so ill come back so I do not miss anything.

Sunset out here was beautiful the skies were all pink and purple we climbed uphill for eight maybe nine miles so once I turned around I just was bummed because I busted ass trying to get up into the Smoke Creep Mountains. There is actually a beautiful canyon you can take following Smoke Creek along with a grove of cottonwoods. I hope next time I check out the ranch I can hike around the grove and enjoy the creek more in depth. I also will try to go back up here so I can check out some more ghost towns. I actually found an abandoned settlement in the area not many know about and you wont find any ghost town groups that have it. So much more work needs to be done out here trust me were not done yet. Many old railroading towns graced the edge of this desert along with ranches built in the 1850's it would be great to see more but at least I got out to the brothel and spent most of my day on this ranch exploring it so it was a stellar day.

I was hungry really did not eat even dinner yet so I went out to another semi ghost town at night called Karlo which use to be a railroading town. Today there is only a few working ranches up in Karlo with miles of dirt roads and of course the Biscar Wildlife Viewing area which has a couple reservoirs. I parked up at the reservoir had some potato salad and other foods. I smoked one rested a bit because I needed to fuel up for the journey home. It was nice being out under the stars but man I could not see anything the moon was barely visible I could sort of make our the outline of the reservoir and see a bit of a reflection on the lake with my naked eye.

The roads around Karlo are a bit confusing I tried to go to what was known as downtown at night some farmers big ass dog started to chasing my vehicle. I also seen a train car back here too near an old ranch house. This use to be a bustling town they had a station all of it including the businesses are long gone. I spent about two hours after relaxing at the lake offroading on various dirt roads some of them were so narrow my truck was touching the sides. Many of the roads use to lead to ranches and parts of the town today there is nothing to be seen nature has ov

Our Urban Exploration Report Of Carson Underground On: 10/22/19

Believe it not this was a two years trip in the making which my son and I planned. For a long time I been hearing stories about the tunnels under Carson City. I never could figure out what my son and his friends meant. I never even knew Carson had a storm drain system like this. While many local kids might know about it they entrance is hidden over two fences and down a hill so you never see the place driving by it.

My son use to go there all the time telling me how he seen shadows, heard voices and apparitions. I thought what a cool place but the way he made it sound is that the entrance was to small for my fat ass so I never even thought about giving it a go. But I also had a theory that maybe the tunnels went under one of the most haunted, historic and oldest prisons on the west coast so it was worth a shot at planning something worth exploring.

Months ago I went there to check out the entrance it was a bit small but I knew I could check them out what I did not know is there is also a back way to them or two other entrances. When I visited I seen tons of graffiti including an alien and thought man this place is cool. All you could see is a tube like dark tunnel and a long black corridor going into the darkness. So eventually I figured when the time was right we would go in.

There is a creek that runs into these tunnels so sometimes they are wetter then other times. My son and his exgf along with her friends use to go in here all the time but he would come home with his shoes all dirty and use to get mad because it was all anyone would ever want to do. I like to put these places to rest figure out why so many are obsessed with these locations or explore them more in depth. I know that many of the local kids claim the tunnels go on forever and they can spend days down here but I was going to prove otherwise.

So after my Bills VS Bengals game and that last minute victory by them and stocking up on some spicy garlic wings we decided to spend the rest of our day exploring the Carson Underground.

Carson City Underground

We went in the tunnels about 2pm I wanted some daylight because there is nature around them but if I came out anywhere I wanted to get my bearings. I was packed for it all wore my backpack with batteries, nightvision, lights, food, water, beer, bud, cameras, chalk and just about anything else you could think of. Its best to go in prepped who knows how long this would take or if we would get side tracked.

My goal was to get out to under the prison today its a museum but at one time it was a place with dozens of deaths its because the first gas chamber execution took place here so they begin to use the facility for chamber executions. But there have been riots, shootings, hangings and many other sinister events in its 150 year history. So my thought was if its haunted above in the halls of that prison the same must be for the tunnels below it.

When we arrived we took some photos at the entrance and I noticed some of the better graffiti was defaced. Hell my son seen a friend he knew put her name on a wall kids do stupid stuff. Not to far down into the tunnels we found a couple boots. You have to wonder why someone decided to take off there boots here and just leave them.

 There was decent water flowing through here believe it or not we have not had much dry weather recently. We have had snow in September, rain storms and hell there is still lots of ground water from last years heavy snows on the sierras. As we made our way down the cylindrical tube which goes a few hundred feet the light began to fade. We then came out into this room with columns it kind of looked like a temple.

The tunnel split three ways but they all followed the same direction none veered off which is odd because most storm drains or tunnels will in any city you go to. I mean besides what is the point of having three tunnels unless its to alleviate water so that its not funneled through to fast or to deep.

We stuck to the left tunnel it was the driest while the middle one had more water in it. Every so often there is a break where you can cross into the middle tunnel or even the one next to it. I would stop walk through these sections shine my light in each tunnel to make sure nobody was with us.

There are smaller cylindrical tunnels that branch off from the tunnel we were in I was not crawling in them although I could have fit I would have been on my stomach. Most of those concrete tubes would ascend then again split in a Y. I would not recommend climbing into them because if it rains and you cant turn around it could be bad real bad or you could get stuck. But I think these cylinder tunnels go up to street level to drainage grates because I could hear vehicles nearby. Jarrod showed me a bigger cylinder then the rest he seen a shadow on in and his friend seen it to so who knows maybe the place is haunted I ran some EVP here.

The tunnel we were in also had ladders leading up to the top above us through rusty manholes. So if we wanted to make a quick exit we could have. I never heard any cars directly above us though so who knows maybe we were under a parking lot. The middle tunnel has no manholes either does the very tunnel to our right as far as I could tell well maybe one but it seemed that left tunnel was more inclined to have the manholes because a street ran along them nearby while the expressway ran along the other tunnel while the middle tunnel was just lacking any of the features like tubes or manhole ladders.

We could hear rushing water at first had no idea where it was coming from we would find out later on. The concrete walls in this tunnel had a date on it which stated 2004 so that is either the year these were built or maybe the year they produced these concrete molds. I say molds because you could tell the concrete forming these tunnel was probably brought on in already formed then they just fitted it and put mortar between each tunnel piece. Each tunnel piece is about 10' in height and about 12' wide so you figure three tunnels running parallel with one another that this all together was over 40' in width underground because you have to account for wall thickness also.

You tend to hear quite a few strange things when your in a place like this and we both hear other people or voices in the tunnels coming from a quarter mile back behind us. We never seen any lights and we did distance ourselves then again there are three tunnels. While the tunnels may curve a little they are mostly straight therefore id thought we would have seen something but my son told me most kids who hang out here never even bring a light they just use there cell phones which my friends is a bad bad bad idea. You drop your phone in the water or it goes dead your going to be hugging the walls here for a half of mile to a mile and half just saying.

Eventually the tunnels come out to this open area there is grass growing, flowers etc. Call it a break its about a fifty foot area of the tunnels that has no ceiling. The water is deep here its just this big open pool with a ramp that goes up to the streets. I could hear cars and traffic so if we wanted we could have left then but why would we? We came to see the tunnels and explore them! Out west urbex is really unheard of I came here to introduce it to the people of the west coast give them something they can build off of and network with others who enjoy this kind of thing so we were going to finish this.

Before you get to the break you can hear water rushing and see light around the bend. My son told me he had never been past this area so we were in some unknown country. I think its kind of funny how local kids go in here all the time and my first time in I seen the entire tunnel system. Id say entirely its less then a mile and half underground but time slows down or you lose track of time when your busy looking at all the graffiti. I seen quite a of political banter, monsters, tags and art work on the walls. There are these concrete walls which look like wood paneling and people were tagging notes saying please remove wood paneling then you touch it and find out it was just concrete. Maybe they had wood up against it when they were being built till it dried who knows.

Eventually you start to see light and you come on out along this creek where the water flows out of the tunnels at. These are the Carson City marshes and wetlands not far nearby is the water treatment plant. There are cattails growing everywhere, flowers and id say about four different ponds/lakes. The amount of bird life back here is amazing water fowl, ducks, seagulls, geese etc EVERYWHERE! The water is full of birds and there is even a dry lake. We also seen a few dirt roads which were a bit wet so if you do not wear waterproof boots your feet are going to get wet. Besides the fact that there is weeds everywhere and brush so you have to watch for ticks and that sort of thing.

We were not set on any path we just were enjoying the nature up here. I like to bird and chase nature myself so I integrate it into my explorations even if I am chasing the paranormal. Nature, ghosts, bigfoot, aliens, birds, flowers etc what does it matter its all there for true explorers to take advantage of and that we did. My son mentioned to me that their are quite a bit of snakes back here in the tall grass lucky for us weather is cooling down so we never seen a rattle snake but one wrong step and that could be game over or risk getting bit in hotter months so words of the wise to the teens of Carson City if you come out of the tunnels and you want to explore know to always look down snakes are gonna live here too.

My son and I climbed a fence hell we climbed a few but we found this lake under the expressway among the pillars its very weird. But its a part of Carson most folks do not know exist that was pretty cool. You can go roaming right under the expressway and there is water everywhere with a path in the middle of it all. I do not know if the lakes have any fish but we did find one dead fish at the tunnel exit here dead on its side so maybe a bird brought it there. I know the birds build mud nest at the exits and entrance into this tunnel system. The mud nest are all up along the walls towards the ceiling and go about 80' on in and the darker you go into the tunnel the less nests you begin to see.

From the marshland we could see in the distance Nevada State Prison the guard towers up on the hill, razor wire fences etc. My son and I were let down because the tunnels ended but we thought if we walked around the wetlands under the road nearby we could continue to explore more tunnels maybe go under the prison and do a ghosts investigation. You see the prison itself is now closed and has been and executions are now being done in Ely Nevada. You can see the old stone buildings in the distance many similar stone buildings exist downtown Carson with rock that the prisoners quarried. This prison has allot of history it once held a casino and prior to it being leased for a prison a hotel sat here where many prominent folks including Mark Twain Visited when Nevada was forming statehood and writing there Constitution so yes the property is very old aside from the prison itself.

Before we headed on over to the prison we found this massive sewer grate not storm drain but sewer looked down into it and I turned around real fast. That is death if you go down there they have no ladders, tunnels have rushing water yes its full of shit and the tube is full almost to the brim so if you fall in you probably will end up drowning. Plus its a 12' fall almost to the bottom unlike some sewer tunnels that might have walkways etc but not in Carson. Carson does not have a good sewer system because its not a major city. So we were not going to explore anymore new tunnel systems and I did not want to end up being washed up at the nearby treatment plant a few hundred feet away which is probably why the water was rushing like rapids nearby because all the sewage from the city is funneled through here nearby.

I have seen photography of the caverns, quarry and tunnels under the prison its actually amazing. I wanted to explore them but my guess is you can only see them if you visit the prison on site. You see the prison is built into a place called prison hill in November I am going to do the trail above it so ill get some better photos. The ones from the top of the hill should be awesome and worth getting eventually. But id still like to get permission to get into the museum and prison to investigate it. Ghost Adventures did it but honestly I cant stand that dang show and based on what I know the legitimacy is really in question. I want to do my own research and work not something on television I work alone therefore you can expect good work out of me.

My son and I have seen over the years an old stone building its in bade shape but I wanted to check it out. So we got away from the wetlands cross the road hiked on this small trail through these old cottonwoods it was kind of overgrown. We found some old foundations, bricks and then of course the stone building which we decided to break at so I could do a historical documentary of the prison. Behind it is the fence for the prison which we were not planning on messing with. I just wanted to see the stone building up close. I think this building may have been part of the original hotel that was here or homestead before it became a prison which is why it does not sit inside of the prisons walls or fences. From where we took a break at you could see some of the old buildings including the old license plate factory which offered back in the day prisoners here a job manufacturing plates for the state of NV in turn offering them employment while being incarcerated here.

My son was out wandering down some freshly paved road past this structure when all of sudden this big marine pulls up in an SUV and is like can I help you. I explained to him that I was out urban exploring when I wanted to take some photos of course he was like you need to leave now immediately. He made it clear he could arrest us on the spot and then he seen my gun on my side and told me that he could arrest me for too. I found out that while the old part of the prison is closed and a museum there is a newer section also on site which is still being used to house prisoners but most sites do not clarify that. Everyone on these sites makes it seem like its abandoned and yeah maybe the stone buildings are but not the newer stuff which you really cant see from the road oops. I promise I was not breaking  anyone out it was just a misunderstanding and glad he did not arrest us but he was PISSED woooo. I tried to show him my printout about the place and he was like do not move one step I was like sheesh. But I am not mad he is just doing his job and glad he was cordial and just told us to leave.

Of course he said to me how do you not know you cant be here did you not see the sign and locked gate. Well I took a little dirt trail through a patch of trees there was no fence and it was a path probably used by quite a few people who have checked out this building. Its all boarded up and stone nobody is getting in but for a black and white shot its worth seeing up close hell the history alone. I was nice to the guy told him is it okay I get my backpack on the side and my son get his. Then he says stop to me and says are you stealing. Can someone tell me what is their to steal back here?

Its a stone structure surrounded by old trees and high grass there is NOTHING of value here to make matters worst I took a really hard fall on a rusty wire, rock and piece of wood. My foot got wrapped up and I could not step forward fell so hard on my leg I was in tears had blood running down my leg so I figured that was enough punishment. In the end he let us go we got our packs and he watched us walk for a quarter mile standing there arms folded lol. Man people read into shit more then what it is would I be carrying a five hundred dollar camera around my neck if I was some crack head think about it? You could tell based on how we were dressed, our gear, packs, cameras etc that we were not some fucking turd burglar sheesh!

I felt a bit bad about the incident but whatever I went across the road took some photos with my good zoom did a ten minute film about its history, tragedy etc. Their once was a riot here where the warden was shot well that same warden once down the road refused to give up his command so the military had to be called in. This prison had been a war zone from years of riots, murders and over 50 executions. The warden almost went to war to keep his post here also. But the one thing that is even more strange is what they found when quarrying here which was a set of massive tracks fossilized in sandstone. Over the years some have said they were the tracks of a giant. Yes giants did roam Nevada as some of you are aware those giants are known as Bigfoot/Sasquatch or a cousin of the Gigantopithecus. Over the years other scientist claim that they are just the tracks of a giant ground sloth. At one time folks would come from all over the world to see them and eventually they were covered up were just not sure as to why perhaps their is a deeper conspiracy to the entire thing.

No less the prison is one of the most haunted on the west coast its full of ghost stories, strange tales and travesties too. Id love to check it out but tunnels going under it are a no go which is fine ill get my permission one day to get on in maybe donate to the museum and turn this into a force for good. I am glad we got arrested the girlfriend would not have been happy to have to come bail me out lol. We had a nice dinner across from the prison just before sundown Prison Hill was orange during sunset and it just gleamed over the old stone buildings this glowing dismal orange. If those walls could talk its a very sad, dark and dismal place.

But its also a part of Nevada's history and its where the birth of Nevada came to be when we came a state. So when you come out of the tunnels the prison is virtually right in front of your face so its just something you need to make note of and anyone else who wants to photograph the building by the main road don't walk up to it because the next guard may arrest you or hell the same one we dealt with as my guess to it all is he has dealt with others visiting it too I could see how he had the I am sick of folks checking out this place. My whole view is if you really don't want people walking up to it and checking it out then fully fence it off and hang actual signs all around it because I had no idea this stone building was even part of the prison since everything else on the property is surrounded by razor wire, gates and towers!

Jarrod and I made our way back into the tunnel system we decided to work with the middle tunnel system and the one on the opposite end. I did not want to miss anything so we took the other two tunnels back crossing between the corridors to see what else we could see or find. These other two tunnels had more water in them lucky for us we have water proof boots so even six inches of water my feet did stay dry. I like how folks tagged monsters around some of the drain pipe holes as if they are mouths. By the time we reached the breaking area halfway between the storm drains it was pitch dark outside. I used some night vision on my way back through the tunnels just to get some for youtube.

We found the medium sized drainage tube where water was just pouring down through into the main tunnel. Not sure where all this water was coming from because another tube was dry so it was a bit odd. Then again not far from here water was dripping on our heads like light rain in a section of tunnel not to far way. So maybe there is some ground water or this is drainage from another nearby creek nearby there are a few small ones in Carson.

We found in the tunnel were in something very strange to top off the night. It was this concrete window I call it a window because it was this carved out rectangular area with a small four inch ledge. On that ledge was feces and a ton of it. It looked like mountain lion or bobcat some of it had hair in it so it was a predator. I thought it was weird like what does this thing stand up propping itself up along this ledge and crapping? Nearby was also somebodies medical paperwork so who knows but its just a bit odd. Their was quite a bit of feces and stool some of it probably was human but not all of it. I mean if it was a human they could just crap anywhere in this tunnel no need to go in that deep crap on the ledge then leave especially with there being other places like those lakes or fields so who knows it was just very weird.

Were not even sure what is behind the piece of wood covering this underground window up but there was a huge hole in it like someone took an axe to try to get behind it or break the thick wooden panel. We tried to look behind this piece of wood and it just appears to be earth. It might be another tunnel system or maybe a hidden room but its sealed off even if you could remove the piece of wood there was mud, earth and clay through the hole packed tight. Its just so odd of a find maybe this was going to be another drain and they never finished it or they filled it in with earth. I have no idea its a big mystery along with the ledge of crap. No less its a hollowed out indent in the tunnel wall boarded up and something or someone is using the ledge leading up into it as their own personal toilet. With the wetlands nearby we get animals that come down off the mountains so a bear, big cat etc could potentially see this tunnel as there den and this is where it chooses to shit who knows.

Eventually we made it back to the tunnel entrance my son and I did some funny scary clown photos around the room with all the pillars and in one of the storm drain tubes. They came out pretty freaky but you guys already know we like to do some gigs, bloops and scary photography. You could say we were just clowning around I guess IT 2 inspired me because I seen a week prior so I wanted to bring our clown mask underground. I almost bought an IT mask the night before at the store but it was busted but its all good they turned out pretty funny and scary for those that hate clowns lol.

Eventually we left the tunnels with some sigh of relief we were gone for nearly eight hours exploring. Tammy text me told me a storm was on the way and well even though it did not rain there was some lightening out. I am sure if it would have rained we would have gotten wet because it seems the tunnels do have some leakage from the ceilings. I know I came home quite muddy and dirty but its not an exploration unless you delve into things a little. I never once seen a rodent down here I thought we would see a rat or mouse but nothing it was dead not even any ghosts. You hear allot of campfire tales about the tunnels but I think underground your mind takes over and not everything is what it seems. These are not some old historic tunnels this is a storm drain the city put in to relieve there issues with flooding in the valley which can be an issue when snow melts heavily or we get our spring rains.

On the way to the truck some idiot living in some trailer comes out shines his cheap flashlight in our eyes my son shines one of our tactical lights back at him blinded him lol. Don't shine your lights in our eyes for being on a public sidewalk you reap what you sow. The entrance to the tunnels is not in the best area of town and we had to hike back to the truck through it so be forewarned you may get people like this you have to deal with who are nosy. All in all I did not lose any of my electronics in the water but I did tear a couple holes in my backpack on some barbed wire a casualty of war I guess. All in all this was a fun exploration and I could finally put all these local tales about these tunnels to rest! Plus we had gotten to see nature and although no paranormal some strange or weird things while journeying.

I could not wait to get home put on some drier clothes, clean up and eat dinner. I had left over pizza and wings from the football game earlier so I did not even have to cook. Nothing like a hard days of exploring and coming home already having dinner done lol. I probably wont go back down here I mean I felt I seen as much as I could see down here or as much as the journey would allow me to see. Storm drains can be dangerous and we had to have good weather just to be safe because I am sure in storms a river flows through here but with three massive tunnels the water is a little more fluid making them safer then most storm drains I been to. I wish I had gotten to see something paranormal but I did take some EVP so we shall see you never know it may not be a paranormal place but its a strange popular place for locals to party and chill at. I at least now can say I experienced them to and fully! I got some pretty nice photos down there of the tunnels that most of you are sure to enjoy!

Peace,
Lord Rick
PGS Founder

This truly is a stunning addition on our site worth checking out. I know I have not added much of my work lately but things are starting to smooth out and ill now have more time to add places like these to the site plus some. The Lakes Basin is home to over 50 lakes, 100 miles in mines, bigfoot sightings and of course the famous sierra snowcapped buttes.
It gives me great joy to get this live on the website it really does because its been awhile. I have so much to add and never enough time so I make it a big deal when projects like this go LIVE for the public to enjoy. After releasing this to the public its all the more reason for us to go back to camp, fish and further our research in the area.
Much work needs to be done I have many more lakes some not on trails and a camping trip planned next year up here down this really rugged jeep road. One thing at a time though so feel free to see the addition directly at http://paranormalghostsociety.org/LakesBasinCalifornia.htm or if you would like to go through the archives so you can find this research case and others you can do so at:

Gateway 4/Portal 27

Lakes Basin California Prologue
Lakes Basin California Team Stills
Lakes Basin California Team Explore
Lakes Basin California Plumas National Forest
Lakes Basin California Elwell Lakes Lodge
Lakes Basin California Petroglyph Site
Lakes Basin California Nature Gallery
Lakes Basin California Scenic Gallery
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Paracomedy 2016: More bloopers added

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This is really a stunning addition and this backyard is my second home. I cant wait to get back up here again to bring you more locations. You could spend a lifetime exploring this place and probably not see it all. The only way any of you will ever see my adventures is through my website NO not through facebook just bare that in mind. I pay and I operate my site to host my pictures and adventures so its there for you to enjoy. I love the Plumas National Forest oh man its a lost paradise up there!

The next adventure ill add is a place called Summit Valley its a bit different of course then the Lakes Basin but it is a historical and beautiful place. So much more to come the work I do is constantly ongoing my friends so for now take a time out to enjoy this newest addition.

Peace,
Lord Rick