Comments on: Banff Springs Hotel http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/ A spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories! Find out where the haunted houses are in your town. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: LukeS http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-190787 LukeS Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:41:00 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-190787 We stayed at the Fairmont Banff Springs this Christmas, 2011. I can confirm Room 873 has been covered over to look like it never existed.Tap the wall and find out! The door entrance light still remains where it used to before the door was closed in. We stayed at the Fairmont Banff Springs this Christmas, 2011. I can confirm Room 873 has been covered over to look like it never existed.Tap the wall and find out! The door entrance light still remains where it used to before the door was closed in.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-190239 Amanda Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:49:34 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-190239 I just got back from a conference at the Banff Springs hotel. We went looking for room 873 and sure enough, it doesn't exist. You can plainly see where a door used to be because of a baseboard replacement. The next night I was outside at the rear of the hotel and it was pitch black. We counted up to the eighth floor and all the lights were on (it was around 10pm) except for two windows near where 873 would be. We worked under the theory of "if it's closed off, then no lights would be on". But about a half hour later we were on our way back inside and I noticed a faint blue glow and flickers - like a tv was on - in those windows. It was bright in one room and like it reached into the other window. Theory - the room was closed off to make another room bigger. On Thursday we took the guided tour of the hotel and after all was done, my colleague asked the tour guide (who has worked there for fifty years) if it "was true about 873". He said "it is, but not what you're thinking". Turns out, 873 was closed up, divided in two to make the two rooms on either side bigger. No murder, no ghosts, nada. Case closed I just got back from a conference at the Banff Springs hotel. We went looking for room 873 and sure enough, it doesn’t exist. You can plainly see where a door used to be because of a baseboard replacement.
The next night I was outside at the rear of the hotel and it was pitch black. We counted up to the eighth floor and all the lights were on (it was around 10pm) except for two windows near where 873 would be. We worked under the theory of “if it’s closed off, then no lights would be on”. But about a half hour later we were on our way back inside and I noticed a faint blue glow and flickers – like a tv was on – in those windows. It was bright in one room and like it reached into the other window. Theory – the room was closed off to make another room bigger.
On Thursday we took the guided tour of the hotel and after all was done, my colleague asked the tour guide (who has worked there for fifty years) if it “was true about 873″. He said “it is, but not what you’re thinking”. Turns out, 873 was closed up, divided in two to make the two rooms on either side bigger. No murder, no ghosts, nada.
Case closed

]]> By: carla http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-189497 carla Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:26:59 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-189497 i went here and i saw something going down the stairs and that i saw somebody and it was invisable it was a girl i went here and i saw something going down the stairs and that i saw somebody and it was invisable it was a girl

]]> By: Lance http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-187483 Lance Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:30:45 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-187483 I was there for the past three days and I'll tell you what. I like pushing my own button for the elevator going up to my room and it did seem kind of odd having the elevator door open up as I was walking up to push the call button. All I need is the hair on the back of my neck standing up to decide on never going back to that hotel. Good-bye Banff Springs :) I was there for the past three days and I’ll tell you what. I like pushing my own button for the elevator going up to my room and it did seem kind of odd having the elevator door open up as I was walking up to push the call button. All I need is the hair on the back of my neck standing up to decide on never going back to that hotel. Good-bye Banff Springs :)

]]> By: matt http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-187482 matt Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:48:32 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-187482 Room 873. I read somewhere that room 873 was a restroom and connected to two adjacent closets. When the restrooms were no longer needed it was sealed up. However I have only read that version once. Does anyone know when the murders took place? Are there police reports/newspaper articles about it? And my biggest question, which would help determine wether or not it used to be a hotel room is the view from the outside! On the outside walls of the hotel there should be a window for that room. Is there one there? If not is there a large gap between windows of 872 and 874? Room 873. I read somewhere that room 873 was a restroom and connected to two adjacent closets. When the restrooms were no longer needed it was sealed up. However I have only read that version once. Does anyone know when the murders took place? Are there police reports/newspaper articles about it? And my biggest question, which would help determine wether or not it used to be a hotel room is the view from the outside! On the outside walls of the hotel there should be a window for that room. Is there one there? If not is there a large gap between windows of 872 and 874?

]]> By: KD http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-186953 KD Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:08:27 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-186953 I stayed at the Banff Springs with my parents this summer and I don't know if there are natural reasons for what we experienced but see what you think. My mom and I went up to 873 and my mom wanted to take a photo of me standing there. I leaned closer to the wall and heard what sounded like a TV left on, I could sort of hear words but not sure what was said. When we were leaving, we looked at a photo shot by digital camera and there were two joined orbs (dust?) and one larger and faint orb over my head, and up on the ceiling was a small mist, but you have to zoom in. We didn't want to stay up there. We saw a room numbered 666 on the way to a friend's room, and when we were sleeping the closet door opened all the way by itself because you have to push that door open, I didn't see any vents facing it. My mom swore that she closed the door but it was wide open when we woke up. I remember my parents asking me if I got up and went to the closet but I was as surprised as them. Taking a look in Mt. Stephens one evening felt sort of creepy, maybe because of the red glow from candles in there but something else I felt. One experience happened when I was riding the elevator back to my room, it skipped my floor and went to the 6th, I don't remember seeing the other people in there selecting that floor. I enjoyed staying at this beautiful hotel, as creepy as it can be in some areas. If you ever stay on the 5th floor, try the smoked salmon :) I stayed at the Banff Springs with my parents this summer and I don’t know if there are natural reasons for what we experienced but see what you think. My mom and I went up to 873 and my mom wanted to take a photo of me standing there. I leaned closer to the wall and heard what sounded like a TV left on, I could sort of hear words but not sure what was said. When we were leaving, we looked at a photo shot by digital camera and there were two joined orbs (dust?) and one larger and faint orb over my head, and up on the ceiling was a small mist, but you have to zoom in. We didn’t want to stay up there. We saw a room numbered 666 on the way to a friend’s room, and when we were sleeping the closet door opened all the way by itself because you have to push that door open, I didn’t see any vents facing it. My mom swore that she closed the door but it was wide open when we woke up. I remember my parents asking me if I got up and went to the closet but I was as surprised as them. Taking a look in Mt. Stephens one evening felt sort of creepy, maybe because of the red glow from candles in there but something else I felt. One experience happened when I was riding the elevator back to my room, it skipped my floor and went to the 6th, I don’t remember seeing the other people in there selecting that floor. I enjoyed staying at this beautiful hotel, as creepy as it can be in some areas. If you ever stay on the 5th floor, try the smoked salmon :)

]]> By: jadde, http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-186349 jadde, Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:26:05 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-186349 like wtf, im stayin in this hote right now:O.. scary stuff thou... like wtf,
im stayin in this hote right now:O..
scary stuff thou…

]]> By: Crystal http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-186059 Crystal Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:28:08 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-186059 It's a beautiful hotel. Stayed there on 2 separate occasions with my husband and our 2 kids. Never experienced anything paranormal at all so I believe it's all nonsense and a bunch of made up stories. Had a great time! It’s a beautiful hotel. Stayed there on 2 separate occasions with my husband and our 2 kids. Never experienced anything paranormal at all so I believe it’s all nonsense and a bunch of made up stories. Had a great time!

]]> By: Mark http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-185132 Mark Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:57:28 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-185132 Kath, I get the same feeling from that painting. I was there for a wedding last summer. Lots of cold spots on the 9th floor. I am planning on heading there in the next couple of weeks. Can't wait:) Love this hotel! Kath, I get the same feeling from that painting. I was there for a wedding last summer. Lots of cold spots on the 9th floor. I am planning on heading there in the next couple of weeks. Can’t wait:)
Love this hotel!

]]> By: kath http://www.realhaunts.com/canada/banff-springs-hotel/comment-page-2/#comment-184901 kath Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:32:32 +0000 http://www.andypowell.net/?p=29#comment-184901 I went up to the room on the 9th floor where the room is missing to 'feel' something' as I'm normally quite sensitive ,but I got nothing. But the dancehall with the huge painting of the man overlooking the court yard creeps me out like nobodys buisnes..i always feel like that painting is watching me I went up to the room on the 9th floor where the room is missing to ‘feel’ something’ as I’m normally quite sensitive ,but I got nothing.

But the dancehall with the huge painting of the man overlooking the court yard creeps me out like nobodys buisnes..i always feel like that painting is watching me

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