Japenese Soilder Re-Captured at Springs.

by 14 Year Old Writer
(Bedford, PA)

My mom's work involves doing something at the courthouse, (I don't really know) and a young man took a picture on his cell phone of his friend standing in front of the desk at the Bedford Springs Resort. As he looked at the photo it revealed not only his friend but also a crystal clear image of a Japanese Prisoner held here during WWII. Although the ghostly figure is transparent however, you can make out every detail including eyes, ears, individual fingers, a mouth, and clothing. But I as well as my fellow ghost hunters are disappointed to hear that the Springs will allow NO ghost hunting investigations, and are not aloud to talk about experiences or ghostly figures they've seen because they don't want to get the reputation for being a haunted resort. Which I think is ridiculous because of all of the historical events and figures such as presidents, local outlaws, prisoners of war, and soldiers from every era having been involved some way there, people already know for a fact the Bedford Springs is a haunted place.

They are trying to focus it on being just a resort, and I guarantee that a big chunk of people have no idea of the history that's occurred there. The place has been called the Titanic on land, and there was a documentary on the ghost of the frikin' Titanic.

I personally believe that if they did allow ghost hunts and ghost tours that they would attract more tourists. And it's a shame that the people in charge can't just accept that. There new slogan is the Bedford Springs Resort, History Reborn?? Well by not letting people know of the Paranormal experiences going on in there over hundreds of years, I think they've lost a very large part of there history.

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my scary encounter
by: Anonymous

OK so I was there and I was at the swimming pool I went underwater and I then could not come back up so I looked back and saw a hand on my leg when I blinked I saw it was gone and I could finally come above water that was the last time I will go swimming there!

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More info about this
by: Anonymous

My husband attended a Tibetan Buddhist seminary held at Bedford Springs Hotel over the '83 into '84 winter. The Lama who oversaw the retreat was Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Rinpoche had a connection with refined Japanese culture. He had with him a Samurai suit of armor for a display during the teachings, and he used a Japanese monastic drumming style for practices that originates from the Eheiji Monastery in Japan. If anything was to bring out the Japanese officers who ended their days there, these things would have done so.There were many sightings of ghosts during the three month program.

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BSR Ghosts
by: Anonymous

I worked security at Bedford Springs Resort, and I've had 2 personal experiences in the 3 months I worked there. (which was part of the reason I quit) The first time, I was sent to the Indoor Pool to check the fire extinguishers. As I turned and opened the door, out of the corner of my eye I saw a girl who looked about 10. I double took and there was noone. I got out of there as fast as I could. Around New Year's Eve, the resort held a party for all staff. Afterwards, I took my wife to the indoor pool. We snapped a few pictures with a digital camera. One of the pictures shows a flourescent blue/green light about 2 feet above the water. (the water was still) I showed the picture to some of the staff I worked with at the resort, and none of them could logically explain the ball of light in the picture.
My second experience was in the 1796 Room. Myself and a female 1796 waitress had been talking and a figure walked down the hallway across from us blocking out the light in the hallway. the figure caught our attention immediately, and I think that was the last time I was ever in the 1796 Room.

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Haunted Bedford Springs Resort
by: Patricia

I can see both sides to this debate. It would be a paranormal investigators dream come true to be aloud to set up their equipment and have the run of the resort to investigate the historic ghostly tales. But on the other side....

I can understand why this unbelievably beautiful resort would want to keep the ghostly tales hushed up. They spent millions of dollars restoring this historic resort and they are just getting to be a popular resort for people from the big cities to get away and enjoy such a beautiful area of PA. Most people wouldn't appreciate spending a weekend get-away or their much needed vacations in a resort that is haunted.

I have to admit though, it sure would be interesting to see TAPS visit there and show their investigation on TV.

Patricia

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