In the years of 1994-1997 I was a miner, working at a
gold mine at the Picacho peak mining company in Imperial
County California. This mine sits 20 miles north of Yuma
Arizona in the Cocolate Mountain range by the Colorado
river. The mine site has been in operation on and off
since the Spanish Conquistadors first set foot in the new
world.
In the mid 1800's through the early 1900's the mine was
again in operation where many miner's were killed in
untimely deaths in mining accident's and murder. And it's
here were I would become a big believer in the paranormal.
I was a heavy equipment operator working the graveyard
shift (C shift). The shift began at 4.00pm and would end at
4.00am. After shift would end I would usually get relieved,
clock out, head to the company van that would take us home
and fall asleep.
Well on this day I was unable to fall asleep right away. The only people awake in the van that
drive home were the driver and me, the rest of the guys were asleep.
As the van exits the mine site we have to
drive past a small graveyard of miner's that died here on
the mine site over a hundred years ago. It was here that as
we drove past that I saw a old time gold miner standing
there with lantern in hand watching us as we drove past. I
really couldn't believe what I was seeing as I rubbed my
eyes to make sure I was really seeing him. I knew that it
wasn't a co-worker out there because the little graveyard
sits up top a wash, on its on little mesa with chain link
fence surrounding it.
This miner watched us as we drove
past and he had this look on his face as if he was
saying "get off my claim". Well as the van finished passing
the small graveyard the man just vanished. I mean he just
vanished into thin air. I was beside myself because I
really had never seen anything like that before. I didn't
tell anyone in the van that day because I was a new
employee to the company and I didn't want anyone to think I
was a nut case.
Over the time I worked out there I would experience many
more, and I mean many many more, unexplainable things that
would just spook the s#%$%^ out of scooby doo. It wasn't
only happening to me it was happening to co-workers as
well.
Well I no longer work there. I've been gone from the mining
company for a number of years. But whenever I have a
chance to visit the mine or the surrounding area to hike or
prospect I go with a friend or go during the day. Because
when the sun starts to fall, the souls began to rise.
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