✅ SOLVED Haunted Hotel Necklace?

[Old Pueblo]

I stopped today to look at this really old hotel from the 1880s that is falling down, and in the doorway to the crawlspace underneath was this creepy necklace, hanging right down in the center of the doorway. (The door was gone). Its not valuable, cheap metal and probably a glass stone. I was just wondering if this thing had any sort of symbolic meaning or anything like that. I couldnt help but think whoever had left it behind was trying to ward off evil spirits or something. I couldnt see what this thing was hanging from, as it was on the inside of the crawlspace doorway, but it felt like it came out of the floor above, which was kind of weird. And after pulling it out, I didnt want to just throw it on the ground, so I brought it home to ask you guys here. And heres a photo of the old place. Work is being done to save this piece of frontier history before it falls down completely.

 

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[Old Pueblo]

The Peloncillos are an odd place. Not many go there. They seem mysterious to me, like I might find a moccasin print there.

Have you ever been to Pete Kitchen's place, near Nogales? I stopped by there a couple months ago to get some photos after the old house/fort burned. There I talked with a descendant of Pete Kitchen. Although the place burned, its still all intact, since it had two feet adobe walls to stop Apache bullets. Theres also a little cemetery nearby, but I didnt see it, as its on private property.

There are several people killed by the Apaches in the cemetery there, including Pete Kitchen's son, which is why I mention it.

 

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[Clay Diggins]

The necklace was put there to keep out trespassers.

Obviously it doesn't work.

 

[Old Pueblo]

The necklace was put there to keep out trespassers.

Obviously it doesn't work.

Well If you think I climbed into the crawlspace underneath a falling down hotel in the middle of snake season, you assumed wrong.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Well If you think I climbed into the crawlspace underneath a falling down hotel in the middle of snake season, you assumed wrong.

I didn't assume anything like that. I read that you entered the private land, found something of interest to you and took it. That's the gist of your original post.

Not sure how climbing into a crawl space, snakes or falling down changes anything about what I posted?

 

[sprailroad]

I think this thread may have gone off track. No pun intended.

 

[Crowfriend]

I think this thread may have gone off track. No pun intended.

Sure is easy to do, every road leads to another.

 

[Crowfriend]

"Have you ever been to Pete Kitchen's place, near Nogales? "
I've never been there.

 

[Andy0820]

Wow, I would ask a psychic and let her covfefe so that way you can stay alive, treasure hunting is serious business!

 

[coinman123]

I recently found a huge metal cross, shiny, but not silver, surprisingly deep in the field behind a local library that I was allowed to hunt. Incidentally, the field was within 50 feet from the town's old cemetery (you could see the cemetery perfectly from the field). Something about the cross creeped me out, so I put it back in the ground. I did research and released that it was probably a priest's cross, making it a bit weirder. Luckily, I found around five musket balls in that field that same day, which made it a pretty good hunt. Like someone said before, go with your gut, I would probably put it back. There was a whole lot of spiritualism in the 1890's-1920's, probably used to ward of evil spirits during that time.

 

[Old Pueblo]

The necklace has been replaced. Here are a couple more shots of the place. I forgot it at home last Monday, but took care of it today. And for the record, this place is not off limits. Im sure they dont want people going inside, and I didnt, but they are restoring these old building as tourists attractions, so they dont care if you walk around to get some pictures.

 

[coinman123]

The necklace has been replaced. Here are a couple more shots of the place. I forgot it at home last Monday, but took care of it today. And for the record, this place is not off limits. Im sure they dont want people going inside, and I didnt, but they are restoring these old building as tourists attractions, so they dont care if you walk around to get some pictures.

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Nice shots! Certainly looks very creepy, I wouldn't want to spend the night in that hotel!

 

[Old Pueblo]

It was at the back left corner of the big building at center, where the necklace and crawlspace door is. The old house at the far left, which looks like its attached to the hotel at center, was the hotel owner's home. The blue building at the right is an old RR shotgun house, originally for RR employees, and built in the 1880s, with later additions and a horrible paint job.

 

[The_Piratess]

The necklace has been replaced. Here are a couple more shots of the place. I forgot it at home last Monday, but took care of it today. And for the record, this place is not off limits. Im sure they dont want people going inside, and I didnt, but they are restoring these old building as tourists attractions, so they dont care if you walk around to get some pictures.

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Good for you and glad that you made it OUT of there! Although I think I would have hid that thing a bit better as I wouldn't want anyone else getting a hold of it if they happen upon the place...

 

[The_Piratess]

Nice shots! Certainly looks very creepy, I wouldn't want to spend the night in that hotel!

Neither would I and certainly wouldn't want to have to deal with the uninvited, "room service"!!!

 

[Old Pueblo]

"Have you ever been to Pete Kitchen's place, near Nogales? "
I've never been there.

Pete Kitchen was an early AZ pioneer. His home is near Nogales, AZ, and is still standing. The place was modernized a little, and recently burned, but is still standing. It has two foot thick adobe walls, made specifically to stop enemy bullets. It was a museum and restaurant for many years. I spoke with the owner, a descendant of Pete Kitchen, who said the place was for sale, and mentioned the old cemetery nearby, where several victims of the Apache are buried.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Good for you and glad that you made it OUT of there! Although I think I would have hid that thing a bit better as I wouldn't want anyone else getting a hold of it if they happen upon the place...

You're probably right, but it was hanging right there when I found it, just on the inside. And there was a bunch of convicts parked out in front of the place, clearing weeds, so I didnt want to hang out very long and upset the guards too much. I just pinned it up really quick, snapped a photo and left. I had other places I needed to be.

 

[coinman123]

Pete Kitchen was an early AZ pioneer. His home is near Nogales, AZ, and is still standing. The place was modernized a little, and recently burned, but is still standing. It has two foot thick adobe walls, made specifically to stop enemy bullets. It was a museum and restaurant for many years. I spoke with the owner, a descendant of Pete Kitchen, who said the place was for sale, and mentioned the old cemetery nearby, where several victims of the Apache are buried.

Very interesting history! I would love to visit there. I read that there were even sentries on duty at all hours to protect against Apaches and outlaws. Very cool!