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Constructed
about 1785, the building in which the foyer and Santo
room of the High Noon Saloon are located is one of the original
structures in historic Old Town Albuquerque.
August
20, 1850, is listed in the building's original territorial deed
as the date of the first recorded sale of the building, when Quereva
Griego De Chavez purchased it from Jose Delores Chavez.
It
changed owners four additional times between 1884 and 1965 when
the present owner, George Sandoval, purchased the building from
Carlos Vigil.
It
is interesting to note that Leonardo Huning, whose family built
the famous Huning Castle which stood nearby on Central Avenue for
many years, owned the structure from 1887 to 1894. The location
is also believed to have once been a brothel and gambling casino.
The
building as it exists today was completed by Mr. Sandoval |
when
he added the areas now designated as the Gallery and Kiva. In October
1973, the High Noon Ltd. began its renovations of the building for the
High Noon saloon.
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The
building is believed to be haunted by two different spirits, one
male and one female.
S-1 : A waitress ran into a "man' in this area. The man was felt
but not seen.
S-2 :
A customer's beer went flying off the table here. Witnessed by several
people, the beer seemed to just "jump" off the table.
S-3 : People have heard the voice of the female ghost in this area.
S-4 : The male ghost is believed to flush toilets and pinch people in
the men's room.
S-5 : The apparition of a man wearing "a long cloak or cape"
has been seen pacing back and forth in this section of the lounge.
S-6 :
The smell of smoke comes from a fireplace in this area when the
fireplace is not even lit.
S-7 : Cashier's see the apparition of a man looking in the window here.
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S-8 :
Same phenomena as S-6 but the smoke has a pinon smell around X-mas
time.
S-9 : Apparition of a woman seen here.
S-10
:
The male ghost is believed to mess around with the pots and pans in the
kitchen. He also moves the serving plates about.
S-11
: Glass move and are sometimes propelled off the bar.
Shirley
describes the female ghost as wearing a formal dress. On one X-mas eve,
the ghost was seen wearing a gray mourning dress with a bustle. Few people
that have seen her realize that she is a ghost. She can be identified
by her stillness and period dress.
We
started in the Foyer where we picked up several hotspots and EMF readings
of 2 milligauss. We continued into the santos room where we also found
two unusual EM fields near the west wall. However, both were determined
to be caused by electrical wiring.
In
the bar area a very interesting photo taken behind the bar. A red streak
appeared in the bottom right corner of the photograph that is most
curious. We
are at a loss to explain this abnormality. Compare this with the photo
below, which shows the area around
the bar. EMF readings were at 4.3 and 5.2 milligauss.
Photographs
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The
oddest photograph taken during this ghost hunt was behind the bar
where glasses have been reported to move and jump off the bar. EMF
readings at the time the photograph was taken were at 4.3 and 5.2
milligauss at 60Hz (very explainable). We later determined that the camera's shutter speed was the cause of the blur. |
Previous owners of this building have not had any paranormal encounters. Conflicting stories by the witnesses of the present day phenomena make this location suspicious of myth building. |
