A Ghost Story

I came across a new-to-me ghost story involving the Palmer Divide.

It's from the Friends of the Monument Preserve Newsletter, Winter '07/'08 issue.

The Monument Preserve is a another name for the Monument Fire Center, an area in Pike National Forest that is east of Mount Herman. It's a popular area for hiking, biking, and wandering around. The Pike Hot Shots have a training center there. There's a memorial to fallen forest firefighters. There are rows and rows of trees from the old Monument Nursery.

Anyway, here's the story, given by Mary Carew, a local resident:

The Ghost Couple, by Mary Carew

A man and woman who both worked for the Forest Service were living in a cabin next to the Memorial Grove. In the fall, they turned on the heater, it malfunctioned and they died in their cabin. The story goes that they liked the Preserve so much, they haven’t left. If you see a couple with a German Shepard dog who vanish when you get near them, you have seen the ”Ghost Couple”. They have been seen several times particularly on the hill above the ruin of the cabin.