Re: [Philmont] Philmyths

Indian Writings has not been mentioned on this list yet. I think IW and
French Henry are the spookiest places at Philmont. Having worked at IW for
four summers I have seen many a backcountry staff and ranger get spooked.
At Indian Writings we never told ghost stories to crews but did occasionally
let them out during Advisers coffee.
Most of the time all we had to do to scare anyone who showed up at IW was to
point out the burials in the canyon, much less the pithouse. One year we
even
had Father Ron come up and calm the staff.

Having said that ,the only staged event I know about was a backcountry staff
investigating the possibility of launching weather balloons with blue light
sticks inside during Ranger Training. The cost proved to be prohibitive as I
recall.

David Ramos Backcountry Staff 1981 - 1990

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From: "Dr. Bob Klein" <drbob@troop111.org>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 3:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Philmont] Philmyths

> Philmont is a spooky place. I have heard lots of stories from multiple
> folks (mostly long-ago Rangers) about "odd" things they encountered there.
> I did not get the impression they were trying to snow me, and in some
> cases the tellers were (still) genuinely mystified 10, 20, 30 years later.
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> That said, I will also note (as I am coming up on around 2 man-years of
> camping in my life) that I have seen lots of strange things in the out of
> doors, none of which were inexplainable if you had adequate time to look
> at them and think about what you were "seeing". Mother Nature can be
> truly bizarre. But as either Isaac Asimov or Arthur Clarke once said, it
> ain't a UFO until you can read the Martian registration plate.
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> But whether staged or not, I'd love to see a headless horseman at Clark's
> Fork!
>
> - Dr. Bob
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> Julian Love wrote:
>> Seems like I read some additional stories in subject category in:
>> Riders in the Sky: The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont Scout Ranch
>> By Michael Connelly, Publisher: Merril Press, (August 2001)
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>> I remember one about a girl that haunted Miranda. Then there's a story
>> about a headless rider at Clarks Fork. I can tell you for a fact that I
>> personally, along with a few early-rising Scouts in my crew, heard and
>> saw a "headless" rider galloping through the fields, visible from our
>> campsite around 6:00 a.m., in July 2002. Does anyone know if this is a
>> story perpetuated by Clarks Fork staffers who dress up and do this stunt
>> every so often?
>>
>> Julian Love
>> Troop 116, Mecklenburg County Council, Charlotte, NC
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Received on Thu Mar 10 01:52:41 2005