May 6, 2005
Phantom Perfume at the Whaley House
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Manuel Beltran, Whaley House, San Diego,
California, November 2003,
info@ghostvillage.com
My wife and I decided to take a trip to San Diego. Posted on the
front porch of the Whaley House in Old Town was a sign that read
"Certified Haunted Home, Most Haunted Place in America." We toured the
inside of the house that day and saw nothing.
The next morning we returned to the Whaley house. My wife and I observed
what appeared to be two transparent, wavy horizontal lines adjacent to
the large tree located in the side yard of the property. These lines did
not resemble human bodies or figures, therefore I did not suspect any
paranormal behaviors. But then I walked to the back yard and as I walked
by the nicely trimmed hedges, I observed the hedges move as if a child
was using her hand to playfully brush against the hedge line. Please be
advised I was alone at the time and there were no signs of wind, birds,
dogs, or cats in the area so this situation was bizarre. As I joined my
wife at the back stairway of the home a smell of old fashion perfume was
in the air. My wife had no perfume on and the two ladies visiting next
to us stated that they did not put perfume on this morning. In
communicating with the Whaley House host we were advised that Mrs.
Whaley wore a fashionable perfume for her time and the host advised us
that our experience was probably a calling from Mrs. Whaley.
We have since returned to the Whaley house (in 2005) and the hedge
has been taken out and the sign of famous haunt is gone. No further
psychic energy was in the air (damn).
