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My mother Rachel was born in Ware, Massachusetts and moved with my grandma, Jean, and my grand dad, Karl to Phoenix, Arizona, where they lived for a number of years. Some of the stories were told by her to me as she remembered the tales being told to her by a neighbor.
The wandering fighter pilot
Security police patrolling Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (Pima County, Arizona)’s storage area for mothballed aircraft allegedly have, over the years, seen the specter of a fighter pilot, dressed in World War II-era gear, slowly walking among the old aircraft, perhaps searching for his own plane. Some have said headlights of their patrol vehicles go out during these encounters, and flashlights don’t function. Others said the ghostly figure walks through the security fence and across Kolb Road before disappearing.
Miner of the Whetstones
Hikers in the Whetstone Mountains (Cochise County, southeastern Arizona) sometimes report being startled by the figure of a man, clad in red flannel “long johns.” The figure rushes at them, crying, “Get out of here! Get out of here! She’s gonna blow!” The universal reaction is panic and those thus confronted turn and beat a hasty retreat. Once they finally stop and look back, the figure has disappeared.
La Llorona
This story is one of the “universal” Hispanic ghost stories, hundreds of years old, with many variations. Translated as “the crying woman,” she is seen traditionally in Tucson anywhere from the South Stone Avenue underpass to the Santa Cruz River. One version has it that she was condemned to search for her children, whom she had drowned to spite an unfaithful husband. Another says she was promiscuous and had many children, whom she drowned. When she died, she was told she couldn’t enter heaven until she found them all and brought them with her. Yet another version holds that she emigrated from Nogales, leaving her children behind. Soon after, the Santa Cruz River flooded, and the children drowned and their bodies washed down the river to Tucson. Legend has it that anyone trying to touch La Llorona will suffer a burn.
Phantom of the Gadsden
A half-dozen employees at Douglas’ historic Gadsden Hotel, have over the past couple of decades, reported encountering a silent figure in the dim corridors of the hotel’s basement. The encounters are particularly unsettling, they say, because the figure, clad in the Khaki garb of a soldier, frequently is without his head. His appearances often coincide with Lent.
El Tejano of Cat Mountain
El Tejano, or “the Texan,” is believed to be the ghost of a Robin Hood-type bandit who shared his bounty with the poor. Legend has it that he was betrayed by a compatriot and shot to death from ambush by members of a posse. His ghost supposedly stands guard over treasure stashed in a cave on Cat Mountain west of Tucson. Anyone who finds it, however, has to take it all or die. El Tejano growls, “Todo o nada” — all or nothing.
Highway 666 happenings
Interstate 191 used to be called route 666. It passes through Morenci, Arizona and motorists driving in the vicinity say strange happenings sometimes occur along the roadway, which has the biblical “sign of the beast.”
One man, driving toward Springerville, had a blowout. He stopped, saw that the tire appeared to be slashed, changed to his spare and proceeded — only to have a second blowout. Without a spare this time, he decided to walk for help. Then he noticed a spectral figure alongside the road, one that looked like the devil, complete with pitchfork — perhaps used to puncture tires.
Others say a flock of white birds will circle above the hood or trunk of cars driving the route, keeping pace with vehicle even if they reach speeds of 70 mph or more. When the black hills outside Morenci are reached, the birds simply disappear.
Others say they have picked up a woman hitchhiking. The woman tells them that she lives at a certain address and that her daughter died 15 years ago. Then she disappears.
Charlotte of Carleton House
Fort Huachuca’s Carleton House is one of a row of officers’ quarters built in late 1800s, still occupied today by modern-day Army officers. Unlike the others, however, Carleton House features its own resident ghost, named “Charlotte.” Built in 1880 as the post hospital, the building served in that capacity until 1889. According to legend, a woman named Charlotte gave birth to a baby, which died shortly thereafter. Distraught, Charlotte herself died a few days later, never knowing whether her child was properly buried. Her spirit, in the form of a blonde young woman dressed in a flowing white gown, is said to roam the house in search of her baby. Several residents of the house have reported seeing such a figure, have seen furniture moving by itself, heard noises and other unexplained phenomena, and one corner of the living room defied efforts to heat it.
Spirits of the Cerro Colorado Mine
On the east side of Altar Valley (northeast from Sasabe, Arizona) was a mine operated in the Civil War era by Samuel P. Heintzelman, using laborers from Mexico. At one time, according to legend, a cave-in buried 15 workmen alive. Replacement miners reported seeing spirits of the deceased men and declined to go down into the shaft. The mine was operated by Charles D. Poston, and gun inventor and manufacturer Samuel Colt reportedly was one of the investors. When Army troops were withdrawn from the area, assigned to battle areas during the Civil War, Poston prudently withdrew as well, leaving his brother John to operate it as he could. John Poston and two employees were slain by Mexican bandits, and legend has it their spirits have joined those of the buried miners to haunt the site.
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