13 Spine Chilling Legends That Confirm Wyoming Is The Most Haunted State In The Country

One of Wyoming's first towns is still standing...sort of. All that's left of the mining-era community Miners Delight in Fremont County are a handful of partially preserved ruins of log buildings. Visiting the town inspires the distinct creepy feeling that you've somehow stepped into a horror movie. See what we mean when you view more pictures and read our full article here.

Since 1862, a spectral spirit ship has been reported sailing the waters of the North Platte River. It only shows up about every 25 years or so, but its appearance is supposed to portend an imminent death. Want to know more? Read all about it in our full story here.

When the University of Wyoming began building a new dormitory on campus, the workers made a chilling discovery. Several bodies were found buried right where the building was supposed to go. Construction had to be stopped until the corpses were moved to a nearby cemetery. The discovery caused a delay that would keep the dorm from being completed for many years. Learn more in our full article here.

Just north of Thermopolis are the decaying remains of Gebo. Once a prosperous coal mining town, it was the largest in the county. The mining boom didn't last forever in the area, however, and Gebo was nothing but a collection of abandoned homes and buildings by the late 1960s. Not much is left today, but the creepy town cemetery is still there, said to be haunted by the spirits of children and adults buried there. Find out more about Gebo in our full article here.

The historic Occidental Hotel in Buffalo has been around for more than a century. A popular place during the heyday of the Old West, many people passed through this inn, and some didn't leave the place alive. The ghost of a little girl as well as at least one, more violent spirit have haunted guests at the Occidental over the years. Learn more in our full article here.

Deserted towns are creepy enough, but when paranormal investigators visit and document eerie events, it cements a the town's reputation as one of the creepiest spots in the state. That's what happened when a team of investigators spent the night in Kirwin, Wyoming. They brought along a film crew, too, and captured disembodied voices and other spooky noises on audio tape, as well as an odd floating object on film. Find out what else they discovered in our full article here.

Native American legend tells of a pair of star-crossed lovers whose tragic tale played out at Lake De Smet, long before Wyoming was a state or even a territory. When the couple planned a midnight meeting at the edge of the lake, a mysterious entity intervened, entrancing the young man who seemed to lose all interest in his sweetheart. She was found drowned the next morning. Read the entire tale in our full article here.

The Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park has been around for over a century, and it's collected more than its fair share of frightening ghost stories. One, in particular, is the basis for Wyoming's creepiest urban legend. As the story goes, in 1915, a newly-wed couple came to stay at the inn. Before their honeymoon was over, the bride's headless body was found in their room, and the groom vanished, never to be seen again. Intrigued? Read the whole gruesome tale in our full article here.

When settlers came to the Wyoming territory and heard the Native American tales of the "tiny people eaters," most brushed it off as a tall tale. According to the Shoshone people, these small beings stood only 20 inches tall and were violent, often attacking other tribes with poisoned arrows shot from miniature bows, but it's unclear if anyone other than Native Americans was ever attacked or otherwise caught a glimpse of the vicious little creatures.

Then, in 1932, a tiny mummy was discovered in the San Pedro Mountains by a pair of miners. The little man was in a seated position, making the mummy only 6.5 inches, but it's been estimated that it would be 14 inches tall in a standing position. Extensive tests were performed on the mummy, and anthropologists determined that the creature had been about 65 years old a the time of its death. Another odd feature was the full set of teeth that were extremely pointed, more like canines than human teeth. A conflicting report done by another university reported that the mummy was no more than the remains of an infant who had been diseased or possibly deformed. Whether or not this mummy was one of the tiny people eaters, other ancient burial grounds have been found where the remains of numerous dwarf-like people had been laid to rest.

The Historic Plains Hotel in Cheyenne is a stunning old inn filled with history and, rumor has it, spirits of the deceased. It's not the only Wyoming hotel that's said to be haunted, but the tales of how the ghosts of the Plains crossed over from this world include a man who was supposedly thrown from a fourth-floor window and a bride who caught her new husband cheating while they honeymooned at the hotel. As the story goes, she shot him and the woman he was trysting with before returning to the honeymoon suite to shoot herself.

Talk about theatrical thrillers - the story of Kane, Wyoming is so chilling you'd think it came from a Hollywood script. In the early 1900s it was a thriving town east of Lovell but in 1965, when the powers that be decided to build a dam on the Bighorn River, concern was raised that it would cause the Bighorn Lake to overflow and flood Kane. In less than 2 years, Kane was a ghost town which would eventually become completely submerged in the expanding lake. Want to know more? Read all about it here in our full article.

Throughout the course of almost 2 centuries, this fort served as a trading post, a stage stop, and a military post. As you would imagine, the fort saw more than its share of drama and mystery including deaths and unexplained disappearances. There are a number of buildings still standing along with some that are now mere ruins, and many of them have their own distinct ghosts haunting them. Learn more in our full article here.