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The Black Canyon of the Gunnison
 
Colin

I grew up in the Yacolt burn area of Washington. It was a beautiful place in daylight but at night you did not go into the woods. There was just an odd creepy vibe to it and it was still pretty wild country back then. We saw some strange things over the years in the woods. Saw a kind of giant bee once and a UFO while sleeping out under the stars once. Used to hear odd things at night too.
 
Dave

Starbucks
 
Keith

On the seat of a Honda Gold Wing.
 
(just kidding - Honda makes a great bike, OKAY???)

Public restrooms.

My job.

Creepy: Mrs. Chappell's office, principal South Ridgewood Elementary. Never saw the paddling machine, but I swear it was there.
 
Contrary to the creeps, two of the coolest places I've ever hung out at are the English Gardens, Munich and the banks of the Isar River in Grunwald.

I've learned to trust the gut; every time I ignored it, my ass was bit...Hell, ya might wanna send a forensic team in there; something way bad may be there...that kinda stuff drives me crazy because it isn't rational, but it's there, which makes questions of many other things.....Tony

A trip to the dentist always creeps me out!
The smell alone is the stuff nightmares are made of.
 
slawie

I've been to places like that, from time to time.  One in particular is The Conneaut Lake Hotel, in Conneaut Lake, PA.  The third floor is reputed to be haunted, and I'll tell you guys, straight up, it's creepy as hell, even in broad daylight.  There's just this strange vibe to the place, that leaves you unsettled.  The floors seem to be tilted to one side, in some areas, almost like a fun house.  It could just be that they're warped, but the whole place throws off your equilibrium.  People have reported seeing full bodied apparitions there, such as a lady in white, named Elizabeth, who died waiting for her fiance (or maybe husband) to come back from the war and now wanders the halls of the hotel eternally...  They say that when she's near, you'll smell roses (or flowers of some kind, not really sure).  There's another ghost, there, where you'll smell sulfur or rotten eggs, and this ghost is reported to be evil.
 
Like I said, I've walked those halls, during the day, and it is a creepy, creepy place, even in broad daylight.  
 
There are other places I've been, like random basements, on my job as a telephone/circuit repairman, where I get this feeling, and I try to get out of there, as soon as possible.  I know there's other places, I've been, like that, but I can't recall exactly where...  
 
I'll see you at the NJ Gathering, Gregory, and everyone else that's attending.
 
Peace;)
 
Frank
 
P.S.  Yes, H.P. Lovecraft is very, very creepy.  There's a couple other authors, like that, but none quite so creepy as him.

Big musical equipment retailers with salesmen younger than me who never heard of Olympic.

Hell, ya might wanna send a forensic team in there;
 
thats exactly the kind of vibe it was..Like it was some kind of crime scene or something.  It  did have a lovecraft feel to it, no birds in the area, or other wildlife present.

Hollywierd. Most of So.Cal creeps me out. No offense.

4th floor, Hostetter Hall, the former campus of Shimer College, Mt. Carroll, IL.  An exchange I heard variations of on more than one occassion (different people each time):
Do you beleive in ghosts?
Of course not.  Don't be ridiculus!
Wanna go up on 4th florr Hostetter tonight?
No f***ing way!  Are you nuts!?!?!
I went up after dark once.  Did not do it twice.
 
Peter