Comments on: Castillo de San Marcos Haunts

By: Misty

Misty — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:27:19 +0000

We went there this past weekend. When I put my face up to the prison room grate, I smelled extremely rank body odor, like 40 homeless people were in there. It was so strong, it made me gag and it “stuck” in my nose for 5 minutes after! My daughter tried it and the same thing happened to her. It also happened to my mom but not to my dad. We came back about 30 mins later, to see if anyone else had the same thing happen and watched 8 people stick their faces right where we did and they didn’t say a word about the smell! I seriously doubt the park rangers are letting homeless people hang out in there after hours when the park closes (and who would want to hang out in there anyways in the dark!?) so I can’t really think of an explanation. My husband says it must be from centuries ago and the smell permeated the walls but odor is organic, and anything organic is going to break down.

By: Ghost Writer

Ghost Writer — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:36:15 +0000

Either works really. First time at a place I like to take a tour personally. I get good information and sometimes maybe even get into places or rooms I wouldn’t have any other way.

After that initial tour I prefer to go by myself so maybe I can find a quite place to do a quick evp, run a recorder or get some pictures without many people around. If I have learned a name or something in the tour I can use it to try and talk directly with someone.

The Castilla is pretty big and to be honest usually pretty busy during the times I have gone during open hours but well worth it.

By: Julie Montgomery

Julie Montgomery — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:19:16 +0000

Hi all,
I am planning a trip there the week between Christmas and New Years and very much want to experience this. Is the best approach simply to go to the Castillo or to go via a tour company? Any suggestions are highly appreciated.

By: Sarah LKC

Sarah LKC — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:47:12 +0000

and theres no windows in there…

By: Sarah LKC

Sarah LKC — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:46:14 +0000

I go there a lot. My second time there we got to go to the fort. I went into the barracks area. I stuck my face in what looked to be a jail cell and got hot breath on my face, like an aggravated sigh. I immediately jumped back and didnt scream but made a sound like nnnnnnnnnnnnuhhh! It wasnt like it was trying to scare me, but more like it was just aggravated. I went back a second time and only put my camera past the bars a bit. I got an entire screen of red and a scratch on my finger.

We went through that little tunnel thing too. I wanted to turn around as soon as i crawled through, but there were people behind me. I didnt smell perfume, but rather blood. like gallons of blood. I never heard any stories either, so I just felt like I would die if I stayed in there. Not like I was threatened, just like I would die if I stayed long enough.