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least—they're actually very pretty inside) line the street like
teeth in some crazy mouth. A large church that has been con-
verted into the family's house for now looms over them all.
You can't help but notice how, when the sun's going down
and the lights come on the upper floor windows, it looks
quite a lot like the Bates Motel did in the movie. All along
the rough, rutted street roam chickens, goats, cats, and a very
friendly pony and mule. Maybe that last part isn't spooky, but
it added to our enjoyment. It's probably been proven some-
where that petting goats is good for your blood pressure.
We were put up in the jail next to the saloon and "across the
street" from Kees Laundry. Once a century-old family's house
from the Butte area, the small home was relocated and turned
into a jailhouse right out of an old John Wayne movie, com-
plete with two "jail cells" with bars that swing shut and a big
wooden desk for the sheriff to sit behind and watch the prison-
ers. We were put in the jail, we were told, because even though
it is pretty haunted, it is probably the least haunted place on
the property.
There's only one ghost in the jail, a pensive old-timer who
walks, restlessly, from room to room. The ghosts at Gunslinger
Gulch, the family says, mostly want to be left alone. Many Mon-
tanans, I suspect, can sympathize. Nevertheless, we hoped that
the misanthropic manifestation would appear to us.
Alas, he did not; instead, we had a deep and restful sleep
and awoke energized.
Drat!
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