As home to some of this city91裸聊视频檚 political pioneers, the Bennett house may have more than a few skeletons in its closets.
But its ghosts are what Andrew Bennett is most interested in.
When he was in his early 20s, Andrew lived there with his grandmother while attending Okanagan College. While he came away from that time with an education in business, he also gathered a few spooky stories.
Brookside Manor, located off of Ethel Street, was owned by Andrew91裸聊视频檚 grandfather the former B.C. premier W.A.C. Bennett. It was built in 1914 by Francis R.E. DeHart, the then-mayor of Kelowna, and it became known as the DeHart house. F.R.E. DeHart died in 1935 and his son Francis, who was born in 1897, sold it to W.A.C. Bennett.
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The house is still standing, but Andrew said he last saw the place around 12 years ago.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been fixed up quite a bit, they used to have what we called memory lane in the basement as it had my grandfather91裸聊视频檚 memorabilia. (It91裸聊视频檚) a three storey building really, and has an attic too,91裸聊视频� he said.
The spooky tale starts in March 1982. Bennett91裸聊视频檚 grandmother left to see her sister in New Westminister and the family housekeeper, Aunt Winnie, warned him his home in Westbank after she left.
91裸聊视频淚 said 91裸聊视频榦h, I91裸聊视频檓 not afraid by any ghosts,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Andrew said. 91裸聊视频淭hat night I looked at my college textbook, laid down on the couch and when I woke up it was 1 a.m.91裸聊视频�
He went upstairs to his room on the third floor. Then he heard a sound coming from the staircase.
91裸聊视频淚 could hear this heavy breathing, shuffling on the carpeted stairway and rustling on the handle of the bannister like an old man going up the steps, going up very slowly and I could hear it coming all the way up and there (was) a door to the bedroom, right next to the stairway, and there (was) silence for a good minute, before a loud knock at the door,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淥h my goodness, I just about jumped out of my skin, my hair went straight up.91裸聊视频�
He left the light on all night and got up at sunrise.
Andrew said Aunt Winnie also saw a ghost in her bedroom, who she thought was one of the DeHart sons who had been killed in the Second World War.
But he isn91裸聊视频檛 sure of who the ghost belonged to on the staircase. 91裸聊视频淭hat91裸聊视频檚 a mystery because my grandfather didn91裸聊视频檛 use the stairs,91裸聊视频� he said.
The visit from the ghost on the stairs wasn91裸聊视频檛 the only experience Andrew had while staying in the house.
He once saw a creepy figure in his grandfather91裸聊视频檚 old bedroom, which he described as 91裸聊视频渁 lion-like being with huge ears and hands by its side.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 wouldn91裸聊视频檛 say it was my imagination,91裸聊视频� he said.
Andrew also saw an outline of what he thought to be his grandfather after he died, sitting in his old rocking chair. And while he was praying one night, he said something knocked and twisted hangers in a closet.
91裸聊视频淢y dad (RJ) was one of the first ones to notice. He saw the man in the grey suit, which started the DeHart ghost stories as a young boy,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭hey thought it was possibly Mr. DeHart.91裸聊视频�
Andrew didn91裸聊视频檛 stay by himself in the old house after his first weird encounter and believes there are lingering spirits on the property. But whose spirits they belong to remains the biggest mystery. The house is still owned by the Bennett family, but part of the property was developed into the Bennett Estate townhomes.
Michael Rowland is the ghost guy in the Okanagan and owns Healing Haunted Houses, an organization that purges homes of spooky happenings.
91裸聊视频淕hosts are essentially the spirit or energy or essence of the person who passed away,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淢ost of the time they cross over, as the term is, to where they91裸聊视频檙e supposed to be, wherever that is depending on your belief system, and the reason they don91裸聊视频檛 is primarily they are attached to loved ones, children, spouses, that sort of thing.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭here are other cases where they don91裸聊视频檛 feel worthy to cross over, and feel like they91裸聊视频檙e going to be judged91裸聊视频� or if they91裸聊视频檝e done something they feel is unforgivable, they stay behind,91裸聊视频� Rowland said.
He said ghosts will attach to houses or people and can change the atmosphere of the thing they attach to.
91裸聊视频淚t seems that earthbound spirits, like attracts like. If it91裸聊视频檚 a loving household, the earthbound spirit desires that, it may attach to that,91裸聊视频� Rowland said. 91裸聊视频淭hey tend to collect together and I91裸聊视频檓 not sure exactly why that is.91裸聊视频�
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A haunted house will also have unexplained happenings, that can91裸聊视频檛 be attributed to things like a creaky floor, or a running refrigerator, he said.
91裸聊视频淗ouses have all kinds of their owns noises, from settling and floors creaking, but usually, if the house is haunted unusual things will happen like lights and TVs will turn themselves on and off,91裸聊视频� Rowland said.
91裸聊视频淪ome people will have a knock at the door91裸聊视频� some people can feel a sense of anger or anxiety in their house and when they leave they don91裸聊视频檛 have that feeling.91裸聊视频�
But it91裸聊视频檚 not like Hollywood, ghosts can91裸聊视频檛 hurt people, but they can affect the health and wellness of the hosts, he said.
Although there necessarily more ghosts out and about around Halloween, Rowland thinks people are more attuned to them around this time.
carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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