Did You Know San Angelo State Park Has a Ghost Camp?

 

SAN ANGELO, TX — There’s an abandoned campsite inside San Angelo State Park that has become the subject of local ghost stories, paranormal investigations, and eerie speculation.

Known as the Lower Ghost Camp, the site was built in 1995 and abandoned around 2002. Today, it’s littered with cracked concrete tables and decaying wood awnings, surrounded by cacti and dry brush. A nearby boat ramp leads nowhere, as the area is completely dry and overgrown.

The ghost camp gained notoriety in 2015, when paranormal investigator Paul Stewart claimed to have recorded shadowy figures and voices in the area, including what he believed were Native American languages. Stewart’s group, the West Texas Paranormal Society, documented their findings using electronic voice phenomena (EVP) tools.

Texas Parks and Wildlife notes that the land once belonged to the Jumano tribe and has seen continuous human activity for more than 18,000 years. Though no one lives there now, wasps and dirt daubers have taken over what used to be the campground restroom.

On Sept. 17, San Angelo State Park staff announced that the Lower Ghost Camp Trail—along with the Shady and North Scenic Loop trails—would remain closed while repairs are made following recent storm damage.

The rest of the park remains open for day use and camping. 

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Listed By: Rita Repulsa

It was from above the spot upon which that very park bathroom was built that I once attempted to rally the now extinct Wini people, (pronounced: Weenie,) to abandon their proto-leftist ways and stand their ground against the then invading Jumanos. Tragically, I was unsuccessful in my attempt, and their spirits still roam in confusion to this day...

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Listed By: Old Buffalo Hunter

The Jumano's were dominate in the area until the mystical Lady in Blue appeared during the early 1800's. The Lady in Blue told the tribe to relocate near a Catholic mission east of later established El Paso. The departure was hastened by the Apaches taking over "Ghost Camp" for about ten years until the Comanches slaughtered them near the long abandoned latrines. A few years later the Wini people established a base camp near the picnic tables which were burned following the extinction of the Jackolope herds. When they left, the tribe cursed a spot in the present location of San Angelo City Hall. Legend has it that the Wini people would return following a future flood and an enormous School Bond Election.

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