Ghostly Interferance? Maybe.

 Hello, everyone. 

  This blog post is quite lengthy and very different from what you're used to, but I decided to share with you this story about what has been happening to me.  

  So, my husband and I travel to Tombstone frequently. I'd say, over the past years we have at least fifteen to twenty visits under our belt. 

  Once a year I am there during Doc Holliday's to sign books. I look forward to this every year as I love to meet people, talk about my books and Arizona's wild west history. 

  Unfortunately, as much as I love Tombstone, apparently it either loves me too much or it wants me to leave. LOL. Why? Because sometime during the night I will wake up with a horrible headache. This happens with almost every visit. The one time I didn't wake up with this ailment was when it was freezing cold and snowing.

  I have tried to figure out the cause. I have refrained from alcohol, I have drank tons of water, I have watched my diet, I have switched hotels, I am there during different months of the year to rule out allergies and without fail, I end up sick and the next morning I feel as though my energy has been completely drained in such a way that it's hard to move. So exhausted and upset that I usually do not stay as planned and instead, hastily leave early in the morning to which, by the time we drive beyond Benson towards Tucson, the headache magically disappears leaving me with just the fatigue. 

Every. Single. Time.  

  Last year, I toughed it out and waited for the shops to open Sunday morning. I really felt terrible but I hoped the feeling would pass. I entered into a store and somehow one of the local ladies dressed in correct period garb and I got to talking. She began talking about ghost and Tombstone's hauntings. That prompted me to tell her about my headaches and feeling sick for no reason. This lady stares at me and then says, "Yes, I see this. You are surrounded by spirits trying to get your attention. They know you are sensitive to them and they want you to see and talk to them. They know you're an author and they are trying to communicate. Also, the prostitutes in this town and a great number of people had an opium addiction and that causes fatigue and headaches. They are showing you who they are." 

  I smiled at her and thought that it was too incredible to consider. The next morning back home in Tucson I was asleep in my bed and my husband was up early for work.  Suddenly, something crashes horribly in our room and I sit up screaming his name. My husband runs into the room and flips on the switch. On my dresser was a framed 8x10 photo of Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday. It was now on the floor a good ten feet from my dresser and the glass had shattered. 

  So here I am still in Tucson and I want to get to the bottom of these headaches. I have not had a single headache and they are in fact, rare for me to do so.  

  Today I worked on my work-in-progress, Dirty in Deadwood. It is in fact written about prostitution and it's also a murder mystery. I have been watching videos all day about the subject and you guessed it, here the headache came.  Only not as severe, only an eerie feeling of tension accompanied by a light headache. Wow. Well, hopefully it will pass soon and I can get some rest.  

  I did shoot a quick video last week in Tombstone where I joke about the hotel being haunted. I will leave it here for you. If you scroll through YouTube there are several of my On Location Travel Vlogs. Check them out.  By the way, Feather and the Mountain Man, my latest release is going to be on the Kindle Countdown starting June 3rd where you can purchase it on Amazon for only 99cents. 

   If you have any stories you'd like to share, feel free to comment below. 

Much love, Elle.