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Updated about 3 years ago on . Most recent reply

- Property Manager
- Gatlinburg, TN
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Would you give warning of ghosts in your STR?
Disclaimer: I am not a believer in ghosts.
We owned a cabin on the Roaring Fork River in Gatlinburg that was over 200 years old. We bought it in 2010, and it was called "Riverhaven" at that time. It had a history of ghosts. We started clean, renamed it, remodeled it, new listing. But over the next 7 years, guests continued reporting invisible visitors fairly regularly. Really bizarre, unexplainable things. Well, it burned to the ground in 2017, and we built a brand new, genuine log cabin in its place.
I figured if there was a ghost, or creaky walls or old pipes or whatever, all of that was gone. Well guess what, guests are reporting visitors again. ;) Nothing scary or threatening, but visitors nonetheless. My question to the forum is, would you give warning of this to prospective guests, or at least mention it? I say no, my wife says yes. Help us settle this! Thank you!
- Collin Hays
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- Investor
- Greer, SC
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Wouldn't say anything. Let them figure out any weirdness. You'll either scare people off or disappoint the ones expecting to see or hear something if they don't.