Ep. 19 PNW Ghost Stories, pt. 1

Three real people. Three first-hand ghost stories from the Pacific Northwest wilderness — a vanishing hiker near Zigzag Mountain, marching footsteps on the Tahoma Glacier, and a trail of torn leather leading up a silent hillside at Wallowa Lake. Sources in the show notes.Sources…The Zigzag Mountain Ghost Originally shared on the Oregon Hikers Forum, thread “Gather ’round the campfire for (real) ghost stories..!!” https://www.oregonhikers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17955Northwesthiker.comAllTrails.comThe Tahoma Glacier Ghost First-hand account by Les Profitt, “Tahoma Glacier Ghost Story,” Tall Tales From Capt Rogue (blog), December 14, 2019 https://talltalesfromcaptrogue.com/2019/12/14/tahoma-glacier-ghost-story/Historical background on the 1946 Marine Corps plane crash: Daryl C. McClary, “A Curtis Commando C-46 transport plane crashes into Mount Rainier, killing 32 U.S. Marines, on December 10, 1946,” HistoryLink.org, Essay 7820, posted July 29, 2006 https://www.historylink.org/File/7820Wikipedia.comArmy.milCoppercreekinn.comThe Wallowa Lake Boulders Listener account submitted by “Michaela,” featured in Heart Starts Pounding podcast, episode “Ghost of The Appalachian Trail, Creature Encounters In The Backwoods, and more Listener Stories,” June 17, 2025 https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/appalachiantrailWallowalakeresort.comJosephoregon.comThervatlas.comA quick note worth mentioning is that these are all first-hand accounts as told by the original posters, shared on forums and podcasts that don’t independently verify claims.Music licensed through Soundstripe.Code: GBFW1XMCRDAJVF9Q, M2FA9FRKGKA8KGUK, EWWKGHJ7SVLWIEHH, 6GTJYYYGW3OGPZXB