Not all ghosts seem to
realize they are dead. Several people have told me stories that indicate that the
ghost they encountered didn’t know they were dead. In Corrales, a small village
located in the north valley near Albuquerque this type of encounter has
happened more than once.
One confused ghost that
appears in Corrales is a Civil War soldier. A resident of this village told me
that as he walked along the back fence of his property--he spotted a young man
dressed in an old fashioned Civil War uniform come out of his neighbors old
shed. This soldier then approached him.
This young man who appeared
to be dazed asked the man, “Where am I?” The property owner then discovered
this young man didn’t seem to know the date or even the year. At the time, he
was dumbfounded and before he could offer his assistance this soldier just
walked off and then disappeared.
Months later another one of
his neighbors told him that he most likely encountered this same soldier who
didn’t seem to know he was out of place and time. He then discovered his daughter had talked to this ghost as well. All three of these encounters
happened in broad daylight.
Seeing a Civil War soldier
was startling but not surprising to these two men because there were battles
fought in Albuquerque and surrounding areas during this war.
This type of ghost encounter
is frustrating to say the least. One has to wonder why this poor soul seemed to
be stuck in a state of limbo. A similar story to these two encounters happened
to two sisters when they went to visit their mother’s grave.
As they were leaving they
noticed a man walking between the gravestones. When they reached the road where
their car was parked the man caught up to them. The cemeteries’ groundskeeper
drove past and waved to the two women. He didn’t seem to notice the man.
The man then turned to them
and asked for help. He explained to them “people all day had been acting like
they didn’t even see him.” He stated that he had woken up in the graveyard that
morning and that his friend must have left him there.
The man became more and more
agitated as he talked to the two sisters. Now nervous, they moved quickly toward
their car. They both looked back briefly and were stunned to see the man was
nowhere in sight. Now scared, they wondered how he could just disappear so quickly
in such a large open space.
As they drove off they both
realized they had just seen a ghost. To this day they still wonder about his
confusion.