Author: WPT Staff

When we think of ghost stories, we may visualize old castles and graveyards with haunting spirits lurking in the shadows. For many, such stories are nothing more than fantasy. But some people are more open-minded about paranormal activity and try to understand the unknown. Are these lost souls from the past? If so, who are they and why do they remain? Some people have tales of unexplained interactions and sightings that cannot be easily dismissed. If you have passed through Fraser lately you have noticed a landmark undergoing a facelift but would you know of the tale that lay...

by Charles Clayton It started in spring with the annual arrival of the vultures that roost in the cottonwoods across from the swankiest hotel in Taos.  Mornings and evenings they would swoop gracefully over our house as they made their way towards the hinterland in search of rotting donkeys and roadkill prairie dogs.  Then the magpie family showed up and chased the dog around the yard for a couple weeks, followed by two rogue roosters arriving in the neighborhood in early June…strutting and crowing at  5 am.  Our neighbor caught one and cooked it up for his family, then...

It’s almost that time of year when kids of all ages get into costume and stroll around neighborhoods ringing doorbells and begging for treats. When you think about it, trick or treating is kind of a weird thing. Where did it come from anyway? A little research uncovers some interesting and wierd facts about the odd tradition.  The practice began with the Celtic tradition of celebrating the end of the year by dressing up as evil spirits. The Celts believed that, as we moved from one year to the next, the dead and the living would overlap, and demons...