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Haunted Hike #267425
10/30/2021 09:44 AM
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We are heading into La Belle Creole tomorrow morning-ish! Halloween is the perfect day for it! wink

Any other takers?

((my girlfriend who lives here has found a person hanging in there, seen a drowning happening, etc)) It's cursed.


"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest" wink
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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267427
10/30/2021 10:10 AM
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10:30 right?

Re: Haunted Hike [Re: kim] #267450
10/30/2021 12:56 PM
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Yes ma’am. At the entrance (where I’ve always wanted the tiles, but they’re probably cursed like when the Brady Bunch went to Hawaii! Lol). Unless we pick you up?


"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest" wink
Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267544
10/31/2021 05:11 PM
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Wow, adventurous hike! I wish I was on the Island and could go with you! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Re: Haunted Hike [Re: crsxm] #267580
11/01/2021 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by crsxm
Wow, adventurous hike! I wish I was on the Island and could go with you! Can't wait to hear all about it!


It was a beautiful morning. A friend suggested that we go at night, but there was no way in H.E.Doubletoothpicks I was going to do that! lol The mosquito situation alone, never mind the fright factor! wink

What a grand place this must have been. We found tiles, the reception and check-in area, the ballroom. A beautiful staircase where the room had sadly been burned. The office behind the reception area had training manuals, facsimile cover sheets, and completed faxes, as well as staff meeting notes from 1994. All earily readable 27 years and several hurricanes later.

Kim has some great pictures as well!

https://www.traveltalkonline.com/ubbthreads.php/galleries/267579.html


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267582
11/01/2021 09:07 AM
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Thanks for the report and the pictures. I was never there, but it surely looks like it was a beautiful place at one time.


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267665
11/01/2021 08:59 PM
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Thanks for the report and the photos! We were there once when my brother who has worked for various hotels had stayed there with his family-- it was a lovely place! We may have to take a hike there ourselves next year. It's incredible that so much of it still remains untouched.

Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267666
11/01/2021 09:18 PM
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More pictures!

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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: kim] #267679
11/02/2021 08:56 AM
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Thanks again!


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267708
11/02/2021 11:34 AM
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Wasn't Neil the manager there?
i

Re: Haunted Hike [Re: irina] #267710
11/02/2021 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by irina
Wasn't Neil the manager there?
i


He isn’t listed on the staff meeting notes.


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: irina] #267713
11/02/2021 11:54 AM
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Irina--I thought that Neil was the food and beverage manager at one point there, but he wasn't listed on that staff listing, as Leona said.


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267809
11/03/2021 04:32 PM
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Sugar Land, Tx
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reminds me of the ruins of Autour Du Rocher, the old hotel/bar/club overlooking Lorient and St. Jean in St. Barth, originally owned by Jimmy Buffett (he has a song about it)…supposedly David Letterman eventually bought the land after the place burned down in ‘91


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: BeachKitten] #267814
11/03/2021 04:40 PM
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Owned by Jimmy and Larry "Groovey" Grey. Letterman bought it in 96/97


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: irina] #267815
11/03/2021 04:41 PM
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I lived at La Belle Creole from 1988 to 1992, A Conrad Hotel.


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Re: Haunted Hike [Re: NeilRooney] #267817
11/03/2021 05:44 PM
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Neil - it was crazy walking around the place!!! Amazing architecture!!!!


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