Ghosts & Hauntings

Ghost sightings abound at Yosemite's haunted Ahwahnee Hotel

By T.K. Randall
July 6, 2024 ·  12 comments

The Ahwahnee Hotel. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Mark James Miller Yosemite itself needs no introduction - spanning more than 1,000 square miles of picturesque forests, mountains, lakes, streams and glaciers, it remains a popular visitor attraction all year round.

For those looking to get a good night's sleep, the Ahwahnee Hotel, which opened back in 1927, provides weary travelers with somewhere to stay before continuing on their adventures.

But within its unassuming walls lie tales of paranormal activity, ghost sightings and other strangeness that has earned the hotel something of a reputation for being the most haunted in the entire region.

Some of the alleged spooks spotted there over the years include those of the building's former owners - Mary Curry Tressider and her husband, Donald Tressider.Mary in particular, who lived at the hotel until her death in 1970, has been seen dancing in the common room and her presence is also often felt throughout the building.

There are even claims that the ghost of President John F Kennedy has been seen at the hotel.

The story goes that, due to a back problem, Kennedy had requested a rocking chair be brought to his room on the third floor while he was staying there.

Since his death, some guests claim to have seen or heard a ghostly rocking chair in that location.

The Ahwahnee Hotel is even thought to have served as partial inspiration for some of the sets in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 horror movie The Shining.

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Tags: Yosemite, Haunting