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Open to the publicHotel Colorado is an operating hotel. The lobby and restaurant are open to the public, but guest floors, rooms and the basement require a reservation or staff permission.
Hotel Colorado is a resort hotel in downtown Glenwood Springs, open since 1893 and standing a few steps from the town's hot springs 1. CBS Colorado reported that guests describe a woman in a floral dress in room 661, doors locking and unlocking on their own, knocking with no one there, and the smell of gardenia perfume in the dining room 2. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent collected accounts from a former basement tenant and local residents of cigar smoke in the middle of a room and perfume near the front desk 3. Visitors commonly describe the cigar smell attributed to founder Walter Devereux, a nurse called Bobbie said to have worked in the hotel's World War II naval hospital, and cold pockets, flickering lights and swinging chandeliers in the older parts of the building.
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CBS Colorado reported that guests have described a woman in a floral dress in room 661, the larger of the two tower suites, along with doors locking and unlocking on their own and knocking when no one is there. The same account lists flickering lights, swinging chandeliers and pockets of cold air among guest reports.
Apparition · Cold spot · Doors opening or closing · Electrical disturbance · Knocking or rapping · Objects moved
According to CBS Colorado, founder Walter Devereux is rumored to roam the halls and lobby in the evening, trailing the smell of cigar smoke, and guests have reported smelling gardenia perfume in the dining room, attributed in hotel stories to a World War II nurse called Bobbie.
Phantom smell
Kathy Rippy Fleming, author of a 1995 book about the hotel, told the Post Independent that people still report cigar smoke at the front desk and a sweet perfume, and that a visiting group of investigators photographed orbs and what they described as a man's face in a mirror.
Phantom smell · Photo or video anomaly
Jerry Butler, whose ski shop occupied the hotel basement for 16 years, told the Post Independent that cigar smoke could be smelled in the middle of the room but not in the corners. He also said phone lines he and another tenant had switched over were found switched back the next morning.
Objects moved · Phantom smell
The history · Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Hotel Colorado is a resort hotel in downtown Glenwood Springs, open since 1893 and standing a few steps from the town's hot springs 1. CBS Colorado reported that guests describe a woman in a floral dress in room 661, doors locking and unlocking on their own, knocking with no one there, and the smell of gardenia perfume in the dining room 2. The Glenwood Springs Post Independent collected accounts from a former basement tenant and local residents of cigar smoke in the middle of a room and perfume near the front desk 3. Visitors commonly describe the cigar smell attributed to founder Walter Devereux, a nurse called Bobbie said to have worked in the hotel's World War II naval hospital, and cold pockets, flickering lights and swinging chandeliers in the older parts of the building.
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