Is the Tri-County Truck Stop haunted? August 30, 2006
Posted by Ron in Ghosts and Mysteries, History, Restaurants.trackback
The historic Tri-County Truck Stop on old Route 66 in Villa Ridge, Mo., is known by roadies for its good grub, especially its country ham, not paranormal activity.
But Missouri Paranormal Research this month conducted what appears to be two extensive investigations of the truck stop for ghostlike activity. If nothing else, you can read a surprisingly well-researched report on the group’s site about the restaurant’s history.
There’s been alleged reports of an apparition sighted at the restaurant, and of another presence nicknamed George who supposedly has gotten a little touchy-feely with the restaurant’s female help. (Sounds like George needs to be slapped, or at least reported to H.R.)
The investigative team reportedly captured photos that contained unexplained blurry spots. Then there’s this video sequence shot in the restaurant’s basement that shows some sort of blueish figure going across the frame. This video was posted on YouTube; you can see it here:
I’m skeptical. But KTVI-TV, a Fox affiliate in St. Louis, did a story Monday about the group, which either gives it some credence or shows how much KTVI’s credibility has plummeted.
We report; you decide.
That is quite creepy but it looks a bit to “un”real to be real. I wouldnt have thought a ghost would have moved like that. Or looked like that. Interesting none the less though.
You know, the last time I had their great buffet, I felt that something strange was happening to my plate. Everytime I looked down, there was less food there. I just KNEW there had to be an explanation.
There must be activity by those curved windows where we ate. Great view of the trucks and 66ers rounding the curve.
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The video was not only faked but done very badly. A truth that many find hard to swallow is that there is no concrete evidence of the supernatural whatsoever. As a skeptic I keep searching for this but all I seem to get are videos like this, or photographs of orbs.
I have never seen a supposed haunting that did not have a logical explanation.
BatBoy
Alright! This means I get to make a Ghostbusters outfit for Ace Jackalope.
no one can say that it is not possable . in my years i have seen a lot of things that are hard to explain.
I was actually there in the basement last night and there is all kinds of weird things that were happening…we were on the farthest side from the door in the basement and there was a firgure walking back and forth pacing in front of the door, the lights would move and after we all fell asleep one person stayed awake and did see the blue figure, this place isn’t fake its for real. !!
The worst part of this is, when a video like this is faked, it makes it that much more difficult to do real research in this field. Not only is it faked, it’s faked poorly.
hi, i live in a haunted house not far from the truck stop. i am a medically educated person, what i have seen and heard has caused me to sell my house. i was not alone when witnessing the events. i will remain annonymous. however you can leave a letter at the truck stop, to the lady who sold her house if youre doing research and want more info.
Anonymous: why would you sell your house? Since you are in the medical profession. You should know more than anyone else that the mind is more than capable of fooling itself.
You should also know that the supernatural or belief in the supernatural is merely a misinterpretation of natural occurrences. I have been a researcher for over 20 years I have yet to find a haunted house. Or any evidence of the paranormal.
Best of luck
BatBoy
Why is the Tri-County Truck stop closed?
omg i eat here every other saturday!
my two friend’s and I worked at tri county.one at a diffrent time but we all will say that the basement is not a fun or nice place to be.the video looks fake but i know somthing is around.all the workers but 2or3 did not want to go down there to hook up a soda bag to the c02 tank when one ran out.i seen heard and felt things i do not have time to type and not only down stairs.
i remember that one night 10/4/97 i was at tri county and seen things.i seen yellow eyes in the rest room with a mist around it. i told my self after i seen some other things i was never going to do acid agin.
I am a co-administrator of MPR and if anyone has more stories of either the history or haunting of the Tri County Truck Stop then you can contact me at: greg@missouriparanormalresearch.com
We would still like to add to the research concerning this and that area of our website to share. We now have employees dating back to the 50’s that have experienced things.
Also, we had an incadescent light bulb thrown at us from the back of the basement (about a 50 foot throw) with noone back there. Another time a rusty butcher knife which was on the floor of an old freezer in the basement on past investigations, and even earlier in the day before also flying several feet at 3 investigators in the basement. It hit a verticle vent duct and bounced 8 to 10 feet off it before hitting the floor.
We were told by someone that a Mr. Bates sue to live in that basement decades agao and he use to trow things at employees who went down there.
It was closed due to health/safety reasons per my understanding. Something with a fire supression system and possible asbestos in the facility. That is what I have heard and have not validated such.
Greg
I am with Show Me Paranormal Investigations, a team of evidence driven researchers, and I read the reports from MPR about this site. We would love to investigate it. In fact, we would love to investigate any site that MPR has determined to be haunted. I am extremely skeptical of the reports and evidence from this location, but if we find evidence it would certainly support MPRs findings.
Bill Houser, MS
Show Me Paranormal Investigations
http://www.missourighost.com
BatBoy,
Way to go…If you ever want to come along w/ us just let me know. While I have to disagree with your stern belief that there is no evidence to support the paranormal. I do love your hard line on investigations. You are welcome anytime….We may even find some evidence for you to consider, but you’re right we wouldn’t find any proof.
Glad to see logic isn’t dead…just yet,
Bill
Tri County was closed due to structural problems The cost to repair these was out of my limits so sorry however the owner of the building is now in the process of doing a complete remodeling of the building and hopes to reopen by April thanks for all the continued support. See you along the mother road!
MPR’s investigative techniques are a joke, if any other group would go in there, they would not find anything close to what MPR has found because it’s not real. I would like to see a real, professional paranormal investigative team accompany MPR on an investigation and see how unorganized they are and how they invent their evidence. Someone please, go investigate and post a brief report here so we can see what you found and compare it to the MPR’s evidence.
Bill,
Thank you very much for the invitation, since I live in Las Vegas it might be difficult this time for me to make it. Besides, I would not want to spoil things for you, because it seems like whenever a hard-line skeptic like myself is involved in ghost hunting, nothing seems to happen. On one occasion a psychic told me that I actually had a dampening field around me. When I asked her for the evidence of this dampening field. Along with evidence that she is actually a psychic. Things went downhill from there, as I stated earlier, when you put together all of the evidence, both from amateur ghost hunting which is light-years from scientific.
Or evidence gathered from parapsychology. It still comes out to a great big zero for the paranormal, evidence that has been declared genuine to this point is only open for interpretation based on a preconceived belief in the paranormal. Naturally, I don’t have time here to go into a large discussion about about evidence or the gathering of it. Or the dynamics of hauntings as it applies to the human experience basically, ghosts are us. But if you would like for me to examine any evidence from a skeptical point of view that most certainly can be arranged. My discipline is engineering.
Also, think about this, one of the very first skeptical questions concerning ghosts still has not had a satisfactory answer. Why do ghosts wear clothes?
Whoa… do people really buy this video? This group is notorious for putting bogus “evidence” out there. Whether this truck stop is haunted or not, I would never take MPR’s word for it.
I see a MPR Troll has even made it here. LOL Almost as good as a fan club!
I was going to stay out of this but decided to google the phrase “mpr faked evidence” and bam here I am on this! funny eh? I too have had a look at this video elsewhere online and also viewed the website they have up. and let me tell you this is not the firstt ime they have faked something. It appeasr all of the evidence they generate and generate is the operative word here! is all faked and poorly done at that! shame on you MPR! shame shame. you are an embarassment to real paranormal investigators. Oh and BTW the reason the door closes in the breezeway of that house……window was open you can clearly see that and it was very very windy which you can also see. get a grip MPR, you guys suck really really hard. Aren’t you a little old to be playing make believe?! I will keep my identity private here due to that fact MPR has a nasty habit of causing online drama for other people who point out their fakery. But I am a paranormal researcher and you guys are a joke.
Non-intelligent, abrasive, loud .. yes a “troll” it is.
Look “greg”…..read the previous posts and you can clearly see that you guys are not fooling anyone with your fake evidence. Have you guys cornered the market on blue ghosts or what?! you want to say people are trolls cause they say what is true? if you do not want people to point out the obvious fakery involved in all of this evidence you all post then don’t post it! As long as your group continues to create and post faked evidence there is going to be someone out there who will say something about it. you and your group have brought this kind of thing on yourselves by putting it out there for the public to see. Grow up and get out of fantasy land MPR. If this truck stop is haunted it is a shame cause you guys didn’t get any real evidence due to the fact you were too busy working with photoshop and whatever other programs you use to fake stuff rather than trying to obtain real evidence of anything paranormal that may be going on there! disgusting, it really is.
You used the word intelligent as if you knew what it meant!! lol.
And judging by the looks of your evidence….well….it really speaks for itself now doesn’t it Greg? *cough*bullsh-t*cough*
i worked there as a dishwasher and went into the base with the guy who filmed this. We didnt see the ghost but something in the camera catches it said one of the people. We also went upstairs, where they said the negatve spirits were. I only worked there for 4 months but now they are closed, but not because of the ghosts.
Wow!!!! I would like to know the make and model of their camera that enables it to capture the image of a ghost. That’s one hell of a option. I wonder if the factory has to install it.
BatBoy
They were probably speaking of the IR? And some cams do catch light frequencies or spectrums that the naked eye cannot. However! Why is it that all of the ghosts they have “captured” on film are blue? also note how they have tons of shadow people pictures as well, and the one at the Waverly hills seems to be emitting light?? WTF? Shadow people are black or very dark and do not put off any light! It is clearly the shadow of a very much alive individual.
I would also like to point out that actually capturing an apparition on film is EXTREMELY rare! yet MPR has tons of them.
Bottom line is they are faking evidence and not at all concerned with finding the truth or researching the paranormal at all, they are running around showboating all of this fake evidence and pretending to want to help people when all they are doing is trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes. And not doing a very good job of it. I feel sorry for the people that this group has managed to fool with all of this fake evidence cause one day the people they have fooled will see it is fake and feel very badly for ever trusting this horrible group of people.
Real paranormal evidence is out there and can be found but if you spend all of your time faking evidence and being a fraud you will never find it as it is rare and well worth the hard work to get it.
Oh and I see where MPR people have been on here accusing the people that post negative comments on them of being Trolls? Who is the real troll the people who have the nerve to post what they feel or MPR for continually checking this site to see what people are saying and then throwing stones at those who dare say something they don’t like?
MPR you are the trolls now go back under your bridge and photoshop some more shadow people!
That camera is not switched to IR mode. It is simply a camcorder in lowlight situation. And you’re right capturing an apparition on film or tape is extremely rare. As a matter of fact. So rare that they don’t exist at all.
If you have any please show me!
BatBoy
Quote: Greg
I see a MPR Troll has even made it here.
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Ah yes MPR is full of Trolls, they are every where.
One question Greg. Do you label everyone who disagrees with your group a troll? I’ve seen your posts in several places and you’re always on the defensive. Let me tell you something buddy if you and your group cant take criticism then maybe you should either get out of the “paranormal” all together or actually go legit because you guys are one sad bunch.
I happen to live very close to the Tri-County truck stop and have actually worked there. I fully believe that it is haunted. On one such occasion I have had things hurled at me while walking past it one night and it was completely deserted. There was no one around. I have been visiting the restaurant since i was a child, having grown up in the area. Don’t be so sceptical people. I have been there and have spoken to a chil and his mother about things that they witnessed in the building. For instance the boy turned to his mother and asked her if she saw the man standing on the stairs, she said no, he said momma save her, when she asked who he was talking about he said the lady on the stairs the man is going to cut her mommy. My friend never saw a thing but the next day there was blood on the stairwell and no explination as to how it got there. The local area here is teeming with restless spirits. I recently moved into my hame and am now forced to move out again because of a strong male presence in my home that seems to be hostile. Some one really needs to do some thourough reasearch here.
I don’t doubt the place is haunted. I have a problem with this: A normal ghost hunting group isn’t going to get amazing video or photo evidence on every trip or investigation they do. It takes real artistic talent and photoshop ability to get the shots they do. The photos are fake just like on Tv not everything you see here is true. Yes George they do put things on tv that aren’t real.
The phrase for the day:
You trolls go hide under the bridge and photoshop us more photos! Let us know when to pull out the popcorn and we are there!
i used to work at tri county truck stop and it was very spooky when i was alone somewhere in the building.on a night i was working, me and the boss karen brown were sitting at the bar talking about freeky stuff that had happend to us and a waitress named tori said she didn’t believe in that kind of crap and the lights over the bar had started flickering.there is something about that place that is very creepy.i have seen stuff and heard stuff when i was alone but who cares if anyone belives it or not but hopefully someday they will experience something of their own and become beleivers
The paranormal site concerning this has moved to:
http://www.paranormaltaskforce.com/tricounty.html
I have to disagree with the no concrete proof statment. WHat exactly do you consider concrete proof. A full body apparition slapping you in the face in plain view of a thousand people. Are you saying you have reviewed every piece of possible evidene that has ever been captured? If not, you can’t say they don’t exist. YOu speak in awfully large certainties. It’s strange you say you search for evidence of them existing, then go on to sya they do not exist. Contradiction anyone? I’m a bit skeptical of this clip just like a lot of people. But to automatically say they do not exicst? Come on. That’s real easy to do if you ar enot going to accpet evidence under any circumstances, which is the impression you are giving. YOu offer no reasons for some of the outstanding evidence commonly known to anyone who is interested in tehf ield. All you do is say, what kind of camera catches a ghost. Basically, you are saying they don’t exist, then adding if they do a camera wouldn’t catch them…….pretty convienet. You are simply closed to the possiblity of activity and refuse to admit it. You even go so far as to tout your twenty years of research, yet when some ome else has a medical education you play it off like they are stupid and aren’t using that education. Basically, you come off as a self centered self absorbed know it all, who simply can’t accept he might be wrong. Is there a lot of evidence out there.depends on your definition of a lot. Is every piece turned in good. No….heck no…….but there is enough, if you open your mind a little bit and don’t go in with a prdetermined thought process.EVPs videos photos they are all out there…….things people have tried for years to debunk and can’t…..people form various professions…….I would say percentage wise it’s low, the amount of evidence that is real and good….but it is there…..
Look I know this Blue Ghost looks to good to be true but i will tell you this. I am a skeptic and I was there. I seen the camera retrieved and taken off the tri-pod. There was nobody in the basement when the camera was filming. The time from turning the camera off to bringing it upstairs was approximately 1 minute. It was seen on the camera first while reviewing the footage immediately after it was brought up stairs. At no time was this film placed on or downloaded to a computer until about 10 people seen the footage on the camera itself. Yes i was shocked and i cant explain it myself. And I was just a courious bystander.
I used too go too the Tri-Count resteraunt with my grandparents and one of my friends told me that the Tri-County was shut down and i looked it up on the internet and i was shaoked too see that it said THE THI-COUNTY RESTERAUNT was HAUNTED.