"Cabin in the Mountains"

A Friend named Jeb and his brother Jeff, had a cabin high up in the mountains. I hadn’t been used for many years and required a lot of repairs, The brother Jeff, ran a lumber and building business and managed to get what was needed to the cabin site. My friend Jeb ask

me if I would go up in the mountains with them and help them with the work that needed to be done. I said yes! A time was selected and we arrived at the site.

The cabin was on a foundation that had gave away and the cabin had slid several feet off the foundation. Behind it was a cave in the hill side

And they wanted to move the cabin back and up, so it would cover the entrance and the cave could be used as a storage place. The work went smoothly and that part of the project was about done. It was getting cold and winter would be upon us in no time at all. We returned to the city and would have to return to the cabin at another time.

The following year we returned and completed the work on the upper part of the cabin, but our time was limited, so the rest of the work had to done at another time. The next time, we noticed that a rock slide had all but closed off the entrance to the cave, We closed in around the lower part of the cabin, then on one morning there were two small cub bears under the cabin, Unknown to us, a bear had hibernated in the cave and gave birth to two cubs, The cubs could get in and out of the cave, but the big bear could not, We tried to clear away the rocks and dirt, but the bear on the inside was getting angrier by the minute. We got to a point to where we decided to leave and stay out of sight, The Bear finally broke out and she and the cubs went away.

When we returned, we cleaned up the mess and finished our work, The work was all done and we took a few days to relax and enjoy what we had accomplished .  The following year, when we came back, something didn’t seem to be as it should have been. Some one had been there and used the cabin. When we were getting close to the cabin, we thought we had saw smoke coming from the chimney, But inside there was no trace of a fire in the fireplace. 

What ever had been used, had been replaced and the fire wood box was always full and the kitchen was always clean. Could it have been the ghost of some ones Mother in-law? Casper are you playing jokes on us?

There was an old Prospector that lived up here for many years and he was found dead a few years ago, Could he be the one, if so, he is welcome any time ?

By; Ben R. 

July 14, 2013