Grand Canyon Caverns http://www.gccaverns.com Inn - Restaurant - Tours Sat, 13 Apr 2013 19:07:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 First Annual Scarecrow Festival http://www.gccaverns.com/first-annual-scarecrow-festival/ http://www.gccaverns.com/first-annual-scarecrow-festival/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:35:32 +0000 staff.admin http://www.gccaverns.com/?p=800 GRAND CANYON CAVERNS WILL HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL SCARECROW FESTIVAL OCTOBER 1st THRU NOVEMBER 30th 2013. The details: At Grand Canyon Caverns, Mile 115 RT 66 AZ, The mile of RT 66 at the front of our property; the entire front area ofthe Gas Station, Motel, Store and Formal Gardens along with the Road to [...]

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GRAND CANYON CAVERNS

WILL HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL SCARECROW FESTIVAL OCTOBER 1st THRU NOVEMBER 30th 2013.

The details:

At Grand Canyon Caverns, Mile 115 RT 66 AZ, The mile of RT 66 at the front of our property; the entire front area ofthe Gas Station, Motel, Store and Formal Gardens along with the Road to and from The Caverns Tour Assembly Building…a mile in each direction …will be the home to Scarecrow Displays. The Cavern Building area will have Scarecrows throughout the Parking Area for the Gift Shop, Restaurant and RV Park. Grand Canyon Caverns will be accepting Scarecrows from our neighbors and neighboring businesses from Williams on the East to Kingman on the west. There will be Scarecrow winners in the youth Catagory for most life-like, most artistic, cutest, funniest and youth “Best of Show”. There will be Scarecrow winners in the Adult Catagory for Scariest, Best Ensemble, Best use of materials, Best Theme, Most Life-like, and most creative among other catagories. We hope all the businesses along the AZ stretch of RT 66 and I-40 will promotethemselves creatively at the festival. Everyone visiting the Festival before October 25th will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite Scarecrows in every catagory. Winning Scarecrows will be noted October 26th for for the rest of this festival. Prizes will be given to all entries accepted for showing with a number of special prizes available to Catagory Winners and a Grand Prize for “Best in Show”.


SCARECROW FESTIVAL

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]]> http://www.gccaverns.com/first-annual-scarecrow-festival/feed/ 0 T-Rex statue under construction http://www.gccaverns.com/t-rex-statue-under-construction/ http://www.gccaverns.com/t-rex-statue-under-construction/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 03:00:57 +0000 staff.admin http://www.gccaverns.com/?p=578 We recently got an email from the nephew of the man who built the T-Rex statue that sits in front of the main Cavern’s building. We wanted to share it with you: “I am sending you these copies of a picture of my uncle constructing the dinosaur that is in front of the restaurant. We [...]

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]]> “I am sending you these copies of a picture of my uncle constructing the dinosaur that is in front of the restaurant. We have visited the caverns several times and I have spoken to several people about this picture and the fact that my uncle designed and built the dinosaur and I wanted to get a copy to you for display. I hope you can make a decent picture from what I have attached, it is a picture of the actual picture, there is some damage to it on the top corner. My uncle’s name is Victor Leon, that’s him on the left. I will see if I can get him to give me any more information on the dinosaur as far as where and when it was actually built. Victor is 92 years old and served in the Navy during WWII so his memory is a little spotty. I hope you can use these and we look forward to visiting the caverns again later this year.
Thank You”
T-Rex under construction

T-Rex under construction

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]]> http://www.gccaverns.com/t-rex-statue-under-construction/feed/ 0 Are the Caverns Haunted? http://www.gccaverns.com/are-the-caverns-haunted/ http://www.gccaverns.com/are-the-caverns-haunted/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:34:54 +0000 staff.admin http://98.119.223.9:8080/gccaverns/?p=44

GCC Wanted to know so we hired “Ghost Experts” to investigate Cavern paranormal activity! Find out more >

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]]> Grand Canyon Caverns Hires Ghost Experts to investigate Cavern paranormal activity

Mike Kadletz, business manager of the Grand Canyon Caverns, an Arizona Route 66 landmark for over 75 years has hired the OCGALT Paranormal team (Orange County Ghosts and Legends Paranormal Team) in Orange County California to finally put to rest, or confirm, the existence of the reports of Ghost and paranormal activity in the Caverns to rest.

Over the last half century 8 people have died or been buried on or in the caverns property, and another 4 have spent their lives and have had huge emotional ties of a lifetime in the Caverns. Un-explain ghost and paranormal sightings and activities have been recorded and witness by employees and guest alike. The most popular sighting is seeing a man, believed to be ghost of Walter Peck at the top and bottom of the elevator shaft, opening the doors at different times. Also of great interest, was when the Caverns were used as a burial site for the Native American Indians during winter months? The bodies have been removed, but the whispering sounds of the Indians can often be heard in the caverns when one listens according to reports. And at night in the darkness of the caverns, you do hear things that are not supposed to be heard according to reports. Overnight guess in the caverns suite have also reported seeing what appears to be shadows of Indian figures moving in a dance formation, circular on the rocks, as well as a distant chanting. Other reports have been of seeing images of the hanging of a body at the top of the caverns (A person did so 30 years ago) the list does go on.

The investigating crew of OCGALT will arrive Friday, March 3rd and spend the weekend around the caverns property, but will spend the nights 220 feet under ground investigating. Operated by Matt Harvey, who has been running his paranormal business for 9 years and offers his services to haunted locations in California and Arizona.

About the ghost hunting investigation into the Grand Canyon Caverns

Matt and Chris will be investigating the Grand Canyon Caverns on March 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2012. The investigation will start around dusk and last till the early hours in the morning. Some people report seeing a ghostly figure on the elevator. Is this the previous owner of the property? Other tragic events have happened that could be causing the activity in and around the caverns to. The son of the old owner hung himself on top of the mines could be hanging around. A tour guide who lost his life just outside the caverns, does he still lead tours of the caverns? Who or what is causing the activity at the Grand Canyon Caverns? That’s what the owner wants to find out.

Matt and Chris hope to be able to capture evidence of the ghostly activity that is said to happen in the caverns using the following ghost hunting devices. Different types of EMF detectors including KII Meters, Gauss Meters, Ghost Meters. EMF stands for electronic magnetic fields or energy and are said to be given off by ghosts, but can be caused by any electronically device The devices work by lighting up and or by making a loud sound alerting us of an energy change. Sony Handy Cams with Super Night Shot and additional infrared lighting to possibly capture something moving, an apparition or something they can’t explain away onto video. Digital voice recorders, hoping to get what are called an EVP or Electric Voice Phenomenon and are said to be voices heard on the recorder that were to low for us to hear or caused by ghost altering the noises inside the recorder to produce a response that we can sometimes hear. Professional grade digital cameras, again to capture ghostly images or apparitions. Motion sensors, the idea is to have some unseen entity or mass break the beam of the motion sensor beam and the alarm to sound. Matt and Cris are hopeful that they can not only experience the activity that is said to be happening but also capture evidence of it at the caverns. They are hope to be able to establish communication with whom ever or what ever may roaming the caverns in hopes that others may also be able to experience it on tours in the caverns.

Matt and Cris will report any finding and experiences back to the owners of the Grand Canyon Caverns, He is hoping that the Orange County Ghosts And Legends Paranormal Team will bring him back evidence that will show that the caverns are haunted once and for all.

View the report on the Orange County Ghosts and Legends Paranormal website (about half way down)

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We are in the middle of 3,000,000 acres of the most unspoiled land left in the world. Grand Canyon Caverns is close to everywhere and yet a complete change from your urban or suburban world. We are six hours from southern California, 2.5 hours from Phoenix or Las Vegas, and 1.5 hours from Laughlin, Lake Havasu or Williams.

We are 800 acres held in trust for the world these past 80 years at an elevation of 5,500 feet on a beautiful plateau with the largest dry caverns in the united states 200 to 300 feet below the surface accessible via our exploration elevator. Learn more >

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]]> We are in the middle of 3,000,000 acres of the most unspoiled land left in the world. Grand Canyon Caverns is close to everywhere and yet a complete change from your urban or suburban world. We are six hours from southern California, 2.5 hours from Phoenix or Las Vegas, and 1.5 hours from Laughlin, Lake Havasu or Williams.

We are 800 acres held in trust for the world these past 80 years at an elevation of 5,500 feet on a beautiful plateau with the largest dry caverns in the united states 200 to 300 feet below the surface accessible via our exploration elevator.

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