As home to some of this city香蕉视频直播檚 political pioneers, the Bennett house may have more than a few skeletons in its closets.

But its ghosts are what Andrew Bennett is most interested in.

When he was in his early 20s, Andrew lived there with his grandmother while attending Okanagan College. While he came away from that time with an education in business, he also gathered a few spooky stories.

Brookside Manor, located off of Ethel Street, was owned by Andrew香蕉视频直播檚 grandfather the former B.C. premier W.A.C. Bennett. It was built in 1914 by Francis R.E. DeHart, the then-mayor of Kelowna, and it became known as the DeHart house. F.R.E. DeHart died in 1935 and his son Francis, who was born in 1897, sold it to W.A.C. Bennett.

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The house is still standing, but Andrew said he last saw the place around 12 years ago.

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The spooky tale starts in March 1982. Bennett香蕉视频直播檚 grandmother left to see her sister in New Westminister and the family housekeeper, Aunt Winnie, warned him his home in Westbank after she left.

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He went upstairs to his room on the third floor. Then he heard a sound coming from the staircase.

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He left the light on all night and got up at sunrise.

Andrew said Aunt Winnie also saw a ghost in her bedroom, who she thought was one of the DeHart sons who had been killed in the Second World War.

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The visit from the ghost on the stairs wasn香蕉视频直播檛 the only experience Andrew had while staying in the house.

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Andrew also saw an outline of what he thought to be his grandfather after he died, sitting in his old rocking chair. And while he was praying one night, he said something knocked and twisted hangers in a closet.

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Andrew didn香蕉视频直播檛 stay by himself in the old house after his first weird encounter and believes there are lingering spirits on the property. But whose spirits they belong to remains the biggest mystery. The house is still owned by the Bennett family, but part of the property was developed into the Bennett Estate townhomes.

Michael Rowland is the ghost guy in the Okanagan and owns Healing Haunted Houses, an organization that purges homes of spooky happenings.

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香蕉视频直播淭here are other cases where they don香蕉视频直播檛 feel worthy to cross over, and feel like they香蕉视频直播檙e going to be judged香蕉视频直播� or if they香蕉视频直播檝e done something they feel is unforgivable, they stay behind,香蕉视频直播� Rowland said.

He said ghosts will attach to houses or people and can change the atmosphere of the thing they attach to.

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A haunted house will also have unexplained happenings, that can香蕉视频直播檛 be attributed to things like a creaky floor, or a running refrigerator, he said.

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But it香蕉视频直播檚 not like Hollywood, ghosts can香蕉视频直播檛 hurt people, but they can affect the health and wellness of the hosts, he said.

Although there necessarily more ghosts out and about around Halloween, Rowland thinks people are more attuned to them around this time.

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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