The Portal

February 21, 2020

There was a loud, abrupt noise that woke me in the middle of the night. I then heard aa whooshing sound coming out of the headboard. I made the headboard out of one of the original interior brothel doors. There were various sized shapes (hundreds or maybe even thousands) moving in a counterclockwise rotation around the room. It filled the room in front of me from floor to ceiling. These objects were irregularly shaped and one dimensional. They were blacker than black. I remember very consciously making sure that I was awake and to take note of everything that I was seeing. After about 5 minutes of me watching these shapes, I simply went back to sleep. I wasn’t scared and it didn’t feel threatening. Years later, this is still my most memorable night at the Bed & Brew. It was like the Universe was showing me something that is not normally seen by humans.

Owner, Jesse Herron, pointing to the headboard in his bedroom (now the Jessie Suite). This photo is featured in Unforgettable Ghost Story Interviews by Antonio R. Garcez.

After Ghost Adventures filmed in August of 2020, a psychic suggested that the headboard was a natural "door" and needed to be moved out of my bedroom. It ended up in the shed until May of 2024. I brought it out for the Twin Paranormal investigation. They moved it into the Charlie Suite in hopes that the portal would open again. It did not.

Headboard placed against the original Saloon entrance during their investigation on May 1, 2024.

In August of 2024, the headboard was re-purposed into a bench and placed outside the entrance to the utility room. It rests there today.

The "Portal" bench now rests under the portal on the south side of the Painted Lady.