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1000 Steps

By Josh Gillis, published Feb 25, 2008
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Throughout the time I have lived here in Spokane, WA I have heard many stories of haunted places and have never seemed to pay any attention to them until I heard one that really caught my attention. It is at a old cemetery. This place is probably 300 years old. It is called the Greenwood Cemetery and I found out that this place is right down the street from where I live!
I researched this place on the internet after I heard what happens at the Greenwood Cemetery. So my friend text-messaged me one day and told me that at this cemetery there is an old stairway that used to lead to the top of the cemetery to the top level. Due to renovations and improvements the cemetery has recently made nobody goes up those stairs anymore or are not supposed to from what I heart. Supposedly, whoever tries to go up those stairs at night can never make it to the top because some kind of ghost or a group of ghost lingers the stairs and it becomes to scary for anybody to continue their way up the stairs with real life ghosts in their face. I can't say that I would blame somebody for turning around and running the opposite directions going about 100mph. I would do the same. Well I did the same.
I went to the cemetery many times at night and it just seemed like something was watching me at all times. I could never really seem to find these steps however. So at first I thought that this was all just made up and these stories that so many people posted on the internet was just another hoax, a simple misguided idea that gets people spooked but never is really explained or determined true.
Well I was not to let this get me down. I was to search the whole cemetery for these steps and that is what I did. I went there in the daylight and looked for any opening in the woods that would suggest that there was once steps there that could have led to the top level of the cemetery. These steps supposedly hadn't been used in years and the cemetery had made many changes so I knew that this would not be an easy task for me.
Ironically I looked the whole day and couldn't find them until I was on my way home I noticed there was a bunch of snow covered steps right off of the street and it was most likely impossible to spot at night. This is when I knew I found the famous steps. I
Now that I have found the steps I needed to see if this was just an urban legend or if these steps were really haunted by ghosts that linger the cemetery. The night before I actual decided to go check these steps out I read all of the blogs on the internet and read all the stories so I could know what i was getting myself into. Supposedly when the spirits are close it will feel as if it is raining there will be a moist change of air pressure and you will then know that it is coming. I thought that concept was a joke. I have seen that on so many different scary movies that was simply a joke to me. However, the night I went I felt it.
The sky got darker then ever and it was a clear night. It seemed as if rain clouds went over by and there was lightning or something coming because you could feel this sort of energy like feeling coming your way. Then I felt rain drops and I knew it was raining because it was 20 degrees outside. By this point I was only to about the 5th or 6th step. I got up about half way and that is when a cloud of bright white came at me and it was filled with about 50 faces of people from women to children to old men and little boys. This was a very unique feeling and very scary to say the least. The person that went with me had already been back to the car. I wanted to see if this was all made up though. I was looking around trying to find a smoke machine or something that would suggest this all being fake and is just to scare off kids from going up the abandoned steps. I found nothing, however, and all of a sudden it was quite and then I heard a voice ask me "who are you" and "why are you here". That is the moment I ran down those stairs and to the car and sped off. I now believe that something spooky goes on in the Greenwood Cemetery. And I know what they nickname that place 1000 steps. Nobody will ever make it to the top. I will try again some day to make it to the top because I was not harmed and I do feel that this place is a genuinely haunted place.
I dare anybody that lives in the Spokane area to check it out. I do admit that I chicken'd out, but I do not believe that anybody can make it to the top of these steps. This place is creepy and will scare anybody and everybody. If you do not believe in ghost I don't suggest you check this place out. This will change your whole prospective on life. It sure changed mine.

Haunted Places in Spokane, WA

1000 steps

Credit: Greenwood Cemetery

Copyright: Oral history

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When we were in high school around '89 friends and I went there to check out the legend of 1000 steps. We had been partying and looking for a bit more adventure. I will say it is a strange feeling when you get to the top but you can get to the top. As I recall it opens up to an area that looks like any other cemetery. I never saw anything like spirits however there was a great sense of uneasiness almost like you are being watched but it is easier for ones mind to play tricks after drinking and then the thought of getting caught trespassing is in the back of your mind as well. I'm surprised they never demolished those steps.

Posted on 09/06/2008 at 12:09:19 AM

 
a few friends and i went up there on 8-01-08. and we got to the top, and decided to walk on the trail to the right of the stairs. we walked untill we cam to a spit, you could eaither go further into the cemitary, or keep going the way you were going, we turned to go deeper, and as we we're walking i spotted what looked like a lady standing between two trees watching us, and i pointed it out the the reast of them. Thats all they needed to see. But, 3 of the groop of 11 decided to keep going, so i walked the other 8 to the top of the stairs and waited on Ryan, Anthany, and Bree. when they came back, anthany was speed walking. and the ONLY thing ryan would say was "Fuck that", "im done..", "lets go" thats pretty much it, and bree was quiet the whole time. it turns out when they kept going. they came to a tomb stone that read "Here lies Stevens" and when they read it, ryan and anthany heard a thud, as if someong jumped off the tomb stone. i'd definatlly go back, im still interested.

Posted on 08/03/2008 at 8:08:51 PM

 
i went up there at night got to the top nuthin happin tell i took my first step when i got to the top i could here a old man yelling when i looked to see where it was coming from there was no one there i ran back to my friends and told em lets get the fuck out of here!

Posted on 08/03/2008 at 4:08:28 PM

 
Hi Ken, I've been up there after dark many times,but it was years ago.My friends and I always sneaked in.(This was over 20 years ago.)It was always extremely scary and yet we went back.There was one very frightening experience we had and that was it for all of us. I would like to talk to you if you're willing.

Posted on 08/01/2008 at 11:08:32 PM

 
Well, just 2 days ago my team and I made a third trip to the infamous steps and for the third time experienced nothing at all. We made it to the top then spent a few hours in the cemetery. It was after dark and we did have permission. My conclusion after 3 trips with no activity...DEBUNKED. If you do decide to check them out, please seek permission prior and do be careful...it's easy to fall and hurt yourself on the busted old steps. You can check out pictures of this place and others on my MySpace page myspace.com/pitsparanormal Happy Hunting

Posted on 07/04/2008 at 1:07:40 PM

 
i have gone up the steps multiple times, the steps lead to the older graces so it has a creepy feeling right there but nothing stops you from getting to the top like so many people have claimed. there used to be a pink spray paint marker on the road where the entrance to the steps was, but i think its gone now. also in regards to the security/owners, there is usually a guard on patrol and is not very nice about trespassing.

Posted on 06/13/2008 at 1:06:33 PM

 
I have made it to the top many of times and played hide and go seek up their as a teen I never felt anything weird and I have also worked for Greenwood and the reasons on the steps are hidden is because maintenance put seed all over the steps to prevent people from going up them mostly so people wont vandalize the cemetery, I think a lot is myth but some of it can be truth their are a lot of unexplained things. If you want a chill go into the basement of the mausoleum across the street you wont feel right for a while.

Posted on 04/24/2008 at 10:04:01 AM

 
Me and a couple friends are thinking about checking it out this weekend, we have had some crazy experiences and we know that this stuff is real, we want to go there to experience more. I've heard that the owners are really laid back and they let people do the 1000 stpes because it's a famous place. I have also heard that the owners are total jerks and they'll have anyone arrested for trespassing if they get the chance. I really want to do this, but I really don't want to get arrested either. I wanted the opinion of someone who legitimately went there after hours. Would me and my friends get arrested?

Posted on 04/23/2008 at 11:04:33 AM

 
Me and a couple friends are thinking about checking it out this weekend, we have had some crazy experiences and we know that this stuff is real, we want to go there to experience more. I've heard that the owners are really laid back and they let people do the 1000 stpes because it's a famous place. I have also heard that the owners are total jerks and they'll have anyone arrested for trespassing if they get the chance. I really want to do this, but I really don't want to get arrested either. I wanted the opinion of someone who legitimately went there after hours. Would me and my friends get arrested?

Posted on 04/23/2008 at 10:04:54 AM

 
I used to live in apartments right by the 1000 steps and one night me and a friend of mine decided to go up them. It was a clear night in the middle of august. We made it to the top but it got freezing cold and we heard footsteps all around us, like there were more than just two of us climbing the steps.

Posted on 04/22/2008 at 4:04:16 PM

 
where is green wood cometary 1000 steps

Posted on 03/29/2008 at 5:03:43 PM

 
me and my sister and my cousin are going to go all the way to the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on 03/22/2008 at 3:03:25 PM

 
WASPS like the name...where you city/town are you guys from?

Posted on 03/06/2008 at 3:03:38 PM

 
Hi. I'm the founder of WASPS or the Washington State Paranormal Society. We are a new group, and as of yet have no equipment, but i vow to you, that I will make contact with these spirits and will make to the top, unharmed. I will simply tell them that I am here to document their presence, and do not mean any harm. But if they want me to leave I will. Who knows, right?

Posted on 03/06/2008 at 12:03:43 AM

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