The hair on the back of my neck just stood up.. I had the same experience at a small ghost town in Nevada.. We, my family and I on a trip across country on old route 66, I saw a small sign with an arrow pointing down a lonely dirt road leading up to the foot of a mountain. We were looking down the edge of the cliffs as I slowly drove the single lane road. As we made a sharp winding turn the darkened town suddenly appeared. Dozens of buildings, most in total disrepair, but standing.. The kids and wife jumped as I gasped, making the situation a whole lot worse!
I opened the window of my car to listen and watch if I had disturbed anything, as if there was anything left to disturb.. All was totally quiet and still. I got out alone, my 3 small daughters and my wife stayed behind, looking as if they had already seen a ghost. As I walked down the middle of that street, the wind began to blow, the skeletons of those old shacks flanking me ..shadows long and now a hollowing hot incessant wind blew through the broken windows.
I swear I could hear cries and moaning, and the smell went from dust to blood.. I knew there was death still in that town.. and confirmed that fact at a roadside cafe about 20 miles away.. The waitress told us how the town died 40 years before with a shoot out, and several deaths.. Been there, done that.. I know what you mean...GULP.. :|