Tahlequah resident Clint Reed, 32, said he’s had some of his own unexplained experiences on the Murrell Home grounds.

“One time me and a bunch of friends thought it would be cool to walk around on the trails out there,” he said. “At one point during the walk, we all stopped. My buddy asked, ‘Did you hear that?’ Everyone said, ‘Yeah,’ and we took off running as fast as we could get to the car. As soon as we got in the car, we started talking about how weird it was. As we were driving off, I said I couldn’t believe how much the sound was like a woman screaming. My friend said, ‘No, I heard a kid laughing.’ Then the girl I was with said she heard a man talking. Everything we heard was different but it happened at the same time. I haven’t been back out there since. It was creepy.”

Pettengill said visitors have to remember that lot’s of people have been born and died on the property and in the home.

“It’s been here through the Civil War,” she said. “It has been raided by both sides. There were skirmishes and bushwackings that happened out there on the grounds. We are just fortunate the home was never burned down.”

Reach Travina Coleman at 684-2901 or tcoleman@muskogeephoenix.com.

Ghost tours

WHAT: Haunted Seminary Hall Tour, hosted by the Northeastern State University College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Association.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights in October.

WHERE: Northeastern State University, 601 N. Grand Ave., Tahlequah.

TICKETS: $5.

INFORMATION: 444-2897.

PROCEEDS: Go to the NSU College of Liberal Arts Graduate Student Association to help pay for conference fees.