Catfish Plantation

Upon returning from San Antonio, Ann and myself felt the need to stop and explore one of the great catfish restaurants in Texas. Of course, I'm referring to the Catfish Plantation in Waxahachie. Oh, did I mention haunted restaurants? As luck would have it, we arrived before the restaurant was opened for business and therefore were the first customers allowed in. This was an excellent opportunity to take some pictures of the building including the one found in this post.

Now, I've been to the Catfish Plantation several times, I've enjoyed the great food and the country atmosphere with my wife and even my mother, and nothing has ever happened to me or anyone else. Until this trip.


After snapping all of the pictures I could of the place and finally sitting down to enjoy the fried dill pickles, a middle aged couple came in and were seated in the middle room of this small house. The man was talking with the woman reading out the menu but when he came to a section on the menu about the "ghosts" located in the building his tone changed. He laughed out loud and in a mocking voice said "So when do the ghosts come out?" Immediately, the lights on the ceiling fan in the front room where we were seated gave an audible buzz, flickered and almost went out. At the time, I was looking into the other room where these people were seated and their lights did not flicker. Ann was looking towards the lamps on the wall also in my room and they did not flicker either. Only the lights in the ceiling fan. Ann and I looked at each other with the expression of "Did you just see what I did?"

Oh, I understand that it can be logically explained away as a coincidence and a mere electrical power surge. After all, there were thunderstorms in the area, although it wasn't raining at the time and there had been no thunder. But only on one light fixture in the whole restaurant? Only once during the entire visit? And cool enough, only with the perfect timing as in response to the man in the other room making fun of the ghosts and mocking them. Hmmmm.

I'll upload a picture of the room soon.

The Menger Hotel -San Antonio

We just returned from a beautiful trip to San Antonio. The weather was hot and steamy as always. What makes this trip worthy of mentioning is that we stayed in a location where I finally got the opportunity to photograph the Menger Hotel.

Not only is the Menger a historical building full of expensive and extravagant antiques and style, it also reportingly haunted. There have been many stories and sightings associated with the hotel and I hope to conduct a ghost hunt there one day. One highlight to this trip was the chance to spend some quality time in the hotel walking around looking at the pictures on the wall and eyeing the old ledgers they have on display dating to the 1890's. Also, being able to sit in the same bar that Col. Theodore Roosevelt signed up some of the famous Rough Riders was a unique twist

Alas, nothing extraordinary occurred, but there is always next time.