This is one of those cases that gets the label of “One of the Most Haunted Places in the World,” and it may be worthy of it based on the many eyewitness accounts. But what makes the home of Steve and Beth Lee rather unique is this haunted house is in one of the thickest parts of the Black Forest region in Colorado. Within the first few weeks of buying the two-story log house on the 5 acres of dense wood the strange activity began.

In May, 1991, the Lee’s Fourth of July came a few weeks early. And we’re not talking about your average firecrackers and sparklers. Flashing lights began streaking through their living room and bedroom, sounds of stomping people across their roof thundered from above, sounds of chains rattling in the middle of the night, and even the music of an invisible orchestra. And I hate to say it, but I’m going to anyway, this was just the beginning. The paranormal activity began to show up on a daily basis. The Lee’s children complained of weird lights and shadows that would manifest in their bedrooms. Appliances developed minds of their own as they turned on and off at will. Then the Lee’s began to get affected physically from chemical odors that would burn their eyes and throats. It got so bad that Steve Lee thought they actually had someone entering the house after they experienced what they thought to be sixty-two unexplained break-ins. The El Paso County police were actually called in, yet they never found any evidence of criminal activity. Steve would eventually spend a reported $40,000 on security and surveillance equipment. This attempt at solving the problem would prove to be a lost cause.

One thing Steve did accomplish with all the new security gear was a boatload of mysterious light images caught on film. This would be the final tip off that the Lee family may have more than just a burglar lurking about. It was time to call in the professionals. In 1995 and for a couple of years after, the television show Sightings would conduct several investigations and document many of the anomalous encounters. A Hopi shaman was also brought in who revealed that the Lee’s house sat on a “Rainbow Vortex,” a sort of portal to the next world. Echo Bodine, the famous Minneapolis-based psychic and ghostbuster, also made a visit to the home. She claimed to have experienced the presence of a malevolent spirit in the Lee’s living room, plus another twenty within the home. And the list of witnesses would go on, as paranormal researchers, paranormal investigators, psychics, clergy, physicists, scientists, and even a senator made the trek to the Black Forest. At one point the FBI was asked to come in but for some reason they declined. Could the FBI  already know what’s there? After all, Steve Lee did suspect the government was already there in a covert capacity when he witnessed mysterious figures carrying assault rifles through his property. Hmmmmmm. Stargate anyone?