Kilby

As we were coming home today, we decided to stop in Kilby. This is a small heritage site about 30 minutes outside of Harrison.
The Kilby family developed a hotel, general store and farm for people travelling into the cariboo via Harrison. It lasted until the 1970's when it was given to the Provincial Government for preservation as a museum.
What a interesting place!

It's quite a homestead and farm:

I have to say that while we were there something interesting occurred. We were in the main house, in the bedrooms looking at the artifacts. I walked out of the room into the main hallway and I see the door in front of me close. It closed gingerly, as if someone was walking in. No one was there. Then, I take a look down the opposite end of the hallway and that door was closing the same way as well. I freaked out a little bit and ran downstairs. The door that I had just used to go upstairs was closed as well! At this time, my heart was racing. As I made it outside, the curator stopped and I mentioned that all of the doors in the house were closing at the same time! She kind of laughed and said something about coming back next Halloween. Rather embarrased, I joined my husband back upstairs. When I got back upstairs, one of the doors that had been closing, was fully open again as if nothing had happened. When I joined my husband, we both started hearing some strumming noises as if from a banjo. As no one else was upstairs at the same time as us, we decided to both leave the house and concentrate on the animals outside. I'm not saying that something exists within Kilby and it's not scary at all. I just think that perhaps due to the weather (it was rather stormy) and the fact that I feel a bit weird about walking in to someones home, it wasn't the best place for me to visit. However, it is worth a stop in for anyone who would like to learn more about the area they are going to visit.

Thank-you for reading

Lynn