St. Ignatius haunted hospital

St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax has been abandoned since 2003; the historic structure has become a popular destination for ghost-hunters, however, and Colfax city officials are capitalizing on it.

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Fri., Oct. 7, 2016

People gather outside the shuttered St. Ignatius Hospital before taking the Haunted Hospital tour sponsored by the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Colfax.

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A wheelchair in a hallway greets visitors to the haunted St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax. Built in 1893, St. Ignatius was the first hospital to serve Whitman County.

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Haunted Hospital tour guide Valoree Gregory tells WSU Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters, left to right, Alex Farley, Elizabeth Schofstoll, Kyra Wonders and Keagan Healey about the paranormal activity in one of the St. Ignatius Hospital rooms.

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Paint peels from the walls of one of the many patient bathrooms in the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax.

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People taking the Haunted Hospital tour, wander the halls of the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

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Paint peels on a hallway wall inside the abandoned 123-year-old St. Ignatius Haunted Hospital in Colfax, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

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WSU student Kyra Wonders listens to Haunted Hospital tour guide Valoree Gregory talk about all the after-dark paranormal activity that has been observed in the St. Ignatius Hospital. Because there is no power in the abandoned building, visitors must use flashlights to guide them through four floors of decaying rooms and hallway.

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WSU Students Elizabeth Schofstoll, left, and Alex Farley use flashlights to explore the halls and rooms of the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Colfax Wash. The hospital closed in 1968 and was used until 2003 to house developmentally disabled adults on the bottom floors.

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A stove sits unused and rusted in the kitchen of the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital.

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Valoree Gregory sits in the St. Ignatius Hospital room that she was born in. Now with the Chamber of Commerce of Colfax, she gives Haunted Hospital tours of the abandoned building in Colfax, Wash.

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Only flashlights light the way for visitors at the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital in Colfax, Wash.

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Guide Valoree Gregory leads a tour the abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Colfax, Wash.

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The St. Ignatius Hospital is allegedly filled with ghosts that wander the halls and rooms of the 123-year-old abandoned hospital in Colfax, Wash. Now the Colfax Chamber of Commerce is giving Haunted Hospital tours of the building.

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