Reports Of Ghost Messing With Patrons, Staff At South Idaho Pub

October is the best time of year for ghost stories. There's an eatery and bar located in southern Idaho that has had several reports over the years of an attention-seeking energy that isn't bashful when it comes to mingling with the locals.

Many people are fascinated with the thought of life after death. It consumes some people, and they go to great lengths to attempt to capture definitive proof that our existence isn't just purely physical. There are thousands of videos online posted by people across the globe that show images of unexplained goings-on that give hope to those who believe our loved ones remain with us even after death.

The majority of these claims appear to have been made while the property was Sidewinders Bar & Grill.

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I've visited many properties rumored to be visited by spirits and specters. My wife and I have walked the grounds of the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise, the Albion School campus, and several other sites in the Gem State with a documented history of bizarre occurrences. One place we haven't stopped into yet is The Iron Rail Bar & Grill, formerly the Sidewinders Bar & Grill.

Multiple websites including visitsouthidaho.com and idahohauntedhouses.com have chronicled reports of a female spirit that hangs around a staircase and another that messes with the lights and music while patrons are enjoying themselves. Other reports have described the energy as like that of a "poltergeist," or a spirit that has the ability to physically move objects sometimes in an aggressive manner.

The majority of these claims appear to have been made while the property was Sidewinders Bar & Grill. The location of the current business is 109 W Archer Street in Murtaugh, which is located 19 miles southeast of Twin Falls.