Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument in Haunted Montana

The Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument is situated near Hardin in Montana. The monument includes a large obelisk as well as the Custer National Cemetery. It is built on top of the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand. The battle that the Bighorn Battlefield Monument memorializes occurred across the 25th and 26th of June in 1876. The 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army and their Arikara and Crow scouts engaged with a joint force of Lakota, Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Dakota warriors. The battle was a loss for the outnumbered regiment, and hundreds were killed during the fighting. The site was first preserved as a United States National Cemetery in 1879, the fallen from the battle having already been buried there. It was absorbed into the National Park Service in 1940, and six years later, was renamed as the Custer Battlefield National Monument. It was given its current name in 1991.

The deaths of so many warriors in one place and in such a gruesome manner have left their mark on the lands. Starting as early as the 1800s, not long after the battle itself, visitors to the hallowed grounds have been met with the spirits of the soldiers who met their fate there. Apparitions of fighting men on horseback or in military uniform have been seen, as have been heard the sounds of galloping horses and the maelstrom of battle. Sometimes entire groups of spirits are spotted, whereas others, individual ghosts will appear, often bearing the wounds that killed them. The most concentrated hotspot of paranormal activity at the Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument is a building known as the Stone House. Originally constructed in 1894 to assist staff in overseeing the site, it is a magnet for ghostly visitors. Lights and movements are often seen coming from within the Stone House when it is empty.