| Arizona's Grand Canyon is an awesome spectacle. | | | | along this rim. El Tovar, which Mary Colter decorated, |
| The canyon's sheer size is enough to make any | | | | is one of the earliest buildings and has been visited by |
| observer stop and take a moment to reflect. | | | | many famous guests. |
| In such an inspiring place, it is no surprise that over the | | | | However, perhaps on of the more notable is an |
| years the Canyon has attracted its share of folklore | | | | ephemeral female. Dressed as if she lived during the |
| and local legends. Stories such as these add an | | | | great depression, the woman wanders the halls of the |
| interesting dimension to the canyon's already | | | | hotel. Next door, Hopi House can also lay claim to its |
| impressive landscape. | | | | own share of phantom visitors. Employees in the gift |
| The Havasupai History | | | | shop are said to be plagued by the "Brown Boys," |
| According to the Havasupai people, who live in the | | | | who make their appearance late at night. As boys do, |
| village of Supai and care for the nearby Havasu Falls, | | | | these ghosts generally engage in mischief, rearranging |
| even the canyon's formation is a mystical subject. | | | | merchandise and leaving a mess to be cleaned up by |
| In Havasupai tradition, before mankind there were two | | | | surprised workers in the morning! |
| gods who inhabited the earth, a god of good and a | | | | The Egyptian Mystery |
| god of evil. Tochapa, the god of good had a daughter | | | | Perhaps the most bizarre story associated with Grand |
| who was destined to become the mother of the living. | | | | Canyon lore is the account of the Egyptian caves. The |
| In an effort to spite Tochapa, Hokomata, the god of | | | | discovery of these caves was reported by the |
| evil, flooded the entire earth. To save his daughter, | | | | Arizona Gazette in 1909, by explorer E.G. Kincaid. |
| Tochapa built a log boat and she survived the flood, | | | | Kincaid recounted that while traveling down the |
| which formed the canyon. Once the earth died, | | | | Colorado River he encountered an underground city. |
| Tochapa's daughter gave birth to a male child, | | | | Kincaid's description of the city states that it wads a |
| fathered by the sun, and later a female child, fathered | | | | vast network of caves and tunnels, where he found |
| by the water. These two children are the ancestors of | | | | both mummies and artifacts possessing in, his words, |
| the Havasupai people. | | | | an "oriental," possibly "Egyptian" aspect. The article also |
| Spirits of the South Rim | | | | indicates a connection between Kincaid's find and the |
| The canyon's south rim is the area most visited by | | | | Smithsonian, however there are no records among the |
| tourists, and as a result, it has acquired its fair share of | | | | museum's papers which support this in any way. The |
| haunted history. Several apparitions are said to make | | | | tale of this lost city is certainly an oddity in the canyon's |
| their homes in the famous Mary Colter structures | | | | history. |