The story
The Lodge at Cloudcroft sits at 9,000 feet in the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico, built in 1899 by the Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain Railway as a mountain retreat and rebuilt in 1911 after fire destroyed the original; its tower, Victorian-flavoured rooms and one of the country's highest golf courses have drawn guests from Judy Garland to Clark Gable, and legend adds Pancho Villa to the register. Its haunted reputation centres on 'Rebecca', said in local legend to have been a beautiful young chambermaid in the 1930s who vanished after being discovered by a jealous lover and is presumed in the story to have met a violent end — details that are folklore, not documented fact, and should be handled with care. The hotel embraces her gently: its restaurant is named Rebecca's, and guests and staff describe a red-haired figure in the corridors and tower, doors and lights behaving oddly, items moving and a playful presence. These accounts should be presented as legend and guest reports rather than proven phenomena. Current room and dining details should be confirmed from the official site before publishing.