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phenomena. Kathy Coats of San Bernardino, California, stated that she and her mother were touring the Bird Cage and standing near the funeral coach that rests on the stage when they felt a cold rush of wind from a seemingly ethereal source. "My mother got so scared, she left the theatre. I just turned around and she was gone. When I found her outside, her face was sheet white, and she told me she would never go in there again," Coats reported.

The reported sightings of ghosts and otherworldly happenings in the Bird Cage are given credibility by the fact that there have been countless witnesses to the phenomenon. "There are at least 100 sightings annually of a guy wearing striped pants, head gear and carrying a clipboard who passes from stage right to stage left." said Bird Cage owner, Bill Hunley, who admits to seeing this apparition at least four or five times himself. "The man usually disappears after a few seconds." Hunley added.

Hunley has had numerous encounters with poltergeist activity inside his concession. An extremely valuable $100 poker chip, missing from a set on the gaming table for many years, mysteriously reappeared, reclaiming its old place on the table. Hunley examined the chip and found it to be genuine. He locked it away in a desk drawer for safe keeping, while he waited for historians to come and look at it.

Hunley was the only one with a key to the drawer. When the western scholars arrived, Hunley found to his embarrassment that the chip had mysteriously vanished. Later the chip materialized in a locked desk drawer.
Hunley also recounts another incident in the Bird Cage that happened some years ago, when a Native American artist made statues to be placed inside the cribs that overlook the main room.

One of the statues the artist created was a likeness of Wyatt Earp. They placed Wyatt's statue in one of the cribs, and the cribs are screened off so no one can disturb the fragile relics inside them. For a period of about six months, the hat on the statue of Earp would be constantly knocked off and lying on the table, and this would happen sometimes several days in a row. After a while, the hat would be thrown out onto the casino floor, and the statue would also be turned completely around.

This activity continued until a visit from a local historian revealed that the crib that Earp's statue was placed in was the one that the Clantons always rented when they came to the Bird Cage. Billy Clanton was Earp's enemy and was killed at the shootout at

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