BUTTE Boo! Its Halloween. Time for spooky stories, and here in Butte just about everyone has a spooky story because many of the city's historic buildings, like the Dumas Brothel, are reported to be hauntedif you believe in that sort of thing.I do believe Butte is haunted. Ive grown up here my entire life and Ive definitely had experiences, you know, I cant explain, said Butte history teacher Tony Hoffman.Myles Stricker has been running Plantosaurus Rex on the corner of Main and Granite streets. Many people have reported seeing the figure of a woman on the stairs leading to the basement.The most common thing that happens with her is people hear her weeping. We were actually setting up for the Mayfair earlier and we had one of our helpers by herself early in the morning at five and she texted us panicking, saying, You need to get here, theres a woman crying in the back of the building,' said Stricker.Buttes old Cabbage Patch neighborhood, where the city's poorest lived, is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a 9-year-old girl named Ethal Gill, who was brutally murdered in 1898. People who tour one of the cabins report feeling the little girls presence.She connects with mothers. She connects especially with women. She's been known to crawl into peoples laps, shes been known to play with peoples hair, said Hoffman.All theaters are said to be haunted and the Mother Lode Theater is no exception. Even skeptical employees cant deny experiencing odd moments in the theater.Theres been some weird things, theres been some weird thingsweird noises at night, some things that move that I could never really explain, said Kate Cherry, who works at the theater.Its not surprising to some that Butte would be a hot spot for ghosts.Theres a lot of tragedy in our history here in Butte. You know, you talk about 2,300 to 2.500 miners losing their lives underground, you talk about the various murders and mayhem in the community right here, said Hoffman.For Stricker, hes learned to live with the ghosts he believes haunt his building.Its kind of unnerving at times, for sure, because thats coming from someone whos not there really, but, you know, you got to do your job and stuff, so I just kind of get used to it after a while, he said.