Paranormal San Francisco: Haight Street's Haunted Trax Bar

Paranormal San Francisco: Haight Street's Haunted Trax Bar
October 13, 2009
Carol Hilker
Examiner.com

The infamous Haight-Ashbury neighborhood saw the rise of the "hippie culture" in the 1960s during the Summer of Love; a time that rocked Janis, the Dead and still rocks the ghosts of lost kids searching for their culture. It also hosts some of San Francisco's most famous paranormal activity. Old ghosts lurk Golden Gate Park; from cops to a ghost woman, and even a few haunted haight encounters.

Right on Haight in the midst of it's haunting energy, between Ashbury and Masonic, you can find Trax Bar, probably the only local gay watering hole on the block, dating back to 1974. It boasts a cheap Happy Hour, a kick-ass yearly Halloween party, and is in it's own right, a sometimes quiet little watering hole. With it's "easy to get to, hard to leave" slogan, you can tell it's worth a visit. The drinks come cheap and the fun never ends. Yet there seems to be other spirits in this establishment, beyond those shelved behind the bar.
This bar has much more than just a good time, its haunted and is known as one of the more active places in San Francisco for paranormal activity.

History

The bar itself dates back to the 1940s, when it was known as The Question Mark Cocktail Lounge. It's gone through many transformations since then and proudly boasts as being the oldest pub on Haight street by the owner and employees.

Trax Paranormal Activity and Haunted Tales

There have been haunting rumors surrounding Trax for quite some time. Customers and employees have reported strange sightings. An ethereal man has been seen sitting at the end of the bar, watching the patrons. The same apparition has been spotted walking through the bar, into the office, and out the door. The topping on the cake was an old photograph discovered by workers they discovered while cleaning the pub out a while back. They found a picture of the bar's patrons taken during the 1940's, showing the original pub during the one-year anniversary.

When the owner saw the picture, he noticed something familiar about it. He had seen the man who was pointing at the camera before... inside the bar! Is this an old bar "Regular who loved the bar so much he cant leave? Poissibly the old owner, making sure his business is properly attended to.

Nevertheless, Trax has earned a spot on the Haunted Haight ghost tour and has more than it's share of visitors. Amongst the drink specials, drag queens, and sometimes loud music, you just might find yourself face to face with the mysterious supernatural drinking buddy yourself.