Konaweana like most schools here in Hawaii has an elementary, middle, and high school all on the same grounds. Of course the different levels of education are split up by street. But unlike most schools, Konaweana once stood as a Covent. Oh the Convent is still around, as a matter of fact so is the graveyard.

On your way to the district of Ka'u, you will pass by many homes and commercial structures. You will also pass by many graveyards. The school itself now sits on the site where the first missionaries to Hawaii built their church and set up the graveyard. The church and graves were moved closer to the main road. When turning at the light to go up the hill, it seems like you would be driving into a tree line, but then just around the bend the school is seen. The Convent moved to the right of the campus, and has a huge stone wall to keep people out. A banyan tree grows tall behind the chain linked fence. And although it all seems like an old urban ledge, mark my words, the place is haunted.

After school some say even the ghosts have paper work to do. The secretary often finds the fax machine running with out anything to fax. Or the flag being raised, but the flag is sitting on her desk. There is also the case of the black dog.

Any big home game this mysterious black mutt of a dog finds its way into the gym. The coach has had many episodes where he had locked the dog inside the gym, when he starts to unlock the door the dog bolts into the basketball court, or locker room. When the coach leaves the dog in the gym, it's said that The Wild Cats win games.

But don't ask the little girl in the bathroom at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the high school what she thinks. She never speaks. You can see her as clear as day, looking into the mirror, but when she turns around to look at you, she's gone.

Or you might be the brave soul to spend some time at Hapuna. Although it does have police that patrol the road, even they have seen some things not natural surfacing in the lapping waves of this crystal prestine beach. Maybe a ghostly encounter while shore line fishing. My husband went to the cliffs by Hapuna one night. He came back shortly after he had left. (About 2 hours) When he came home he told me of the people splashing in the water. They swam over to where he had thrown his line. He told me how they jerked at his line until it came out of his hands. When he went down the cliff to find his rod, it was broken into three pieces, and there was no sign of anyone being down there.

Spend the night at the Outrigger Hotel in Kona and hear the howls of a fallen British Captain's dogs. The beach was once the scene of a great battle between the Hawaiian people and the English soildgers. The Hawaiians captured and killed 153 British men including the Captian. The dogs were his loyal companions went every where with him, except the grave. They died from starvation. Many guest's complain about the shore side rooms. The wind you may think, but not to those who know the bloody history.

Although some may say that ghosts don't exist, but I say they do. And if you have the guts to find out, I have a couch with your name on it. But don't ask me to go.