The main haunting described at the Crested Butte Cemetery involves a friendly, but very smelly and dirty, hitchhiking ghost who appears near the cemetery, looking for a ride to Gothic, and gets upset if you have pets in your car. He is often seen near dawn, and he seems confused by modern transportation, according to Travel Crested Butte. The spirit is described as a man who is looking for a ride to the nearby ghost town of Gothic. He is noted for being very dirty and stinky. He is often seen by the side of the road, near the cemetery, sometimes before dawn. He is generally considered friendly but becomes agitated if you have pets in the car with you. The legend is tied to the history of Crested Butte as a mining town, with a number of ghost stories connected to the region's past, notes Crested Butte + Gunnison.