The Dawson Cemetery is associated with haunting phenomena such as whispers, screams, invisible cold spots, and human-shaped fog, with paranormal investigators suggesting supernatural connections to the catastrophic 1913 mining disaster that killed 263 people and is responsible for the cemetery's overwhelming number of Italian surnames and the same death dates on many tombstones. Some visitors and investigators claim to hear screams, moans, and whispers of warning and danger coming from the graveyard. People report experiencing sudden, localized cold spots on otherwise hot days near certain graves. Human-shaped patches of fog have been seen drifting through the area, though these forms quickly dissipate. Some reports describe an almost supernatural, deafening silence within the cemetery. The cemetery is the final resting place for many victims of the 1913 coal mine explosion at Mine Number 2, which claimed 263 lives, including 140 Italians.