Rumors and speculation surround an unauthorized pet cemetery near Boulder City. Some say it’s the most haunted pet cemetery on earth. Others claim there are Mafia victims secretly buried there.
Even the establishing date of this mysterious and remote spot is awash in disagreement. Some believe the pet cemetery in the middle of the desert was illegally established in the 1930s. Others attribute its creation to a 1950s-era Boulder City veterinarian named Marwood Doud.
One thing, however, is certain. The elaborate and sometimes dilapidated grave markings reveal at least 60 years worth of beloved cats, dogs and other pets (possibly some humans) buried in this prohibited and supposedly haunted pet cemetery.
This unofficial pet cemetery is known as the El Dorado Valley Pet Cemetery, the Marwood Doud Cemetery or simply the Boulder City Pet Cemetery.
The website Boulder City Social puts the establishing date at 1931. Other than the names on the headstones (some of which have completely faded away), there is no record of the animals buried there.
Since the cemetery has been rumored to contain some who were whacked by mobsters, website Digital Dying writes, "This means that the bones of mobsters have also been unearthed and that means that somewhere circling in the dark desert night is a ghoulish murderous mongrel mobster dog creature, ravenous for revenge, against the owner who foolishly buried it on unstable ground, against the mob boss who brutally took its life." Digital Dying named this pet cemetery the most haunted pet cemetery on earth.
By the way, the animal remains (no proof of human that we're aware of) are often the prey of hungry coyotes prowling the area.
Other paranormal stories about this haunted pet cemetery aren't quite as frightening.
Several websites claim the cemetery is haunted by a white cat that only follows you around the cemetery if she likes you. There's no information available on how the white cat lost her nine lives.
Despite its illegality and paranormal stories, gravestones have been spotted with dates as recent as 2015.
