GLAMNORTHWEST: L for Landmark; Seattle's Post Alley Gum Wall Weirdness
Jesus Christ and the full Armor of God (Ephesians 6) protect me and all readers and future visitors to the Gum Wall…
Seattle has a funky history. Being four generations deep, I sense things… On Sunday, my sister brought my nieces and nephew up. She frequents Pike Place for work but her kids had never been to the Market and I was stoked she was ready to show them around (that post coming later). She had also never been to the Post Alley Gum Wall. I had been there a few times but recently heard it might have some creepy energy attached. I tried to research it before writing this, but I stopped cause ignorance is bliss…
What I noticed and will not be showing, is a weird energy when you come down the stairs from the Market…the staircase is kind of hidden north of the pig in front of the fish guys. It is a super steep and super tiny staircase down onto cobblestone. Instantly you are bombarded with art, graffiti, stickers, etc. It is very dark. What is scattered throughout the art and political stickers are very demonic looking images-try not to look. I got one on video and got this deep, creepy ill feeling when I saw it. I won’t post it here. But what do I know?
What has become the lore of the Gum Wall is that visitors place their chewed up gum someplace vacant amidst millions of other pieces of people’s chewed gum. This is disgusting, right? Just think of all the people who visit from all over the world…weird.
On that note, I don’t know much about spells and rituals (I might know some but not because I want to) but the act of putting your saliva (DNA) on a wall in a reportedly haunted space seems a bit off. Once down there, I quickly was like hide the kids eyes from the images so we just went, got grossed out by the gum, and ran back up.
Some say it’s just a fun tourist attraction…but what if it’s something more?
The Post Alley Gum Wall is definitely a major Seattle spot and somewhat of a must-see for tourism…but enter with discernment. I'll never stick gum on that thing and to be honest, I felt off for a couple days afterwards. But again, what do I know. Ephesians 6!
