Ladysmith residents sad to say goodbye to TV's 'Resident Alien'

Unfortunately all things must come to an end.

For Ladysmith its most recent claim to fame, Resident Alien , has ceased to be. We believe that almost everyone, locally, has at least heard about the show. Yes Resident Alien is (was) a TV show that was filmed in Ladysmith. One of the strangest things, about the show, was seeing the old Travellers Hotel turned into a city hall and sheriff’s office or Barnacle Barnies, on the outside, transformed into a saloon called the 59ers.

The story was about an alien whose space craft crashes to earth, in Colorado, near a small town called Patience (Ladysmith). His goal was to wipe out the human race. To start his task he kills a local doctor and takes on his form and identity. During his time and experiences he has to deal with his own moral strugg