Spooktacular...
every year at halloween i get into the mood for ghostly stories.
i couldn 't resist sharing, whether you believe or not...
when i went to university, i had an on-campus job in the 'physical plant'...so all things electrical/hvac/pumbing/maintenance/haz.mat./grounds/etc. went through our office.
if there was a stoppage in a water closet, i knew.
if there was a ballast going out in the science lab, i knew.
and it was my job to make sure the appropriate person went to fix it.
the thing i didn't see much of was 'house-keeping' issues. the reason being that almost all things related to clean floors and windows happened at night. for some 15 + years the same man was responsible for such affairs; my co-worker RandyG. he had two shifts of individuals that he managed, so in his time he saw a lot of people come and go...each for different reasons.
one afternoon, at nearly 5 o'clock, Randy came into the office. like always, he was making sure his people were arriving and getting to their appropriate buildings to begin cleaning toilets and vaccuming floors. today, though, he seemed a little out of sorts...stressed, even.
when i asked him what was up he told me that they had "had another incident in the library the night before" and one of his employees had walked off the job - quit on the spot!
a little history tidbit - the university was founded in 1851 as a Cherokee National female Seminary, the original hall and dormitories were built then and as the campus changed to become a co-educational college new buildings were added. the campus library isn't the oldest building on campus, but is over 100 years old and named for John Vaughan...who he was, i don't recall.
its been a while, but this is what i remember about what he said had him all stirred up...
"This isn't the first time this has happened. nearly every building on campus is haunted and when the ghosts come out at night, my employees don't stick around.
last night 'Bob' was running the vaccum on the first floor of the library when John Vaughan's ghost appeared...a floating torso that moved backward down the hallway and then just vanished."
i was totally spooked by this, but he continued...
"i get compaints all the time of strange happenings, especially in the library...lights being turned off and back on, the elevators being called and the doors opening when there's noone getting on or off, people standing in the front hallway and just vanishing, noises coming from empty class rooms..."
he didn't have to tell me any more...after hearing his stories, i never went into the library after dark again.
whether it be in old buildings or in old homes...
they really do exist.
do you have a ghost story?
do share...
i couldn 't resist sharing, whether you believe or not...
when i went to university, i had an on-campus job in the 'physical plant'...so all things electrical/hvac/pumbing/maintenance/haz.mat./grounds/etc. went through our office.
if there was a stoppage in a water closet, i knew.
if there was a ballast going out in the science lab, i knew.
and it was my job to make sure the appropriate person went to fix it.
the thing i didn't see much of was 'house-keeping' issues. the reason being that almost all things related to clean floors and windows happened at night. for some 15 + years the same man was responsible for such affairs; my co-worker RandyG. he had two shifts of individuals that he managed, so in his time he saw a lot of people come and go...each for different reasons.
one afternoon, at nearly 5 o'clock, Randy came into the office. like always, he was making sure his people were arriving and getting to their appropriate buildings to begin cleaning toilets and vaccuming floors. today, though, he seemed a little out of sorts...stressed, even.
when i asked him what was up he told me that they had "had another incident in the library the night before" and one of his employees had walked off the job - quit on the spot!
a little history tidbit - the university was founded in 1851 as a Cherokee National female Seminary, the original hall and dormitories were built then and as the campus changed to become a co-educational college new buildings were added. the campus library isn't the oldest building on campus, but is over 100 years old and named for John Vaughan...who he was, i don't recall.
its been a while, but this is what i remember about what he said had him all stirred up...
"This isn't the first time this has happened. nearly every building on campus is haunted and when the ghosts come out at night, my employees don't stick around.
last night 'Bob' was running the vaccum on the first floor of the library when John Vaughan's ghost appeared...a floating torso that moved backward down the hallway and then just vanished."
i was totally spooked by this, but he continued...
"i get compaints all the time of strange happenings, especially in the library...lights being turned off and back on, the elevators being called and the doors opening when there's noone getting on or off, people standing in the front hallway and just vanishing, noises coming from empty class rooms..."
he didn't have to tell me any more...after hearing his stories, i never went into the library after dark again.
whether it be in old buildings or in old homes...
they really do exist.
do you have a ghost story?
do share...
posted by LiveLee at 10:44 PM
1 Comments:
Your MIL tells the best ghost story ever. In her mother's house (the empty foundation next to Bill's house). And Jeannie, Bill, & Judy all saw it too!!!
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